Employee brings homemade cupcakes to the office, coworker sends a passive aggressive message when she doesn't get one

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Coworker I've never spoken to sent passive aggressive messages in the company chat because I didn't give her a cupcake....

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So, every Tuesday I bring homemade treats to work. It's just something I enjoy doing. Usually I only make enough for the handful of coworkers I actually talk to which is about eight people. This week, for whatever reason, I decided to make a lot more than usual. I ended up bringing over 30 cupcakes.
For context, there are around 65+ people in the office at any given time. I obviously wasn't trying (or able) to feed the entire building. Well...word got out that I had brought cupcakes, and suddenly people I'd never even spoken to before were coming by to grab one. I didn't mind at all. If someone asked, I happily gave them one.
Within five minutes, every single cupcake was gone. Afterward, people started posting in the company group chat thanking me. There were dozens of messages saying how good they were and how much they appreciated them. It honestly made my day.
Then one woman who I have literally never spoken to in my life started making passive- aggressive comments in the group chat like, "Wish we all could have had one lol ." And "Guess some of us are invisible" Apparently that wasn't enough, because she also complained to our manager that she didn't get one.
Thankfully, my manager basically shrugged it off and said people should just be grateful that someone brought in free homemade treats, even if not everyone got one. And here's the part that really gets me...
She's brought food into the office before. Did I get any? No. Did I complain in the group chat? Also no One of my coworkers who did get a cupcake felt bad after seeing her comments, so they gave her theirs.
A box of donuts sitting in an office building
She took it. Didn't say thank you. Not to me. Not to the coworker who gave up theirs. Nothing. I can't imagine being a grown adult someone probably three times my age publicly complaining because I missed out on free homemade cupcakes
that someone else paid for and made on their own time. Maybe it's just me, but if I miss out on free food at work, my reaction is usually, "Dang, maybe next time," not, "Let me complain in the company group chat and to the manager."
The irony is that everyone else who got one was incredibly kind and appreciative. One person just somehow managed to turn a nice gesture into something to complain about. Anyways here is a picture of the cupcake I brought!
KoKo7388 I wasn't going to bring this up but I didn't get a cupcake either
StanknBeans One time a co-worker brought a home made pumpkin pie into work out of the blue. Unfortunately for her no one in the office likes pumpkin pie so no one ate any of it. She complained to hr.
puppsmcgee74 I used to work in an office in a cubicle farm basically and one woman a couple of rows over from me would keep candy on her desk and anyone could come get a piece. She was super sweet and she was nice to talk to. Although I noticed people coming over from other areas who would only go to her desk for candy and leave without saying hi or even thank you sometimes.
A couple of years into the job, she became diabetic so she removed the candy jar so she wouldn't be tempted. You should have heard the complaints and seen people's faces when their free candy supply was gone. I was so mad for her having to tolerate that. And she bought all of it with her own money!
Type-RD Look at it this way: You now know who the office Karen is and why the manager shrugged her off. Don't give this a second thought. No. one is taking her BS seriously. She's the one with the problem. Not you.
Television Fit5725 And send this back. " hey everyone, im glad I was able to make some people smile today, unfortunately I dont have to funds to feed the entire office building. My apologies. Moving forwards I will no longer bring treats in, as I dont want anyone to feel upset or left out. Thanks"
Pankosmanko Can't please everyone. There's always someone who is going to ruin a kind deed. Cupcakes look tasty!
Ok-Knowledge0914 It's crazy that people wake up and this is their real life experience at work actually.
Powerful-Interest308 I like to think this nonsense all happened in the office of a cupcake factory.
Tshwoons I'm more suspicious of the person who gave up their cupcake. Who has the self control to take a cupcake and then sit with it uneaten long enough for this coworker to have complained in both the group chat and to their manager. They're the true monster of this story.

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