Do you talk to your coworkers alot on your lunch break?

Farawyn · Jul 31, 2015

Yea, I'm friends with all my old coworkers.

We text each other and send pics of our dinner and they all once trapped me in a bathroom to look at my bra. (It's a really good bra!) We pretty much have seen all of each other's body parts. I have 2 girls there, one COB who is 10 years oldern me and one MA who is 25, who are 2 of my best friends for life. These are the clinic girls.

My hospital girls, I have also lifelong friends. One girl started with me, we had our first kids 2 weeks apart and they actually dated for a few months. Then I have just regular old "work friends" that I can BS with, occasionally text, etc.

My new co workers are not nurses. I do have a little clique I love, but we haven't seen each other this summer, so I'm guessing they are falling into "work friends".

Since I have no more nursey co-workers right now, you all are it.

Oh, and since I eat lunch at my desk during the school year, I spend lunch with the nurses on the SN board.

Pepper The Cat, BSN, RN · Jul 31, 2015

We are a pretty sociable group and talk a lot about our lives outside work, TV programs, etc.

there are a couple of people who don't socialize well, but we just respect that and leave them to,themselves. It's their choice.

SleeepyRN · Jul 31, 2015

What's a lunch break?

SleeepyRN · Jul 31, 2015

I don't really. Just brief casual talk. I find that helps maintain a drama free work place. I'm nice, just not chatty. I get in trouble when I open my mouth. Lol. I learned that the hard way.

CBlover, BSN, RN · Jul 31, 2015

I talk with my coworkers and we are friends AT WORK. I do not socialize with coworkers outside of the workplace. That's just me personally.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Jul 31, 2015

I'm usually described by my coworkers as standoffish, quiet, reserved, and the 'loner.' Once in a blue moon I'll chat with them, but I'd much rather park my butt in front of a computer and surf the world wide web on my downtime.

I've overshared with coworkers, classmates and instructors in the past and didn't enjoy the resulting fallout. At this point in my life I'd prefer to be left alone and leave most aspects of my personal life to peoples' imaginations.

OnlinePersona, LPN · Jul 31, 2015

My last job I was the popular one (sounds like high school)... now I'm in a hospital, I have a ever present wall that stays up. I dont talk to anyone or socialize.

Dogen · Jul 31, 2015

At my current hospital I'm still feeling people out. I spend a lot of time figuring out who's worth my time.

At my old hospital in WA, maaaaan... some of the best people of my life are there. I hang out with them, we party together, we travel together. I tutored a friend's kid, who calls me Uncle Dogen. I've gone to weddings, funerals, birthday parties, water parks, and traffic court with them. I was the first call when a friend from the ER was hit in a head-on collision by a drunk driver, I drove her around for a week when she was afraid to drive a car. There was a group of people from the ICU that used to rent a huge house in eastern WA every fall, and about 10-15 people would spend the weekend there in this Vegas-like "what happens in Chelan county stays in Chelan county" thing. All amazing people, all amazing vodka drinkers.

I don't know... I'm a social guy. Some of my best friends were made at work, and it's never bitten me. Not that it couldn't, but it's worth it to me.

OutptRN · Jul 31, 2015

I work in a clinic that closes from 12:30-1 each day for lunch. The four of us in our office eat together and usually watch The Bold and The Beautiful (it was a tradition before I got here - haha). We talk about all sorts of things and everyone gets along very well. We're sort of like a very productive dysfunctional family.

allnurses Guide · Jul 31, 2015

You get a lunch Break?

Although I am required to clock out for lunch before the 5th hour of the shift. That's usually when a new admit arrives on my unit or some other catastrophe is happening. So I typically clock out and keep working. I know it's illegal but I would rather work through lunch and get out on time.

Hppy

Adele_Michal7, ASN, RN · Jul 31, 2015

I'm usually described by my coworkers as standoffish, quiet, reserved, and the 'loner.' Once in a blue moon I'll chat with them, but I'd much rather park my butt in front of a computer and surf the world wide web on my downtime.
I've overshared with coworkers, classmates and instructors in the past and didn't enjoy the resulting fallout. At this point in my life I'd prefer to be left alone and leave most aspects of my personal life to peoples' imaginations.

I LOVE leaving things to people's imaginations.

Soliloquy, MSN, APRN, NP · Jul 31, 2015

You get a lunch Break?
Although I am required to clock out for lunch before the 5th hour of the shift. That's usually when a new admit arrives on my unit or some other catastrophe is happening. So I typically clock out and keep working. I know it's illegal but I would rather work through lunch and get out on time.
Hppy

Hospital systems and their unrealistic expectations annoy me. So because of their stupid rule, we have a nurse who has to clock out and keep working and if anything happens to them, "well, they were off the clock so it's not our responsibility."

I derailed my own thread. lol Bringing it back...That's also something. I tend to eat and work too. I'd rather get out on time.