I just started at a job that is in the government sector. When I started there we’re about 9 of us. Most of the work is on the phone or at our computer. I’m polite and talk when spoken to but I don’t go into detail of my life and what I do outside of work(part of the reason I hate the get to know your coworkers meetings). My issue is that when I go on breaks or lunch this one guy always wants to talk but he’s also the mean girl of the office in a group of about 4 of the other new workers). My breaks and lunch is my time and starting a job that’s first shift has me making a lot of my calls at these times. Yesterday as I was walking to go to my break I have to pass his desk and he’s sitting with another mean girl talking. He ask “how’s my day going”, so I said it’s going, almost there. As I’m walking away this guy (who is loud as fuck) says “some reply huh,” to the other mean girl. So I turn around and say, “I said it’s going almost there.”. He looks at me with a pikachu confused face like I’m crazy. If you’re going to talk shit maybe be a little fucking quieter. This guy has also been pestering me about signing up for online gambling so that he can get a sign up fee bonus from me. I’m just getting sick of the fact that everyone thinks that because we work with people to help them and we started working that we have to be friends. I got this job because I want better money and insurance, it was not my first choice but to get there I need this job. This does not mean that we have to be friends and waste our breaks talking about stuff I do not care about. Also, just because we help people doesn’t mean that we can’t want money to get compensated, we wouldn’t be here if we weren’t getting paid. These fucking type of people are the scum of society. Let me have my breaks on peace and maybe stop talking shit.
Edit: when I applied it said hybrid so I thought I wouldn’t see many people but that doesn’t start till after a year and a half. It’s a great job and I need it but these people are delusional.
Edit: they had to hire so many people at once because all the boomers retired or died because of Covid and there was like 150 jobs open agency wise for this one specific type of job. This time around with hiring they hired a mix of ages so that doesn’t happen again.