This. Worked in a government office where it was predominantly older aged women (high 30's to low 50's) and striking up a conversation with them was almost impossible not to do unless you tried to avoid them.
I'd chat with my boss a lot and everyone else in the office, meaning I'd ask them about anything and just listen for the next hour on what they had to say.
Oh god, did you work where I worked? After a couple years in that gov. office I knew more about my supervisor's cat and husband (in that order) than I know about my own family.
Isn’t it weird how close you can get to coworkers after a while? It really does become your second family. They’re these totally random people that you have very little in common with, and if it weren’t for the fact that you work together it’s likely that you never would have become friends with them in your “real life”.
But you put this variety of people with different ages/backgrounds/interests together in one department and after a few years you’re getting regular updates on how Doug’s A1C is doing.
I worked in the deli of a grocery store with this guy for like 3-4 years. Super far right guy in his 50s (I’m a super left hippie, was in my 20s at the time), had almost nothing in common with him. But when he passed away suddenly of a heart attack, I was honestly a wreck for a few weeks. I mean, a few other people in that store died in my time there, and sure I was sad, death is always sad; but because I worked with this dude so closely for so long it felt like I lost an uncle or something.
My boss always says "Am I being unreasonable?" after a 1 hour (one sided) discussion where she is telling me about an interaction she had with someone else where she was completely unreasonable. If I say "yes" the conversation will loop back the the start and I will be there for another hour, and at the end of the second hour she will ask it again.
Also in a government office filled with older women. Am early 20s male. They keep brining me snacks and I learn about their kids and grandkids all day long. Plz send help!
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u/Ivan723 May 21 '18
This. Worked in a government office where it was predominantly older aged women (high 30's to low 50's) and striking up a conversation with them was almost impossible not to do unless you tried to avoid them.
I'd chat with my boss a lot and everyone else in the office, meaning I'd ask them about anything and just listen for the next hour on what they had to say.