Interoffice relationships. It runs rampant through the workplace vein, and maybe more specifically through the younger generation. Google the phrase “Interoffice Relationships” and you’ll find ample literature on why getting involved in an interoffice romance is detrimental to your working relationship with the lover, the boss, and your co-workers. This article states that one of the downfalls to an interoffice relationships is the gossip that goes along with the mongers that inevitably inhabit the office. Thinking in terms of my office, it would just be too complicated for any of us to become romantically involved! The dynamics within my office are so strictly adhered to, not because of any company policy, but they are adhered to because of the type of friendships we have. Even if there were to be romantic feelings between any of us, we wouldn’t ever be able to act on it! Imagine the changes in the dynamics that would have to happen for there to be some sort of equilibrium. That equilibrium is there to maintain that thin line bordering on chaos and absolute harmony, and it’s this slim margin of harmony that allows us to sustain the perfect working/friend environment. Also, if you’ve read my other post “Totem Pole” you’d see how involved our office is outside of the workplace. Who knows, someday these confining bonds might be released and we can feel something besides friendship for a co-worker, but right now, there’s nothing to be gained from an interoffice relationship.