What a lot of people forget (including myself at times) is that a very high percentage of polite & friendly coworkers behave that way ONLY because of the contra

What a lot of people forget (including myself at times) is that a very high percentage of polite & friendly coworkers behave that way ONLY because of the contractual settings. IRL they wouldn't give you the time a day. Funny story: I had a coworker one time who would come talk to me every shift (I never went to them), they wanted to know every detail about my existence, pick my brain, had surprisingly interesting things to say and tell, made funny jokes, laughed at my jokes. We would revisit topics and talk about them some more or exchange new found insights. Then when I quit I asked if we should stay in touch and the response was: why the hell would I want that? I'm like, why do you come talk with me every day? Oh I was just being polite. Apparently it was important for all of those people they didn't like to like them. It was entirely political! I wasn't hurt or anything. More like amazed by the quality of acting. A format like: "Oh? you like pokemon! I like pokemon too! Let me impress you with my perfectly faked pokemon knowledge while thinking: o god, another one of those pokemon people & if only I could remember where I put my pokemon shirt. These aren't real people people.