‘Bubbly’ ‘smiley’ work colleagues

[Joker0fGotham]

Thoughts?

Anyone who describes themselves as "bubbly" is usually a pain in the arse.

Smiley and approachable whilst professional = great

Bubbly and loud with little self-awareness = shut the fuck up

I'm a happy and bubbly person. Cant stand miserable bastards! They are energy suckers who try to wear people down. Give me a smile over a frown any day!

I am by nature fairly cynical and anti-social BUT I make sure I smile and say hello to everyone at work, don't moan and groan much, keep positive about things and try to present a cheerful face. Yeah it's kind of fake but it works, it definitely helps you get along better at work (I find I get left to my own devices much more and not micromanaged because I give off an air of being perfectly content and competent) and it's great for introverts as once you've exchanged cheery hellos with people you've sort of "done" them for the day and maintained a small connection without having to expend any actual energy. Although I'm not backwards at coming forwards when an issue really affects me or I think something is seriously wrong, if it's a minor irritation I adopt a "smile and nod" strategy and ignore it as far as possible. This makes me seem unflappable and easy to work with, which is a good way for colleagues to see you.

I like colleagues who are very funny, very clever and very nice.

I have a very bubbly colleague. I am very fond of her, but in life outside of work, we would never be friends.

She laughs to the point of crying at absolutely anything and is relentlessly chirpy. She twitters on all day about absolutely nothing.

I lean more toward the curmudgeonly in life, and someone with a sophisticated sense of humour.

I can't be doing with grumpy naysayers who shoot down any positive ideas - workplace dementors are the pits.
Workplace dementors

I’m a relatively happy person some would assume extroverted at work but the moment I get home I relax and recharge my batteries and don’t want unexpected visitors or guests and my husband is the same way
Same. It annoys me that being happy and friendly is seen on here as being fake, dim, lacking intelligence, extroverted.

Much better than the constantly miserable ones.

Most people would rather not be at work as it is... being stuck there all day with a load of sour-faced, moany energy vampires can make it really bloody depressing.

I’m a relatively happy person some would assume extroverted at work but the moment I get home I relax and recharge my batteries and don’t want unexpected visitors or guests and my husband is the same way

Yes, I'm the same. Have been described as "confident and outgoing" at work - actually wouldn't consider myself either of those particularly but I'm more than happy for that to be the way I'm seen! But I'm by no means Ms Social outside work. I love to be at home or with family.

I do find people who are really hyper and energetic a bit much, but people who are nice and friendly and don't whinge all the time? That, I can cope with.

Loads of answers to a single-word opening post. Isn't anyone else curious about the OP's thoughts?

Apart from BaolFan and JacquesHammer that is.

I am very curious about @Joker0fGotham and their 'thoughts'. I fear they have gone off to work to be both 'bubbly' and 'smiley'.

Better than miserable cunts of work colleagues. Every morning I get to my desk, happy as Larry, life’s good. Then I realise I work with dementors who slowly suck out my soul during the course of the morning.

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Or people take it at face value, reply in good faith, don't invest too much and then see if a deletion message appears.

PP are aware there is a middle ground of "normal levels of being cordial and friendly" in between Alfred Steptoe and Kimmy Schmidt, right?

It's not one or the other.

I like colleagues who are very funny, very clever and very nice.

I prefer people who just get on and do their jobs.

Loads of answers to a single-word opening post. Isn't anyone else curious about the OP's thoughts?

Considering the punctuation used in the thread title I think OP's opinions are clear.

Make life so much more pleasant and disturb the monotony of routine

@DobbyLovesSocks I once snapped and asked one particularly whiny colleague why she didn't just leave. She said she needed the money, and also she's old and has been working in the job longer than I've been alive. OK, fair enough, but whingeing incessantly about how much you hate the place you work in will get people's backs up. And I do mean incessantly.

@nakedavengeragain Do you mean the Colin Hunt/banter types? I find them obnoxious too. I don't mind people who are naturally smiley or friendly or chilled but I can't be doing with people who are the human equivalent of Tigger.

I wonder how they can be that happy all the time.

@PhilomenaChristmasPie in the same way you're always interested in your jobs, or your customers, or how their holiday to Barbados was.

You're not interested. You're not necessarily happy. You put your customer/work face on and get on with it because it makes the working day easier for everyone.

I have worked in both the US and the UK, and I can truly confirm that we are a fucking miserable bunch sometimes.

So many people fail to "choose their attitude" before leaving the house. It's all about being "real" and moaning about every tiny fucking thing in order to find solidarity with other people who also "suffer".

And it's not as if the non-bubby lot are somehow super productive. They spend as much time being negative, snide, moany, but thinking they're "dry humoured", as it takes for someone to be positive, interesting, inquisitive and energised.

While the US has many problems, and I have family reasons for being in the UK, I really miss the interesting, positive, non-passive-aggressive vibe you get in the office. People tended to be warm and friendly and didn't look at you as if you must have robbed someone or ripped someone off to get that watch/car. It didn't have the whole curtain-twitching class envy that I hate over here.

I don't cre what someone's general demeanour is.

What I care about is how they are when I need to work or collaborate with or manage them. Someone can be miserable and grumpy but if when I approach them about work they are open and helpful, I don't care.

There's a huge difference between

"fucking hell I can't believe you expect ua to do that, thats not happening, do you know how busy we are"

And

"the team can't accommodate that at the moment, we can probably do it in the next couple of months for you, or x person might be able to help"

Smile more and be cheery and you'll actually feel better!