61-year-old coworker spreads rumors on new hire, enlists her husband to fuel a false office narrative that she’s angry and unstable: ‘He asked me if I ate today because “we don’t want you going off on nobody cus you starving”’

Who among us doesn't appreciate a good old-fashioned phone prank? The classics never get old: "Is Mr. Wall there? No? How about Ms. Wall? No Walls there? Then how does the roof stay up?"

cue giggles and dial tone. That's the nostalgia of harmless mischief.

Then there's whatever this coworker is doing, which makes prank calls look downright wholesome. Forget Bart Simpson, this is out-of-this-world mean, truly a Picasso of petty, a Beethoven of badmouthing, composing entire symphonies of slander and painting you as the workplace villain in a surrealist canvas of lies. She's not just doodling mustaches on your character, she's hired a pit orchestra, featuring her husband, who now calls the front desk to ask if you've eaten, all to prop up her narrative that you're one skipped meal away from going all-out.

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