Random Thought #53

Is it just me or are we getting less and less personable as time goes on? My previous post is a great example of that? We don't even know how to say 'hello' in passing anymore. Speaking of this team welcome lunch we had on wednesday, I would think that if you were welcoming somebody into the group and were going to celebrate it with a lunch, a common theme or discussion might center around that individual. Find out about their likes/dislikes are, what they do for a hobby, where they live, something about their family, etc. None of that. They hardly talked to me. It wasn't like there were a lot of people either. There were 4 of us. They talked about their families, stuff going on in their life and things going on at work. At the end, the supervisor said, welcome to the team and that was about it. They asked me where I'd like to go so I gave them a suggestion and about 30 min later, I was asked if a different place was ok. I agreed and the next day I received an invite to go to a 3rd place completely different, which was where we ate. I guess I shouldn't complain too much right? I got a free lunch and they didn't even ask me to pick up the check. My farewell lunch is tomorrow for my old group so we'll see what happens. HA!