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Title: Are you friends with your coworkers?
Post by: dreamyxo on October 29, 2018, 08:47:20 am
I'm friendly but I wouldn't say I'm friends with them.  A lot of them live in different states anyway.  Even if they lived close to me I don't know if I would hang out with them not because I don't like them I do like a majority of them.  At my old job I was friendly enough to be invited to their events like weddings, parties etc. 
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Post by: yikes77 on October 29, 2018, 09:37:21 am
I get along with them.  Am I close to any of them, no. 
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Post by: ghunter on October 29, 2018, 09:40:33 am
Yes of course, I have friends that I consider good coworkers and they are my friends
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Post by: tantricia44 on October 29, 2018, 11:22:42 am
When I did have a job, coworkers were just coworkers. They were not really friends just associates at the work place.
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Post by: elvisdo on October 29, 2018, 11:58:44 am
They are associates, we have a good laugh at times, but they are not "friends" outside of work.
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Post by: gwilson31 on October 29, 2018, 12:06:05 pm
No...Just acquaintances.    I don't think we would have much to talk about outside of work.  8) 8)
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Post by: vickysue on October 29, 2018, 12:31:00 pm
I was friendly to them at work and if I met them  somewhere in a store of other places, but no since I was in management all the time I never  got  real close or  partied with any of the coworkers. It was easier for me and then others in the  store or wherever  could say I was playing favoritism with any one.
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Post by: haimsterette on October 29, 2018, 01:02:28 pm
No job outside the home at the moment, but I don't think I would want to be friends outside of the workplace. Wouldn't want anything to distract you from the job, or if a friendship went south, have it affect the job.
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Post by: bshee58 on October 29, 2018, 01:43:01 pm
I did home health for years and I was never really friends with them, even at meetings I never associated personally with them.
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Post by: kjstrukel on October 29, 2018, 02:08:17 pm
I work with a lot of folks who are YEARS younger than me -- we have little in common.  I am friendly with all of them, but not really "friends"
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Post by: timvolley on October 29, 2018, 03:38:05 pm
i have a couple of people who i consider friends that i cna share some personal info with.
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Post by: brian8713 on October 29, 2018, 03:51:33 pm
No. I tried to be friends with one coworker -- BIG MISTAKE. Endless facebook drama//arguments over politics. Honestly, her reading comprehension skills aren't that good so she was always misunderstanding what I was saying. I've really pulled back from my friendship with her, and she's supposedly retiring within the next year. Gonna block her from all social media after that. I just don't like her!!
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Post by: snuggleycutejc on October 29, 2018, 04:56:46 pm
Am friendly send them a smile. Wouldn't ignore them if they needed something.  I don't ask depth questions just hows your day going.
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Post by: lhz123 on October 30, 2018, 02:53:34 am
I gave smile to everyone but don't really to close for them.
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Post by: Skyisbluetoday on October 30, 2018, 03:28:17 am
:pumpkin:   :pumpkin:   :pumpkin:   :pumpkin:  I've had some before with older jobs, where we used to hang out outside of the work place. Now I don't have any that I hang out side of work at this time.   :pumpkin:
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Post by: rghvac69 on October 30, 2018, 04:02:24 am
I get along with my coworkers, but I don't hang out with them after work.
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Post by: 1imaginarygirl on October 30, 2018, 05:26:41 am
NO! My husband says never make friends with coworkers. Of course, I met my husband at work and now we're married, but I guess that was an exception to the rule.  ;D
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Post by: gaylasue on October 30, 2018, 06:24:05 am
I'm friendly and get along with everyone but we don't hang out together after work.
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Post by: oldbuddy on October 30, 2018, 06:51:21 am
I made friends with a coworker and did a lot of fishing and hunting with him, until he seduced my wife and led to our divorce, so there are dangers involved. She eventually did the same thing to him, so he actually did me a favor.
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Post by: Tresbn00 on October 30, 2018, 04:52:15 pm
I have friendly conversations with all of the employees I come in contact with. Sometimes I will go to a cocktail hour with fellow employees. I still go out for an appetizer and drinks with people that I worked with seven years ago. I am always willing to go the extra mile for fellow workers and they return the favor which creates a well tuned team of people that have a lot of characteristics that I would find to be friend like: Trustworthy, happy, generous, loving, talkative. I would not have a problem with inviting nonety five percent of the people that I wor wit to my house for the holidays if they had no where else to go. So, in answer to the question, yes, I am friends with my coworkers and many of them are close enough to be considered family.
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Post by: alina6 on October 30, 2018, 05:33:11 pm
I am a big believer that the people I work with are acquaintances and the only reason we are brought together was because of the work. We would not have gotten together and just hung out if it were not for work. It has always served me well.
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Post by: singletonb on October 30, 2018, 09:41:58 pm
Being friends with your co-workers helps you to enjoy your work more
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Post by: 1imaginarygirl on October 31, 2018, 05:40:39 am
Being friends with your co-workers helps you to enjoy your work more

...Until your "friend" stabs you in the back and gets you fired.  >:(
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Post by: pectacon on October 31, 2018, 09:57:06 am
Work-friends, yes, meaning I'd usually befriend at least one person enough that we could chitchat around the workplace. Probably not good enough pals to hang out outside of work though.
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Post by: DEBMZ6 on October 31, 2018, 10:18:25 am
I'm friendly with the ones I work with but we don't socialize outside of work.
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Post by: vg7405 on December 15, 2018, 09:04:18 pm
I definitely do not know my coworkers on that level. In fact, I cannot see myself hanging out with them during my personal time. It is nothing personal against them; I just do not engage in those type of (platonic) relationships.
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Post by: dwggs on December 20, 2018, 06:32:38 am
I am friendly with all my coworkers but only actual friends with just one as I knew her long before she was my coworker.
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Post by: sak4kat on December 20, 2018, 07:37:20 am
I am friends with some co-workers.  In face there are times we get together outside of work.  Since I work in the world of retail the turnover is high and often it seems once people are no longer employed with the company we don't make as much effort to stay in touch.  Most co-workers are better off as nothing more than co-workers.
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Post by: rdy2pl8 on December 23, 2018, 03:48:18 pm
I get along with my coworkers, and we can all laugh and joke with one another. We do occasionally hangout from time to time
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Post by: camellia0 on December 23, 2018, 04:08:47 pm
I wouldn't call the people I work with friends. But I am cordial. At work we may eat out but after 5,  it's see you tomorrow.