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Originally Posted by I.Am.The.End.
Well, in my (likely blunt) opinion, you're there to do a job, not socialize or make friends. Interactions beyond what are necessary to do your job should be kept at a minimum. Conversations can naturally spring up between coworkers sometimes, but the important thing is that they don't interfere with your job. The job comes first, is what I'm saying.
And these people are coworkers, not friends. They're not obligated to be friendly or to say hi first or whatever. Should they be polite? Of course. Are you going to run into people who are rude or do something that annoys you? Of course. What I do is think "is this doing me any real harm?" Usually the answer is no, it's just annoying and then I just shrug it off.
Also, about the manager...ordinarily managers are pretty busy, so unless it's vital information or a question that can only be answered by the manager, it may be best to leave them alone.
I would just say: do your job, be polite, and worry less about what other people think and do unless it directly impacts your ability to do your job.
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This isn't to diminish your feelings at all because I understand why you feel the way you do. I'm just hoping this will give you a different perspective on it.
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Thanks for your reply. I'll just ignore them from now on and like I said, I'm NOT there to make friends. If someone doesn't want to say hi to me, no big deal.
This one new hire like I said either seems totally clueless, or she wanted to deliberately annoy me for whatever reason. She is friendly towards other people, but she is cold to me. Whatever.
And the fact that she listened to her loud and annoying music right by me, and then underneath me was very bizarre. Thank God that I can move around the store. One of the stockers might've noticed her weird behavior probably, so she separated us. I walked away before that happened though. I was the one assigned to that area, not her, so I had no idea why she was there.
Today I'll ignore her for sure. I'll try to ask to work around other people so she is less likely to target me IF she is indeed a bully. Bullies always like to single out their victims or in rare cases, victims who won't or can't fight back, or ones who are to scared to report them to management.
I did document everything so far including the guys as witnesses. I have NOT said a word to anyone about this yet. IF things get worse, I will have to speak up if she won't leave me alone. For now though, I think that she is just an stupid an annoying ***** who is taking out her frustrations in life on whoever she can. Once she can see that she is no longer getting a reaction from me, she'll probably stop.
I'll avoid the other girl too and ignore her as well. Idiots like that don't deserve my respect or kindness.