Of Canteen Workers and Guilt Trips

Other day, at the office shop the woman behind the counter gave out some sweets to the guy in front of me so i go. "Wow, do i get some as well?" She jokingly says no and so i ask the guy what he had to get them.

So she cuts in and says, "Because he talked to me like i was a person". Right! Sigh She was basically saying a lot of the workers only thought of the canteen workers as "just that person that served me". Obviously a bit embarassed now and feeling guilty for not making an effort into learning any of their names, I didnt bother telling her that it was just them i treated like that.

I generally dont make too much conversation with people. Even people i know. Nor do i go all out to know more people. Right now my brain is saturated with a list of people i know, should know... or that think i should know them.

In any given month, i think i sometimes get re-introduced to the same person two or three times at work that i have to work with on a project. The faces are alright but the names just dont stick.

Anyway, the guilt trip has stayed and i find myself trying too hard to talk to the canteen workers. I dunno how hard i'm trying but i know sometimes they dont expect to be spoken to so they look up in surprise and say "You talking to me?".

Well i'm making my little difference here. Hopefully, we'll all be one big company of workers and there wouldnt be a canteen/telecoms services divide.

Oh by the way... i did get the chocolate nuggets. Two of them too.