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On the subject of work and personal life... My husband's coworkers are ALWAYS trying to go out of their way to socialize outside of work. And not a company picnic or something family friendly. They're always wanting to go to clubs and bars and what have you to get completely wasted. He hasn't been able to get through their heads yet that it isn't his wife (aka me) telling him he can't go but rather he does not want to spend his off time with them. They actually suggest to him to lie to me and not tell me he's going because they are convinced I'm telling him he isn't allowed to go.
I am DEFINITELY not a chatty, small talk person..... but I work with two people who are... both men, btw .... if one or the other gets going, I just nod every now and again or say yeah.... really don't add anything to the conversation and get away as quickly as I can politely make a break.....
I figure a few minutes of my time every now and then is a small price to pay to maintain office harmony and good will.....
"...Is it ever possible to pull a coworker aside, and in a non-angry manner, ask them to not talk to you unless it's related to business?"
No, not unless you want a hurt or angry co-worker! Just be totally distracted-acting whenever the co-worker wishes to talk. Or, conversely, if you don't mind an angry co-worker, go ahead and tell her to stop talking to you.
... Is it a little out of character that she added your wife? Probably, but she's just wanting to get to know people she spends so much time with. That's human nature.
It's certainly not my human nature. It's none of my business what my co-workers' spouses are doing on Facebook. It's one thing to be friendly with people at the office. It's another thing entirely to intrude on their personal family life unless you were specifically invited.
One thing I kinda like in government is the drama pretty much ends or at least from what I have seen. I remember nasty rumors, bad jokes in email etc. When everything you pretty much say and do is public record it tends to put an end to that. Having said that though meetings are much more common. Most are productive but some are what Jack Welsh said "Stair in the window time".
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