Employee Asks Cringy Questions to Coworker About His Famous Daughter

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Oct 17, 2022 11:00 AM EDT

Some people just have zero filter and are thus completely unable to mind their own business. This employee should be added to that category of individuals. They shared their story via this thread on Reddit's r/AmITheA**hole subreddit, and let's just say that the ruthless judges of the AITA community were less than kind.

 

This employee clearly stalks their coworker's semi-famous daughter on Instagram and had already drawn several conclusions about his relationship with her. When they couldn't help but ask about it, the coworker understandably did not take it well, and the employee wound up hearing from their boss about their unfair and invasive snooping. Here's the thing: everyone loves to gossip, whether or not you admit it. But you gossip about something like this outside of the office and in your private life. Never bring up a delicate situation like that to the person's face. If they want to talk about it, they will. Otherwise, mind your own d*mn business. If you're going to gossip, you have to at least be smart about it. 

 

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    Font - AITA for asking questions about my co worker's daughter hole My co-worker has a daughter who has a bit of fame, she's not a celebrity or anything but she is "public", to give an idea, she's verified on twitter and has a Wikipedia page, albeit small and outdated by a couple years.
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    Font - I find her very interesting and entertaining and occasionally check on her socials to see what she's up to. I ask him about her sometimes as well and he sometimes tells little stories about her. He and his wife divorced when she was 18. On her social accounts, I've noticed she only has 3 posts in total about her Dad on Instagram, one in 2020 for his birthday, one in 2019 which was a photo with him and her brother on fathers day and one in 2016 I think on his birthday too which was an old
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    Font - Additionally, she also uses on her twitter and Instagram, her stage surname rather than her actual surname (aka his). I felt like I could trust asking him how things are between him and her (an his son too), he's asked me very personal questions about my divorce in the past and I've worked with him for a quite a while and am on pretty good terms with him as a work partner and friend.
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    Font - We spoke for a bit until I asked why he doesn't appear in any photos on her accounts, her sarcastically replied he was camera shy. I said fair enough. I then asked why she likes using the stage name on her twitter and Instagram (it's also the surname I think of a family that is close to her/her family) and he replied that he "doesn't really know" (he sounded like a mix of sarcastic, angry and disinterested). I asked a few more questions, he didn't really seem interested in answering, I co
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    Font - The next day, I arrive at work and he pretty much is ghosting and ignoring me. I don't think much of it until later the day when the boss comes and takes me aside and gives me a warning, apparently I was asking him "provocative" and "harassing" questions, despite him not looking too bothered when I asked them. I go and try to talk to him and he just tells me to off and leaves. This nonsense reminds me of the someone in primary school would do. I've tried to contact him and nothing and I'm
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    Font - Supergoch 19 hr. ago Asshole Aficionado [17] YTA, you first seem to have an unhealthy obsession over his daughter and you didn't quickly grasp that they dont have a great relationship but you kept pestering him about it. 20.0k Reply Share
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    Font - notseizingtheday 16 hr. ago. edited 11 hr. ago She grasped it. She just wanted the tea. Edit: it has been pointed out that OP is probably a guy. Reply Share 6.1k
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    Organism - Stormy_Too 16 hr. ago "Camera shy" sarcastically should have been your hint to nip it 3.1k Reply Share
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    Font - Throwing3and20. 16 hr. ago Partassipant [2] Not being in any of the pictures is hint enough. Reply S 2.1k
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    Font - throwaway-worthles 2 hr. ago That's exactly what I thought as I read it, kill the conversation. This person doesn't understand boundaries, it's not nonsense that the guy acted off the next day. The questions were kinda intrusive and probably dig up a bunch of 102 Reply
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    Font - IgnotusPeverill 15 hr. ago YTA - it's like OP was intentionally using the daughter and the social celebrity to brush his buttons. Like why even ask. Mind your own business. 430 Reply
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    Font - crystallz2000 15 hr. ago Part pant [1] This. OP has a vibe like, "I noticed you have a son. I combed through all his social media profiles and found that he had part of a tattoo showing on August 2018, but not on April 2022, did he have it removed? I also noticed that on October 2011 there was a photo that seemed to have someone's hand on his leg, but the photo was cut off, is that his GF?" Like, I'd be considering a restraining order and be warning my child about OP. OP seems a bit scary
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    Font - Zupergreen 11 hr. ago Seriously. OP went through years of pictures and made a note about all the pictures that the co- worker appeared in and what type of situation it was. Given that the daughter is a publicly known figure that's most likely a serious amount of pictures. That's not a casual interest that's stalker behaviour. 286 Reply Share
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    Font - Elelith 10 hr. ago Partassipant [1] 100% OP you're walking on stalker territory. This is an unhealthy amount of "interest" you've taken to this person. 495 Reply Share
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    Font - OkMarionberry6677. 8 hr. ago Yeah esp since in the beginning he states that he occasionally checks to see what she's up to, and that he asks the coworker about her often and he'll sometimes tell him stories. It's not just the one instance, he regularly checks on her. STALKER
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