One of the things I was told to work on through a work survey was interpersonal skills, mostly just getting to know other people and letting them get to know me.  I prefer to get to know people slowly, usually through working together.  This is apparently not enough, since I'm supposed to befriend everyone and I don't work directly with everyone.  Don't get me wrong, everyone I work with is a good person.  I just don't like idle chitchat and for the most part, I don't want to be friends outside of work with these people.

Normally, I don't talk much or to people I don't know well.  I slowly get to know people I work with and they get to know me and then I can talk freely and they can, too, and we work together really well.  I don't like having to deal with people's millions of sensitivities.  But I've been making an effort, since that's what I'm supposed to do.  And then I get a rebuke from someone, because she took my concern in absolutely the wrong way.  So I went over to tell her that and all I got was more of the same.   What's the point? 

I like the work I do a lot and I like that I don't have to deal with everyone all the time.  Now if only I could work from home or from a hole somewhere...