graculus

I've had a falling out with someone at work, or more correctly, they've fallen out with me.

It's like this... I worked quite closely with this person on one particular piece of work for about 18 months and she formed the impression that we were friends. To the point where she invited me to her son's wedding and I only escaped because she went into hospital for a routine operation that turned out to be anything other than routine, which meant she was off work for a couple of months. Now she's back and not happy with me because I didn't get in touch with her while she was off work.

I don't know about anyone else, but there have been very few people I work with who I also consider friends. I could probably count them on the fingers of one hand over 17 years of gainful employment. Given that I don't tell people at work about my fannish secret identity, how could that possibly be otherwise?

Current Mood: pensive

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I've only becomed friends with people I've worked with when we don't work together anymore. Geez, you spent 8 hours or more with them every day, that's enough for me. And yes, at work they don't know a thing of my fannish life and if you google my real name, everything that comes up is harmless, as it should.

On the other hand, some people think a non-confrontational conversation equals frienship. Nope, not at all!