Advice from Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin.
: You’ve always advised against mixing social life with work, although I’m not sure why. And now I read that the generation entering the workforce agrees with you, and is not particularly interested in having work friends.
I like my job, but the higher-ups are OK with people coming in just once or twice a week. So when people do come in, they need to spend the time looking like they’re really working, if you know what I mean, and not being friendly like we used to. What do you suggest? I’m tired of having only virtual “friends,” who are probably not even who they say they are.And if not, were they really friends? Or just agreeable co-workers?Yes, real friendships are sometimes made at work.
At the same time, society’s social structures fell into disuse. Wives whose husbands had supported the family entered the workforce themselves and no longer had time to run the social, civic and religious activities that threw people together.
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