The Negotiator

Within my working life, I can count on one hand the number of people I used to work with, that became friends. Now, this  does not mean there was anything wrong with them, or me for that matter, it just means that the people who I have worked with over the years were very different people from myself. They were just people who I worked together within a company for a while and that was the only thing that we had in common. As I used to say, we just share the same carpet space 5 days a week. Now do not get me wrong, people do make good friends at work, lifelong friends and when that happens, you will find you have a friend for life who you enjoy both working and socialising with. However, this is not always the case and it is so important to remember that most of the people who you work with are not your friends, they are there to do a job and may not want to become your friend, which is also ok. I do not write this to upset people, I write it as it is true as there have been many cases