Why are there people that want this in the office? Don't want this.

I'm spending almost a third of my life at work, no shade to the people having to work to pay the bills, but I'd like to get a bit more than just that out of that time: Learn new skills, meet interesting people, have good conversations, have fun. Having something akin to friendship with long-term coworkers and collaborators makes all of that much easier.

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rkangel a day ago | parent | prev [-]

I'm not saying that people should talk about this all the time, but are you saying you don't want people to feel able to mention key details of their personal life?

	▲	icepush 9 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It's fine if people feel like discussing certain details of their personal lives. What the gp specifically urged people to discuss (In particular - disability and religion) are topics that have been considered not good ideas for the office for a very long time. Apparently some people want to change that - as I said, don't want this.
	▲	Mountain_Skies a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I want to be free from being burdened with your unmet social needs and I want to feel safe when rejecting that burden you wish to push onto me. Make some friends or pay for a therapist, your coworkers aren't there to be your social support.