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Sorry to hear about your experiences at work. It sounds all too familiar to me. Where there is a couple of women forced to spend the best hours of the day together, working, slandering is to be expected.
I remember working with 6 other ladies and at first I found them so rude and horrible. They would speak very loud, talk about customers/patients, talk about each other, swear at each other, swear at the manager behind her back. It was really disgusting. I hated being around them... and I knew for sure they would be talking about me. Their comments didnt really bother me or I just didnt show them they did.
I would advise you to simply be yourself and be a nice person to work with. I just continued being polite with them, bought chocolates for the girls, would cover for them... and really tried to make an impression on the manager. And yunno it really worked for me... They definately treated me better then they did each other, even sneakily dropped afew compliments.
The old lady customer seems small-fry compared to potential bullying from colleagues. That's just me looking from an outsider's perspective, so I apologise if it sounds insensitive or anything.
Yeah I agree with that. You will
always get afew customers who are never happy. The next time she says "Im always having to tell you to say thankyou to people, arent I?"... just say "Yes you are...I always seem to forget, mother" and *roll eyes* lol.
I sort of formed a friendship with my manager, which I know the others didnt have. It was really funny when I told her I would have to leave, she thought I was leaving because the others were bullying me and insisted I tell her if they were.
Its not easy, but its something you have to build up really. Slowly they'll start to respect you and they'll have nothing to say about you. Then its your turn to bully them :P, nah im kidding. I pray that things get easier for you, because I know how difficult it can be.