Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : So there's this kid who comes in every day to empty the trash bins at each of our desks in our office. He seems like a nice enough kid, but he's like...aggressively friendly. He sees some of the toys and collectibles around my desk and tries to engage me in conversation about them..."Oh, hey, Star Wars, cool...did you see the new ones? What did you think?" To which I say "Yep" and "they're cool." Normally I have way more to say about Star Wars, but I just don't want to engage with this kid. I feel like he's trying too hard to be friends. Even to the point of telling me about his weekend plans totally unprovoked..."Hey man, I'm going to see that new Dragonball Z movie tomorrow..." which is weird because there isn't anything remotely anime related on my desk...but I guess he just figures I'm into geeky shit in general, which I pretty much am, but not Dragonball...anyway, I digress. My response to that line was just a brief, "I really don't know anything about Dragonball". That's basically the rudest or most curt that I've been to him. Otherwise I've always just said "hello" and "thanks" whenever he collects the trash.

Other people in my department are far more friendly and talk to him a lot more. And then I get the feeling that they're silently judging me for not asking him how his gaming YouTube channel is going.

I just don't really feel like making a new friend I guess. And I would engage more with someone else, I just feel like with this guy I'm opening a door to someone who's going to think I'm his buddy when I really don't want to be. But I can't say that without hurting feelings, right? Plus, without knowing his exact age, if I had to guess I'd say I'm easily 10 years older than he is, maybe 15.

Like, I guess I'm being kind of a dick to him, but not really, I'm just not going out of my way to be friendly. And it's not because he's the kid who empties the trash. That has nothing to do with it. I was super friendly with the last guy who did that. But I also never felt like there was a possibility of that person asking me if I wanted to get lunch together or anything, which I don't ever want to do with just about anyone I work with. I'm just not that guy.

I don't know...am I the asshole for just nipping this in the bud by putting up a wall now instead of just being polite in a situation where I think it might be misconstrued as an invitation for friendship?