This is a guest blog submitted by sahar. I used to work in an independent movie theater - have you ever seen
Empire Records? That's basically where I used to work. I still work there occasionally
when I need the extra cash and am back in the suburbs. I love that film
center; it's become a second home to me and all of our staff members
are like family.
It is a little weird, though, because it is an
extremely incestuous working environment. No, I don't mean siblings
sleeping with siblings (that's just disgusting) but staff
members sleeping with staff members. We've pretty much taken
fraternizing to a new level.
I was told when I first started
working there that you're not officially staff until you've hooked up
with at least two staff members.
One morning, after an (as
usual) out of hand staff party, the three undesirable, hung-over,
coffee feigning candidates who had the Sunday morning shift decided to
make a "web" of all the inter-theater hookups. I helped design this
creation, and not to brag, but it came out extremely well. It
was a little appalling to look how everyone had somehow been connected
to everyone else through lips.
I know that with some intergroup relationships and hookups, things can get awkward and unfriendly. Despite all our group's
inter-staff hook ups, though, we managed to maintain an extremely friendly
environment and we all still love each other dearly.
Have any of your coworkers or people in your "group" hooked up? Is it weird?
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Comments (23)
That was like when I used to work retail at this one hardware store. It was really strange if you really think about it. But at the time, it seemed pretty harmless and it was never weird at work. Probably cuz it was a work environment so people just pretended nothing happened.
I have to say though, definitely some good times with some good gossip.
i live in a realllly small town and theres very few groups of teenagers, so almost everyone has hooked up with everyone else at one stage or another...
its confusing! but not weird at all :)
Yeah, when I worked at this summer camp in Texas, I was new so I wasn't too involved and the camp counselors were mostly teens ranging from 15-23. Most of them were under 20 and the ones over 20 were in serious relationships already and didn't participate in that stuff. I didn't either and I was 15 at the time.
But most of the counselors did hook up among themselves and there was ALOT of drama going down. There was a male counselor (will call him Brad*) that this female counselor really wanted to erm... get with (we'll call her Mel*)
well Mel walked up to him and just flat out asked him,"So, I'm the hottest counselor here right?" and he said no and she asks,"who is?" and he tells her and now she and her friend go as far as talking lots of crap behind her back, making fun of her and stuff untill she moved on and started hooking up with this other guy (who was like really delicious, seriously) Even the CAMPERS wanted him. The whole scenario was hilarious.
When two people in my group of friends hooked up, they split the group in two. Basically, I befriended him, and his circle joined my circle (which included her). Then, they got together, and his circle fled, taking her with it.
I think initially he wanted to date me, so when he finally DID get a girl (my then best friend!) he didn't want to be friends with me anymore.
It sucked.
Xo
Oh goodness yes... one of my friends and her boyfriend had a threesome with another friend in our group...it didn't end well and it's been stricken from the records. I think it's really weird. It blurs the "friend" line and makes things awkward (especially for the 3 of them...)
I haven't been a part of any such thing, and people generally keep their personal lives to themselves at work, so I don't know about anyone else's crazy romps either.
My main circle of friends from home was the same way. I think most of us share at least one or two ex boyfriends at this point. One friend and I literally swapped boyfriends just about and started dating each others exes around the same time. It was kinda weird in retrospect. Somehow it was never that awkward though until toward the end as we all headed off to college and our strong ties kind of dissolved a little.
i try to steer clear of stuff like that... too nasty.
For me, it wasn't a case of coworkers, but an acquaintance and my ex girlfriend hooking up at a party. It was awkward, but now they're going out, and we hang out alot. Nothing bothers me about them anymore.
My whole "group" in high school consisted of three guys and three girls. Two couples hooked up leaving me and my other guy friend single. Considering it was high school, it was pretty funny how the guy friend and I didn't feel pressured to go out.. We're still friends though despite the awkwardness of yesteryears, the couples are still together, my guy friend and I are still in the market!
Yea, lots of my friends have hooked up with each other. Things are going well for them. They understand each other well. As a matter of fact, I hooked up with someone who was friends to my other friends, and she slowly became a great friend of mine as well =]
I have friends who are currently going out with each other. It's not a big deal. I wouldn't bother to mingle if my coworkers were dating. As far as my friends, it's their decision. They already know beforehand that they could be making or breaking a friendship if anything happens.
seems like you have a cozy group there but no at none of my jobs i have never dealt with people fraternizing with one another like that.Â
Well, I have friends that hooked up. At the moment it's a really cute relationship. I think they match together.. haha.
I have these two friends, one who I have known for seven years, and the other one I don't really speak to at all, just a mere "someone I know" (not really even a friend huh). They hooked up, and I can't help but feel awkward when I look at my friend.
I worry about hooking up with someone in a "group". That's like a gossip mill in the making.
I LOVE Empire Records!
I've seen it among my friends, it would be too weird even though no one wants to talk about it. I don't want my life to get too complicated as it has already is.
@flutteredlotus@xanga - I've got a really good guy friend like that too. anytime we go somewhere together where we know people they always assume we are hooking up or dating, no matter how much we explain and deny it. (we really aren't dating! lol)
i've dated a coworker. personally i find coworkers more appealing than ppl on xanga and it has nothing to do with looks.
your descriptions of staff hooking up with each other sounds like an orgy to me.
that's just like dating your work colleagues or your fellow classmate, is it weird?
that pretty much describes my social group....it's always weird and awkward but we get over it. People go to parties and everybody gets drunk and hooks up with everybody else..that's the way the story goes.
Damn, I think I need a new social group?!?