Well, today we had a lecture from the former Director of the Social Club, basically saying that we have to stick up for one another and defend anyone who is being picked on. Someone protested that, that was hard to do, and several others agreed. So, basically, no one wants to stick their nose out and possibly get punched for defending me (or the other 2 people that I know of that he has picked on also). In other words, just as they have been a bunch of cowards, not wanting to defend me or the others, so they want to continue to be. SIGH.... the bully is still gone. He did not get to hear the lecture, but I am sure he heard about it from his "friends." He has 3-4 friends in the place that I know of. Most of them are women. Most of them think his bullying is "just kidding around" and have no clue how nasty he has been to me or the others. They sit in other areas of the club, or don't ride its bus (where a lot of the bullying has taken place), so they have not witnessed the cruelty to which he is capable. He picks and chooses who to butter up and kiss butt to, so those people all think he is a nice guy. And guess who they are BLAMING for his absence? ME!

So, now *I* am supposedly the bad guy. Add to that, that he has been saying I have done bad things to him (which I have not) and even my boss is kind of miffed at me. She has told someone she wishes he would come back. And I kind of get that she too blames ME for his not being there.

So I am feeling like quitting my job there, but I am going to try to stick it out and see how things go. I've been advised by a good friend not to mention him at all there, and if someone seems to be blaming me for his absence to ask them point blank if they are blaming me for it.

I HATE ALL OF THIS!!! I feel so doubly wronged.