Are the people that you work with your friends? More than likely there are plenty of people at work that you hate, that's easy, but are there people that you work with that are really your friends? I am not talking about a scenario where you and your friend got a job at the same place or something like that, I am talking about people that prior to working at your job you did not know, that are now your friends. Also, what level of friendship have you attained with such people?

I know I posted once about people coming and going in life, but today I am focusing only on people at work. How do you refer to people from work when you are talking to someone else? I think I use a combination of terms. Sometimes I'll say, "this guy at work", sometimes its "a friend of mine at work", and sometimes its just "I have a friend who...". I guess I change it to fit the current narrative. I guess for me it sort of comes down to who I trust and why. One of my co-workers was going to Vegas this past weekend, so he told me that if I had any sports wagers I'd like to make, that he would do it for me. I busted out 150 bucks and handed it right to him without a care in the world. If this same character came up and asked me to give him say 750 bucks and he would pay me back later, I would probably do it without even asking why. I guess I trust him with money. If I was explaining this to someone else and I said I gave 150 dollars to a guy at work, they might think its odd, whereas if I said a friend, they would not. So that is one type of co-worker.

Then there are people that I can trust with personal data, but not necessarily with work related data. This category seems self explanatory. Some people may use work related data to try and discover further data, or use the data for their own well being, and in the process may or may not divulge the source of their information, yet would keep any personal info regarding non work related completely safe. Some of these people could also easily fit into the monetary trust category.

Next I guess would be people that you would hang out with outside of work. I think that to truly crossover from a "friend from work" to a friend would require a few external events. This way you can see how people are different at work than when they are on their own time. This is not an absolute requirement by any means. You can have good friend that you know or knew from work that you have never had an opportunity to spend time with outside of work for whatever reason. I know this may seem contradictory, but they are my thoughts, so take a hike sucker.

I guess this jumbled mess of thoughts really produces no outcome, but I have been thinking about it a little bit so I figured I would lay it down before I forgot. There are people that I have worked with in my life, that I would drop everything I am doing, and go straight to help them if they asked, yet I would probably not help them bury a body, and let's face it, that what true friendship is all about.