Am I being mistreated at work?

[Anonymous]

I am a very quiet person, yet, for some reason I always attract drama at the work place. I swear I’m cursed, I’m always alone and don’t get why people always like to pick at me. There were two women, one mostly, that went out of her way to be petty & catty towards me at work. The other one, she likes to make passive aggressive remarks about other people. Unfortunately, I was one of them. Now, my boss is going out of his way to make my life difficult. He requested that I call a student last week Friday before leaving the office and I didn’t. I clocked out and shortly after, he sends a text stating that he wants to speak with me on Tuesday (today). Now, he sends a message to our general channel & asks that everyone reply to indicate that we read his message. However, myself & two other people did not reply to his message. Yet, he replies to his own message & types my name, wanting to confirm that I read his message. However, two other people didn’t either so why aren’t they being singled out? I am waiting to find another job & put in my notice ASAP.

Yes

No

[ZiZi_Bell]

Yeah that's mistreatment.

And I hate to say it, but it's probably because you're quiet.

People will naturally try to pick on the people they think won't stand up for themselves. It's the easiest way to be awful without consequences.

[Asker]

I’d like to believe that I stick up for myself, I don’t believe I’m a complete push over

[ZiZi_Bell]

People are nasty. If you don't make it very clear that you're just a much a predator as they are then they'll just keep going. At first thinking you're easy prey, then out of spite for you challenging them.

It's not a healthy environment to be in, because it requires you be like them if you want them to stop. Being the bigger person never works with people like that.

I'm glad to see you're looking for another job. That place just does not sound like the right place for you.