OMG!!!!!!!!!!! that sounds like a nightmare job from heck!! you poor poor thing I am so sorry the psycho treated you so bad. I have had a similar prob as yours at my job. They fired an assistant dispatcher, and I had worked closely with him as I am the Office Assistant. He and I got along OK.

After they canned him, they tried to grill me for information i.e. what were he and I discussing online (when I was at home) etc. When I was not forthcoming with this information, the 'busybody' got allllllllll mad.

And my boss is going thru a bitter divorce (tho they weren't technically married) and I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOO tired of hearing about it, half the time i tune it out and just do my work. Well, today said 'busybody' comes over to my desk and whispers 'oh did you hear him saying XYZ, do you think he's backpedalling?' I said something to the effect since it was a convo between the boss and the 'busybody' I tried to tune it out, and did not hear much. I could practically hear the busybody roll their eyes.

I absolutely HATE being put on the spot like that, sooooooooo rude!!!!!

Those ppl you worked with should have respected your privacy, sheesh!!!!!

Hopefully, it was just a stepping stone to something much, much better