I know lot of small shop owner. They need, by definition, to be at work all day, everyday. They’re all complaining that work is the only place they can meet people, but that it’s hardly a way to have friends and so are losing them. I know also of manual labor job worker that complaint of the same thing.

Your lense is only working for job in office like environment.

You have to create most of the time the opportunities to really meet new people. Hoping to get that randomly at your job Is not the best way I think.