45-year-old coworker reprimands 27-year-old employee for being on her phone during lunch, employee reports her to manager: ‘She's been on thin ice since’

As someone who truly enjoys the office culture and the opportunity to socialize with my coworkers every day, I, too, have days when I don't feel like talking to anyone. While most days I will gladly sit with my coworkers for lunch and chat about everyone's lives and funny stories, I would be lying if I said that I don't have days when I take my breaks alone and avoid everyone in the office. 

Some of my coworkers are like that every day. All they want to do on their lunch break is to eat in silence and have an actual break from work and other people, and I would never hold that against any of them. 

The coworker in the story below, Karen (yep, that is her actual name), would beg to differ. She has no problem stating that she has a problem with her younger coworkers being on their phones during their lunch breaks. But since she also has no right to dictate how other people spend their break time, she was later reprimanded by her boss.

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