Cousin coworker gets pissed off at something, decides to take it out on me, starts going on to everyone around him about how I just stand around doing the bare minimum.
I work several times harder than everyone else in this goddamn place. At that particular time, I did have nothing to do because the task I was working on was redirected, and the task I'd normally work on, dealing with the backlog from yesterday, didn't happen because some actual miracle happened and we finished for the day. As such, what would normally occupy me until my main task was ready wasn't there, and I had nothing I could do for a few minutes.
Then, when I'm busy with my actual job, he throws a hissy fit, knocks a bunch of hangers to the floor, and gets angry because I, about 30 feet away and busy with my actual job, don't drop everything at the moment of his telepathic insistence to clean up the mess he made for him. And then spends the rest of the day talking shit and and making attempts at physical intimidation towards me.
Oh, and before anyone thinks it, no, going to the management is not going to help. They've basically completely sided with him. If for no other reason is because they can't really replace him. With the Hispanic women that make up 90% of our employees(we pride ourselves on our
Diversity!btw), they just hire them, tell them to do whatever and leave me to clean up the mess. His job, recycling, requires actual training and certification. And worse is his constant whining about how the slightest screwup on his part will result in his being fired, despite the fact his job is even more secure than mine.
I really do which I had a body cam to record all this shit. The closest I can get is using my phone to take pictures. Especially hoping to catch him trying to move one of those big carts of product; our safety policies are
strict about that being a two-person job(they're too tall to see around, and too heavy, especially when loaded) and people have been fired even for making short-range movements by themselves... at least, back when we actually enforced our safety policies. Or other policies really.