Cliques at work

[PyroChamber]

Are there any cliques at your job?

Not like management or anything but just a group of co-workers that tend to talk more, or hang out, with each other moreso than they will with the other employees.

 

[Heretic]

Yeah, it's weird, because we are currently only traveling with me and 3 others...so the fact that I tend to team up with one of the guys and hang/work together and the other two are left to handle their stuff together is a little odd.

I actually addressed it once with, "I will cuss him out without thinking twice, so I'd rather be able to do that".

 

[AndThePickles]

Yup, my job has a lot of cliques being that I work with mainly women. The biggest clique is all of the Filipinos.

 

[JRPJCDJC]

Yeah, there was the FMM(Fax Machine Mafia) the BMP(Break Room Posse) and the LL's(Lavatory Lovers.) The LL's are a bit odd.

 

[SurfDUI]

I work at the County and in my dept. I'm the only dude there, so not really a cliquish type of atmosphere, but there are a lot of pain in the assed women there. They got there little groups but no more than 2 or 3 and they don't talk about shirt no way. Playin the BigBadWolf suits me.

Before this I used to work in a large warehouse in the middle of nowhere, and it was closer to that. I move easy between groups tho, so that kind of thing never phased me too much, and our shift was real tight so yea, I liked it, we even shared food @ lunch... I miss that gig.

 

[PyroChamber]

At my job, there are 5 people (4 women, 1 guy) that tend to talk and have conversations with each other more than the rest of us; they talk to us but not as much as they do with each other.

Ironically enough they're all latino, one's mixed but you get the idea.

 

[Majic Walrus]

Yeah, there was the FMM(Fax Machine Mafia) the BMP(Break Room Posse) and the LL's(Lavatory Lovers.) The LL's are a bit odd.

We also have the Jesus Freaks and the Smelly Kids.

 

[simplysuperhero]

Most everyone in my office (30+) are women. Which is why I eat my lunch and post here during my lunch hour.

 

[Charlie The Red]

At the newspaper I work at there's this really annoying group of atheists that constantly gang up on people the moment religion is brought up. I don't have a problem with atheism, since I'm not very religious myself, but these guys are really oppressive.

I've seen them make a Christian co-worker cry when they started making fun of her belief in Jesus and what not. I got real up-in-arms about it and came down on them really hard. They're very anti-religion, yet they're zealous about their own faith in god not existing. To be honest, they're a little bigoted.

I've gotten pretty good at pointing out their contradictions, so they stay the hell away from me.

 

[Prison Mike]

We also have the Jesus Freaks and the Smelly Kids.

I did a report in my psychology class about Jesus Freaks. They are an odd bunch...

 

[Majic Walrus]

I did a report in my psychology class about Jesus Freaks. They are an odd bunch...

I once received several complaints from one person due solely to my "Buddy Jesus" bobble-head. Although I think she was more upset that it gave me an excuse to say, "Jesus H. Christ" in unnecessary circumstances.

 

[Wiseman]

it's Buddy Christ, not buddy Jesus. Get it right

 

[kane9321]

Yeah, I call the certain clique in my office..."the watercooler ho's". All they do is gossip and gossip

 

[Prison Mike]

it's Buddy Christ, not buddy Jesus. Get it right

...or pay the price

 

[Majic Walrus]

it's Buddy Christ, not buddy Jesus. Get it right

Perhaps she was only offended at my lack of knowledge.

 

[Drakon]

...or pay the price

Camp Anawana!

 

[Cunning Stunts]

At my job, it's based predominantly on the department and section you're in. Some are small, so those tend to form a whole clique by itself, but multiple cliques develop in the bigger departments.