Signs You Have a Work Best Friend
17 Scenarios You'll Only Find Relatable AF If You Have a Work BFF
For those of us working from home right now, we miss a lot of things, from office snacks to our ergonomic desk chairs, but let's be real, what we miss the most is hanging out with our work BFFs. Even video calls can't replace seeing that one person in the office who never fails to put a smile on your face, drive you absolutely bonkers, or some combination of both. So in honor of our desk-mates, our lunchtime buddies, and our Slack-gossipers — who we desperately miss seeing on the reg — here are 17 reasons we love and adore our work besties.
— Additional reporting by Zara Patel
1 You have so many inside jokes, you can hardly keep up with them all.
2 Sometimes, just one word in a Slack conveys everything you need to say.
3 You visit each other's desks multiple times a day.
4 You know all of each other's annoying habits.
5 You commiserate with each other about mean coworkers.
6 You both go to happy hour together . . . a lot.
7 You come up with nicknames for other people in the office.
8 You know each other's lunch orders.
9 You text each other on the weekends.
10 During meetings, you can have entire conversations with just an exchange of glances.
11 You show up to work in the same outfit all the time — and you never plan it.
12 You are more excited for work parties when you know your coworker will be there.
13 You get so pumped to see each other when you come back from vacation.
14 You can both tell when a day is feeling especially long.
15 You give one another honest advice.
16 You keep each other in the loop on all the office gossip.
17 You will always root for each other when something goes well (or not so well).
