Is it wrong to refuse to lend money to a coworker? Lending money to somebody is a pretty big deal. It’s something that ideally you would only do in dire circumstances, or unless you’re completely comfortable with never seeing that money again. That’s a good rule of thumb for lending money. If it would ruin …
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Coworker Demands Ergonomic Chair Their Colleague Won in a Raffle, Won’t Take ‘No’ for an Answer
Should you have to give something up that you won in a raffle? The person in this story, which was shared to the AITJ subreddit, was put in that position. He won something fair and square, and then was immediately asked to give it up. There was nothing fair about this. You know what they …
Seguir leyendo Coworker Demands Ergonomic Chair Their Colleague Won in a Raffle, Won’t Take ‘No’ for an Answer
Employee snoops through and writes in her coworker’s notebook, gets offended when she asks her to stop: ‘She said I was overreacting because it was just a notebook and not anything sensitive.’
In what world would looking at anyone’s private journal be okay? I can’t think of anything more invasive and cruel to do to a teenager than reading their diary. You really shouldn’t be reading anyone’s diary unless you’re trying to figure out the cause of their demise, ala Laura Palmer, or you’re reading diaries that …
Seguir leyendo Employee snoops through and writes in her coworker’s notebook, gets offended when she asks her to stop: ‘She said I was overreacting because it was just a notebook and not anything sensitive.’
Hotel worker ignored for months by entitled coworker, refuses to switch shifts for her and shuts down her sudden attempt to act like they’re still friends
Having a job means having to deal with people with totally different ideas of basic decency, but some of these people just treat the workplace like a group project where everyone except them is supposed to keep showing up
Coworker threatens to report colleague to HR after a friend brings them coffee at work: ‘They received an email from an unnamed employee who felt I might have received more than a coffee’
Why would you call HR over something as small as a cup of coffee? There are lots of ways coworkers can annoy each other. After all, they spend almost all their time with each other. Some issues are bound to come up. Maybe you have a coworker who types really loudly, and it’s super distracting …
Seguir leyendo Coworker threatens to report colleague to HR after a friend brings them coffee at work: ‘They received an email from an unnamed employee who felt I might have received more than a coffee’
Coworker goes through colleague’s phone and finds texts calling her annoying, starts spreading rumors about her in the office: ‘I never leave my phone out in the open, so that means she had to go through my stuff to get it.’
If she can prove that she actually read her texts, she could get herself fired. One of my biggest fears is someone hacking into my phone and reading all of my nefarious texts. It’s not like I’m confessing to anything that will put me behind bars in my texts, but I have definitely said things …
Seguir leyendo Coworker goes through colleague’s phone and finds texts calling her annoying, starts spreading rumors about her in the office: ‘I never leave my phone out in the open, so that means she had to go through my stuff to get it.’
Coworker pretends not to know what Brooklyn is to get back at annoying colleague who constantly unplugged his computer: ‘Oh is that some town in Ohio?’
Some people are so annoying about a certain aspect of their personality. They take one fact about them and base their whole life around it. This can be painful to witness as a bystander. Some people make their taste in music their entire personality. If you don’t know the niche bands that they’re into, then …
Seguir leyendo Coworker pretends not to know what Brooklyn is to get back at annoying colleague who constantly unplugged his computer: ‘Oh is that some town in Ohio?’
Coworker takes it upon herself to fire her colleague, claiming to their boss that they ‘quit’: ‘A week later I found out they took me out of the schedule COMPLETELY’
What would you do if you were fired… by someone other than your boss? Lots of things can go wrong in a work setting. You can be laid off, you can find out that the job isn’t right for you, or you can make an enemy that turns out to hold a lot of power. …
Seguir leyendo Coworker takes it upon herself to fire her colleague, claiming to their boss that they ‘quit’: ‘A week later I found out they took me out of the schedule COMPLETELY’
Wife returns from maternity leave after husband is promoted to feared plant boss, tanking her social life as his strict policies at work start spilling into their marriage: ‘Even people I know stopped inviting me for lunch’
Work-life balance usually means answering one email on the couch. In this case, it means being married to the guy who makes the whole plant stop laughing on sight. Same building, same company, one shared home, two completely different universes. At work, he is the top exec with a personal assistant, a reputation for being …
Seguir leyendo Wife returns from maternity leave after husband is promoted to feared plant boss, tanking her social life as his strict policies at work start spilling into their marriage: ‘Even people I know stopped inviting me for lunch’
18-year-old daycare worker forbids 7-year-old from using her colleague’s hand sanitizer, despite her colleague offering the hand sanitizer to her: ‘She needs to learn that she can’t always get what she wants.’
She was trying to be kind to a child, and this is how her coworker treats her? One of the biggest lessons you learn as a child is that you don’t always get what you want. That is, if you have parents and adults in your life who don’t give in to every demand that …
Seguir leyendo 18-year-old daycare worker forbids 7-year-old from using her colleague’s hand sanitizer, despite her colleague offering the hand sanitizer to her: ‘She needs to learn that she can’t always get what she wants.’