Confessions of a Social Climber

Blergh. I just had one of the worst conversations ever with my boss. I’m never the friendly girl everyone wants to hang around with in the office — and I like that. I do join in on office drinks and whatnot some times, but officemates to me, aren’t supposed to be your friends — they’re there to help you out when it comes to office business, but besides that, I like having a clear dichotomy of my professional life and my personal life.

Apparently, the other day, on one of my worst days, the wrong person heard me order another officemate around, and probably took it as some sort of office offense. There’s no official reprimand for workplace mean-ness, but then again, you have to command it.

In the office though, it’s a whole different jungle — you have a boss, and your bosses have boss. While some people work under me, I still defer to a higher authority — and that’s part of the reasons why I can’t befriend work people — in as much as it is easy to let your guard down on them, they’re still your colleagues, and demand more respect than your average girl friend. Lesson learned? Watch what you say — even to the point of faking it … being angry doesn’t really solve anything — it’s just a huge waste of energy.

Anybody else go through things like this?