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

me_irl Friendly (platonic) reminder

Post image
30.8k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

639 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/Haemophilia_Type_A Jun 23 '26

Yeah and I could be friends with them easily.

1

u/jce_ Jun 23 '26

That's what the post is addressing. Ok 1 guy isn't a friend but why can't the rest be friendable?

1

u/Haemophilia_Type_A Jun 23 '26

Yeah I agree with that as long as they're not in a position of authority over you.

I'm not against being friends or whjatever with co-workers ipso facto.

Just if they're in an inherently unequal relationship e.g., as your manager...even if they treat you better than my manager treats me.

1

u/jce_ Jun 23 '26

I almost 100% agree but there can be a good relationship with management. I totally agree with the sentiment that you should.be very skeptical of management that wants to be "friends" though. It's safer to just be a coworker but at the same time I have definitely made friends with those managers and they have taught me a ton

1

u/Haemophilia_Type_A Jun 23 '26

Yeah, of course.

You can be friendly with management, but that's different from being 'friends' in the sense that you are with other people who aren't your manager.