Employee refuses to translate coworker's personal documents after she finds out they speak a second language, coworker complains to manager: ‘She showed up at my desk with papers’

In an office full of people, it is also filled with different talents and skills that everyone has acquired over the years. One employee is a great cook, another is a wonderful makeup artist, and a third is secretly a tech genius. People have lots of hidden skills that don't necessarily shine in their lines of work.

Should they use it at their job if they get the chance? That's up to them.

The employee in the story below has a helpful skill: she speaks another language fluently. She never got to use that skill at work, but recently her coworkers discovered that skill, and one coworker decided to use it to her advantage. It started with translating an email for her husband, then a few paragraphs, which continued to a whole pile of papers.

At that point, the employee refused to continue doing free labor for this coworker's personal affairs. But that didn't stop the coworker, who decided to report this to the manager, claiming the employee refused to help the team with their international communications.

Keep scrolling to read how the employee set the records straight.

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