We have ex-collegues who we are still in touch on a whole office level after they left, (one of them even left before I came, but we hit off immediately), so I guess we are on the lucky side of this coin.
And most of the people I don’t keep contact personally, I still get information about them, cuz some of my collegues do.
I have known these guys for over a decade now, they are like a second family to me. But yeah, ideally its easier to keep connections close if you prioritize a few of them
I tend to be very defensive, so its hard for me to open up to new ppl irl. Does make it harder for new friends and the like
I’m introvert too (very much). But that one is extremely extrovert, and didn’t let me left out.
Sometimes the only thing we need is a good push from the good person.
That is very true, I was practically adopted by an extrovert during university, and its only because of him that I talked to people when I didnt need to
Cuz im the type of guy who could just be locked in my room for a few months and be fine (if I got food and water and internet and power and the like)
I wish I had been able to hold onto any of my childhood friends. I moved districts quite a few times and the one best friend from synagogue that wasn’t affected by this moved cross-country.
I also don’t think I cared as much about friendship when I was younger as I do now.
3-4 of my fellow managers are fun to work with and I have confidence they’ll still be at my store for several more years at least (the one who trained me three plus years ago, I have confidence she’ll never leave) but I don’t really get to work with them anymore and I don’t really hang with them like I do some of my workers, so I don’t really consider them friends in the same way.
The one manager I do consider a friend, the other night manager, seems miserable with his job and his fractured relationship with upper management, and made comments last night that indicate that he’s developing a plan to get him a way out. The one relieving part of this is that when he goes, a worker that is close with him but can’t stop complaining or fighting with me, almost certainly transfers stores or goes with him.
I’m lucky that the community for board games is pretty vibrant where I am, but even after going to the same meetup almost every week for around two years, I still consider all the people I play with there to be pretty surface level relationships unfortunately and wouldn’t consider asking any of them to hang with me outside of the meetup. One of my colleagues agreed to go with me to my next clocktower meetup later this month so that’s nice I guess
I’m fine with swimming, running, and reading staying solitary hobbies for me though
My collegues still don’t know I’m an ace, and I don’t have the hearth to tell them.
1, my sexuality is not their business.
2. Also I’m still afraid what they will think, if I tell them.
It caused some unfortunate scenarios, but nothing too weird. (I am usually not part of the NSFW conversations (or at least try to avoid them), but luckily it doesn’t come up too often.)
Lol spreading news that I’m ace now became the smart move after it became relatively common knowledge that I was recently into a colleague
So envious of this lol. I’d definitely be dead within a month.
I suppose my job made me more extroverted
You certainly love activity
who up loving activity
While it’s not a bad idea to be on good terms with the people you spend about a 3rd of the day for 5 days a week. Don’t kid yourself into thinking they’re your friends.
guys would you say there is a character that is
i think michael scott from the office is my most literally me character which sucks because thats such a basic bitch answer but we have the same type of autism
This is going to be awkward if someone you work with has an account on this forum.
Maybe this advice is more relevant for office work but for my job friendships among staff is an asset that boosts morale and thus speed of service as well, so it is encouraged. I disagree with this take. Two of my workers, I’ve hung out with at least a dozen times outside of work, and they’re two of the best friends I’ve ever had. So I am desperate to keep them from quitting. I seem to have succeeded for one of them but will probably fail on the other one.
if anyone I know has an account on this forum i’m faking my death tommorow