I feel similarly, but I also don&#x27;t <i>want</i> to be friends with my coworkers. I&#x27;d rather we keep a friendly, polite distance in our relationships. I love my job, and go to work to actually work: my social interaction comes from elsewhere, on my own terms.<p>I honestly think this keeps things more productive. There&#x27;s less room for wasting time socializing, or worrying about people feeling left out, or (like you said) offending people, or anything else that takes time away from work. I&#x27;ve personally seen it happen where relationship concerns (&quot;why won&#x27;t they talk to me more?&quot;) get in the way of people&#x27;s comfort working together. It&#x27;s just silly to me. It has no place in the workplace in my mind.