'My house isn't company property': Employee excludes competitive coworker from their private game night, coworker files a complaint about it to HR, leading to an office dispute

Some people play games to have fun, and some people play games to win, and neither group actually enjoys playing with the other. If you have ever played any sort of game with your friends, then you can probably pinpoint which of your friends belongs to which group, which might make you want to tweak your invitation list for the next gaming night you have planned.

This was basically what happened in this Reddit story when OP (original poster) decided to uninvite their coworker from their private game nights. All because this coworker was incredibly competitive, and simply made everyone else there extremely uncomfortable. Unfortunately, the coworker found out that he was excluded from a game night, and decided to report OP to HR, claiming it was affecting his morale and workplace relationships. This left OP in quite an awkward situation, having to provide HR with an explanation about something that has nothing to do with work…

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