rSlash - r/Bestof I Got My Colleague Fired to Save My Job

Episode Date: June 18, 2026

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free of charge. BetMGEMGEMP operates pursuant to an operating agreement with Eye Gaming, Ontario. Welcome to our slash best of Redditor updates, where OP discovers that her boyfriend makes a pinata shaped like her and then crushes it. Our next credit post is from Candy Crush. I'm a 22-year-old female and my boyfriend Matt is 22. We've been together for a year and eight months. Matt and I go to different universities in neighboring cities, about a 45-minute drive. Matt is in a fraternity.

It was Matt's birthday on Friday, and him and I went out to a dinner to celebrate. After dinner, I went back to my university since I live on campus. The next evening, I was on Instagram, and I clicked on one of our mutual friends' private stories, and I saw Matt and a bunch of his friends hitting and stomping on a pinata. By clicking through more of the stories, I figured it must have been a surprise party for Matt, since he had told me his only birthday plans were dinner with me. On the last slide of the Instagram story, I got a close-up of the pinata, and it looked exactly like me. From the hair color to the skin color, even down to my septum piercing.

There was no doubt that it was me. I was really confused and I screen recorded the stories, then I messaged the friend who posted the story. I asked her if that was me as the pinata, and she left me on red and removed me from the close friend's story. This just confirmed my suspicions. The next day, I texted him and asked how his party went, and he acted confused and said he never had a party. I was confused as to why he was lying to me. I told him I saw it on the mutual friends' private story, and then he completely stopped answering.

An hour later, he answered and said, Yeah, the guys threw me a surprise birthday party. It's a frat tradition not to talk about it, though. That's when I asked him about the me-shaped pinata, and I sent him the video of him and his friends destroying it. He told me that it wasn't me, it was just a random pinata the guys had found. I told him to stop lying to me,

and that it was obviously me. I told him how hurt I was that he would allow his friends to do something like that. And all he could answer was that they would kick him out of the frat if he didn't accept it. I also brought up, if his frat had thrown him a surprise party, why wasn't I invited? I was only like 45 minutes away. I knew it wasn't because it was only guys, because the mutual friend who had posted on the story was a girl who goes to his university. And I saw in the story there were multiple girls there.

He stopped answering me and hasn't since. It's been a day with no contact. I'm honestly considering breaking up with him over this. I've caught him in lies before, but this is just too much. The video of him and his friends stomping the pinata was just so disturbing, and to find out that was my face on it. We were planning on moving in together after graduation, but honestly, I don't know anymore. Then four days later, OP posted an update.

So, Matt texted me back after a full day of, incognito. He finally admitted that, yes, the pinata was supposed to be me. He said it was just a joke and that it was meant to be funny. I told him how disrespectful and disturbing that was. I ended up breaking up with him and told him I wasn't going to stay with a man-child who was going to disrespect me for the fun of him and his friends. He completely lost it and begged me to stay. He was apologizing, saying he didn't want to lose me, blah, blah, blah. After I made it clear I wasn't going to take him back, he literally sent me a video of him making out with the mutual friend. I don't know what the point of that was. Maybe just a final F you, but I honestly couldn't care at that

point. I now realized how immature he was. I just blocked him. So yeah, most of you were right, he was cheating on me. I'm thankful that I didn't move in with this jerk, and I saw him for what he really was, an immature man-child. And yeah, I'll be sending the video to the university, though I doubt they'll do anything. The fact that the boyfriend was making out with the mutual friend makes me think that the mutual friend intentionally, parentheses accidentally, included O.P. on the story because she wanted them to break up

so that she could slip in and steal this man. Why she wants to steal this man, I'm not exactly sure, but she did it. Good for you, I guess. Our next Reddit post is from R-slash-relationship advice. So I'm 29, and I met my best friend Sarah, who's 29, and husband who's 31 when I was 11. I had just moved to a new country with my family, and my now sister-in-law introduced me to Sarah.

So usually, I'm working in the office from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and I have a 30-minute break that I usually take to have my second breakfast, and sometimes I go to my husband's office. It's like a five-minute walk, or to a cafe near my job. Sometimes I have to work out of my office or go to another city. Every now and then, I mention to Sarah if I have to travel for work during the week in casual conversations. Last week, I had to travel for work on Wednesday. But Tuesday night, there was a red alert about the weather the next day. So my work thing was canceled and I stayed home with my two-year-old.

My husband went out at 6 a.m. to make sure his business was closed and put up some flood protection. And by 7.30 a.m., he was back at home making breakfast. It didn't start raining until 1 p.m. At 3 p.m., Sarah sent a message asking if I was at home already because it was flooding where I was traveling. And I just texted back, home safe. We literally didn't go out until two days later. Saturday, Sarah and I go to the same gym class. She told me we needed to talk in private, so we went to my car and she told me, On Wednesday, I saw your husband with a woman, and they were making out and your kid was in the car.

I was frozen for a bit, but then remembered that I was working from home with my husband and my baby for two days. I realized she was lying, but I didn't understand anything. I asked three times, if she was sure that it was this week's Wednesday, and she confirmed it three times. I asked her about the time, and she said about 11 a.m. I asked if this was during the Red Alert, and she said yes. I asked her if she was 100% sure, and she launched into a whole description of my husband making out with a gorgeous Barbie look-alike blonde girl in his car in front of our kid near his office during the Red Alert.

So he was putting my son at risk and cheating in front of him. I told her my work thing was suspended because of the red alert, and we were both home the whole time it was activated. She tried to say that she got confused about the days, but she confirmed it three times. I told her to leave, and she left running. I went home and did the whole betrayed spouse house search. There was no hidden phone. I have all the passwords to every device in the house. Not because of lack of trust.

It's because I manage part of his business, and he's bad with passwords. I even looked after hidden emails, and the only thing he was hiding was his paranormal podcast that he listens to sometimes. That night, I told my husband what was going on, and he denied ever cheating, and even worse, disrespecting his own son in that way. I believe him 100%. There wasn't a change in his behavior or routine. He gave up his phone right away, and I told him I already checked everything in our house, and he told me to check his car also. We decided to call Sarah together. She picked up on the third call, and she was crying. I told her to just tell me why she lied.

She swore she wasn't lying, but told me she got confused about it being Monday. I told her, Monday, our son was in daycare, and we had breakfast during my break. So at what time did my husband take my son out of daycare, go pick up this girl to make out in front of my baby, and then back to daycare for me to pick him up and then have breakfast with me? She cried more and told me she didn't know, so my husband told her to cut the crap if she had at least a bit of decency and tell us she was lying. She said she was sorry and hung up and then had the audacity to block us. I told the friends that we had in common with her, and everyone is mad and can't explain what happened to her. She's not picking up the phone, but sent a message back saying she was sick. Some of us then asked her why she was lying and she blocked them.

Someone even called her mom and she's just as shocked. Nobody understands what's going on. I thought maybe it was a crush, but my husband never liked her that much, so he didn't pay attention to her. She isn't even added to his socials because she never liked her when Sarah was his sister's friend or when she became my friend too. They don't interact unless it's necessary. So to say that she got a crush so big she thought it was worth it to try to break up a family? I do know sometimes she gossips a little too much, or sometimes she talks about things she shouldn't, but I never thought it would develop into something this big.

I had this girl at my side for some really hard moments. I had her back when she needed me. She was one of the first people I told about my wedding and pregnancy. I loved this girl since we were little. I still don't understand, and she's not talking to anyone. Then one week later, OP posted an update. So I got the truth, finally, and it was... far more stupid than I thought.

Sarah's mom told me to come to her house for a conversation with Sarah and to bring a friend as a buffer. I went for closure. She apologized a lot, but I literally had to interrogate her to give me reasons, and I finally got them. She lied because she was mad that I missed our girl group, five girls in the group, for the second time. Once because I had a two-month-old baby, and this year because I had to work during August, and it was the only month everyone else was free. I traded my vacation for December extra days they owed me, so I'll be out of the country from December to January 10th,

and I'll miss Sarah's birthday in December and other winter activities in January. Her reasoning was that if I thought my husband cheated, she was sure that I would leave, but he wouldn't let me take my son abroad for too long without him. So I'd be forced to stay, but would be able to travel during my husband's custody time. She was just being mean and selfish because of a trip that I missed and a birthday. She thought that it would be okay to break my son's family so that she can have all of her friends for attention.

I told her to never contact me again and to avoid me everywhere. My friends are aware to not invite me to things if she's going to be there, but everyone's mad at her, so she's the one not being invited. This is painful as hell. I would have been able to forgive and work on things if she was having mental health issues or drug problems. I actually sent her mother recommendations for mental health professionals during the week. Almost 20 years of friendship down the drain. Wow, I was not prepared for this story to be as unbelievably stupid as it was.

I also admit I was suspecting a crush. Usually cheating is the simplest. It's like Occam's Razor, you know, it's usually cheating. But destroying a family, So you can go on a girls trip for the weekend? I don't even know what to call that. It's like sociopathic? Just total nutso.

Yeah, someone's calling this main character syndrome. I don't think that goes far enough. Our next credit post comes from R-slash Am I the Butthole. I'm a 30-year-old guy who's worked at my current employer for three years. Last year, I received a promotion to project manager. In the beginning, everything went well. But in the last month, I've been getting more and more negative feedback. I didn't understand what was going on or why people were becoming

so negative about me. I was losing clients and several colleagues were really upset with me. I was at a loss. I started talking to my manager and my department head about following courses, getting monthly feedback to perform better. I just wanted to live up to the promotion I received. I felt like I was failing. Then a female friend, 27, who was also a colleague of mine, came to me angry and demanded I apologize for what I said. I was really confused and asked her why she was so upset with me. She He explained that she received an email where I was basically blaming her for the issues that I was dealing with. This was an email that a client forwarded her. I was at a loss and explained I never sent out an email like that and if she could show it to me.

She did and it had my name, my send address and everything seemed like it was from me, but I never sent it. Then it clicked with me. My assistant, a 39-year-old woman, had access to my email and has the ability to send as me. She's also the only one who has these rights. I was flabbergasted and so much started to make sense. She was next in line for my job and did not receive the promotion. I did. I checked all her sent mail on her PC while she was out for lunch and saw dozens of emails sent as if it was me.

An email still open on her screen showed my email address and a written message to client with misinformation, passive aggressiveness, and straight-up lies. These were sent under my name. I made screenshots and sent them to myself, then went to my manager and the head of the department, and they were pissed. She was fired that same day. I was relieved and all my colleagues were informed. I thought I was completely in the right here, but some people at work are complaining that I violated company policy for snooping on her PC and violating her privacy. My boss and direct colleagues have my back, but the people that knew her say that I went too far. Apparently, she's a single mother with two kids and she needed this job. I also need this job, and she was

more than willing to sacrifice me for her benefits. I don't see how I could be in the wrong for defending myself. Maybe I'm just too close to the situation to see it. Did I go too far by going on her PC? Then the next day, OP posted an update. Management let me know that they're holding a meeting to clarify what exactly happens. They were catching on that people weren't happy about her being fired and they want to quell any issues before they start taking roots. The meeting took about one and a half hours and after that I was in and out of talks with colleagues and other people. It was properly explained what she was doing and has done to me and the company. The attitude towards me noticeably changed in a positive

direction with a lot of people apologizing to me and explaining they've known her for years, that they were friends and they couldn't imagine she would actually do something like this. Honestly, I'm happy it ended up this way. HR and my boss really had my back here and preemptively handled it to avoid any lingering negativity. Nothing but praise for them. I've requested some time off, which was approved, and I'll be home for a week starting next week.

Per my request, they're also going to revise, or at least look at, the company policy regarding access to other people's emails and other security issues I've noticed. You know, I have to admit, it's actually a pretty good plan for getting someone fired. If she hadn't been discovered by O.P.'s friend who brought the email directly to him, he probably would have gotten fired, and she probably would have gotten the job, I'd bet. But good ridens to bad rubbish.

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