24-year-old employee becomes office joke after showing up to costume party without costume

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  • 2 coworkers excitedly celebrate costume party in red attire.
  • AITB for showing up to a work party in normal clothes because nobody told me there was a theme, and now I'm immortalized in every single photo?

    There's a company event maybe three or four times a year. Nothing fancy, just the team getting together after hours.
  • I've been at this job for about eight months so this was only my second time going.
  • The invite said "team night out, dress comfortable." That's it. Dress comfortable. I wore dark jeans and a nice top.
  • I thought I looked fine honestly, maybe even a little overdressed for a casual thing. I walked in and every single person was in 80s costume.
  • Employees throw confetti at office party.
  • Full on neon, leg warmers, big hair, the works. Apparently there was a separate group chat, one that I was not in, where the theme got decided two weeks ago.
  • Now THIS seems intentional

    Someone forgot to add the new people. That someone has still not apologized by the way.
  • Here's where it gets worse. The company hired an actual photographer for the night. So now there are roughly 200 photos from this event and in aproximately half of them there's just a girl in a plain top standing in the middle of a neon fever dream.
  • My manager posted a highlight reel on the company linkedin. I am in the thumbnail. I laughed it off at the event because what else do you do.
  • But coworkers keep bringing it up like its become my whole personality at this office. "Oh you're the girl from the photos." One person asked if I did it on purpose as "a bit." I did not do it as a bit.
  • 1 (24F) just didn't get the memo because nobody sent me the memo. AITB for being a little annoyed about this?
  • Everyone keeps telling me to "lean into it" but I didn't choose to be the accidental main character of the company holiday album.
  • Employee wears 80s themed colorful jacket to office party, while holding tape cassette player from the same time period.
  • People had some interesting takes on the whole situation

    RickRussellTX The error in failing to notify you was forgivable, but people who keep harping on it are just being . They're looking for some reason to feel smug and superior and they found it.
  • I hope this will blow over as soon as the company posts the next new thing on their LinkedIn page

    LumaBirchStudio Original Poster's Reply Honestly this is what's bothering me. I can take one joke, but the nonstop "girl from the photos" thing feels like they're milking it. Also, if it mattered, someone could've just... sent the memo.
  • CJsopinion Just remind everyone that you were excluded from the chat that decided on the theme. Then shrug and say I don't know why they didn't want me to know. Push the discomfort back on them. Or just ignore it and keep on going forward. NTBA Updateme!
  • I mean, some people still dress this way every day just because they like the look of it

    LauraLand27 As a person who lived through the 80's, I can promise you that we didn't all wear neon everything. Or even some things. I'm more apt to wear neon now than then. Big hair? Some people. Parodying a theme isn't all that. Tell them you asked GenX and we said you were fine. ETA NTB
  • Maleficent_Might5448 I would always respond "yeah, too bad I wasn't told about the theme, some team building there, huh?"
  • TheWorldTurnsAround Every single time it is brought up, I would say so and so told everybody except me about the theme, so you can harass them about it. Every. Single. Time. NTB
  • grmrsan I spent a whole decade in the 80's. I mostly wore jeans and T-shirts. Admittedly I did have big hair, but thats because I have great hair.
  • Alice-003 If anyone should be embarrassed, it's whoever forgot to add you. Not the person who followed the literal dress code

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