For 11 Years, My Coworkers Mocked Me For Having Lunch With The Lonely Janitor Every Day — Then At His Funeral, The Lawyer Pulled Me Aside And Said, “Mr. Wilson Left This For You”

jokes multiplied.

People couldn’t understand why a department manager spent every lunch break with an aging custodian.

Some assumed I pitied him.

Others thought I was simply strange.

A few seemed genuinely bothered by it.

As though friendship should follow some invisible social hierarchy.

One day, I overheard two coworkers talking near the coffee machine.continue reading …