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If you can't code-switch for the grocery store I honestly have to wonder how you get by at work.

• alar44 5y ago
  Really? You think that talking to people I spend a third of my life with is the same as chit chatting with complete strangers at a grocery store? I feel sorry for your coworkers.
  • replygirl 5y ago
    for some people this is flipped, and for some people it's not a valuable distinction. people who shop at the same grocery store as me are part of my community--much closer to my coworkers than to commenters on hacker news, for example
  • spacemanmatt 5y ago
    If you are on a familial level with your coworkers I feel sorry for you.
    • alar44 5y ago
      No one said anything like that. I'm not sure what you're on about.
      • bee_rider 5y ago
        We've got a couple armchair psychologists in this thread. Like precise level of professional distance kept is a deep insight into our psyches. One iota more? Maybe you've replaced your family with your work family. One iota less? You are probably clinically depressed.