Because it would seem to me that your company _invented_ a tradition like that, it's just that you didn't like that it wasn't invented from the guy sitting next

Because it would seem to me that your company _invented_ a tradition like that, it's just that you didn't like that it wasn't invented from the guy sitting next to you. Yes, but even if the reason for bucking the new "tradition" is spite or envy (and I don't think it is in this case) that's reason enough. The whole point is that culture emerges; it is not prescribed. It doesn't matter why it didn't emerge. If it didn't, it can't be forced.