I Finally Opened Up! He Is Finally Not Going To Be Mean To Me Anymore!
Hey. I am a camp counselor. I am a senior counselor (I am 18) and it is my second year working there. I have had a great time being with everyone and the kids!
But there is this one kid who hates me. Let’s call him Boy 1. He was here last year too. I hate myself and I might have been a little annoying but I was helpful. I know I have a hellish personality but I am doing my job. This year, Boy 1 has not been the nicest to me but I have to controlled myself.
But last year, I remember I was randomly talking about movies with him and said that I have so many movies to watch. Like I just put it out there for fun and he thought that because of this, all I do is sit around and eat. He also made fun of my appearance.
One day, he was making an imaginary weapon (the kids are allowed to do that and it is not hurting others). When some parts dropped when he was walking, he was laughing at himself and I was laughing too and just having fun. He said that it is because of my appearance which is why he dropped it.
At camp, we have this bridge that we cannot cross (it is slippery and the rule was made last year) and over a month ago, I was watching the kids and some of them did cross the bridge. I told them to not do that and I was just doing my job. I was just making sure that they were safe and following the rules. Boy 1 crossed the bridge and did not care. I kept telling him to not do that and he would not listen. He was mocking me and imitating and making a joke out of the situation when I told them that they cannot cross the bridge. Since he was not listening, I reported him to the head counselor and he took care of it.
Three weeks ago (July 21), I told Boy 1 to not use violence on anyone and told him to respect the kids and counselors (me included). He then said “What if I said that you’re fat.” I controlled myself and told him to not say that to me or anyone. He did not care. He is around 9-10 or something, so he is still really young to know that saying stuff like this is wrong. When I was around that age, I learned that saying stuff like this is wrong so, I was trying to be understanding. But what is bad is that he is not listening to me. He does not care if he is disrespecting me. That Boy 1 told me to shut up when I told them that talking about Hitler or Epstein is inappropriate for camp. The head counselor told the kids that talking about that stuff is not right and it is disturbing. I just let them know again that they cannot be mentioning it and Boy 1 told me to shut up when I told him what he cannot say at camp. On July 23, I said “hi” with a smile to a girl camper (I say “hi” to the counselors and the kids when I see them and I also say “bye” when they leave.) and Boy 1 came up to me and said “If I was a counselor, I would run away from you because I think you are creepy.” and I said not everything is about him and I was not talking to him. The counselors were like “Ooo” when I roasted him. I do not like calling kids names but he was being hypocrite here. He hates me but he is the one who came up to me and said that. I did not even go over to him. On July 24, he asked me to take him to the creek because he wanted to make a bamboo house and I took him there. I took him and some other kids for a walk. I got scared of taking them too far and that kid was like “Are you scared that you are going to be exhausted?” and “Are you out of shape?” I told him to stop taking to me like that. another kid was like “Why are you always so mean to her?“ I even asked him why he hates me and he said that it is because of my existence. And then he was like “What if I said that about my sister?” (he wanted to call his sister “fat”). I told him that he should not say that about anyone. He did not care.
One day, he asked me to take him down to the creek and I did. I asked him what he wants to do there and I was asking out of curiosity. And he was like “What I need is for you to shut up and let me do my own thing.” All I did was ask out of curiosity and he responds like this. You might have me for this but I was like “Quit talking to me like that.” and he would not listen. He was imitating me for telling him that he cannot be talking me or anyone like that.
Yesterday, I had to tell some kids to not cross the bridge and one girl got it all mixed up. Boy 1 crossed the bridge even though I told him not to. He also said that I have no brain cells and he walked with his big boy feet. He got really angry at me for doing my own job. After that, I was done and had to report this to the head counselor. I also told him that Boy 1 is not very nice to me and I opened up about it after 5 weeks of him l not being nice to me. It took me this long because I thought I had to be embarrassed that a kid hates me and I also tried to put up with it and not make it a big deal. But I did open up and the head counselor took care of it. He also told the kid to not be mean to me anymore.