'I sent all those [messages] to my boss': Worker makes it impossible for their avoidant boss to ignore their coworker's behavior

Brad Dickson • Managing Editor

May 11, 2023 6:00 PM EDT

Dealing with conflict is never pleasant. That's why some of us choose to avoid it at all costs. We'd rather bury our heads in the sand than deal with an obvious glaring issue or unruly person.

This presents a problem when that conflict-adverse person is in charge of a team and will inevitably have to deal with conflict at some point. Unfortunately, sometimes they'd rather just let one of the team members go unchecked than deal with the issue, allowing and enabling their negative behavior towards other team members.

This team member had put up with enough and was, thankfully, provided with enough material by their disaster of a coworker in order to put it front and center for their conflict-adverse boss in a way that they couldn't ignore.

Read on for this tale of petty workplace revenge. After, check out this boss who pretended to fire a worker to make them regret their complaint.