I got written up at work for “using downtime inappropriately” and was reported to managers by coworkers. Those same coworkers abuse downtime habitually. The only different is: I am not drinking buddies with management. Why do we do this to each other?

Edit: difference* ugh autocorrect I guess I should provide more context. I work at a brewery as a bartender and server; currently job hunting for something else. Management and the “clique” here all hang out at the “staff table” with the brewers and other staff who are off the clock. They screw around on their phones and joke around while I run around and work and do their jobs. When I use that same downtime to periodically go to the back and rest my feet, drink some water, or pet the brewery cats. We are very understaffed at the moment and it is pretty slow from time to time. There is only so much “deep cleaning” you can do. I constantly get told to go do this or that during downtime while other staff members hang around on their phones in front of management.