Lifestyles of the poor and nameless

I finally met some Black people at work. Woo hoo! There are 3 females who seem to be around my age. All 3 have been here for a while (one year or more). So that makes me the "new kid". I'm learning that making friends at work is more difficult than making friends at school. School is inherently social; but people don't come to work to make friends. I can't say I blame them. If I were from the area and knew people out here, I probably wouldn't care either. Since I'm not, I'm trying to get to know some folks and maybe have people to hang out with (that whole new year's vow to be more social). The question is how to accomplish this without seeming desperate? I guess time will tell.