Employee refuses to buy Girl Scout cookies from coworker's daughter because she's gluten-free, he then turns her entire team against her: 'It's not really about the cookies!'

Who knew that Girl Scout cookies could cause so much trouble for a team of fully grown working adults?

This new manager did not think it was a big deal when she politely declined to purchase Girl Scout cookies from her coworker's daughter. After all, she was gluten-free for legitimate health reasons and assumed her coworker would understand. Well, it turns out that her rejection was interpreted by him as a sign of cold-heartedness. 

Apparently, this was an annual tradition, and the manager who used to work there purchased these Girl Scout cookies each and every year. The new manager, however, was unaware of this tradition. Many employees on the team felt that she should have just purchased some as a gesture and gifted the cookies to someone else outside of work. Perhaps she would have considered doing this if she had known that declining the offer would have caused this much backlash moving forward.

The subsequent weeks were tense in the office. The coworker made sure everyone on his team knew that the new manager refused to indulge his daughter. As is often the case with these stories, all nuance was removed from the equation, and the manager's behavior was completely taken out of context. This was not exactly the healthiest of environments to run a team…

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