I think I've instigated a fight between co-workers.

Pls don't share outside the sub.

Hi, I've (28M) been transfered to a new department two weeks ago and was surprised to be the only guy in the team.

A bit of background of our team:

3 women sila with IT background that got pulled from different departments. Previously from QA / Ops and now switching to product dev since they're knowledgeable with our in-house apps.

Ms. V: From Ops, our department lead and the most tenured of us all. Professional looking and mahinhin. Parang strict na teacher yung vibe pero super bait.

Jen and Ja: Both from QA. Polar opposite sila since one is a bit fiesty and the other is timid. Most convo I hear from them for the past week has been about beauty products ( got introduced to Kryz Uy and Ana Cay and many more na i forgot na).

The team was recently formed to migrate our old in-house app to a better system and since this was the reason why I was hired months ago, I too got onboarded.

My task since day 1 was to map out the whole migration effort and lead the team but since I'm more suited as a dev (kasi kindda mahina sa people skills), I retained my role as is.

Analysis and pre-dev efforts are mostly on my plate while both Jen and Ja has QA / RPA covered. Ms V mostly supervises the team and reports to management so si Jen and Ja lang madalas kasama ko. The team is highly efficient. Usually it takes 5-6 people to cover all docu and test scripts pero they keep surpassing expectations and all while gossiping about celebrity chikas and tiktok trends. I was out of place at first pero kindda getting their vibe na din kahit konte?

Anyway, I've been highlighting their good dynamics and strengths so the OffMyChest part is that earlier today, Jen (fiesty / girl boss) suddenly snapped at Ja (timid) just because she's wearing the same Birkenstock slippers.

2 days ago, maulan so Jen came in ng naka slippers. I know kasi I complemented her about the power puff girls nail art na parang lumilipad palayo sa building due to her slipper's white design.

So yun din suot ni Ja today, I noticed it too and said na "hey, twinning kayo ni Jen, sabay niyo binili?". Ja just smiled but napansin ko na nag side eye lang si Jen and didn't interacted with us. Weirdly tahimik and awkward lang yung vibe.

I just dismissed it and initially thought na baka time of the month thing pero I had my suspicions and kanina before lunch, coming back from the CR, I've overheard across the hall was Jen going off kay Ja with "... bat ka sasama and hindi bagay sayo yung white"

Not sure what they were talking about since tahimik na sila ulit pag balik ko but the "white" part I assume is the slippers.

Then the super awkward lunch break came in. Kami lang ni Jen yung bumaba kasi may tatapusin pa daw si Ja.

The weirdest part of this was madaldal and jolly na ulit si Jen buong lunch namin but went all silent when we got back to the floor which affirmed my suspicion na she's angry because parehas sila ng slippers ni Ja?

Now, Ms. V came in and noticed the weird atmosphere. She was pulling jokes at first na super serious and focused kami until she pulled me aside nung kukuha ako ng water.

She Asked if there's anything wrong with the team but just said na none naman and focused lang kami which I know is a lie but I don't want to meddle with their fighting since I too am not sure if it is really that big of a deal if both ladies have the same stuff?

Reference: Me and the guys from my previous work coincidentally wore black jacket and red pants so all 4 of us took a photo and did some weird ass monkey dance.