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Originally posted by Ideal08
Oh, I'm very nice, Soror! For real! But only to a point. I've made great friends from my past jobs, but it's after I've been there for a while. I'm not going to be buddy-buddy with EBERYBODY. I don't want to hear about EVERYBODY's issues at home and daycare and sex lives and politics. That stuff has a place, and to me, the office is not it.
ETA: I'm not always trusting of people that I work with. You never know what will come out in conversation and how it will be used against you later. I've learned from my mistakes. Networking is one thing (I network even better than I procrastinate, if you can believe that, lol). Extradimensional relationships (I made that up, I like it) are another.
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I feel the same way. You can be nice, and even talk about certain "safe" subjects, like "oh, my son just graduated from college today", or "did you see the Olympics last night?" but sex lives, politics, etc.--NO, b/c you don't know how that can come back to bite you in the behind. My mother taught me to not trust everybody, esp. at work.
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