Is it right of me to feel like coworkers who hang out with each other more than once a week are LOSERS?
It's one thing when you are cool with somebody and chit chats are work and don't mind go out for lunch together sometimes. But it's another thing when you are like attached at the hip with each other. It's almost sickening to me.. AM I THE ONLY ONE? Is it disgusting when...
- GirlA brings lunch for Girl B every so often. Like, she cooked at home and made 2 portions of pasta and packed it up WITH BREAD on the side and parm cheese in a separate container and heated it up for her during lunch.
- Girl B goes to Girl A 's house on weekend and dyes her hair for her.
- Girl A and Girl B go on vacations together.
- Girl A and Girl B hang out on weekend (almost every weekend) and calls each other 11 o'clock at night.
- Girl B buys Girl A a drink and then the second day they go out to happy hour again, just so , Girl A can pay Girl B back in the form of another martini. Girl A and B argue over who owe who money on the night they went out. Obviously, too drunk to remember who paid the bill.
- Another conversation I heard - "Girl A, I owe you $40 for the dress you bought me while we were on vacation." "Girl B, don't worry about it. You paid for my cab ride last time, remember? We were at this bar and then this guy was like..... bluh bluh" "Girl A, oh yea, so that means we are even now then. I will bring you lunch next week, ok? It's going to be pork fried rices, I'll put the hot sauce on the side, in case you can't handle the heat."
awwww... ain't it so thoughtful????
Somedays when those two have a conversation, I swear I get a lesbo vibe, but I dismiss it because they are single and dating boys. It gives me chills and goose bumps seeing everything they'd do for each other. Mind you, they met at work, the same time I started. We literally all started working here with in a month. Girl A was cool with me for the longest time, but I couldn't handle her "me" talking and gave her the cold shoulder. Finally, she got the point and stopped calling me at 10 at night talking about boys.
I see myself as somewhat of an outcast at work. One thing is because I don't like going out to happy hours all that often. Listen, I've got a man whom I love very much and I've got a cute little doggie at home waitting for me. Happy Hour to me is for those single and mingling people, who has nothing to go home to, and they just want to gather around, get a little tipsy, before they need to head back to the emptiness of their apt. Clearly, I'm not in that group.
Secondly, I don't like hanging out with coworkers on weekend. It's hard enough that I spend 40 hours with you each week AND you want me to look at you on weekends? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FREAKING MIND? work life balance, c'mon, it ain't balanced if I see your ass every day.
Thirdly, work palce friendship can get out of hand. People will talk and you never know who's listening. I will chat with you by the water cooler, but nothing beyond that. I've gotten into enough trouble by always being the "listener" and people tend to think by listening and not telling, you are an offender to work space gossip.
I don't know, maybe some people like to wash each other's panties and make tea for each other in the afternoon, but I'm certainly not one of those. I've got friends, thank you very much. I don't need to find friendship outlet at work. The handful of good friends whom let me into their world will enjoy my cooking and my attention, but not you, coworker/friend.
An office full of idiots and losers. Sigh...

1 comment:
I know how you feel...those people that only hang out with workers are probably workaholics and have no/lack of social life. There are always a couple of ppl like that in the workplace. Personally, I hardly go to after work events, such as happy hours...because after work..I just want to go home!
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