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AIBU?

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To be wary of this girl?

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Twirlsandswirls1 · 03/03/2020 22:02

There's this girl at my work who i'm kind of friendly with, we go out as a girl group outside of work sometimes. Wouldn't say she's a close friend though. I actually knew her before she started at my work through a mutual hobby. Can't say she was the most welcoming to me then and she didn't really speak to me that much. When i found out she was joining my company and team i went out of my way to make her feel welcome. Tried to include her in the group.
Just recently i've seen her behaviour, i don't think anyone else has spotted it. Over the past few weeks she has put herself in the centre of all the guys, kind of like queen bee. Arranged one on one lunches and having little inside jokes. Asked to be in a team with these guys only and no one else. Today one of the guys asked a question and made a small tease towards her, he clearly was joking. She went crazy and made it very awkward and then was in a mood for the rest of the day. Me and him spoke about what he asked and i could see he was looking over at her worried about her reaction.
She has been rude to me, i've got drinks from our drink machine and when i was half way through she cut in. I said i was not finished and her answer was well you were too slow.
I passed some work over to her as i was very busy and she snapped at me. Then i called her out and said ok i only said i couldn't do it because i was busy. She then came over to me and began stroking my arm and saying she was only joking.
Her behaviour from when she first started and now is very different. She can be very abrupt and moody. Stomps around and huffs when she's in a mood. I just feel like everyone runs around her and runs to her but i dont get why people cant see what i see? AIBU to think shes a bit of a pain?

OP posts:
Robuns · 04/03/2020 05:45

Today one of the guys asked a question and made a small tease towards her, he clearly was joking. She went crazy and made it very awkward and then was in a mood for the rest of the day. Me and him spoke about what he asked and i could see he was looking over at her worried about her reaction.

Maybe he was looking at her reaction because he had said something unacceptable and didn't think she would react Confused.

redcarbluecar · 04/03/2020 05:53

I think you are right to be wary of her but try to avoid overreacting to things that don’t need to concern you. If she’s a a bit of a manipulator or whatever, people will see through that eventually but keep a cool distance in the meantime and don’t let her occupy too much headspace.

CircleofWillis · 04/03/2020 06:02

Today one of the guys asked a question and made a small tease towards her, he clearly was joking.

What did he say OP? This would affect my view on how reasonable or otherwise she might be.

Twirlsandswirls1 · 04/03/2020 07:06

Am I jealous? No I'm not. I just don't want to be excluded from the whole group. Which she seems to be making cliques when there never used to be. I'm not getting involved with stuff that doesn't concern me. I haven't mentioned any of this to anyone else. Just here.

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chocolatemademefat · 04/03/2020 10:37

I worked beside a woman like this many years ago. She was really pleasant to the men in the office and a nightmare with most of the women. No one likes to feel excluded but it might be worth taking a step back for a bit and letting people find out how manipulative she is. Be friendly with everyone and do nt let her see she’s getting you down. She’s a bully and will eventually turn her attention to someone else. She probably sees you as a threat and us trying to psych you out. Don’t rise to it.

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