Why does my supervisor do this?

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Aaah, really old dog that can't learn new tricks. There's no changing him. His boss might be able to ask him to be kinder to you and others if you complain - so might be worth it. Other than that you just have to put up with him until he retires. In the meantime.. kill him.. with kindness! Maybe he's just a grumpy old man and just gonna be like that no matter what. You can't change or control him, but you can choose to react to him differently. Just always always be nice to him, Especially extra nice when he's being a jerk. It might confuse him, but if he's being a jerk and your reaction is to be even kinder to him, what's he gonna do? Yell at you? Start an argument? Hit you? Nah, he might lighten up and relax a bit, maybe smile or laugh, and then carry on behaving a little better each time. Grumpy people can be managed & manipulated with kindness and compliments. Just be so nice to him all the time that he has no reason other than to be nice right back to you. Maybe no one's super nice to him because he can be so grumpy. Be that person that's so sweet to him that he can't help but feel better being around you and doesn't want to use you as his punching bag. I see no downside to trying it, at least.

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No for supporting trump. Because doing so is deplorable.

I'm only 10 years from being 70.

I hope I don't become like that guy in 10 years!

No, he just likes to take things out on me. He yelled at me the other day for getting a COVID test and somehow had it in his head that if you decide to get a COVID test you must quarantine until you are confirmed negative (even though I told him I had no symptoms and was just getting tested for peace of mind, because there were a few cases at work). But it turns out that he, and a couple of other people, also decided (upon themselves) to get a COVID test for peace of mind too. So I don't quite understand why he'd make me feel bad for getting a test when he'd done it himself too, plus others. It seems like he just likes to jump all over me when needn't.

But I actually stuck up for him today. There's this man who is actually causing unnecessary trouble, but he doesn't work the same shift as me, but keeps making up weird lies like saying that we haven't done our work properly when we have. He said to the supervisor that I didn't mop the other night because he didn't see any dirty mops in the same bin where I always put dirty mops in at the end of my shift, including the other night. I knew full well that I did put the dirty mops in the bin, and so my supervisor was yelled at himself for it.
I wasn't going to put up with being accused of not doing my work properly, so I marched straight into the office and spoke to the safety union rep. I told him that it isn't fair that my supervisor got a telling off for something that wasn't even true, and that it isn't fair that I should be accused of not doing my job. The union rep was on my side and will speak to the man tomorrow.
Then I started to think I was going mad, so I had to stop and try and remember if I did put the mops in the right bin, but I know I did and I do remember doing it.

I just wanted to deal with this matter. I used to be this timid girl who wouldn't say boo to a goose, but now I have learnt to speak out. I enjoy my job, I am dedicated to my work and I make sure it is done properly. If anything I should be praised up.