Your supervisor refers to you by your PC username? That's odd.

Sorry, I couldn't resist the joke, plus I thought maybe you could use the laugh.

Ah, the office, where 1 percent of the people work, while the other 99 talk about their home renos and reality television. Well, maybe the numbers aren't that bad, but they can seem like it sometimes, can't they? And the worse thing is that they make you - the one doing the work, the one possibly saving their own jobs - feel bad. That happens all the time in offices as well.

I agree with e_sort that your supervisor's tactics are quite divisive, but maybe the situation is that dire in terms of keeping your contract. If so, hopefully everyone else will get the message. And yes, you were quite noble in not discussing your co-workers' tendency to slack off.

Basically, you're doing nothing wrong. But the situation is still pretty lousy, isn't it? I would say, when you get back to work, to put on a friendly face, but stand your ground if confronted. That doesn't mean you have to be confrontational...just logic out the situation for everyone. You work, you keep your jobs. You don't work, you may lose them. You're just doing your best to keep everyone working. Make everyone feel included, because you're working for their benefit as well. At the moment it sounds like they think you're only looking out for yourself...doesn't make sense, but that's human nature for you.

Good luck!!