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One manager and her assistant inside our department at the bank constantly makes it look like my area is making mistakes and it is so obvious. Yet they try to pretend to be our friends. I am confused, how can they be so quick and happy to point out others mistakes? They are best buddies and are almost exactly alike in their condescending personalities and me me attitudes. I decided to only speak with them if I absolutely have to and that seems to work fine so far. Any other suggestions?

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have the same problem at work. i hate it. i just ignore them. if they try to blame me so something specifically, i defend my actions but try to avoid confrontation. it just shows their insecure and need to pass the buck on someone else.
You seem to have come to the best solution to your problem. Is the fact that they are trying to blame mistakes on your area obvious to the higher ups also? If not you may want to consider mentioning it to them in private. You don't have to tattle on them, just phrase it in a way that others mistakes seem to be being blamed on you and you are concerned that it may reflect badly on you. You may also want to keep a private list that documents times that this happens, and any "proof" you have that it was not your areas fault. Do NOT leave this at work though... get a small notebook that you can take home with you at the end of the work day.
no that's more than enough, or you want to go down to there level and be childish and point out their mistake's every time they make one. I don't think so
Just continue to do exactly as you are doing. Only associate them when you absolutely have to. And because you work in a "banking" environment, you will have to probably keep smiling from time to time, but don't worry, you will come out as the "professional" one. (And don't ever let them get to you, don't let them because if they do, it can take you down....Good luck!)
Be courteous to them both, but don't go out of your way to be friendly with them........I go through this at work also, there are those who pretend to be a friend, and yet talk so bad about you behind your back that it can send your pressure up. My bosses tried to make it look as though I was falling behind on my work, that's how much they wanted to bring me down. I took a few weeks off, got my stress level down ( I wanted to murder them both), and returned to work with the fakiest smile you could imagine, telling them they were right and that I would do better. Things are much better now.
...this happens at every job, people are gossipers and backstabbers....
unfortunately that seems to be common practice more & more these days it's unpleasant to have to ignore them, but if that's working for you, i would advise to continue...low profile is a good policy in my book