'She's her own worst enemy': Employee finally cuts ties with entitled coworker after she steals her parking spot, exposing her as the office Karen

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Sep 27, 2024 1:00 PM EDT

Having to work in a capitalistic hellscape is already hard enough. You need to make six digits these days just to make rent for a studio apartment. So you have to enjoy the little things now more than ever. For example, finding a the perfectly hidden parking spot near your work that is always conveniently/ unofficially there for you. When you find something like that, it feels like the universe is giving you a little treat. So when someone you were treating kindly takes that little universe treat away from you, it feels extra personal. That is exactly what happened to this woman who turned to Reddit to rant. 

She was the only friend of one coworker that nobody really liked. But she felt bad and always went on walks with her. One day she pointed out her stellar parking spot and then BAM the next day, that coworker was parked there. She quickly realized why she didn't have any other work friends and it was because she was the office Karen. Read what else turned her into the office pariah! 

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    "I'm petty because she took my parking spot... So I completely ignore her unless it's necessary to speak with her."
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    Coworker stole my parking spot after crying to me how no one is nice to her Pretty simple cut and dry, we used to go on walks together everyday for our breaks from work. She is a rather negative person so I would try and help. her think about things more positively. Some examples of our conversations: Her: "I hate this job it's not what I was expecting" Me: "Honestly management is very nice and it could be so much worse but we live in acbig city, it'd be easy to find a better fit if need be" Her
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    "I'm so bored I have nothing to do" Me: "When I first started and I ran out of things to do I'd ask the bosses for work and they are pretty helpful." One day we were walking and she was non stop complaining about not having room to get out of her car and can't find good parking. We talked about the cars we drive and she told me she drives a rav4 and my idiot self told her where I park my car. Sure as the next day her Rav4 is backed into the space I always | park in. On top of this, one of our la
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    She begged me to go on these walks and eat lunch with her because she doesn't like to be alone. Now, I don't say hi to her in the morning. I go by myself on my walks since I am comfortable being alone and went on said walks alone in the first place. Added bonus, I get along with the IT crew she constantly talks about so I sit with them at lunch sometimes if we're in there together.
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    Now she's alone and trying to make new friends, but it's proving difficult for her since her internalized racism and most of our office is diverse. I actually felt bad for her because she told me her ex husband was abusive and her church members shamed her for leaving him. She's her own worst enemy though. So I'm petty because she took my parking spot and showed her racism so I completely ignore her unless it's necessary to speak with her.
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    Pennylane19XX I would get in early just to take my spot back. her. Martha90815 When I tell you I did this one time....I was teaching (long term sub) and the teacher they paired me up with basically stole my contract, stole my classroom and stole my subject (forcing me to teach something else I had no interest in). Then they tried to steal my parking space too. I nicely, and jokingly, told them to back off but apparently I was too nice. They kept parking there. I then showed up at work EVERY DAY
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    Radiant-Ad1570 Good on you to ignore her and let her realize how stupid she was. Although I am not sure she is bright enough to comprehend, but she will suffer though. Do carry on ignoring her. She doesn't deserve better. Hemiak She's probably like "why the sudden 180?" Idiot probably thought that OP telling them where they park was an invitation for her to park there to fix her own issues.
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    Jaren_Starain So a few rules I've learned over my employment time. 1) trust no one. These are your coworkers not your friends, expect them to be backstabbers. 2) any time someone is about stuff they want to vent, they don't want solutions they just want to vent. There's more but they mostly all align with rule 1. Personally I don't see any of what you did as petty, you just cut unwanted baggage from your life. mommamegmiester You're right and I definitely learned my lesson. I'm glad she took the
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    PageFault I have experience putting rules 1 and 2 together. Co-worker complained in detail about how something wasn't fair. I told them I'd speak to management for them. I spoke to management about it hoping I could help. Co-worker said they were fine with it, which made me look like a stirrer. I was dumb enough to let this happen one more time with the same co-worker and I really ended up on managements list. Now my policy is that I don't stick my neck out for anyone unless they put their own n
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    AprilB916 Ignoring is perfect! Nicely done. Sounds like she portrayed herself as a victim looking for sympathy from you. Just another useless user that will have to move on to someone else :)
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    Hemiak Talk to her FFS. "Um, why are you stealing my parking spot? I get you were frustrated with your situation, but taking the spot if someone who's being nice to you seems like a weird choice. I was very bothered when I realized what you had done. You get upset people don't like you but taking someone's preferred spot on purpose seems like a really weird thing to do if you're trying to make/keep friends."
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    Millennial_Lotus Did she know it was your parking spot or did she find an open one and park? mommamegmiester We walked past it and I was an idiot like "yeah this is my car and luckily I found this spot". Next day bam! She parked there after saying, "nobody here is welcoming to me or even talks to me, you're the only one". Tbf I wouldn't have cared if a random person parked there first. It is first come first serve. She did me dirty.
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