Five Co-Workers You Shouldn’t Become Friends With

Well, it's officially Wednesday, and that means it's probably the slowest day of the week.  You can get through your workday much quicker with great coworkers, people who you consider your friends, right? Recent studies have shown that having friends at work builds morale and increases productivity.  But here's a list from LemonDrop.com of co-workers you SHOULDN'T become friends with . . .

#1.)  THE OFFICE DO-GOODER.  You'll end up helping with every canned-food drive and office birthday party . . . which will affect your work and stress you out.

#2.)  THE PESSIMIST.  For obvious reasons, it'll be depressing. But you'll also have to worry about your BOSS.  He might assume YOU have a bad attitude because YOUR FRIEND has a bad attitude.

#3.)  THE WEIRDO.  We're not sure what they mean by this one, because what if you work somewhere where everyone's weird?  Like a radio station?

Anyway, their advice is to not avoid the person completely, because you don't want to get on the bad side of an unstable co-worker.  But maybe you should dodge their invitation to poker night.

#4.)  THE OFFICE GOSSIP.  If they're gossiping about other people, they're gossiping about you too.  Don't become friends with someone if you KNOW you can't trust them.

#5.)  THE PERSON WHO BRINGS DONUTS EVERY DAY . . . BUT DOESN'T EAT ANY.  They might be a control freak, which isn't necessarily a BAD thing.

But at the same time, the main character in "Dexter" brings donuts to work every day . . . and HE'S a serial killer.

Are you friends with your coworkers?  Are there people at work you DON'T want to be friends with?

Workingly yours,
Behka