So I’ve been working at my job for about 5 months. It’s a part time warehouse job and it’s super easy, all I do is scan packages and place a sticker with the customers address on it. When I first started, I thought that this was perfect because I was so used to doing packing, heavy lifting, or operating forklifts.
So one my first day, my boss tells me about a co worker that is basically a bully to everyone. She made this one girl cry, she’s even gotten into arguments with the boss and lots of other coworkers. I didn’t understand why she wouldn’t just fire her because the co worker creates a hostile environment. My boss says she can’t fire her because of the union. But I don’t think bullying is protected by the union, but I digress. Anyways, I didn’t think much of it because I’m an introvert and only speak when spoken to at work. However, there has been times where this co worker tried to start issues with me. She would literally sling packages towards me even though they’re on a conveyor belt lmao. She would purposely watch my every move. There was a time I went to the bathroom, I didn’t even use it I just didn’t want to be around my co workers for a bit. When I came back to the belt she went to the bathroom next. She then comes back and tells me to check my phone, so I did and I see a text from her saying “you left your personal thing in the bathroom, you should throw it away that’s disgusting.” I texted back saying “what personal thing I only brought my phone to the bathroom” She reads my text and I ask her out loud in front of all my other co workers “what personal thing, I hope it’s not what I think it is.” Meaning a used pad. She just looked so stupid idk why she would assume that out of all the employees in this warehouse that I’m the one that would do something like that.
So because my boss has also had problems with this co worker too, I vented to her about the situation. I’ve vented to my boss about this particular co worker many times but she does absolutely NOTHING about it. She’ll just say “oh well just take a breather in the bathroom.” My boss talks about how everyone is like family, it’s only 6 of us that work together in that area, but I really think she’s just scared to check them. But she is so quick to correct me but never them. There were times when my co workers were so busy talking that they didn’t realize a package is passing them. I would have to be the one to say something even though my boss is right there next to me. I remember my boss telling me about how important label placement is and said to make sure I place the label straight and in the center of the package. So that’s what I do all the time, but then I started realizing that I’m the only one doing it, all my other coworkers are just placing it any type of way and my boss sees this and SAYS NOTHING to them.
At this point I’m starting to see how she nitpicks almost everything I do and it’s getting annoying but for 5 months I just let her do it without saying anything. My co workers are all older than me but so immature. They make dick and sex jokes like a teenager. So it got to a point where I’m just tired of tolerating all the bullshit. Eventually, I got tired of doing the same boring lazy job every single day. Other people in the warehouse talk about how we don’t really work, which I find true because everyone else is unloading or loading trucks.
At the belt, there is a guy that flips the packages on one side and two people scanning on each side of the belt. Well when you scan, you have to scan every other package so the person behind you has something to scan too. Well my trouble making co workers decide it’s okay for them to scan 3-5 packages in a row while I stand there with barely anything to do. They see me standing there and purposely do it, I believe to get a reaction out of me since I don’t ever talk to them. So at this point I’m fed up and I walk out on them. Since she wanted to scan almost every package, then go ahead and scan them all. This has happened many times since I’ve been working there. I been notified my boss about it months ago before I finally had enough and walked out. I actually texted and called my boss before doing so. I am dealing with a lot personally right now and she knows that. When we talked on the phone, I reiterated what I’m dealing with and that I don’t have the patience any more to deal with pettiness. Her response was “All of us are going through something.” I found that to be very rude and undermining, she even said she’s in Florida because she needs a break herself. Smh. Anyways, once I did leave, instead of correcting the issue, she went back and told my co workers what I said about them. Their response was “we saw her struggling with the packages so we tried to help” How am I struggling with packages when I barely have anything to scan. I’m literally standing there at the start of the shift watching my co worker scan almost every package. My boss then goes on to say “I have seen you struggle with a package before.” No shit, we’ve all struggled with a package before.
Am I tripping or does it seem like they are all trying to cause problems with me? Sorry for how long this is.