Discussions of feelings do not belong at work. Suck it up and get over it. This is not about interpersonal relationships, it's about professional ones. We are not friends, we are colleagues and the only reason people care about our feelings is if it interferes with getting our work done.
I absolutely agree with you on this, and in fact I have learned through bitter experience that not only are we not friends, but if we ARE friends, we WILL NOT ENGAGE IN A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. Period. I get pretty militant about this. I object to my friends trying to sell me stuff and get me involved in money-making schemes (and when they do I have to assume they want to switch from the friend to the colleague category in my life), and I absolutely don't involve work colleagues in my personal life. It's just best to draw that line and stick to it.
I don't care about my colleagues' feeling about getting their work done, and I damn well don't want them soliciting mine. I do my work, I get paid, end of transaction.
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I think I love you.
Date: 2008-09-18 06:14 pm (UTC)I absolutely agree with you on this, and in fact I have learned through bitter experience that not only are we not friends, but if we ARE friends, we WILL NOT ENGAGE IN A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. Period. I get pretty militant about this. I object to my friends trying to sell me stuff and get me involved in money-making schemes (and when they do I have to assume they want to switch from the friend to the colleague category in my life), and I absolutely don't involve work colleagues in my personal life. It's just best to draw that line and stick to it.
I don't care about my colleagues' feeling about getting their work done, and I damn well don't want them soliciting mine. I do my work, I get paid, end of transaction.