Workplace harassment
in Miscellaneous ·
Man, that sounds brutal. Just a total nightmare.
I think we’ve all dealt with some version of workplace bullying at some point... even me. At my very first job, I had this arrogant jerk of a coworker who just absolutely tormented me mentally. Since I was young and had zero experience under my belt, he figured I was an easy target. It was constant... "hurry up, hurry up," while he sat there being lazy as hell, constantly stepping out for smoke breaks, leaving the rest of us to pick up his slack. I actually stayed quiet for the first two weeks, just taking it, until I finally snapped and laid into him—told him exactly what I thought, told him to quit smoking on the clock, and to actually do his damn job. I know it’s hard to find the guts to do something like that, but you’re eventually going to have to stand your ground. At my current office, most of the ladies have these whole suburban lives—gardens, kids, the works—and here I am, just living in my apartment. I’m not really into the whole small-town gossip vibe either, but I try to chime in occasionally with a little "how's this going?" or "what happened with that?" because if you just sit there in silence while they're all chatting, they start wondering why you're being so standoffish. Try to engage a little bit, but honestly... if they keep icing you out, you might be better off just sending out resumes. You'll lose your mind if you stay. Maybe you'll find a crew that actually gets you. 👋
I think we’ve all dealt with some version of workplace bullying at some point... even me. At my very first job, I had this arrogant jerk of a coworker who just absolutely tormented me mentally. Since I was young and had zero experience under my belt, he figured I was an easy target. It was constant... "hurry up, hurry up," while he sat there being lazy as hell, constantly stepping out for smoke breaks, leaving the rest of us to pick up his slack. I actually stayed quiet for the first two weeks, just taking it, until I finally snapped and laid into him—told him exactly what I thought, told him to quit smoking on the clock, and to actually do his damn job. I know it’s hard to find the guts to do something like that, but you’re eventually going to have to stand your ground. At my current office, most of the ladies have these whole suburban lives—gardens, kids, the works—and here I am, just living in my apartment. I’m not really into the whole small-town gossip vibe either, but I try to chime in occasionally with a little "how's this going?" or "what happened with that?" because if you just sit there in silence while they're all chatting, they start wondering why you're being so standoffish. Try to engage a little bit, but honestly... if they keep icing you out, you might be better off just sending out resumes. You'll lose your mind if you stay. Maybe you'll find a crew that actually gets you. 👋