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AITH: I Refused to Let My Colleague Take Credit for My Idea in a Meeting
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The myth that idea ownership is petty has been peddled by glory magpies since the first memo, but the only thing worse than being accused of confrontation is letting the professional scavenger set up a permanent nest in someone else’s work.
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Speaking up feels risky because awkwardness is the office cologne, but staying silent is how freeloaders build careers out of borrowed badges and secondhand applause. Originality deserves a seat at the table just as much as groupthink, and a gentle interruption keeps tempers bruised and priorities clear. Petty looks different from every angle, but letting a colleague become a full-time saboteur is guaranteed to age into regret faster than any public correction ever will.
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