Feeling anxious about new people starting at work

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Tamaya
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21 Jan 2026, 11:04 pm

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And there's a reason why people like that don't stay in the same job for very long

I'd like to say that more people had this person sussed out than you might realise but I wasn't there so I don't really know


You are most likely right.

And yeah, this bully was a (overpaid) contractor and so moved around different bus garages around Essex, London and surrounding areas. But for some reason he seemed very comfortable at our depot, coming in 5 days a week from 7am to 8pm, as though he was worming his way in there and tried to take over. What saddens me is a lot of people who worked with him did not see the sh***y person that he was and was unaware of the bullying that went on. Goes to show how frightening it really is for a bully to have such social power over people. He even got like over 100 likes on his Facebook on a photo of him and his new bride at a seemingly very luxurious, expensive wedding. That girl he married must be blind, deaf or desperate to marry a thing like him.

I don't have him as a Facebook friend, I just looked on his Facebook page recently. Yes, I get curious even with people I hate.


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22 Jan 2026, 1:00 am

I know, it's weird how much energy can be used up on people you don't like

I don't think I've had 100 likes on FB in my whole life, let alone on one post


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22 Jan 2026, 2:53 am

I've written a book about it all. It was fun to write, and would be fun to read. My aunt got well into it and said she couldn't put it down. :lol:

I see story plots everywhere I go (just like Foster saw music everywhere he went). So, while crying at work because of an anxiety attack caused by being called into the office accused of yet another thing I didn't do, I was also thinking "wow, great story plot material". :lol:


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22 Jan 2026, 5:34 am

I don't do that but when I'm out and I'll see someone doing something like rattling keys or whatever and I'll create a whole life story about them

It just amused me really and it's pretty benign

I also make games up when I'm out and about as well. Like I made a game to help crossing the bloody roads in Amsterdam. The more difficult the crossing, the more points you get.
If you've been to Amsterdam you'll understand what I'm on about


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23 Jan 2026, 9:57 pm

I can't remember if I already mentioned this here or not, but before all the bullying began, I actually stepped in to avoid him getting in trouble. He built a squirrel box during work one day (even though it ain't part of his job) and fixed it to the fence at the back of the yard, as we often get squirrels there. But the next day a colleague there who worked different hours to us messaged me and asked if I knew who put the squirrel box up. I knew what this guy was like, he's the sort that gets a kick out of stirring trouble and snitching on people for any little thing, and I didn't want the (bully) to get in trouble, so I just said I didn't know. But the squirrel box got taken down the day after, much to all our annoyance, and I told the (bully) that the snitch guy was asking me who put it there but that I'd said I didn't know, and I shared his feelings.

So yeah, I was actually nice to him. This was before he was a bully, although even then I secretly wasn't keen on him because of his loud, cocky know-it-all personality that got on my nerves, but I still gave him a chance and saved him a lot of bother, as he might have even been dismissed for building outside projects during work time using work supplies.

I guess me lying is fine to him when he's saving his ass, but when it comes to a piece of candy, oh dear, it's a huge crime.


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