One of the most difficult balancing acts of our generation involves work and play. A recurring theme in my writing is going to be how to balance work, or an issue at work, with play, or an issue with my friends/social life. Keeping that in mind, how do I balance my relationship with someone at work and balance that same relationship in a social setting? Even worse, how do I balance that relationship when I don’t agree with their actions in one venue or the other. For instance, one of the Worker Bee’s isn’t doing their job. Say, they are taking special liberties that other Worker Bee’s wouldn’t even consider, they are leaving the office early and coming back late from lunch, they are not completing their required jobs. How do I, as a friend and a co-worker, bring their inadequate performance to their attention without offending either parts of them? Would it be better to let someone in higher authority take care of it? Or would it make more sense for me to come to them as a friend and let them know? I like to think myself close enough to most of my friends/office staff to be able to have a candid conversation with them and not have to sugar coat my every word. 

So tell me, which persona do I portray when I need to be critical of someone? The co-worker or the friend?