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Im typically cautious of people who DONT talk about their personal lives with coworkers. You spend 40+ hours a week with these people and most likely will do so for a good chunk of your life...I wonder if these super secret people have bodys buried in their yards.....
See. I'm just work focused. I dnt mind talking about weather, work or popular TV shows but I don't care to discuss anything else
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Im typically cautious of people who DONT talk about their personal lives with coworkers. You spend 40+ hours a week with these people and most likely will do so for a good chunk of your life...I wonder if these super secret people have bodys buried in their yards.....
We don't discuss this stuff with just anyone because you never know when someone will be mad enough in the office to use it against you.
Im typically cautious of people who DONT talk about their personal lives with coworkers. You spend 40+ hours a week with these people and most likely will do so for a good chunk of your life...I wonder if these super secret people have bodys buried in their yards.....
If you don't find a way to socially obscurely answer these questions you will become the workplace pariah. Suck it up and take one for the team by responding.
Take one for what team? Is this some sort of a military action? Sheesh
Nope. My coworkers all are very social and talk about our weekend plans, vacations etc. There are a few people in the office who never talk and refuse to divulge "personal information." The general attitude is that these people are unusual and theyre hiding something. Thats just social psychology at work, plain and simple.
1. Are you dating/ married --- Haven't been technically married since 2014, but really considered myself unmarried since I moved out from him in 2009. Unfortunately, have hardly dated at all, boo! If you're cute -- how YOU doin?
2. How many children do you have - Two kids. 19 and 13.
3. Where do you live (giving them the city wasn't good enough) they want cross streets - If they seem creepy, won't give them that, might try to make it broad. "by that big freeway, over by that big store"
4. What does your spouse do for work - don't have one!
5. What type of work did your parent do - my mommy spent all her time raising me - didn't she do a great job?
6 how much money are you making - my mommy did teach me that it is not polite to discuss money - with anyone, so that, notgunnatellya, wouldn't be prudent....
7 how old are you - 47, can't you tell? I was doing a 1990s Dana Carvey/ Bush reference there above.
8 how much do you pay in rent/ mortgage - see number 6. But damn, I am paying less rent in my awesome house than I was in the apartment I was renting one year ago!
9 how much did you have in student loans - don't remember! That was 25 years ago!
So how do you respond to colleagues who ask personal questions at work. I know many people don't mind sharing their personal lives but I'm not one of them.
In the past I've had coworkers ask
1. Are you dating/ married
2. How many children do you have
3. Where do you live (giving them the city wasn't good enough) they want cross streets
4. What does your spouse do for work
5. What type of work did your parent do
6 how much money are you making
7 how old are you
8 how much do you pay in rent/ mortgage
9 how much did you have in student loans
1-5 - These aren't major secrets, I don't understand the issue here.
6,8,9-I cant imagine a situation where these would be asked, but just say...I'd rather not share that. Or, for #6...not enough, haha. or 8 & 9...too much, haha.
7 - I would tell
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