Started to get bullied at work when I began travelling the world

You don't NEED a degree to do anything, but it indicates a discipline and a general level of intelligence that your average supermarket employee doesn't have.

All educated people agree on that, surely?

Fixed your post for you!

But anyway. As you didn't specifically say you just wanted sympathy, I'm going to go with "helpful advice".

This post exactly epitomises is why you have no friends. Not because of your (fairly normal, whatever one's socio-economic status) interests, but because of your attitude. There might be a fairly nice person inside there, but you come across as a snob. Do you actually enjoy anything for itself, or do you like these things to separate yourself from the "plebs"?

Look at your rep- it's very, very red. When you have the peace and quiet to compose yourself and say whatever you want to say, without nervousness or Foot-In-Mouth-Disorder, you are still managing to make enemies!

You remind me of a scared little boy who thinks negative attention is better than no attention at all.

I think you need to leave that job, and get a new start Somewhere Else.

No.

My ideal situation is keep my head down, do a good job, and go home. If I do speak to anyone in between I prefer it to be educated people, rather than the hoi polloi.

Doesn't really sound like arrogance does it? I don't think I am too good for the job. I like the job, it suits my lifestyle and other commitments.

If you had a chance of talking about Israeli politics or Eastenders, who would you choose to speak to?

I cannot help who I am. I am not going to start doing normal things to get more involved.

And I do not like negative attention. I think it's a fairly weak argument to try and link 'neg rep' on TSR to real world bullying. No attention is the best attention for me, but because of people bullying me and attacking me at work I am not even able to keep my head down.

The bullies I can deal with. I just bully them back and destroy them (their fault).

But the character defamation when people hate you even though they haven't even spoken to you before (which means people have been bitching behind my back) is getting too much.

No.

My ideal situation is keep my head down, do a good job, and go home. If I do speak to anyone in between I prefer it to be educated people, rather than the hoi polloi.

Doesn't really sound like arrogance does it? I don't think I am too good for the job. I like the job, it suits my lifestyle and other commitments.

If you had a chance of talking about Israeli politics or Eastenders, who would you choose to speak to?

I cannot help who I am. I am not going to start doing normal things to get more involved.

And I do not like negative attention. I think it's a fairly weak argument to try and link 'neg rep' on TSR to real world bullying. No attention is the best attention for me, but because of people bullying me and attacking me at work I am not even able to keep my head down.
The bullies I can deal with. I just bully them back and destroy them (their fault).

But the character defamation when people hate you even though they haven't even spoken to you before (which means people have been bitching behind my back) is getting too much.

I am autistic and bipolar. I believe I get picked on for that, too.

My mum has three jobs and one of those is in Tescos too. She doesn't have a degree, yet she is a very interesting person as she always keeps up with the news and things like that. Why can't you understand that there are interesting people at Tesco? I certainly wouldn't talk to you if I knew that's what you thought of me.

It works both ways.

Unless you tell them, it's unlikely that they'll know this anyway. It sounds to me as though it's your attitude is the reason why you get picked on. You seem to look down on others and think you're better than them.

So why would I even think of giving you the time of day if you won't give me it just because I don't have a degree? See, it works both ways.

Is this because a conversation goes like this?

Other employee: Hey mate, just making a cup of tea do you want one?

You: Oh my god yes! It reminds me of this time I was travelling, there was like, no tea available at all, have you been travelling? You should go travelling, I can't believe you haven't been to India, Tanzania and built a school in Ethiopia. I didn't know who I was until I completely lost myself on a beach in Austria, and they don't even have a coast hur hur hur. Did I mention I have been travelling?


What you have to realise is quite often... People aren't interested...

No.

My ideal situation is keep my head down, do a good job, and go home. If I do speak to anyone in between I prefer it to be educated people, rather than the hoi polloi.

Doesn't really sound like arrogance does it? I don't think I am too good for the job. I like the job, it suits my lifestyle and other commitments.

I work at Sainsbury's and I wish the social dynamics were half as complex as this Tesco's.

She works at Sainsbury's, or at least did until recently.