My female colleague often boasts about having “many” former coworker/ex-colleagues connection and stay in touch with them. Not insurance agent.

Colleague is a Friend?

Don't mix those 2 together

why collegue cant be friend?
adult life common la the people you going to meet other than your family is your collegues and your neighbors.

Nope.

Kelik is kelik. You can choose friends but not kelik.

Unless you resign or fuck them over till they get fired

My colleague=TS

kelik is kelik
fren is fren

that's why i always tell my kelik i got no fren

There are 3 types of friends, someone taught me. I think someone even came out with video about it

1. Friends that you gain benefits - you only get together because of business transaction or work
2. Friends that only come together for common interest like your sports kaki
3. Friends who will support and push you in pursuit of life goals. Best friends usually

Ex kolik ok la

Kolik is for piap

Friends can have many different levels, why some of you so damn anti-social or expect too much out of "friends"?

nope never unless you or your colleague has resigned then might consider upgrade the status

otherwise get ready to goes south when both of you are working together

I still remember my group of colleagues when I just started out working more than a decades ago. This group of us even go out for domestic and overseas trips together in the span of few years. Those are the time.

Now this same company grow bigger, and the new employees came in and they went for some domestic trip together. Guess what, they are never the same again after that trip.

I guess company culture make a big difference.

if stay connected after no more mutual benefit

maybe can consider as friend ..so bridge/connection in case shit happen

nope . deswai linked in and IG different .

Nope. Don't be silly.

ex-colleague can

It depends...

not all colleagues are your friend

Correction: Ex colleagues can be your friends

Open FB show them your pren count

U got a point bruh

KEK for ukekek

4. Friend that say hi and bye when met a random places.

Only after you left. Not when you are still working with the company.

If fresh batch masuk enter at same time all blur2 can frend2 like school time.

But overtime need to be on guard and set boundaries. Corpo world can be ruthless. Ppl you thought were you bros suddenly their true self come out and will throw you under bus. Just business they say

Piap piap fren?

What is your definition of a friend?

Ex-collegues can be friends.

Current colleagues i think better not.

yes agree...

Colleagues = Rivals

I have only few best friends. Great relationship, even longer than my love relationship.


I don’t expect much out of friends, but problem is so weird to seeing someone “boast” about having many friends from work. “Former” for reasons, I doubt they could be friend if work at same department, especially when my female colleague like to drama so much.
Btw, nice new profile picture

why not? friend itself is a broad term and got spectrum .


If TS need to question the semantics ..... very strong dengki vibe emanating from his character.



Its like queationing someone when they said they felt full after eating some snacks . Takkan go and start topic and questioning whether snack is a complete ,filling meal or not.



This post has been edited by alanyuppie: Jun 17 2025, 09:38 AM

Lol, I've experienced 1 and 3

2 not really.

your topic title is about "COLLEAGUE", then you write about frens and how they perceive their EX-COLLEAGUES.


Now you twist again and talk about semantic of FRIEND, and then write about BEST FRIENDS.


Hmmmm..... they're totally different meaning altogether.




This post has been edited by alanyuppie: Jun 17 2025, 09:45 AM

We all have different definition of what is a friend. Some value quality over quantity

few only you can trust, others majority is no joy

They want to boast, let them boast la, you terasa for what? Why you feel the need to put down their definition of "Friend"?

Yes, but some people also expect too much out of people they call "friend" while they themselves probably don't reciprocate in a similar manner.

Oh yea, met "friends" like that. Manipulative in subtle ways. I would Avoid at all cost.

At most, acquaintance.

I won't say they're my friend. Of course there might be exceptions but not many.

I find it quite weird, TS cannot accept casual (not necessarily good) friendship can be formed from former colleagues . Sometimes when there's no conflict of interest working in the same firm... thats where both parties can let their guard down and the rest is history.