cant,

i did read it all. i don't think you're wrong to be upset. if it were me i sure as hell would have cried, and i really REALLY would not have wanted to do that. (I have done it -- a few years ago a boss told me he thought i was stealing from him, was pretty sure about it in fact and was none too nice about it. I wasn't. )

but one way to think of it is that now you know EXACTLY what the score is. there's no mystery about how people at work feel about you (at least some of them, in this Dr. A's version). if you think that as long as you're getting your job done and your manager is happy, then it shouldn't matter, you're right. it's also normal and human to want to be liked.

In a way he's done you a favor. That's probably how he thinks of it in fact. But you have a place to start from, you know? there are so many ways to befriend people in an office. Unless you've really screwed someone, people are usually pretty willing to be won over. if you just want to say, to hell with these jerks, that's fine too. the point is now you know and you have a choice.