@climaction23

I think one of the biggest problems with mandatory niceness and other friendliness is that the subjective market value of that niceness and friendliness can plunge when a person is just nice to everybody.

Secondly, getting personal with others is counter-productive, and makes people less functional. There are very specific reasons why constant productivity and achievement while being on-shift is needed in workplaces, so when people try to use that working time to socialize, then all it does is make a company less competitive and profitable.

Now, what do I think is a necessary take-away? People who are highly qualified, hard-working, focused and smart should not work at places that draw in the less mature types that are wasting company time and money.

That was a good read. Very timely for me at my work.