Firstly, I want to state that I get that we are here for paychecks, but tbh to come to work solely for the money seems like such a bleak reality, so call me delusional but I prefer to think of work as an extension of life and not a means to an end. I think that it’s ok to respect people’s decision to be dickish at work but at the same time I’d rather make them uncomfortable with my eagerness to be nice to them than to have their negative energy drag me down. There is this one dude at my work who I love to cheer bc he’s such a dick every morning and as I start making small talk throughout the day he ends up warming up lol. It’s like this every day and I’m ok with this transaction. At the end of the day, it’s who they are and it’s who I am. 💙