I see this at work with coworkers and interns who come up to me when I'm in the kitchen and strike up a conversation but I can tell they are not really into it from the very beginning and would rather do something else and ignore me as soon as someone else shows up.
Also every time as soon as I'm in the kitchen someone else shows up out of nowhere, greeting me and walking past me, sometimes sneering or making a "long face". At the beginning I thought this was just coincidence but it's always the same 3 people doing this and I can tell they don't like me and gossip about me.
What is wrong with those kind of people? Are they suspicous of me? If they are, what are they afraid of me doing? Drinking too much coffee? Unlike the majority of the staff I don't spend 2 hours drinking coffee, having lunch and on top of that sneak off to chat with my work wife during working hours. So I don't think my work ethic is the problem here.
And no I don't think I'm too nice. I dress well, I'm polite but I don't suck up to anyone, I'm articulate in my native language and I adress issues that bother me. So it's not like I look like a victim with poor self esteem that can't defend herself. People have commented on me being quiet but that can't be the reason they dislike me?
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They are trying to play the work game and "be nice".
The kitchen is a safeish place for this.
Honestly they are the darkest people who play the game and stupidly get ahead cause all the coworkers know they are trash people but the bosses only see the fake side.
The 2 seconds seen being nice with you when it's just cringe as the boss walks by is worth it to them.
Yeah but the boss never sees this since he is always busy in meetings. As for the interns, they are just there for 3 to 6 months and atm there is no chance they are hired (they know this) so why bother playing nice especially if hiring managers won't know about it?
Cause they feel they need to! Sucking up how ever they can also good practice for the real job where they will have to pick every ones boots!
It's just for public consumption
What do you mean by that?