society seems to be a shit weasel factory these days

Spitting facts right there (and all throughout the story)!

I don't have an answer as to why shit weasels are the way they are but I have plenty of stories. The most recent one being with the VP of a company I used to work at. That person was one of the reasons I quit - mostly because of the lack of respect and understanding. I feel like some people need to bring others down to make themselves feel big. And it sucks for the majority of the people around them (because I'm pretty sure shit weasels have some shit weasel friends 🤔).

Anyway, sorry you had to go through this experience. The reaction of their colleagues speaks volumes of the kind of human you were dealing with. The best thing you can do is not to let that person's negativity affect you or your day (which is also the most difficult one - speaking from personal experience lol). Then again, I'm super petty when it comes to a**holes which is why I won't share my other advice on here 😁

P.S. So I'm not proud to say it took me the start of your work story to realize you weren't talking about meerkats 😅 I was starting to wonder why they were called shit weasels around there 🤣