Work Relationships Can Be A Double Edged Sword.

Relationships are tricky to begin with so imagine adding employment into the mix.  Everyday you work with many people.  Some people end up forming relationships with the coworkers.  Unfortunately,  many of the relationships formed at work end up in a shamble.  For what ever the reason  relationships at the workplace start off pleasant and sometimes end in drama.  It is best to be cordial to everyone you meet.  All the people we meet are not always on our wavelength, for this reason  we tend to withhold our feelings.

Work should be separate from home.  When we come to work, the environment should conducive to production and peace.  People start talking and tend to show a good friendly personality to others.  There are times when this friendly personality becomes a trap at work.  When a person starts revealing personal information to coworkers a type of friendship is initiated.  The same way a person begins to talk about themselves is the way other people getting comfortable do.   Every so often people become a ball and chain to others when they make their coworker friends their only preoccupation.  People become involved in the choices that others make and critical of them if certain choices made are not in the way they would wish.  I remember reading a bumper sticker that said keep your distance from me as far as you keep from your mother-in-law.  People as well as vehicle need space to breathe.  It is okay to be close but too close sometimes is dangerous.  Every person has their personality and if you are too close problems arise and then not only no more friend but awkward working relationship.

We should realize that the amount of time spent at work is equal to if not more than the time we spend at home.  When we are home there is no communication because of sleeping time.  We get in less trouble while asleep.  At work technically we are awake and conscious.  In this case we would be more susceptible to getting in trouble with things we say or do.  Be careful with what you say or do, you never what other people are thinking of.  You could treading on eggshells.  Certain people become very easily aggravated and the work environment becomes a war zone.