Why didn't my coworker like me?

    • Why didn't my coworker like me?

      When I first started at McD's, everybody used to talk to me but Kyra. At first, I thought it was bc I was new until I asked her a general question and she said we weren’t friends. I know she was giving off cues that she didn’t like me, but I never got them. I begged her and gave her $$$ for a whole hour on my day off. She became increasingly annoyed. I was frustrated and purposely embarrassed the store by yelling, “If Kyra won’t play with me, I want my mommy!” A shift manager’s 9 y/o son asked if she was sure I worked there. The next day, the general manager said she can’t have me behave like that. If she didn’t know the two of us, she’s think I’m in love with her, to which I replied, “I’m not a dyke.” My coworker said she didn’t mean me.

      "Do NOT call my friend Kyra a dyke!” I shouted. Then I demanded to be transferred, which my boss agreed to. Somehow, it didn’t end up happening. My manager also called corporate on me just for that, but they didn't end up doing anything.

      A coupla days later at work, I sassed a manager. I told her when she brushed against me, it burns and when she talks, my ears hurt. The next day, I got written up and flicked out my boss for doing that. Soon, I began to verbally abuse others regularly, but I was really nice to Kyra. However, I stared at her on my days off just wanting her to talk to me. It turned out later that she had 2 people add me on facebook bc she was afraid I will do something, which I don’t plan on. Jenny said Kyra initially hated her for months until she (Jenny) accidentally made coffee wrong and burned a lot of people. Kyra thought it was funny and they became friends. I tried the same tactic and purposely made coffee wrong, burned myself, and Kyra just got disgusted. Every snub Kyra made to me (I.e. not letting me sit at her table) I reported it to the boss. In the case w/ the tables, my boss said to find a different table. I also damaged Andrea's coat bc Kyra liked her. And here's the part I HATE: Once, I got 5-6 orders wrong during my 8 hour shift bc I kept thinking of Kyra. And they blamed me!

      No one would allow me to talk about Kyra hurting me at work. Well, it's not like I see my therapist every day, so I treat work like one. Since I couldn't, I ended up screaming at my boss in front of customers for a rage outlet. I got suspended 2 weeks. I returned to work to ostracism and on-call hours. I quit a few weeks after. All bc Kyra hurt me. WHY??
    • Re: Why didn't my coworker like me?

      Hey dirrtydozen22,

      Sounds like your having a really hard time with Kyra. Remember, we don't all like someone, we like someone, we love someone, and we even want to date someone - maybe Kyra isn't interested in friendship with certain people, there could be a lot of reasons such as their interests, religion, or just the fact she likes to have certain selected people as friends. This isn't bad on your part, however if she doesn't want to be a friend of yours, then your going to have to let it go. I don't mean any offence, but not forgetting about it is getting you in much more trouble of what you asked for, and it's ruining your daily life, which was at work until left the establishment.

      Let it drift away, let it go, find someone new - and just accept the fact. Maybe she will realize one day you will be a good friend, but don't force it.

      Good luck. xox
      [COLOR="Teal"]Counselor at LGBT Committee Program of Ontario
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    • Re: Why didn't my coworker like me?

      Honestly? :/ Personally, I think you're doing a lot of things that don't make you a very nice person. Abusing people, except Kyra? She's going to see through that. Pretending to burn yourself? Yelling, acting very unprofessional in front of customers... you're going to get yourself fired. You can't go around screaming at people. It's not nice. "I'm not a dyke!" isn't a nice thing to say, either. Gay people are perfectly ordinary people just like you.

      In almost every single sentence of your post, you're doing something that is going to make people not like you.

      You can't go around treating everyone except her like crap, and expect her to like you. You have to be nice to everyone. You have to be a civil person in general.

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    • Re: Why didn't my coworker like me?

      cool_walking_ wrote:

      Honestly? :/ Personally, I think you're doing a lot of things that don't make you a very nice person. Abusing people, except Kyra? She's going to see through that. Pretending to burn yourself? Yelling, acting very unprofessional in front of customers... you're going to get yourself fired. You can't go around screaming at people. It's not nice. "I'm not a dyke!" isn't a nice thing to say, either. Gay people are perfectly ordinary people just like you.

      In almost every single sentence of your post, you're doing something that is going to make people not like you.

      You can't go around treating everyone except her like crap, and expect her to like you. You have to be nice to everyone. You have to be a civil person in general.


      Yeah, seriously... What is it with people these days? OP, you're crazy. Your attitude will get you nowhere. Not everyone will like you, and it's your job to not give a fuck and do your damn job. You're there to make money. That's why they hired you.