Do you "like" the people you work with?

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I generally dislike the current batch of people I work with having had to take a new job at a place with uneducated people. I do not relate to any of my coworkers as they view me as a weirdo having a degree and a lot of hobbies and interests they have not even heard of. My coworkers do nothing but discuss sex, getting drunk and gambling. They spend most of the break times discussing buying group lottery tickets. All I can say is as that famous motto goes "A lottery is a tax on stupid people." These people make the lowest wage in the company yet spend $20-100 a week on group lottery tickets and no they have never, ever won anything big. I also work in a place where I am the racial minority being half white half Native American. Most of my coworkers are Mexican and southwestern Native American so I do not look like nor relate to them. They also have spoken up they do not want "whiteys" sitting at their lunch table. There is also a Mexican old man that says nasty sexual stuff about white women all day and also discusses his sex life with his wife. So yeah I dislike most of them.

Yes, I do. I think they are the best group of people I've ever worked with. A lot of people there have pets, as I do, and we often talk about them. I also like my job very much.

There are different levels to liking somone to my mind and I can compartmentalise those areas. So there maybe someone I like because of their personality but may not think much of them on a professional level and vice versa. There are some I can get on at work with because we have a common interest in the field in which we work but I wouldn't like to go for a drink with them. There are some that are aloof with me and I certainly won't spend any energy trying to get closer to them so they are dealt with on a needs basis; I don't mind these people. I can't stand the ones that are nice to you on the surface but just want something. I find the insincerity shines like a beacon and I just give them what they want if I can or if I feel like it so they go away.

I don't really worry about liking people at work. I enjoy being able to do my job well and if there are pleasuable interpersonal experiences during the day then that's a bonus.