Blanking work colleagues – when is it OK to do this?

[RickyM]

It is awkward. What do you do if you've sat next to someone for three hours in the morning and conversed normally about what they did over the weekend and work stuff but then you are suddenly walking down The Moor at lunchtime and they are walking towards to you. You can't blank them as you've been sat next to them all morning. What's the point of saying hello, you've been talking to them all morning. No point in stopping for chat....usually it's just an awkward nod then walk on.

 

Ex colleagues it's easier, stop and pass the time of day, ask how things are going etc

 

Vague people who work in same building as me...I usually pretend the sun is in my eyes or I've just got a text message.

 

What's odd in a smile or a nod?

 

There's more things to worry about in life.