Frustated Co-worker

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I recently forgot to call paratransit which needs to be done one day in advance. When this happens, I end up taking a day off work because of some major service cuts and that meant the local route got cut. In the mean time, one other co-worker had taken a day off. I She was already upset because another co-worker took his day off and she was mad. I work in a flexible enviornment where people take as many days off as they desire and I thought it wouldn't be a problem with the boss. However, when I got to work, my co-worker refused to talk to me because she was upset that she could not take her day off.

So, I took the day off and I had tried to tell her what was going on and that I would not be at work, and she got upset with me. Meanwhile, another co-worker of mine kept contacting me on AIM and told me that she was upset because she didn't want to be working alone incase there was a problem. She also likes to talk to the other co-workers incuding myself and that is fine. However, I was so tired and annoyed that she contacted me instead of the other co-wo-worker that I said some things that I should not have. So, I told her that work was not social time and it was a time to get paid which caused her to tell the girl who was upset.

Anyway, I showed up at work and this co-worker is extemely worked up and angry with me for taking off. I tried talking to another co-worker and she looked at me and said, "No talking, this isn't social time," yet set no examples by talking to the other co-worker. I told her that I didn't appreciate the way she was acting. She then fired back at me and told me that I told the other co-worker on AIM what she told me. I then told her not to take her problems out on me, and she got mad and accused me of taking the day off on purpose because I didn't want her to have it. I said that I was sorry, and she said. "Oh yeah right." I then said, "I have been here for a total of 6 years and you will not talk to me like that."

To my other discoveries, she now has the other co-worker who told about the social time not to talk to me and so I feel like I am working in a hostile envirnment and I found myself keeping quiet and crying. What should I do? I don't really want to talk to the boss about this whole issue with Pandora's open box.

Did you explain the situation about Paratransit? Perhaps someone would be willing to pick you up/drive you home, rather than being in a short staff situation. There might also be some way of insuring that someone makes a phone call to Paratransit whenever you need to be at work because someone else is taking a vacation day.

Here is the general problem with this situation. I love 30 minutes South of the job where I work, and all of the co-workers reside close to the area where I work. I also cannot take the express busses up to that area from downtown because they only offer one-way trips going into the city.