[EnragedParrot]

I'm friendly and cordial with my coworkers, I don't need to be friends with them. The only thing that is missing for me is the pressure to pretend to want to spend social time with random people I only have contact with because our job responsibilities overlap. I always know there's another person on the other end of the Teams call, there's just less of a facade. All I want from my job is to log in, do my work well, and log off at the end of the day. I don't have holes in my social life that I need an employer to fill.

[jraby3]

I didn’t mean to hang out. It’s more that people get frustrated more easily and have less patience. Once they’ve seen each other, their are some warm feelings and friendliness that persist.

We just spent a 3 day weekend at a casino, with food, drinks and some activities. I feel like there’s a big difference in the way people behave towards each other before and after the weekend.

[JohnFen]

> I'm friendly and cordial with my coworkers, I don't need to be friends with them.

This. My coworkers are colleagues. We have friendly professional relationships. But they are not my friends.