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***What to do about my coworkers?***?

I"ll start out by saying I love my job. Even though it is a minimum wage job getting me through college (I'm 18), I still like it. I work in a manufacturing shop and it beats working fast food, so I'm extremely thankful.

However I cannot stand most of my coworkers. All day they want to gossip about each other behind each others backs and screw around on the job. These are 20 - 40 year old men. At lunch time they all have their faces in their phones giggling at funny videos on youtube while smoking cigarette's like a chimney when the building clearly says "No Smoking within 20 feet of the building." Cursing their tools and cursing each other all day long. I probably hear 1,000 swear words a day just working around these guys. No joke.

Just yesterday, some guy working next to me was singing Ole Ole Ole Ole for a solid ten minutes.

I know they've started rumors about me, being the new guy and all, because some have gotten back to me. I really could care less. I just ignore each and every one of them unless it pertains to work. I'm not here to make friends, I'm here to work my butt off and get paid for what I do.

It's not that I am shy, I just can't find any common ground with any of them. When something needs done or when I need to stand my ground then I'll put my foot down, otherwise I'm pretty much silent.

Is this bad what I am doing? Is there anything else I should do? Thanks!

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  • 8 years ago
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    Keep quiet. You are not working with the cream of the crop type people.

    They gossip and will stab you in the back.

    Be polite, say good morning, etc.

  • 8 years ago

    You need to find some common ground because otherwise you will hate your job. This is common in most jobs, people play around some, make friends, joke etc. If you don't fit in they tend to make you want to leave. You will find the work place much better if you make friends... even if you don't like them make an effort. You will find for the rest of your life that this happens in every job.. you just need to figure out a way to fit in.

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    8 years ago

    Behaving as though you are in some way superior to them probably isn't helping matters...get on with your job and accept other people have different values and behaviours which are neither better nor worse than yours.

  • 8 years ago

    Just concentrate on your work.

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