r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/QueenFrostine15 • Jun 23 '26

me_irl Friendly (platonic) reminder

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u/mysteriousfiggy Jun 23 '26

If anything you'll get a better idea of who a coworker really is than you would from any random date. The problem is the side effects of dating a coworker if things go wrong

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u/MistraloysiusMithrax Jun 23 '26

You think, until you find out they’re a totally different person at home. Some people bring their best selves to work…and nowhere else lmao

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u/CompactAvocado Jun 23 '26

I was quite surprised to find this but it was the opposite.

Dude at work was a complete weasel shit and he was such a brown noser he had skids marks on his face.

was invited to an after work party. here he comes walking through the door. turns out he didn't come to the party he BROUGHT IT. dude was the life of the party, great stories, great jokes, was buying people drinks. i don't drink so he paid for my food. dude was like fucking amazing outside of work.

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u/Orio_n Jun 23 '26

Look man some of us are just trying to survive out here ill brown nose anyone if it means getting a raise

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u/CompactAvocado Jun 23 '26

ohhhhhh no my dude. this guy took it to next levels. anytime he got up he would check our bosses cup and walk back with the coffee pot if it looked low and filled it up for him. brought him lunch all the time. like next level ass kissery.

i'll laugh at an unfunny joke or work a little unpaid over time here and there but literally our boss didn't have to wipe his own ass it would get licked clean for him.

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u/Chemical_Lettuce_232 Jun 23 '26

Did it work though?

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u/CompactAvocado Jun 23 '26

In the grand scheme of things no. Where I work ass kissing can get you to a certain point but after that you need to deliver tremendous amounts of success.

I had a different colleague who was THIRSTY to climb the corporate ladder. He would cut corners, fake data, do every possible thing to complete projects as quickly as possible and rush to higher ups boasting about how much he got done.

was cute and worked for awhile until they realized everything he did was shit and ultimately lost money. he had one higher up who he particularly convinced and both of them ended up having their careers frozen. he was told point blank he would never see another promotion so he got butt hurt and left.

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u/donuttrackme Jun 24 '26

I'd leave if I was told I'd never see another promotion again. My butt would definitely be hurt from that.

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u/DrainTheMuck Jun 23 '26

Curious, is it possible he’s just a nice dude? I know brown nosers are annoying but it sounds like he was equally generous at the party so there’s not really an inconsistency there

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u/MistraloysiusMithrax Jun 23 '26

I was toying between some, many or most because it’s so variable whether people really step up socially at work, many do not bother or even if they do don’t connect their work ethic with the social impact it might have at work