Getting an Early Rise

I am an early riser. I make no apology for that. I have been since I was a lad. I used to be one of the first at school (travelling quite a distance by bus), and have lived much farther away from the big smoke, with the necessity to continue the practice of catching half-empty trains. I can only recall Polo beating me into the office once. Nobody else comes close.
They're a weird lot, those who do turn up at what I would call a reasonable hour - apart from my team, who know I'll be here when they arrive. Stripe lives some way off, and likes to leave early; he says "hi" when he gets in, and we usually have a chat a little later over the coffee machine (it doesn't seem to mind). Polo will tend to do a long day, turning up after a work-out at the gym, but still quite early; he eats breakfast here. Hagrid turns up, says nothing, takes his seat, and gets on with his work. Gabriel also tends to sneak in, but is quite happy to accost me early if he wants something. But Bull - he ensures that everyone notices him. He's teaching Stripe a little bit of Spanish, and he keeps the girls entertained at lunch time - although I'm not sure what they talk about. He seems to be the kind of guy who is 'foreign' enough that he could be gay if it wasn't for the fact that he is in a steady heterosexual relationship. You can't not like him; I've never been turned down with a request, but often told that he can't do the work for an hour or two. He's that kind of guy - he'll slot you in somehow.

My girls have to be a little up like that. I almost insist on it. I like smiling faces around me, which is not why I specifically hire young women, but it helps in the interview. Mind you, Anne and Owl both need to brush up on their social skills. Booker is fine - she's just new to the area, and Spin is the kind of girl who should be able to make friends anywhere. It surprised me, then, a few weeks ago, when I found that none of them were mixing with the other teams. I set them a social awareness task to learn things about people I had chosen at random from the staff list.
Here's the interesting bit - Spin was the only one not to take the task seriously enough to achieve anything. She's just started working on finding out who Scruff is (she took two weeks to get him identified), and complains that he rushes through his coffee-making of a morning and won't talk.
I pulled the plug on my little task. There was no fun in it any more.
I shouldn't grumble too much - I've said barely a word to the new chappy over in Sales. I'm waiting to see if he lasts a week or two before I'll expend any effort.
Booker's just turned up, and I don't have my headphones on, so my day has begun.