Employee recommends ‘Stranger Things’ to their arrogant colleague, who then berates them because the show ‘traumatized’ her: ‘Her bad moods would dominate the workplace’

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Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Dec 2, 2025 7:00 PM EST

The last season of Stranger Things recently aired on Netflix last week… and it's safe to say that it has brought up some feelings about the season's past.

No, this isn't a television review where we criticize camera direction, plot points, and character arcs. The story in question is of a Stranger Things-centric occurrence that one employee witnessed in their workplace nearly 10 years ago, right when the first season of the internationally famous program debuted.

If you haven't been living under a rock, you know that Stranger Things largely targets a young audience, but people of all ages tune into the show because it's a hit. It has action, funny kids who are now not-so kiddish anymore, and Winona Ryder. What else do you need?

The colleague in the story below could've done without it, because she berates an employee for recommending the show to her. You're probably wondering what traumatized this narrator-described "annoying" colleague… and why she was only putting herself in the position of the late Barb's mother, and not Will Byers or Eleven, who also suffer from grueling fates. Scroll below to read the entire story.

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    "Coworker went insane because I recommended Stranger Things"

    If anyone hasn't watched Stranger Things and is planning to, this thread contains spoilers. Stranger Things season 1 had just been released, and the hype was building.
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    A couple of us were talking about it at work, when Mary asked to join the conversation and wanted to know what we were talking about.
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    I told her about the show, talked about how much I was enjoying it and recommended she watch it.
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    She told me she was planning to watch it over the weekend and thanked me for the recommendation.
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    Mary was a pretty weird and annoying person. She held some pretty strange opinions, of which she was never EVER wrong.
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    It was pointless ever debating or reasoning with her, because in her world she was always right.
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    She also had a temper and would become snappy over nothing. Her bad moods would dominate the workplace.
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    Monday appears and Mary is ANGRY. She corners me in the breakroom and demands to know why I would recommend such a disgusting TV show to her.
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    I asked her what her problem was and she ranted. She started talking about the episode where Barb is taken into the Upside Down.
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    She said it utterly traumatised her, because all she could think about was her daughter and imagining it happening to her.
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    She wagged her finger, saying "I'm a mother! Why did you recommend that show to a mother??
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    I couldn't sleep all night thinking about what that poor girl went through!" She then proceeded to lecture me stating "When you have a child, you will not want anyone recommending things like that to you.
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    So you need to think things through more carefully in the future" I wasn't someone who tolerated Mary's bullshit, so I just rolled my eyes at her and walked away.
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    She brought it up to others during the day, repeating how "shaken" she was feeling. It's also important to note that Mary had a son as well.
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    But she didn't seem to care about Will Byers in the same way she cared about Barb.
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    Pure-Philosopher-175 Mary sounds like a fruitloop, and Stranger Things is amazing.
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    Parking_Run3767 Next Friday on your way out, say "Have a nice weekend asshole."
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    redfancydress Middle aged grandma here...watching the new season with my 9 year old granddaughter. Your coworker is a nut.
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    Thrwwy747 Obviously, Mary's a fruitloop, but I'm kinda glad someone gave a shit enough about Barb to mention it.
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    LonelyOpening7699 We all felt for Barb! But not in a "I'm going to yell at a coworker and blame him!” kind of way. She also didn't give a sh about Will or Eleven.
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