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‘I’m not your assistant': Office Karen tries scoring points with upper management, calling a coworker her ‘assistant’ and attempting to revoke their work phone

Imagine your coworker had the audacity to call you their assistant, even though they were far from being your direct supervisor and handing you out instructions. Seeing such a person on a day-to-day basis might be unbearable, but if you are working remotely, maybe you would not care as much. After all, if all you have is a voice on the other end of the line, things feel a lot less personal. One office Karen really liked making it all about herself. Constantly interfering with other people's jobs and sticking her nose in places it did not belong, she was on a mission to make everyone unhappy. 

OP, who shared this story on r/pettyrevenge, was not having it. One day, OP was offered a work phone by the IT team. It was an easy 'Yes', but when Karen heard about it, she felt it should have been an easy 'No'. Karen could not fathom why OP, such an 'unimportant' worker, should need an office phone, despite, well, literally needing it for the work they did. As petty revenge stories often go, Karen got what she deserved, and to find out what that is, you will have to scroll down and read the screenshots. Try to enjoy Karen's misery while you are at it. Next, here is a neighborhood resident who flipped the script on the HOA president who sent the entire neighborhood notices for violations.

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Posted by Eleonora Bader
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