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Mostly just be cordial and see if they open up over time. If you are able to, going on a coffee/snack run and ask if they want anything is a nice way to get a conversation going at first,

I'd just occasionally say hi to them, and once you've done that regularly you can branch out, mention something you did over the weekend, ask if they did anything they enjoyed recently. Regular small things probably wouldn't be interested and might encourage more future openings.

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Being socially distant a bit myself because I don't really like mingling my private and work lives too much, my suggestion would be to try and accommodate them, and respect their boundaries. If they want to open up and be more social with you, they will. Leave the door open for them to come to you if they so wish, but don't push em, that'll only lead into them trying to cut you off even more.

Thank god they don't feel the need to be socially engaged to me, generally. Unless they're one of my sort of weird, and then probably just info-dump my special interests at them and see if they run or stay around. But I'm not socially engaged my own self, so . . . I AM the socially distant coworker. I don't want to just "hang out" with random people, talk about mundane things, "get a drink", or whatever. I usually just want to do my work and go home.

I think everyone I work with is pretty socially distant, including me. I'll say "good morning" sometimes but the conversation never really moves past that. Everyone just wants to do their job and leave as soon as possible. Don't really want to talk to other people.

I work alone, and I might enter that category if I were to work in a group... so, sorry, can't help you there, but the others' answers seem good to me ^^

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I try not to overstep any boundaries since socializing can be very exhausting for people (including me) so if they want to talk thats cool, if you feel like they dont want to talk then just leave it there. Its probably nothing personal against you specifically so dont get offended and just accept them for who they are. You dont HAVE to be talking all the time and/or become best friends or anything as long as work gets done.

With that said, you could ask them to talk about their favorite things/hobbies to get a common ground and build up a relationship with them. A lot of socially distant people dont hate talking to others. They just dont really know what to talk about and/or small talk just seems pointless to them but when you talk about a topic they like and are enthusiastic about it becomes a lot easier for them to open up and have other conversations too. Again though try not to overstep boundaries. Some people just need their quiet and it would be unfair to impose yourself on them because "you feel a need for it".

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I usually just give them a short greeting if I happen to run into them, but I'll leave them alone afterwards if it doesn't seem like they want to continue the conversation