Also when the people you supported through their problems aren't willing to do the same.

What's annoying is being with co-workers, and having them all talking about the party they were all at last night, that you were not invited to, and you are just finding about now.

All the time. All the time...

You have to be vocal and persistent in these settings. If you are a shrinking violet, you WILL get drowned out.

That's my whole life.

Sidewalks are meant to be shared. Don't be that selfish group.

What is this "group chat" of which you speak? /s

That sure makes it easier than coming up with an excuse as to why I can't attend.

Being part of a critical department in your company, but never getting invited when the rest of the company caters lunch. They sure don't hesitate to call when their equipment goes down.

Pity invites are the worst.

That's why I don't have a best friend. I have really great friends but I can choose just one person to be the best it's not fair. Either everyone is my best friend or everyone is a good friend

Oh, in that case, never mind. Sheesh, find better acquaintances.

Or they take it while you're getting a drink or in the bathroom

I've had mutual friends tell my twin happy birthday and not me, fully aware we are twins and have known the person for years

This also comes from declining invitations fairly often. You tend to drop off the radar of the main group, then...

I knew stuff had been going on but no one told me anything. I didn't pry because I thought it was insensitive to do so. A year later I found out from a mutual friend that my friends ex had been making death threats. I'm pretty sure I could've at least supported her in that time

Hmmm, bye-bye.

Yes!!! All. The. Time!! I always tell myself I need to be louder, but it's always with a group I'm not 100% myself with.

This one actually sounds like a "you" problem. You chose to sit opposite of everyone, and you expected them to come to you.

This always happens to me with promotions. They always end up hiring a buddy or family member that they end up having to let go...

Or they obviously never intended to hire anybody and were only interviewing people for legal reasons.

Something like that happened to me.They hired me, but fired me two weeks later. They made up some story about how I don't fit into their team. It wasn't team, It was boss and her fan club.

I would call that dodging a bullet. Working with people who don't like you us at best challenging; more likely frustrating and hellish.

Yeah, I’m gonna disagree with this one. I want the positive culture of my team preserved. If someone is not going to fit, I won’t hire them - why would I? I’ve brought people with quirky personalities on board, that I knew wouldn’t fit, and they’ve upset colleagues, disrupted productivity and created a toxic environment. I’m not saying everyone should be conformist, but that quirky personality will fit better somewhere else,

I had one friend group who made a group chat specifically to plan a surprise birthday party. I couldn't make it to the party so I wast part of the chat which was fine. A few weeks later the conversation in the group chat I was on with the same people had almost gone silent. Then someone told me that the people in the party group chat had added the.person they were throwing the party for after the event and that was pretty much the main group chat now. So basically instead of removing me from a group chat they just made a new one and abandoned the one I was on

It's the stereotype - the better you do the more work you get. You're reliable, they aren't. Speak up - otherwise it gets worse.

Awkward. But tbh, lots of people don't like to eat homemade foods in these settings anymore due to not knowing the environment or conditions in which they were made. I'm a little skittish of this myself these days.

Ugh, I had to do this all the time and I hated it. Driving back w 8 coffees...we took turns but it was the price u had to pay to get out of the office for a half hour.

Good riddance.

Once got my older cousin to get some adult beverages for a party for a "friend" of mine. Set it up, got the order delivered to my place and he comes by to load it up in his car. We have a short conversation and he was on his way. The only real friend I had at the party asked why I wasn't there several hours later, well guess who was never invited. That one made me cry a little that night alone in my room. I was young and naive and was hoping that the invitation would come at some point.

Get them a better card just from yourself then

Well, if you will do it at 00:01 on the 25th...

Brutal.

Was never a friend then.

I'd be headed in the other direction, or home. Pick some different "everyones".

Show up with a bottle of your favorite booze. Pour yourself a glass, smile, and say, "cheese!"

Dump and run?

Isn't being given a day off a good thing? Well, clearly not to OP. Also not sure why the downvote as this is clearly one person's opinion.