Hey all, I am a 24 year old guy working at a hospital in the kitchen doing simple work running trays around to patients, and making food. It comes with good benefits and the pay is okay (11.00) for a job that requires no experience except a knowledge of food service. I hate my job, but don't know whether I have the wrong attitude about the situation or not. I work with several women in the department, many of them are sassy and rude. I grew up somewhat sheltered I suppose, didn't have very many friends, and I consider myself sensitive and shy, and I just want to do my job quietly without having to deal with all the drama that seems to come with this line of work, I guess you'd say I'd like personal space.
There is one woman in particular who is my same age. She has a personality with everyone that is very negative. She tends to spout off "I hate this," "thats garbage" "your dumb" etc... as her sort of humor. Most of the women in the cafeteria find it funny, but I don't. She will attack me with her words telling me I am lazy, and that shes suprised when she sees me working, that I am a bad 24 year old, that she can't believe I haven't quit/been fired yet, that I take 2 hour long breaks (when I only take 30). Its all petty stuff to complain about, I know, but these are the only kinds of words that come out of her mouth towards me. She never shows an interest in conversation with me, or telling me whats going on in her life. If she is going to say something to me, it always has a negative spin against me. I would be interested in hearing from you folks whether this is a normal thing with some people, and how I should take it?
So far I've been trying to ignore it for the most part, laugh it off as well without rebuttal. I'm afraid I'm going to blow up and say something really mean to her. She is very overweight, and she grew up without a father, which is really sad, and I want to feel empathetic towards her, yet when I get angry suddenly these things seem like weapons that I can use (although I haven't) instead of ways I can pray for her and hope that she can continue to grow as a person despite these difficulties.
This is actually not my first job, I have had several food service positions in the past. The last one I got fired for because I started getting lazy and frustrated for very similar reasons that I am here. I am afraid that if I don't do something about this, I am going to get fired at the hospital too. Any thoughts would be incredibly helpful. Thank you all