Published on 12, July, 2020
I work in a warehouse of a supermarket of a hardware store. We have guys with forklift license, I myself don’t have it and I don’t need it. I hope I will not, because it’s terribly noisy. One colleague finds it funny to honk on me with the forklift and watch me jumping scared. He literally scares crap out of me! And he laughs. His fun costs me hiding and crying like a child. And I still feel bad. And all of them make terrible noise and mess around they are like a whirlwind, they talk to me make some jokes, when I’m working with the shipment letters and I need to concentrate. It’s so terribly stressful! I don’t know if I can hold down this job. There is one guy, by his style of interactions with people I would say he might be an aspie, but I don’t know him well. Anyway working with him is pleasant because he is quiet and does not talk any bs, does not make stupid comments on others, we just give each other the relevant information and each of us does the job. With him I’m less likely to make mistake because it’s silence and no pressure. The saddest thing is that tomorrow is his last day. I’m new here so I don’t know the reason why he is leaving but knowing that I will be left alone with the whirlwind makes me even sadder. I also feel bad because with the whirlwind of my other colleagues I confused two separate deliveries. I’m so sorry I’m not even sure if I want any advice just wanted to share the story.
You are not crap, you are a person with a busy hectic life who dosen't need to work in a zoo. I think it is harrassment, he knows what it does to you and does it anyway for his own ammusement, I bet he was one of those boys who'd catch spiders and wave them at girls at school! He sounds quite immature, so do the rest to be honest and you shouldn't have to be the only adult in the room. I would speek to HR too and try noise cancelling headpones, if the numpty ups the anti and does more or worse things to get your attention, then he definately has a problem, I wonder what the rest of your co-workers really think of him? I wonder if they're as easy with it all as they seem, could they all be masking? Masking isn't something just done by autistic people, I think a lot of NT's do it because they don't want to appear different and will go along with the dominant one.