Are YOU a mean girl?

HI Everyone,
Recently I was at a large business meeting with many of our staff and K. We have these district-wide meetings 2x per year and our DM does a great job with them. She always gets us yummy food, has them at a convenient and nice hotel with a parking garage and gets us out early. These are 5-6 hour meetings and they've got to be ridiculously tiring for her, as it takes her whole week and just a whole day for the rest of us.
I always learn something to bring back into our business and we were, for the 13th year in a row, awarded a top level of Platinum. Our clients and staff make that possible and we are so thankful.

Unfortunately, the negative part of this meeting is the 'mean girls' who persist on acting (and dressing) like they are, oh, 12 years old and are in middle school. Certain people won't talk to or even look at certain other people and it used to bother me a lot. We attended the meeting this year having worked closely with 2 brand new business owners and seeing it through their eyes was exciting on the one hand but made me sad on another hand.
S and L opened only a couple months ago and are doing it right. They are dedicated, positive and have created a warm, caring place for folks to workout, meet friends and get fit. They are excited about every new experience and, while they've attended meetings before while working for someone else, this is the first one attending as owners themselves.
On the positive end-it was exciting to watch S get up and talk at the meeting about her new place and L there to support her. I'm sure they will be getting an award next year with all their hard work and dedication.
On the negative end-there were mean girls there who ignored them, refused to clap when S went up to talk and wouldn't even LOOK at them.
One of these people has been S's friend for a year or so and was very cold to her at the meeting in front of another person from a place S formerly worked. That latter person wouldn't even LOOK at S or L. Here's the thing, if you are someone's friend you're their friend all the time, if you're with someone who is not their friend, why would you also act like you're not their friend?
Now, while there are a couple people at these meetings that won't talk to or look at me, I could care less at this point. Your loss beyotches. One I fired for insubordination and the others are just jealous of our success. They are lame, immature, ignorant and don't deserve my time so I don't give it a second thought.
But, it broke my heart that S was upset and hurt by these immature people in her life.
Women, why DO you do that? One of these gnats in my life I once attended a social event where she was present and when I walked up to the table to say HI to everyone, she literally pretended she dropped something and didn't sit back up until I left the table. Can you say IMMATURE?
Why would you not just say a quick HI and move on? Do you think you're hurting the person you're ignoring? You're not. You look a fool. You look ignorant and ridiculous and everyone sees that.
Do you think you're punishing that person for whatever they supposedly did to you?
You're not. Again, you just look a fool.
If someone has hurt you and you have hurt someone else-put on your big girl panties and VERBALIZE. Use your words woman. Most people (not all, but most) will apologize for any slight because it may well NOT have been intentional. While there are evil people in this world (and I have met some...DH you KNOW who YOU are), most people are just misguided or misspeak and would clear things up with you in a heartbeat.
Honestly, you just look stupid when you ignore and act like a 'mean girl'.
Now, we all engage in a little gossip or write on the 'catty comment sheet' for those dressed like, ahem, ladies of the evening at a business meeting...but you can be civil and nice to all people in person, even if you dislike that person. That's having manners. You're not going up and engaging in a full blown 'fake' conversation, you're just being pleasant and saying HI.
Oh and all these women HAVE KIDS so what the hell are they teaching them? You cannot teach your kids not to bully if you do it.
So, to all you mean girls at our recent meeting-get over your damn self. All you accomplish with your 12 year old actions is looking stupid and immature. You don't have to like everyone and you can even really dislike someone but act your age for God's sake and remember something we all learned in kindergarten:
"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words (or lack thereof) will never hurt me."