'The boss praised her for being the bigger person': Employee gets revenge on office Karen by using her to become the boss's favorite

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    u/Junglerumble19 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/19b9n2s/revenge_on_the_office_karen/ - Posted by u/Junglerumble19 2 days ago Revenge on the office Karen
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    u/Junglerumble19 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/19b9n2s/revenge_on_the_office_karen/ - This is not my story - it belongs to a friend of mine. I couldn't stop laughing at the subtlety and nuance of her 'win' this week and have to relate it...
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    u/Junglerumble19 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/19b9n2s/revenge_on_the_office_karen/ - A is an executive assistant for the CEO. While she works mostly for one person, there's an executive team that she also does some work for and one of these is "C". C, for want of a
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    u/Junglerumble19 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/19b9n2s/revenge_on_the_office_karen/ - better word, is the epitome of the office Karen. She takes great joy in being condescending, re, taking credit for everyone else's work and throwing people under the bus. Difficult to work
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    u/Junglerumble19 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/19b9n2s/revenge_on_the_office_karen/ - with is a bit of an understatement. When A first started working there, C reported her to her boss for "attitude" on a number of occasions, when all A was
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    u/Junglerumble19 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/19b9n2s/revenge_on_the_office_karen/ - doing was trying to hide her frustration because C was deliberately being obtuse and making A's life unnecessarily difficult. A's boss is well aware of the friction however C is actually
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    u/Junglerumble19 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/19b9n2s/revenge_on_the_office_karen/ - very good at her job and she's clever enough to not cross lines that will get her in deep trouble. A decided if she couldn't beat em, she'd join them, in the best and most subtle possible way.
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    u/Junglerumble19 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/19b9n2s/revenge_on_the_office_karen/ - Earlier this week A ensured her boss 'overheard' her talking to a client, praising C to the heavens (it was actually a real client call, not faked). When she hung up, her boss praised her for being
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    u/Junglerumble19 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/19b9n2s/revenge_on_the_office_karen/ - the bigger person and talking up C despite their relationship. When C came in, the boss made a special mention to her that A had been praising her while A just sat there smiling innocently at her.
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    u/Junglerumble19 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/19b9n2s/revenge_on_the_office_karen/ - C was not happy about this but couldn't do or say a thing without looking like an a To put the cherry on top, the following morning A greeted her
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    u/Junglerumble19 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/19b9n2s/revenge_on_the_office_karen/ - with "C! You look so tired, are you OK? Can I make you a coffee?". C said no and stomped into her office. Every time she came out
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    u/Junglerumble19 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/19b9n2s/revenge_on_the_office_karen/ - A proceeded to say "you really don't look well. Are you sure you're OK? Is there anything I can do for you?"
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    u/Junglerumble19 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/19b9n2s/revenge_on_the_office_karen/ - Meanwhile A's boss overheard all of these exchanges and once again praised her for setting aside their differences and trying to make things work.
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    u/Junglerumble19 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/19b9n2s/revenge_on_the_office_karen/ - By the end of the day C was visibly seething and A was the boss' new favourite. We believe C may well be a basket case by Christmas.
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    u/Junglerumble19 https://www.reddit.com/r/pettyrevenge/comments/19b9n2s/revenge_on_the_office_karen/

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