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Work 'Friends'

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MaxPepsi · 03/10/2013 18:19

I'm being melodramatic and childish really.

But, I don't have any friends at work. I have plenty elsewhere in my life and could arrange to have a full social calendar each week if I wanted, but at work I have none! This is the first time in my working life I've had no one to go for a drink, lunch, pop to the shops with.

I work for a company that has offices all over the country and I am part of a team, however my team are based several hundred miles away from the office I work in so in effect I am a team of one!

Normally I'm not overly fussed, I get on well with everyone and I'm generally quite happy being friendless.

However, today, the team I share a floor with have all gone on a team/work night out and completely excluded me. I get I'm not part of their team, but neither is A N Other who also sits on our floor and he's been included.

It's not the first time I've been excluded but today it's really upset me. Made worse I think because the office head (who I happen to report to indirectly considering my manager is miles way) is actually their manager and he's not thought to say, hang on we really need to include Max on this night out.

AIBU to think that they are BU or am I just being childish like I first thought?

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OnaPromise · 03/10/2013 18:25

No yanbu - I'd be upset by that as well. But it probably isn't deliberate and I would just say to someone/whoever you feel comfortable saying it - can I be invited next time?

CoffeeTea103 · 03/10/2013 20:58

Maybe because you are not directly in their team they have forgotten to include your. Or just thought you wouldn't want to come. Can you not request to be positioned closer to other people to encourage interaction. Sorry, it was bad though to have excluded you.

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