Socialising with your workmates

• Meia Gisborn

  12 Aug 05, 21:29

  I'll occasionally go out for lunch with my office colleagues; many of them are regulars in my LAN party group too.
  
  MG
• Lingos

  13 Aug 05, 10:19

  This is really funny.. I swear that there was this exact same question on an Australian Fashion forum too.
  
  Are you on there as well??
• SydneyLibrarian

  13 Aug 05, 18:22

  Originally posted by Lingos:

  This is really funny.. I swear that there was this exact same question on an Australian Fashion forum too.
  
  Are you on there as well??

  yes... I saw that there & thought it'll be interesting to post this qn here & see what ppl in here think too! What's your nick in there btw?
• SydneyLibrarian

  13 Aug 05, 18:29

  Originally posted by littlestream:

  
  
  Kum siah, kum siah.........
  
  Valuable? To Company? Not! There are 45K employees!!! Perhaps to dept.
  
  It's a situation of "a small fish in a big tank" or "a big fish in a small tank". Or better still, "in the land of the blind, the one eye jack is King."
  
  I am a shy and low profile person. Noticed in the Night Owl thread, we were asked to pick a seafood to identify ourselves? I picked Lobsters. It "blush" when cooked.......and yes, I blush easily. kekekekeke..... Also, lobsters starts with an 'L"..........Littlestream!
  
  But put me on a stage........I AM a totally different person!!!!
  
  I think most if not all of us has similar traits. A matter of which trait takes dominance during a particular situation.
  
  Have a great weekend SL. I'm looking forward to my guests, this Saturday and then on Sunday, I have a lunch invitation to an Indian buffet place. *sigh*, really........how to lose those pounds???

  Wah... all the 45K employees are in Canada ah? Or is this internationally?
  
  hehe... yes I noticed the 'L' thing too Yep you're so right there about the diff. traits taking dominance during diff. situations.
  
  Hope you had a successful dinner party, littlestream! Wah.. Indian buffet... northern or southern Indian cuisine ah?
  
  Am having a gd weekend so far, v. chilly here these days though! Went to the dentist for a filling, dunno whether shivering cos of the cold or cos scared of pain!
• Lingos

  14 Aug 05, 12:56

  Originally posted by SydneyLibrarian:

  yes... I saw that there & thought it'll be interesting to post this qn here & see what ppl in here think too! What's your nick in there btw?

  OMG we probably exchanged arguments there.. i'm always stirring up trouble in that forum.
  I've pmed u my nick.
• xian89

  14 Aug 05, 18:21

  Originally posted by SydneyLibrarian:

  Do you socialise with your work colleagues? Why / why not?
  
  I've recently started going out for lunch / outings with some of my colleagues, it makes the office a more fun place to work in when you know a person a lil' bit better!

  currently, ppl suck up to me BUT I dun care. All have motives, & I tell U everything I do/go, there r eyes watching. I dun like nor I care.
  
  Lunch? seldom eat together. Else I eat finish I leave the table. Unsocial M i but wif the kind of collegues I have, it's better I eat alone, else 1 day kana back-stab also dunno why.
• littlestream

  15 Aug 05, 22:00

  Originally posted by SydneyLibrarian:

  Wah... all the 45K employees are in Canada ah? Or is this internationally?
  
  hehe... yes I noticed the 'L' thing too Yep you're so right there about the diff. traits taking dominance during diff. situations.
  
  Hope you had a successful dinner party, littlestream! Wah.. Indian buffet... northern or southern Indian cuisine ah?
  
  Am having a gd weekend so far, v. chilly here these days though! Went to the dentist for a filling, dunno whether shivering cos of the cold or cos scared of pain!

  We are a local Bank but with international presence (can't compete with major US Banks though).
  
  Errrrr........don't know which wor. Nice decor....great place to hold private function. Sectional sitting areas. Food? Okay lah. Mai heam, beh pai.
  
  V. chilly? Hey, I saw your tulips pix wor. Spring is in the air, right? Nice. The best season for me.
  
  Aiyoh, cavity ah? How come? Too much candies? Or chocolates? Hey, who pays for dental? For us, it's usually covered by employers. The same with drug plans.
• SydneyLibrarian

  16 Aug 05, 12:08

  Originally posted by littlestream:

  We are a local Bank but with international presence (can't compete with major US Banks though).
  
  Errrrr........don't know which wor. Nice decor....great place to hold private function. Sectional sitting areas. Food? Okay lah. Mai heam, beh pai.
  
  V. chilly? Hey, I saw your tulips pix wor. Spring is in the air, right? Nice. The best season for me.
  
  Aiyoh, cavity ah? How come? Too much candies? Or chocolates? Hey, who pays for dental? For us, it's usually covered by employers. The same with drug plans.

  littlestream! I thot u kwai kwai one... never suspect u take drugs... or r u a drug dealer? haha joking hor?
  
  It's still officially winter here, spring starts in Sept... but well, close enuf lah! Yea the weather here is kinda crazy. one week it's hot like summer, and the next it's so cold!!
  
  Dunno, maybe too many chocs haha! I have private health insurance so most (about 80%) of the dental bills are covered *phew* Covered by employer?? Gotta wait long long for that... the co. I work for is so stingy!! *grumbles* They even make the receptionist do the dishes after there's a party!