Over the years, I've had mixed experiences in the workplace socially. It's either I've hit it off with Co-workers or I really haven't. I find in the workplace, either people really like me or they want to arrange to have me shot.
In one job situation where I was quite social, maybe a bit too much. . Then a couple others I pretty much said nothing, in one case, I think they thought I was deaf at first. This one time, I knew a couple hated me from the time I walked in the door.
I work in a warehouse so it's not like it's the type of job where you have to network or anything. However, I tend to get left out of stuff a lot. I can be a bit aloof and have been accused of being stuck up, or worse slow or the dreaded R word. Honestly though, I find people either to be: obnoxious, sneaky, immature, nosey, or annoying, in many work of my work experiences.
For me, the whole co-worker/friend thing has never worked out, the few times I've tried it. Honestly, I don't like co-workers knowing stuff like, where I live, my phone number, or stuff like that.
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Strange is your language and I have no decoder, why don't you make your intentions clear?- Peter Gabriel