I felt it was part of my real life. But after leaving the first company (then each subsequent company) I almost never saw any of them again. People put on a po

I felt it was part of my real life. But after leaving the first company (then each subsequent company) I almost never saw any of them again. People put on a polite friendly face at work, but that doesn’t mean they’re your intimate friends. Sometimes, but I think it’s not so common as you’re implying.