what if you are the type of co worker who tends not to go out with the other coworkers & keep to themselves? Are you more likely to become a target or scapegoat in work situations? 
Drinking with Coworkers
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I hate the idea of socialising with my co-workers.
Not because I dislike them particularly, on the whole they are all ok, but simply they are not my friends, they are the people I work with, I have no interest in them beyond that. I'll be polite and friendly enough with them at work, but once I leave for the day I dont think about the people there, I have no interest in going out drinking with them, I dont put them in my phone so I can txt them all night, I dont add them to my facebook.
What annoys me most is that a lot of people think that attitude is strange.
Not because I dislike them particularly, on the whole they are all ok, but simply they are not my friends, they are the people I work with, I have no interest in them beyond that. I'll be polite and friendly enough with them at work, but once I leave for the day I dont think about the people there, I have no interest in going out drinking with them, I dont put them in my phone so I can txt them all night, I dont add them to my facebook.
What annoys me most is that a lot of people think that attitude is strange.
I have had plenty of social occasions with co-workers - everything from parties (including one bachelorette party with a male stripper) to evenings out drinking to gym memberships to entering (running) races together as a team for charity, to company softball teams.
For the most part these have been positive experiences, and the amount of work-related issues discussed depended upon the situation....but usually it was minimal, unless it was a situation where all participants knew ahead of time (maybe because there was 'something big' going on) that we would probably spend some time discussing work.
For the most part these have been positive experiences, and the amount of work-related issues discussed depended upon the situation....but usually it was minimal, unless it was a situation where all participants knew ahead of time (maybe because there was 'something big' going on) that we would probably spend some time discussing work.
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