I finally talked to my boss about my issues with my coworker, and she gaslit me
Quick note: we do NOT have an HR or CEO or anything. I work for a small family owned business and there is no one above them.
I've (27f) worked here for a year and have been suffering in silence working with a problematic coworker. She is 15 and homeschooled.
Summary of issues:
-She stands around waiting to be sent home watching me stock and clean
-She stares at me and other coworkers
-She will hide food order tickets she takes under her armpit while she washes her hands so no one else can make them
-She found out I'm an atheist and pressured me to come to an event at her church and was mad at me for declining and has been cold to me ever since
I finally hit my limit dealing with her every day and called my boss to talk to her about it and ask to be scheduled at a different time than the problematic coworker. 659
She proceeded to gaslight me and tell me I'm "probably imagining it" and "that doesn't sound like (coworkers name)" and that no one else has any problems with her. I know that to be untrue because I have listened to more than a few coworkers complain about working with her. My boss is never here when we are so how does she know?? They won't fire her though because we're so short staffed and she lives close.
So thankfully, they are giving me different hours. But I'm now actively looking for a different job because I don't want to work for someone that I can't talk about my concerns with. 659