Activity: Avoiding the Clique
SCENARIO: Trent, Ben, and Antonio all started working at a local home improvement store at the same time.They were in the same orientation group and liked each other immediately.Trent and Ben work in the customer service department and Antonio works in accounting.The three usually go out after work on friday night, text each other during the day, and try to eat lunch together serveral times a week (when they can).Someone they even hang out on the weekends.While Trent,Ben, and Antonio are lucky to have found such good friends at work,some of their co-workers are not as pleased about their close friendship.
Question: Why is it important to have friends at work?