Bad Atmosphere

I was on holiday for a week, well deserved as I haven't had a holiday since October. When I got back to work I could sense an atmosphere, and not a good one. Everyone on the night shift had picked sides, one side being the young guys and the other being the more mature guys (not old, just not immature). Apparently, while I was on holiday, a couple of the older guys made a formal complaint about the behaviour of the younger ones. Since then it's been nothing but bitchiness (strange behaviour from men), and formal meetings with the manager and personnel. Half of the canteen has been cordoned off, and the tomato and brown sauce has been confiscated, as they had been squirted about! It's quite funny, except the young guys are on their last warnings and could be fired. When I started the night shift I was looking forward to working with an all male work force, no bitchy back-stabbing, how wrong was I?