**You are very intuitive!** I think my problem was that I spoke up and asked questions challenging the status quo because I personally didn't have a problem or speak badly about anyone there. And to be told that I would endanger anyone (or any thing for that matter) is so far from who I am as a human being that I was completely floored by such a ridiculous statement.  LOL 

It certainly did have a high school cliquey feel to it and I heard plenty of grumblings and saw the eye-rolls when they talked about each other - not necessarily mean but definitely petty...and none of my business.  I wasn't there to make friends. I was there to make a little money.  

So the place where I formerly worked manufactured specific products sold exclusively online. It was strange but I never heard the phone ring -- not once!

I guess if I was going to speak my mind about training processes and making things easier for the next warehouse floor monkey they probably thought I would sabotage their customer service efforts - which, in the month-plus that I was there had never actually got to do the job I was hired for. ***Strange indeed***