As the title says, I cried at work the other day after a colleague (also superior) confronted me. I’ve always been overly-sensitive, I can sense the slightest change in someone’s tone or look on their face and even a tiny comment that’s not meant to be a big deal, I’ll burst into tears.

I work at a library as a Page. I just put away books and I’m the youngest by far working there at 21. Most of the other workers are in their 40s + but I’ve still managed to become friends with a good few of them.

However, there is this one woman who I can’t tell if she doesn’t like me or if I’m just being over sensitive. I made a mistake by putting a book on the wrong cart that was going to a different place and she came over and said “just to let you know this is a fiction book so it belongs over here. It would help if you looked at the labels and not just the size.”

This wouldn’t have been a problem but the way she said it was the most rude, condescending way and stared at me like I was annoyance. This isn’t the first time that she’s been like that to me and generally treats me as if she can’t stand me even when we’ve hardly talked and I’ve always been polite to her.

Everyone loves her, she’s friendly with everyone else but me and I’ve even gone out of my way to avoid her but it’s inevitable I run into her sometimes. This isn’t the first time she’s made me cry with a simple comment and I’m at my wits end. Whenever this happens, I will think about it for days, weeks and even months and cry all over again.

I feel like I’m way too old to be crying at work and need to just learn to suck it up. I know we can’t be liked but everyone but that’s not my problem. I’d just like to be treated with a bit more respect from her. I love this job and the people I work with but I contemplate quitting everyday just because of interactions with this woman.