Workplace Drama Is So Pointless
By lilacskies
@lilacskies (11504)
United States
March 13, 2025 10:14pm CST
Workplace drama is so pointless. It's completely unnecessary and useless. I don't understand why we can't just go to work and earn money to pay our bills and call it a day. Why do people have to engage in this twisted behavior and make work so difficult?
I have a nice coworker that I am slowly getting close to. I want us to be allies as we navigate through the chaos. It's so hard to work alone when I am surrounded by people who are always competing with everyone, causing drama, and starting fights. I don't get it. Let's just work in peace please. We are all just trying to survive here. At the end of the day, everything we have done up to this point was for our survival. This isn't high school. This is a professional setting with our livelihoods at stake. We are adults here. Let's not revert to our high school days please. Even high schoolers are much classier and more mature these days.
Don't get me wrong. Most of my coworkers are very nice, but there are a few that irritate me. I get it. These kinds of people are everywhere, but still. Why whine about everything in a nasally voice? Why take selfies on the job? Why try to outdo your fellow coworkers by flirting with patrons? Why make snarky comments? Why be petty and rude? Why not apologize when you make a mistake? And say thank you to express gratitude? I don't get such people. I try to, but I can't. I am only keeping quiet because I need the money to pay my bills. I think my nice coworker is reaching her limit though. She is starting to show her temper and things are not looking good for her and the other coworkers.
I will not be getting involved. I have bills to pay and goals to meet. I have no time, energy, nor patience for workplace drama. No, thank you.
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@Deepizzaguy (107750)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Mar
I do not blame you since we all need work to survive our daily lives.
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@lilacskies (11504)
• United States
14 Mar
Yes, we need to work, but we certainly don't need the drama.
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@Deepizzaguy (107750)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Mar
@lilacskies You are right.
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@MNRFOLEY (480)
• Brisbane, Australia
14 Mar
@lilacskies good on ya! keep up the good work.
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@lilacskies (11504)
• United States
14 Mar
Yes, that's right. I won't be getting involved at all. I never do. I don't partake in workplace drama of any kind and have never done so. My conscience is clear. I will only focus on my work to earn money and go home. These people need to focus on their jobs and live conscientiously.
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@lilacskies (11504)
• United States
14 Mar
@MNRFOLEY Thank you so much! Will do!
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@snowy22315 (186653)
• United States
14 Mar
The workplace is a microcosm in which all types exist. I hope you can get through it all. Hopefully, you are starting to be able to put some money aside
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@lilacskies (11504)
• United States
14 Mar
That is true. Thank you. I managed to save up some money to afford therapy again. The problem is my therapist has moved on from solo therapy to group therapy and I can't handle group therapy so I have to seek a new therapist now.
@moffittjc (123162)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Mar
It is childish, isn’t it? As adults, we should be above all that. But I guess that because we’re fallible human beings, this type of behavior happens. Thankfully, where I work we all get along great.
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@lilacskies (11504)
• United States
14 Mar
It is especially when it's just so pointless. We only work to pay bills. I don't understand why people have to hurt others. People are their own worst enemies. I'm glad you all get along well.
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@lilacskies (11504)
• United States
14 Mar
@TheHorse It's no wonder you work for yourself. It's better that way.
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@Dreamerby (7155)
• Calcutta, India
14 Mar
Yeah I can understand what you are talking about. Some people just cross all the limits of being fake on their job.
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@lilacskies (11504)
• United States
14 Mar
It's so frustrating. Work should be work. School should be school, but it isn't. There's always drama.
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@grenery8 (15222)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
8h
@lilacskies i was sensitive too and was either fired or had to quit due to others, bad employers and some of my moves were reasonable but if they won't change, i have to, if i want to earn some money. i had employment gap too. i received a mail from a employment agency here and last week. i didn't show up for counseling on february 17 and i am banned for 3 months. all these years, they didn't help me at all. expected of me to find job oon my own; i don't see their purpose and this is the only thing they did for me
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@lilacskies (11504)
• United States
3h
@grenery8 That's so sad. It's like they are doing this on purpose and they are all against you. They are dragging you down on purpose and isolating you. I don't get it. What exactly is their problem? Why can't they just let you be in peace and work in peace? I think you have undiagnosed CPTSD due to prolonged abuse. I hope you get it checked out one day to confirm whether you have it or not because people abused you so much. You are so strong to endure all that by yourself. As the saying goes, we are all alone. We were born alone and die alone. No one is there for us when we get abused. We have to put up with it alone. That hurts to think about. Stay strong. I will do my best to do the same.
@lilacskies (11504)
• United States
15 Mar
That is true. We all have to be patient and just focus on our jobs. There is no need to get involved in such petty matters. We have bigger things to worry about like our livelihoods. It was really hard for me to get a job due to my employment gap. I'm thankful for what I have even if there are some hassles along the way. 
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@RebeccasFarm (92962)
• United States
14 Mar
Those people you are referring to are scum Lilac..that is it plain and simple.
That is your answer.
They have no conscience at all and do not relate to others in any way.
It is something wrong with their biological make up, or what have you.
Born like that with the inability to function with others..incapable of playing or working nice.
It's true and it took me 30 years to realize this.
Some just lack the capacity.
Feel sorry for them and walk around them.
Stay far away from their bs.
Hold your head up like the lady you are.
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@lilacskies (11504)
• United States
14 Mar
Yes, they are. They cause drama for no reason at all. They are bored so they nitpick and cause drama. They have some kind of antisocial personality disorder that is ingrained in them. It's too hard for such people to be nice and polite. They have to drag everyone down with them. I have been observing this behavior for years and it's just so sickening. There are bigger things to worry about in life, but these people are busy hurting and damaging people for their own amusement. It's so sad. I pity them and ignore them. They purposely stand in front of me though so that's the problem. I want to look away, but there they are, standing in front of me on purpose. It's some kind of psychological warfare. It's really pathetic. Thank you so much. I will keep holding my head up. My conscience is clear. I will never stoop to their level.
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@lilacskies (11504)
• United States
14 Mar
All the people who participate in workplace drama are gossips. It is exhausting. They don't understand that we are just there to work to make money and go home. Life can be so simple, but people make it complicated. Everywhere.
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@lilacskies (11504)
• United States
14 Mar
That resentment stems from self hatred and jealousy. They are jealous of other people's work ethic and mindsets so they have to sabotage them in any way they can. They are really pathetic and dangerous. Toxicity is ingrained in such people. They don't know how to live peacefully and conscientiously.
