Big agree to everything here. I've seen my fair share of office romance, and wow, folks, it sucks. When your work is your family, friends, your whole life, it's gonna be a dating pool for people, too. When you start sleeping with one of your "family" members, that's fine, whatever. But when you inevitably split, work becomes a soap opera, everybody feels the need to pick a side, banal decisions (like attending a meeting or not) become political. Shit.
And to think, I've been told by a department head that the way to get business done with a certain co-worker is to go out for beer with him. So that's my fault for not knowing / doing that. No matter that I don't drink. No matter that I'm not cool enough for this dude to want to go drinking with. Big ol' fuck off, loud and clear. Wouldn't it be better if he could just respond to my emails like everybody else is expected to?
And to think, I've been told by a department head that the way to get business done with a certain co-worker is to go out for beer with him. So that's my fault for not knowing / doing that. No matter that I don't drink. No matter that I'm not cool enough for this dude to want to go drinking with. Big ol' fuck off, loud and clear. Wouldn't it be better if he could just respond to my emails like everybody else is expected to?