'Go ahead and try to file a complaint, I dare you...' : Horrible coworker refuses to contribute a donation for sick boss, attempts to claim credit, leading to petty revenge

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    Rectangle - - "So I did something very petty... after all, she deserved it!"
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    Font - Posted by u/worldworn 20 hours ago 4 don't contribute? don't pretend that you did. One of the managers at work was going through some pretty horrific medical issues. He was well liked, so a collection was pretty inevitable. Of all the staff that knew him well, I was the only one organised enough to get it done, so it fell on me. While he was off sick, I put out an email, put a note on the board, and explained in the next big meeting that I would be collecting and why. I made it clear that
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    Font - Everyone seemed keen, and I got a lot of donations straight away. I made sure that I got everyone's name who donated, so I could get them to sign the card later on. One of my coworkers "linda" made a bit of a show of saying that she would contribute later when she had the cash available. It was a little odd. Plenty of people don't carry cash, and she didn't need to make a deal out of it. These types of things are never huge amounts of money, and she certainly had plenty of it. But if she
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    Font - A few weeks before I needed to buy the gift, I sent out an email to all so that they could contribute if they wanted to, and again a week before. In the next meeting, I let everyone know that I will be buying a gift that weekend and will send out a couple of options later that day. Everyone who contributed could vote. Of all people, Linda starts telling the room what to buy, (despite not putting any money in still amd making some pretty unsuitable suggestions) I reluctantly agree to put i
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    Font - I buy the thing, and a card, and pass it round with the list of names. Someone is holding on to it, so I track it down to get it moving again, I happen to see Linda has added not only her name but a message, that takes up loads of space. So I did something very petty, I went and bought a new card, I got everyone apart from Linda to re-sign and took it round to everyone else. Without her knowing.
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    Font - We ended up presenting the gift in a big meeting on his first full day back. He opened the card in front of everyone, I wish I could have seen her face when she realised it wasn't the one she signed. I'm told she was planning to raise an official complaint but was told not to be an idiot. Edit: There was a second card from "the company" that everyone signed. Ours directly referenced the gift.
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    Font - DynkoFromThe North +2 18 hr. ago Damn, epic! Has the patient fully recovered? I mean the recipient, not Linda, by the way. 347 Reply Share worldworn OP. 12 hr. ago He worked for a while but eventually took a very early retirement because of it. I think his wife had a good job so they managed to make it work. Not exactly what he wanted, but he was a glass half full sort of guy. 258 Reply Share
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    Font - Vippeh +1 · 16 hr. ago . Ugh genius. I had something similar happen at my work, there's this one woman like Linda that had to make a big deal out of nothing and basically said she would pay but maybe later. Never did. Yet, she still wanted to sign the card. And I'm still mad that my friend let her. Like she didn't contribute.. she never does to anything. And yet.. she gets partial credit. Sheesh. I love that you got another card though 38 Reply Share Witty_Ruin_73394. 12 hr. ago This why
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    Font - worldworn OP. 10 hr. ago What's mad is the company already had a card prepared, everyone signed it. All Linda had to do, was not sign the one specifically for the gift. The one specifically mentioning a gift included. Noone is forcing anyone to contribute. But to take credit for other peoples generosity is just low. 26 Reply Share
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    Font - FALLASLEEP4EVER +1 18 hr. ago Linda is synonymous with karen Reply Share 99 PoisonSop 16 hr. ago Linda and Karen are the go to names for an annoying, t ny lady, but people actually named Linda or Karen are so freaking nice! They're either offering food/snacks or are hilarious gossips. I don't know how that even works! 70 Reply Share
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    Font - rzqtz 18 hr. ago Shoulda called her out the second she started suggesting what gift to get 452 Reply Share worldworn OP. 12 hr. ago Honestly, I was taken aback a little. There were a few of us who knew the guy well, and she was telling us what to buy. I seem to recall, her saying something about buying something for his wife aswell(?) She just talked to hear herself speak I think. 29 Reply Share
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    Font - Whole-Ad-2347 15 hr. ago • I'd be willing to bet that there are other petty things that Linda has done, but people didn't really think about it, until now. 21 ↓ Reply Share worldworn OP. 12 hr. ago Just passive aggressive cri, "forgetting" to send a report that would make someone else late, gossiping horrible things. Reminded me of a playground bully at times, not a woman in her 40s 13 ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - alyssaaarenee - 19 hr. ago She must've taken notes from Amber Heard that pledging to donate the money is the same thing as actually donating Reply Share 218 Survived-the-suburbs 16 hr. ago My favorite ever moment of sheer baffling petty maneuvering was an obscure tv show where amateurs competed against pros for money. One episode featured trucks, and people competed their offroad trucks vs pro drivers with professional built vehicles.
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    Font - One of the finalists was a single mother against the NASCAR Bush brothers. She competed very very well, but in the end her truck just couldn't last against the 100k custom built rigs the Bush's were driving, and even then, it was close. When it was over, Kurt said "you know what, you may have lost, but you damn near won an extremely one- sided competition. I'm going to personally give you 10k myself because you earned it." So what does his brother Kyle do? Kyle butts in and says "How abou
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    Font - Which if you think about it, is so low key petty. Kyle didn't want to be as generous as Kurt, but didn't want to look stingy, so while Kurt was perfectly happy to donate 10k himself to this struggling single mom, Kyle cut down Kurt's generosity to a level he was comfortable matching, rather than just donate what he himself would like to. Trying to reduce other's charity to make your own lesser charity seem less stingy, when no one is forcing you to do anything at all, is top tier petty. F
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    Organism - twilight_songs +1 18 hr. ago Brilliant! Glad you were on top of things and that she didn't get away with it. Reply Share 11 Vinnybon50 - 18 hr. ago Nicely done! Was a fair solution. Reply Share 11
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    Font - Cutie BaBootyWooty · 12 hr. ago I think it's so sweet and amazing that you were able to put all that together and kudos to you for making sure only those who actually helped out got to sign! Boo Linda!! 10 Reply Share worldworn OP. 12 hr. ago Thanks, he and I worked at another company before that, so knew each other a while. He was such a sweet and positive guy to be around. ↑ 7 Reply Share
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    Font - • 17 hr. ago Love it! Definitely petty, but very deserved and well executed! Hope your co-worker is doing well and "Linda" has learned a lesson (people like this usually don't, but it's nice to think they might). Reply Share Username210714 9 worldworn OP. 12 hr. ago Like many other of her type, she ostracised herself. Through years of being a bit of a bully, noone dared to get too close to her at work. 3 Reply Share

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