Exactly. I wouldn’t be surprised if she had dyspraxia. I do and my walk/run can look a bit clumsy sometimes and I get words muddled too ie. “Lielle”
I hear a quirky sense of humour -which I have too - is common among dyspraxics too which might explain her giggling.
But ND aside it’s unkind. They went too far.
Btw the fact that it was multiple islanders saying they found her annoying does not mean it’s not bullying! If anything it makes it worse.
Believe me as someone who was bullied in an office with one ringleader and several other “helpers” I wasn’t the problem. That is unless you call standing up to people who want you to accept them treating you like shit a problem.
It took two new staff joining, clocking what was going on and refusing to join in the bullying to really upset things and trigger me making a formal complaint after 2 years .
I had things so well documented as well as support form the new joiners that HR agreed it was most certainly bullying which is not something they usually do - only a small fraction of grievances are upheld in the UK.
And that’s not to say Lucinda is perfect but my point is you don’t need to be perfect to be a victim and the majority is not always right. Herd mentality is a thing. Bullies have a lot of support in schools, workplaces and families.
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