Coworker romance goes south, guy tries to ghost ex, ex makes his work day a living nightmare: 'He will have to see my face every day'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jun 23, 2024 8:00 AM EDT

Office romances almost never work out, but this one really went haywire.

This Redditor admits that she should never have gotten into a relationship with this guy, but she was naive at the time and new to the workforce. When she and her then-boyfriend started dating, they seemed to create a healthy work-life balance until she was promoted and transferred to a different city. Let's just say that long distance did not exactly work out. In fact, this dude tried to ghost the Redditor, which proved to be a bit hard to achieve considering the fact that they still worked for the same company.

Well, she got her petty revenge when she volunteered to have her picture and accomplishments publicized on every work computer screen daily. So now, he has to see her face no matter what. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. For more, check out this post about funny and lame corporate gifts.

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    "Now the ex that ghosted me has to see my face every time he walks into work"
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    My ex ghosted me so I found a way that he will have to see my face everyday
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    This was a while ago and I'm over him now, but about 2 years ago I dated a coworker (I know now that that was a mistake I was barely in my 20s when this happened). We started as friends and hung in the same circles until we couldn't deny the attraction
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    anymore. A couple months into dating we were planning on moving in together and maybe even getting married one day.
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    We were inseparable and he was so affectionate with his words and actions. But then I got a promotion that required me to go out of state. We decided to do long distance for a while
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    and I would keep a lot of my stuff at his place until I moved back, then we would live together. Unfortunately a month into long distance he ghosted me. There was no indication that things were going wrong so I was devastated and blindsided. I had never been in a relationship before so he was my first heartbreak, but
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    the most annoying part was that he refused to acknowledge my existence even as just friends. We were in similar group chats and he would just skip over my comments, he would go out of town when I came in town, and he would get mad at me for hanging out with our mutual friends (I found this out through the grapevine, it was one of the few things I knew about him after the break up).
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    Eventually I moved on and met someone new but I was still very hurt that someone who I once considered a great friend would just cut me out of my life for no reason.
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    So here's where the petty revenge comes from. We have a company homepage that shows different slides of employees doing things like receiving awards or special events. The homepage plays on the tv screens at work as well as the computers. One day the company sent an email
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    asking for pictures with a prompt, so I chose the pretty picture of myself I could find and a nice fluffy paragraph to go with it.
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    Now the ex that ghosted me has to see my face every time he walks into work and opens up his computer. A revenge a year in the making.
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    Edit: when I said I met someone new that was later down the road and I am not with the someone new anymore. Sorry for the confusion. The revenge and the dating a new person didn't happen at the same time.
    via u/Loveonethe-brain
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    Lizzy_Of_Galtar ⚫ 11 hr. ago I haven't been this proud of a stranger in a long time
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    dreamsinred 9 hr. ago Were you able to get back the stuff that was at his house?
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    ejdjd 11 hr. ago This is a superlative petty revenge. Almost nuclear. Very well done!
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