I work in a relatively good work place. People are nice, and mostly supportive, but I am frustrated because most of the cool people at work already have their own mates and friends outside of work that they hang out with during the week, and they aren't interested in friendship with coworkers. I totally get why people keep work and personal lives separate, but it just seems like the office environment, even when it's good, is still kind of annoying and lonely. I do have friends at work who I trust and would hang out with outside of work, but there are people who I still feel I could not really befriend – managers etc due to how it may be perceived by others.
People you feel you could be friends with under other circumstances are just stressed out by your presence simply because you're part of the work environment. It's like this mish mash of people who are forced to get along.
Does anyone else feel like they want more out of life? I think the superficiality of workplace relations, and the added layers of emotional distance required to get work done, really grinds you down in strange ways and makes you feel like you're surrounded with people who are only nice to smooth things over, keep their jobs, and survive, out of fear that forming genuine friendships will make things messy.