She was originally his colleague and they seemed to get on fine.
She became his manager and like a totally different person really. She was quite nasty to him for a couple of weeks, he'd walk in and she wouldn't even look at him, would talk down to him, reported him and lied to him, and so on. Also mocked him for failing something.
I just saw another side of her.
It dented his confidence a lot, and he started looking for another job.
I get management is stressful but there's no excuse. People can snap sometimes on an off day then realise they're wrong, but this just seemed nasty.
Now she's suddenly nice again, but I just worry she'll do it again, though I hope not. There was no apology from her or sign of remorse apparently. He seemed to forgive it quickly.
Yesterday he brought her up in conversation, "Oh did I tell you Sarah's got a new car?".
I tried to just be polite and friendly but my body language maybe gave it away, though I really didn't mean for it to.
He said 'your facial expression changed when I mentioned her'. I just explained that it was only a week or so ago she was treating him like dirt and that she's being all nice again now but I just hoped it was in the past.
I really didn't mean for that to come out, just when he mentioned her name i was a bit like 'urgh' In my head.
Of course he wants to get on with the staff there especially the manager. I may have to cross her sometimes so I just have to forget about it and be polite don't I? I honestly just find her a bit intimidating and feel uncomfortable now