if someone thinks that's rude, they were lucky to have no actually rude coworkers.

i had some who would change other peoples chair adjustments every day, steal food, poison other peoples plants or boop passing by coworkers in the sides/ribs forcefully when passing by.

Has a "we're coworkers, not friends" mentality

And if you don't, you're a child looking for friends in the wrong places.

"Vague answers about weekend plans"

I'm having a lesbian three-way this weekend boss HBU

it's not rude but you will be an outcast because of it

we're social animals, if you don't show yourself as part of the pack you'll be treated as an other - with suspicion and distance. it's much better to first show that you want to be part of the pack, and then establish yourself as someone who keeps to themselves. this way you'll get even more peace and quiet, because people you're on friendly terms are more likely to respect your personal space

this is the difference between "that lonely guy over there (he likes peace, but is nice)" and "that lonely guy over there (he creeps me out)"

ASSIMILATE

A job would feel a lot longer if I wasn't on friendly terms with my coworkers

Im all of that and everyone in the office like me, not kidding. You can be all of that without being rude, you can give people distance and speak to them, you can spend your lunch breaks at the car or go home and still say "see u soon"... Manners matter people, a lot

There are really touchy-feely workplaces where most of all that just isn't an option. I've worked at such places and I'm still traumatized.

I'll never understand why it offends people that my job is just a job. It is not a social space for me. It's a place of employment where I exchange my time and skills for a paycheck and healthcare.

I guess other people lack imagination to realize other people are different than them and have different values/priorities in life. I have family whose entire social/romantic life was co-mingled with their work life to the point they had zero friends outside of their company and would stop being friends with people who quit. Creepy and weird AF if you ask me.

I just want to get through he day so I can go live in my life. The fewer interactions I have means the faster the day goes. I also each lunch at my desk because it means I get to go home earlier. But often in my city I meet people who boast about working 60 hour weeks for no overtime pay. It's wild. They let their pride/identity be used to exploit them.

And frankly WFH boosted my productivity like 500% and has meant I've gotten three promotions in 5 years and more than doubled my salary. None of that would have happened working in the office where people constantly kept coming up to me to ask for 'favors' that were never recorded and got pissed off when I told them to go back to their desk and write it up in an email.

I kind of get the meme, sometimes doing small talk and little things for each other makes work less tedious and keeps the vibe up.

My people

Finally a greentext that isn't fake!

That’s not amusing, that’s depressing.

I have never worked longer than a few months in any company where i did not know the owner.

Who makes the money from my hard work, is basically more important to me than getting a paycheck at all.

Which is why i have started my own company, and try to run it with shared ownership now.

Fuck, I was planning to do this. Oh well.