Smosh Reads Reddit Stories - Office Horror Stories | Reading Reddit Stories

Episode Date: November 16, 2024

Dealing with awful coworkers is a canon event. Go to https://Zocdoc.com/PITREDDIT and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Then find and book a top-rated doctor today. Get 10 FREE meals at https://HelloFresh.com/freepitreddit! 0:00 Intro 1:26 Told my coworker I can’t attend her “funeral” because I’m busy https://www.reddit.com/r/AITAH/comments/1ejtbbe/aitah_for_telling_my_coworker_i_cant_attend_her/ 16:15 I took all the leftovers home after a work party https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/hdaq9c/aita_because_i_took_all_the_leftover_homes_after/ 29:09 My coworker is a totally normal person https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueOffMyChest/comments/1fuuvlp/my_coworker_is_a_totally_normal_person_and_he/ 40:04 I refused to give up my vacation days so my coworker can go on her honeymoon https://www.reddit.com/r/AITAH/comments/1ft6lv2/aitah_for_refusing_to_give_up_my_vacation_days_so/ 47:26 Meowing coworker https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueOffMyChest/comments/sze5tp/meowing_coworker/ 55:11 My coworkers are engaged, but one of them is cheating… with my boss! https://www.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/comments/1fdp9kh/ask_a_manager_my_coworkers_are_engaged_but_one_of/ SUBSCRIBE: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshPit WEAR OUR JOKES: https://smosh.com WHO YOU HEAR Shayne Topp // https://www.instagram.com/shaynetopp/ Spencer Agnew // https://www.instagram.com/spennser/ Angela Giarratana // https://www.instagram.com/angelagiovanagiarratana/ WHO YOU DON’T HEAR (usually) Director: Emily Rose Jacobson Editor: Vida Robbins Director of Programming, Smosh Pit: Emily Rose Jacobson Associate Producer, Smosh Pit: Bailey Petracek Production Designer: Cassie Vance Art Director: Erin Kuschner Assistant Art Director: Josie Bellerby Art Coordinator: Alex Aguilar Prop Master: Courtney Chapman Art Intern: Abby Schmidt Audio Mixer: Scott Neff Audio Utility: Dina Ramli Director of Photography: Brennan Iketani Camera Operator: James Hull Camera Operator: Eric Wann Assistant Director: Alexcina Figueroa Director of Production: Amanda Barnes Production Manager: Alexcina Figueroa Production Coordinator: Zianne Hoover Operations & Production Coordinator: Oliver Wehlander Production Assistant: Quincy Bell Post Production Manager: Luke Baker DIT/Lead AE: Matt Duran IT: Tim Baker Director of Design: Brittany Hobbs Senior Manager, Channel & Strategy: Lizzy Jones Channel Operations Coordinator: Audrey Carganilla Director of Social Media: Erica Noboa Social Creative Producer: Peter Ditzler, Tommy Bowe Merchandising Manager: Mallory Myers Social Media Coordinator: Kim Wilborn Social Media Intern: Mailyn Stiffler Talent Coordinator: Selina Garcia Operations PA: Katie Fink CEO: Alessandra Catanese EVP of Programming: Kiana Parker Coordinator Producer of Programming: Marcus Munguia Executive Coordinator: Rachel Collis OTHER SMOSHES: Smosh: https://smo.sh/Sub2Smosh Smosh Games: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshGames El Smosh (Spanish Dub): https://smo.sh/Sub2ElSmosh SmoshCast: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshCast FOLLOW US: TikTok: https://smo.sh/TikTok Snapchat: http://smo.sh/OnSnapchat Instagram: https://instagram.com/smosh Facebook: https://facebook.com/smosh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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You've always wanted to be part of something bigger than yourself. You live for experience and lead by example. You want the most out of life and realize what you're looking for is already in you. This is for you. The Canadian Armed Forces, a message from the Government of Canada. Good morning. Welcome to Reddit Stories. I'm Shane.

And today we have a bunch of office stories. And I'm very excited, I was just saying this before we started rolling. It is not even 9 a.m. yet. It's 8.45 in the morning. Very office-like of us to be starting at this time. Right at the beginning of the day, I'm joined by my two co-workers, Angela and Spencer. What's up? What's up?

We're here in an office, sort of. I guess it's a studio. Clocked in. Yeah, we're clocked in, man. No, I just want people to know how early. Clocked in. Yeah, we're clocked in, man. No, I just want people to know how early in the morning sometimes it is when we're reading these. Yeah, but then also sometimes so late at night.

Yeah, sometimes, you never know if it's 7 p.m. or 8 in the morning when we're reading these. Yeah, someone's out there working construction, they're like, that's crazy, dude. That's crazy, dude. Yeah, man, that sounds insane. Yeah, well, that's crazy. You had to read a Reddit story at 5 PM.

Yeah, it was really hard. Offices, workspaces, coworkers, that's what we're dealing with here today. This is fun, you two are like some of my favorite coworkers. Yeah, I had to rank coworkers. Yeah, you'd be a top three right here. Yeah. Everybody knows that.

Mm-hmm. Cool, that's settled. Now that we got that out of the way. Now that Yeah. Everybody knows that. Mm-hmm. Cool. That's settled. Now that we got that out of the way. Now that we're done with that. In front of a bunch of other coworkers of ours. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, it's kooky energy today.

Mm-hmm. All right, our first story. Am I the asshole for telling my coworker I can't attend her funeral because I'm busy that day? What? So here's the situation. He can commune with the dead. Yeah, my dead coworker.

So here's the situation. I have this coworker, let's call her Karen. Karen is a character. She's always talking about these elaborate plans for every possible scenario. Last week, she told us she had pre-planned her entire funeral, complete with a guest list, catering, and even a DJ.

Apparently, she wants her final send-off to be a lit celebration of life. Anyway, out of the blue yesterday, Karen walks up to me during lunch and says, "'Hey, just so you know, I've penciled you in "'for my funeral next Saturday at 2 p.m. "'It's going to be fabulous, "'and I'd really appreciate your attendance.'"

So here's the thing, I'm alive and kicking so the idea of attending a funeral for someone who's very much alive just felt weird. Plus I already have plans next Saturday to binge watch an entire season of Stranger Things and eat my weight in pizza. So without really thinking I just blurted out sorry Karen I can't make it I'm busy that day. She looked at me like I just slapped her with a cold fish. Busy, she asked, her voice dripping with disbelief. You can't be too busy for a friend's funeral. Now, Karen has been giving me the cold shoulder ever since, and our other coworkers are split.

Some think I'm a heartless jerk for not going along with her bizarre funeral dress rehearsal, while others think she's completely off her rocker for expecting people to actually attend this thing. So Reddit, am I the asshole for telling my very much alive co-worker I can't attend her self-planned preemptive funeral because I'm busy watching Netflix? Edit, for those asking about her well-being, she is fine. I overheard somebody asking her and she replied that it's just a celebration of life. So yes, it seems to be a narcissistic event.

Wait, so I think they might have left out a part where they are actually throwing like a Practice for it. Yeah, so it's like a rehearsal for the funeral They're specifically saying that they are busy watching stranger things and eating their weight in pizza, which is so epic I have to add yeah, and I loved that it's so epic. Very cool. I felt that piece just hearing that. Mm-hmm, but like I'm confused. So she's throwing a party. She's throwing a gigantic party. It's her preemptive funeral.

So she's throwing her funeral now, long hopefully before she dies. And she wants her final sendoff to be a lit celebration of life. Now, yeah, he later calls it a dress rehearsal, but I think that's his own terminology. It is essentially just a big party she's throwing for herself and it's kind of the labeling of it's a preemptive funeral.

I mean, I don't know. My thought is like, cool, you can do whatever type of parties. You can't tell someone they have to be there. Like, and I also, I don't know, I'm of the mindset, like, if I did this, if I was in her position, and then someone was like, I can't make it, you just have to be like, oh, okay.

Like she's like- Yeah, this feels like, because of the way she's like dressing the event, is making it a bigger deal, but it's not. It's not the same as like a real funeral funeral like in the sense of when people are like Well, you should attend your friends funeral. It's like yeah if they died But this isn't that this is a different thing And they're not heard of this before they're also not even um like friends. It sounds like it sounds like just co-workers

So yeah with co-workers, especially you're're not obligated to go to their personal events. It's always a nice gesture to be like, hey, throw in a barbecue, come. And that's the best part about coworkers is you don't really have to go. Yeah. Crazy thing to say. Yeah. But with your friends you're like, oh, you gotta go. Yeah. Crazy thing to say. Yeah.

But like, with your friends you're like, oh, you gotta go. You know what I mean? I mean, here's the thing, here's the thing I figured out, you don't have to go with friends either. Yeah. That's the most Spencer Agnew thing I've ever heard. You might lose some along the way.

It was a mind blowing thing for me because I always was the type that had to cope with like elaborate excuses for why I couldn't hang out with people. And I'm very introverted, I need like time to myself. And so, but I would never type that had to cope with elaborate excuses for why I couldn't hang out with people. And I'm very introverted, I need time to myself. But I would never say that. If I was in this guy's position where I'm like, oh, I wanna just stay home and watch TV,

I'd be like, I can't, I gotta do this thing that day. But then, it was a good friend of mine, Matthew Scott from So Random, we were hanging out in our dressing rooms one day and I'm like 19, so I'm still a very insecure person. And we were talking about making plans and a bunch of us were gonna go hang out that night and I was like, yeah, do you wanna come?

And he goes, no, I'm gonna stay home and watch TV. And I remember just being like, that's awesome. Like that's, honestly thank you for just being completely honest. I'm not offended at all, because I get it. And I ever, it kind of like changed something in me where I was just like, oh, you're allowed to not, just because I don't want to go out that night

doesn't mean I don't like you. Doesn't mean, you know, it just means like that's what I'm desiring to do that day. Or just being like, I think it was working here, where it was like, realizing that people, like we'd finished a shoot or something, and if it was like, hey, we're gonna grab beers or whatever, and someone just being like, hey,

I have no more social energy in my tank. And being like, that is so relatable and understandable, and you can't force that, and that's okay. Totally. It's especially strange, because yeah, we're talking about coworkers here. They don't sound like they are friends based on this description,

so to expect that is strange. I don't know, this is just all odd to me. This is such coworker behavior. This feels like, you know, I don't know, this is just all odd to me. This is such coworker behavior. This feels like, you know, I don't think we, this is just like the coworker I have nightmares about. Where it's like, you know, you're kind of forced to do their bits with them or whatever like that. Or it's just like, no, I mean, like, do you know

like people like that where they go, where they're like, ah, blah, blah, blah, and you're like, yeah, I'm at work. Yeah. And I think people here have good boundaries with that, where it's like, if we see someone sitting off kinda in the corner, it's not like, hey, let's bring them into the bit, or let's, let's.

And it's like, no, they're there for a reason. Yeah, it's like, they're doing their own thing. Yeah, also I feel like people who, this is a really weird take, also I feel like people who like this is a really weird take but I feel like like I've seen in reality TV too where people love funeral as a theme and they find it very fun and like like a big deal like there's been like like funeral divorce parties. It feels like she's making it a big deal because she's labeling in her funeral and she's calling it and you can't say no,

but it's just a party. I think to the funeral theming stuff, I wonder if it's almost like a, you know when people try and talk things out out loud to almost like not normalize it but make it feel a little less scary. Yeah, like wait. Where it's like it feels, it's like reclaiming. No, 100% I totally get it and it's a little less scary. Yeah, like wait. Where it's like, it feels, it's like, you know, reclaiming.

No, 100% I totally get it. And it's a little punk rocky to be like, my marriage is over, let's eulogize it or whatever. Yeah, sure. It's cool, but I think like she's doing this. See, I don't even think it's cool. To eulogize something? I think it's lame as hell.

I think it's corny. The funeral divorce party, it's a little corny. But it's kind of a theatrical fun theme because you get to be souped. There's a, it's a fun theme, I guess. You're allowed to theme parties kind of in any sort of way you want. The issue to me is really not the thing she's doing.

She's allowed to do this. It's mistakes. It's that she's pressuring him. You're pressuring a coworker. So it's not even like, hey, you've been my best friend since high school Like it's not like that. It's hey, I work with you We are forced to be in the same building every day in order to pay our rent

Now you have to come to this person. She's using that theme to do that. She's going my funeral It's a little it's strategic if it cuz it's like in five years. Are you gonna throw another? Yeah, exactly. And then be able to be like, you need to come to my funeral again. Because it's, what if I died a second time? Yeah. Like, you know, I don't know.

It's also kind of like dangling your worth in front of someone, being like, if I was gone. Would you care? Yeah. I think we should, yeah. I think we should be allowed to see what would happen after we died. That's my hot take. Okay, Tom Sawyer.

Yeah. No, that's a good fantasy, like little fantasy moment. Mm-hmm. For me as a kid. That was a little fantasy moment, Spencer. But yeah, no, I think you're right. We should be able to see it. And I feel like she wants to see

how people will show up for her. Apparently not. Even in small spaces. I think our producers put down a note that I agree with too that it's, you know, she's throwing this, she's theming it. To be pressuring people, I think is, I think the pressuring adds the insensitivity of like,

you don't know what someone else is going through. So it'd be like, yeah, come to my funeral themed party. It's like, oh, both my parents just exploded. Yeah, it's like, you don't know what someone else is going through. So it'd be like, yeah, come to my funeral-themed party. It's like, both my parents just exploded. Yeah, it's like, you don't know what someone, especially a coworker, you're probably not talking to them. So it's like, what are they going through that maybe they're like, yeah, I don't wanna go to a funeral right now

because I just went to one like last month, so this isn't really fun for me. So I think just the pressuring part is what makes her absolutely an asshole here. Also your life doesn't have to end to give it meaning. Whoa. Hey, she's allowed to just throw a party. Yeah.

You're allowed to celebrate your life without it being a party. Yeah, and your life doesn't have to be ending to make your friends show up. Unfortunately, I think if I got a party invite and they're like, well, it's a celebration of life. I'd be like, I don't know, I'm okay. Yeah, for sure, for sure. Comments, OP needs to go to the funeral

and say a few words to the attendees about how unbelievably self-centered, narcissistic, and thirsty she is. That'll go over really well. And how insensitive she is to others going through real loss. I love the Reddit take, when they're like, you know, you need to like, you need to like, sewer.

Like, you need to like, you need to like, you need to sue this, like dude, lawyer up. And then drop the mic and leave to binge watch Stranger Things, not the asshole. Someone said, turn it into a roast, tell everyone except Karen, not the asshole. Sounds familiar. No, I agree, there's always a comment that's like the cath. Sounds familiar. No, I agree.

There's always a comment that's like the catharsis comment of like, well, you should show up to her house with a bulldozer and run. Yeah, like you should bulldoze her house. Bulldoze her house because she's dead now and foreclose her house. Someone said, I have so many questions. Is this like a birthday and it's funeral themed,

a funny leaving office themed party, a random party on a random day? Has she expressed any signs of wanting to end her life? Does she have a terminal illness? No, it would make, it would- No, it would raise questions for me. It's like, when you have a big theme, I always need like a justification for the theme.

Yeah. Just like a little something. Like, are you leaving the job? Like, what's happening? What if you all show up to the party and she's legit dead? She's like in a casket. That would be crazy. Yeah, and it's a murder mystery.

It's like one of you killed me. And you showed up and then you find out that she was so pissed you weren't gonna come. Not only do you show up and she's dead, she's like a skeleton. It's like she's been dead for five years. She's been dead for years, yeah, yeah. And anytime.

You're working with a ghost. You're like, you talked to her? You didn't, you're crazy. It's like the Tegan and Sarah song, working with a ghost. Whoa, okay. First time a Tegan and Sarah song, Working With a Ghost. Whoa. First time a Tegan and Sarah song has been referenced on Reddit Stories.

Tegan and Sarah has been referenced. OP responded to that comment. They're coworkers. Yeah. They are. Fans are good. OP responded that saying, well, the way she talked about it made it feel like a celebration of life

more than anything else. I actually overheard another coworker asking her about her well-being, and Karen answered that she was absolutely fine, but that birthdays weren't that special anymore, or something like that. Someone said, my grandma had a funeral for her 40th birthday party.

They set up a coffin in the living room, and she laid in it all night while her friends gave her drinks and well wishes. Grandma and grandpa posed in that coffin for pictures pretending to be dead with their favorite drinks in hand. At their actual funerals decades later, we printed those out poster size

and freaked out some of the younger significant others that attended. I'm not sure if they requested that, but it's what they would have wanted. My grandparents partied. You know, we figured out a way to monetize this on Smosh. I was just about to say, it's actually pretty fucking rich of us

to sit here this whole time and be like, she's crazy for doing this when we have so much content. I think there's a difference though, yeah. Yeah, because ours makes money. But ours was justified, it was like, here's a joke machine, like here's a roast, and it's a theme, and it's good, and you can click it for love. Also, there's a difference between a funeral-themed party

and my preemptive funeral. Because it's being like, hey, I'm having a party this weekend and it's funeral-themed is one thing. It's, hey, I'm having my funeral to celebrate my life. It's like, okay, and it's not even on her birthday, Hey, I'm having my funeral to celebrate my life. It's like, okay. And it's not even on her birthday it doesn't sound like. It's just like, hey, I'm throwing myself a party where everybody's gonna be celebrating me.

And it's just, it's a couple extra layers there. I've never really meant anything more than what I'm about to say. I believe parties, all parties, are a celebration of life. Yeah, here, here, here. Sometimes I feel like pressure to go into work sometimes. So this co, I can relate to this, when they're like, hey, Spencer, we need you in today,

you're in the shoots today. And I'm like, it's just, it's like this unfair pressure that like, what if I don't feel like going? It's just not, it's like, it's kind of like, it feels a little invasive. And it's like, you know, I should show up and like, you know, I should show up and be like, you know what, you're narcissistic,

you're like self-serving. Look at you just asking me to show up and you don't know what's going on with me. You're asking me to, like, you don't know what I'm going through. Exactly You're asking me to, like you don't know what I'm going through. Exactly. I was up late, like you know, I had to squeeze in a shower this morning, like you don't know what I'm going through. You want me here at 8.30 in the morning?

Yeah. I was here, I was supposed to be here at 8, I showed up at 8.20 and I'm sorry. I'm sorry, you are so, I had to squeeze in a shower this morning, Cody. I had to squeeze in a shower. I had to. Look, I'll just say, 8 a.m. call time, I showed up at 7.45 with donuts. That's crazy.

Thank you. Thank you, guys, I'm having my funeral this Saturday. Please show up. And Tegan and Sarah are coworkers. And they will be performing. Calling your bandmates. To coworkers is really funny to me. Ally and AJ?

Goat workers. Yeah. Okay. Somewhere else, not in my place. Co-workers is really funny to me. Ali and AJ, co-workers. Yeah. Okay. Am I the asshole because I took all the leftovers home after a work party? Luke Baker. Before we even get into this, Luke is absolutely famous for taking all the leftovers.

But we acknowledge it, we know that that's what he's gonna do. Yeah, well let's see, let's hear this. I think, before we get into this, I think having that co-worker who takes all the leftovers, but we acknowledge it. We know that that's what he's gonna do. Yeah, well let's see, let's hear this. I think, before we get into this, I think having that coworker who takes all the leftovers is a very important part of the ecosystem. You go, thank you sir. Like they are a necessary part of making sure

there's no waste that the environment stays healthy. Mm-hmm, I totally agree. It's good for the soil. It's absolutely. Yes, it's like a worm. Yeah, exactly. They're our office worm. They're breaking down the materials and kind of like,. Yes, it's like a worm. Yeah. Exactly. They're our office worm.

They're breaking down the materials and kind of like, you know, the earth like will reabsorb them. Literally. Yeah. I'm gonna let Luke know that he's the office worm. 100%. But we still would love him.

If you were the office worm. Here we go. I've worked at this company for three years. My three year anniversary landed on the same day of my significant other proposing and to top it off. I'm getting promoted I was expecting at least something for my co-workers like a small party or gift nothing fancy Her few co dude if I expected a dude. I'm like hey, everything's going awesome in my life

I was expecting people to you know kind of throw a party for me for them nothing fancy nothing fancy I won the lottery and nobody threw a party for me. Just nothing fancy or anything. Dude, I'm sorry, I could not give less of a fuck about a work anniversary. I'm sorry, no, what I care less about is your LA anniversary. Oh, yeah. When people go, I've been in LA for six years.

I'm sorry, probably everyone has done those. I don't get it. Respond with that sucks, man. Yeah. Cool, you've been. Respond with that sucks, man. Yeah. Cool, you've been in this city for that long. Yeah, and you still haven't made it. When you, no, that's. Not to you, I mean, to you saying that to someone else.

But like, when you're like, whoa. I would say you have made it. It's like, whoa, you've worked at Smosh for this long. I'm like, oof, don't remind me, just kidding. You're the longest out of all of us. No, I know. All right, I gotta of all of us. No, I know. All right, I gotta get out of here. Hey, Brennan.

2014, so probably 10 years. 24 years. Yeah, it's probably been about 10 years since I've worked on Smosh in some capacity. Crazy. Bring out the party. Yeah, and where's my party? Okay, so, again, they...

Three years. My three year anniversary, my three year anniversary landed on the same day of my significant other proposing, and to top it off, I'm getting promoted. I was expecting- It's also my birthday. Yeah, I was expecting at least something from my coworkers like a small party or a gift, nothing fancy.

I was pretty hurt when I came in that week to find nothing. There were congrats and well-dones, but nothing else. I poured my eyes out later to my significant other and expressed how uncared about I felt. He contacted one of my coworkers, soon to be employee, and she went to my manager and set something up. Whoa, what? They had a little buffet in the break room, just the common stuff, veggie platter, dips, chips, and sweets like cookies, tarts and brownies, some banners.

Tarts? Yeah, at the end of the day, I took the leftovers home with me on the plate slash tupperware they came in on. The coworker, again, my soon-to-be employee... That's crazy, that's crazy. Are you hearing that part? Yeah. Shane, wind that part back.

Yeah, this is like... Again, my soon-to-be employee texted me the next day asking if I took the sweets she made along with the plates. That was a huge red flag. Yeah, and she got super hostile. Apparently, she wanted to keep those in the break room so that those unable to attend the party could still eat, and nowhere did she say this was all for me. She also needed the platter plate back because she was making a birthday cake for her niece.

My significant other and I both agreed it was wrong for her to text me like that, and seeing as it was my party, if I wanted the leftovers, I deserved he thinks I should have I should have just apologized to keep the peace if I'm not wrong I don't see the point. Oh My god are are when I direct a games video are y'all like my employees Yeah, you can can I say that Like when you're like when I'm like hey You get to cross go to get another two under all.

Yeah, like at that employee. In that moment, in that moment, you're in that moment. When we're in those gentleman's costumes, yeah, you're our boss. My coworker, sorry, I mean my employee. My employee. That's a crazy way to look at things.

Yeah, that's a crazy assertion of power. This person sucks. Yeah. This's a crazy assertion of power. This person sucks. Yeah. This person's straight out of the office. This person sucks in every sentence of this story. Every part of this, they suck. It's really hard, I think, like when you scroll through the MI the asshole, like subreddit,

asshole, where they're declared the asshole is very rare. Because usually probably when people write out their story. Try and make yourself sound a little. They usually, it's why I believe a lot of stories. I'm like, I'm getting this from one perspective and you're probably painting yourself. But if you even are attempting to do that and it comes through fully that you're the worst person,

you have to be so delusional. It's like you were in control of every sentence that you wrote. Because journaling is often a way that you're the worst person. You have to be so delusional. It's like you were in control of every sentence that you wrote. Because journaling is often a way that you write things out and you kind of like, it kind of clears things up for you where you go, oh, I'm in the wrong in this situation or oh, I see it, now I see the paper. So to write this all out and be like,

submit to the internet and not go, oh, I should probably erase that line where I say, one of my coworkers, soon to be employee. Soon to be below me. Like that's what I think. I also, I guess I kind of have this mindset, maybe, I don't think it's sad, that like, especially as an adult,

like, especially in my 30s, I just don't expect like celebrations for me. You have to celebrate yourself in a way. Especially not coworkers maybe. I get it when people are talking about like a significant other or like, you know, if you're hanging out with your family on a weekend of your birthday,

they don't say anything or do anything. You're like moms and significant others. You can expect a celebration from them. But like anybody else. Co-workers especially. Everyone's got their own shit going on I know and frankly a lot of shit going on none of what they listed are things that I think Warrant a celebration celebration. Yeah

Yeah, it's You know getting here getting married. Maybe maybe I wouldn't expect a sign wouldn't expect it But like at the very least maybe if someone sent like you like flowers or something Yeah, but but ultimately they're saying they walked in and people were like hey congrats Hey, well done. You are so lucky if I acknowledge how long you've worked somewhere I don't are so you're so lucky. You should you should thank you. You should thank me I never think about that stuff, but getting promoted is also not like I wouldn't accept that that's Kind of the reward and the celebration itself. It's like oh, congrats, you get more money.

Yeah, like congrats, you're about to be my boss. But you won. Is not like, hey, I should give you something. Yeah. I agree with, there's a note, never take food in the containers they came from, or they came in. If you're a coworker, if you want to take leftovers home,

make sure it's not someone's Tupperware or something. Yeah, yeah. Obviously. Yeah, I mean that's- Unless it's the cheap shit, I mean come on. Unless it's some dumb- Unless it's like the fricking- Unless it's spaghetti-stained rap.

Yeah, and then that's just like, come on. You're doing them a favor. It's like I was looking to throw away that spaghetti-stained Tupperware. Yeah, and I think Luke is very good about this, but if you're gonna take leftovers, you at least ask before you do it. Or if everybody's packing up and leaving, take it.

I don't know. Yeah, I think though, what makes them an asshole to me is just their perspective. It's hard for me, I don't even care about the actions, what I'm like, when you wrote it out like this. I can't even get past just the way he wrote it. Yeah Some comments OP you are not owed anything I have the most wonderful team at work and we're all very close and work well together Not one of them knows my work anniversary nor would I expect them to the only reason the date is relevant to me is because that's

The date I asked my supervisor for my annual review and hopefully a raise. You've been at your job for three years, big whoop. Congrats on all your other achievements you mentioned, but you're extremely entitled and you don't expect more of people. You expect absolute nonsense from people that no one would usually think of. You're the asshole. Someone said, you're the asshole.

How old are you? Your coworkers or soon to be employees as you put it, do not owe you a party because you worked at a company for three years or the fact that you got promoted or the fact you got engaged period you worked at a company for three years or the fact that you got Promoted or the fact you got engaged period. It's something I hate you also Also, you're dumb. Yeah, I also lawyer up because your wife is and also your wife is cheating Yeah, I'm not going to your preemptive funeral and check her phone white people did pop off with big whoop

Big whoop is good. They whoop is good big whoop, dude It's something that co- coworkers do if they feel like it and not because they feel obligated to. The fact that none of them wanted to until you cried to your boyfriend speaks volumes of how they feel about you on an interpersonal level. You might want to sink in for a bit. Also, office etiquette is if there are any leftovers,

you leave them at the office so that anyone who wasn't able to attend gets some as well and to take the containers and plates as well makes you an even bigger asshole. Hey bro, we left you some celery. OP says in another comment that she's 38. Along this line of- 38 acting like this is crazy.

It's crazy. And it's crazy to me that she like, because to me I thought it was like one of those boys that like only watches Mad Men that thinks like, hey, I got a promotion, everyone let's go out. Promotion, that's how they say it. Yeah, or like, you know, it just feels like, this is crazy.

I feel bad for anyone who's our age and is looking for that level of affirmation. I'm just like, that's not, that fucking sucks. If by 30, you aren't like. Wait, are they 30 or 38? They're 38. But I'm saying even by like, even by like 25, if you're not like cool with yourself and content with yourself, They're 38. They're 38. Yeah. But I'm saying even by like, even by like 25. Yeah.

If you're not like cool with yourself and content with yourself, if you're seeking that approval from coworkers. Better wake up. So lastly, someone said, "'Along this line of thought, "'it is standard practice to gift down. "'You are now the supervisor.

"'You should provide for those who work for you, "'not expect them to provide for you. "'I would be dreading working for you at this point.'" Yeah. It's a very old said, she's their boss now. It's like, if I'm working, if I'm not working for her, I'm looking for another job. I'm like, this job is gonna suck so much. But it's very old fashioned, it's why I think,

this is very like our town speak, but I think back in the day, it would be assumed that the head or top of the call sheet and like the lead of the show would get all the gifts and the flowers, but now that person, like the lead of a show usually gets like a food truck for people at the end. Like how Keanu bought all those motorcycles.

Keanu got us all motorcycles. No, Keanu, sorry. Keanu got us all motorcycles. Keanu, yeah, got us all motorcycles. Or like when like the like, the like quarterback usually gets everyone on the team a big Christmas gift or whatever, when you're the big person,

you should get gifts for people. And I feel like it's, but back in the day, it used to be really corrupt and I feel like it used to be like, oh, the best people get the gift. I do think though people are also, I think younger generations, millennials and Gen Z in particular,

from what I'm hearing, like that type of stuff in the workplace, people give less of a shit about. It's like I don't give a shit about parties, gifts, fucking pay me better. Like that's the, like if my boss, cause I feel like Smosh does a better job of this, it's like cool, parties, like oh you got us gifts, cool,

but we're not getting a raise. Okay, sick, great. Like, you know, it's a- It's like the pizza party meme. It's a workplace. Like, we're there to do a job. Like, the best type of coworkers are the ones who are just like, are doing their job

so your job isn't harder. Like, that's the best gift you can give to your coworker is making their job, like, unobstructed. Or just respect. Yeah, or just respect. Yeah, that's like, I just think expecting, putting pressure on interpersonal stuff in a workplace is probably the worst shit you can do. Yeah, 100%.

Update. Yes. Stop saying I forced my significant other to contact my coworker. That was his own choice, and never once did I imply I approved or wanted him to do that. I only took the Tupperware because I had nothing else to carry the leftovers in.

I like to imagine that all the coworkers are in their 20s, and it's just like, and there's this 38-year-old woman who's just terrorizing us. I try to make all my employees feel special and celebrate their achievements, so I had more expectations out of them than I should have. That was my mistake. My mistake was having expectations that you would perform

That updates probably gone. Well Sick, I love an update starting with stop Stop it stop. No, I love when you tell the internet to stop. Yeah, cuz it always works. They will Yeah, the internet will actually listen to you and they're like, oh We need to stop hating literally stop thinking. I did that I did it There's no better way to get just ruined on the internet than to tell people to stop It's just the worst thing you can say well She sucks

There you go this next one comes from true off my chest My co-worker is a totally normal person and he fascinates me. Oh, I love this shit. He has no mental health problems like everyone else here and most of the other people in my life. He isn't on any meds, he's physically healthy. He's like. Okay, okay, okay.

We can finally talk about our Shane Guesses pitch. Ha ha ha ha ha. I'm so glad this is now out. Finally talk about our Shane Guesses pitch. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha basically everything and so much more to him because he's never experienced slash heard of them. Almost everyone I know is a mess and the contrast between them, myself and him, is amazing to me. It's like he's a machine. Just some other things. He's never late to work, he doesn't oversleep, he doesn't have trouble sleeping.

He doesn't have meltdowns, tantrums, outbursts or shutdowns. He isn't allergic to anything and he has no food sensitivities or at least none that he knows of. He works out every day either at home or the gym. He has no chronic health issues. He doesn't get stuck or freeze or get trapped in a loop. He can drive without issue and knows how to get to where he wants to go without his phone. Detours don't cause him any issues. If things don't go to plan or have to change or just fall apart, he just adapts and moves on. This is how people feel when they meet me. If a big choice has to

be made, he just makes it. He does what he says he'll do when he says he'll do it the way he says he'll do it. He can solve problems, there's no Googling, no looking it up, he just knows. He doesn't keep his phone on him all day, he just puts it away and has no need to look at it. He doesn't use social media, he doesn't follow it, he doesn't care about it.

I'm obsessed. I love this. I'm obsessed with each person. You've seen the guest, right? Yeah. I'm singing, when he gets back to his room and he just goes, boom. This guy's awesome.

I'm obsessed with- Where's the problem, bro? Just not this guy, but this person's obsession with, this is so relatable to me. Where like, I have seen people without anxiety and been like, look at you just operate the world. It is frustrating. I have a friend that I grew up with

and went to college with who has no anxiety and she was fascinating to me. And still to this day, I love being around her because the world's so interesting to me. I think it's just like the lack, we're so used to like now embracing are like. Right. I mean, I'm trying to think of like, you know, I think there have been times where I thought someone was like this and then you get to know them better.

It's like, oh no, they do have, they're just better at hiding or coping with it. But it's- No, I have a friend,, I'm going to be confident. I don't think anyone here is like this. And it, like, she is just like, huh, let's go. Yeah. What? What do you mean you're nervous?

What do you mean? You don't think you can do it? I think you can. Let's go. I have met people like that who just are so chill, whatever. What's, I feel like sometimes with people like that, they can't comprehend anxiety. And that's what's tough. Because then when you're anxious, they're like, what's the understanding?

No, 100%. It was very, there were times where it was so fun to be around her, but then there were times where it was ridiculous, because it would be like, we're about to like, because yeah, she was like, I did theater with her, and it would be like, she'd be like, why don't you think you can do it? And I was like, I was like, I'm having imposter syndrome. I don't feel like I'm good enough. And she was like, but you should feel

like you're good enough. She's like, yeah, I should. Well, if I could do that, then I don't know. No, but confidence of that level is fascinating. Because I'm just like, oh, you don't think certain thoughts. Like in a good way, like unnecessary thoughts. You don't have the monkey brain thing that where it's like that monkey on your shoulder that's telling you shit. That's what monkey brain is?

I don't know, I think a therapist once referred to it as that. So I actually have been told that I don't get anxious in the same way sometimes. Like, you know, like I don't have that like, kind of worst case scenario brain that I think a lot of people have. And I think for some people that is hard for them to like,

kind of relate to. Well anxiety comes in many different forms, right? But it's just like, it's the complete void of any form of anxiety. Exactly, and like, I feel like you are so You're layered. Thank you You're welcome and like this this friend of mine was so not even that and it was hard for me to get deep on a Different layer to me. It's like I I I kind of just don't believe it like I don't believe that you can have

that lack of you can have that lack of depth of feelings. I feel like they don't know this person well enough yet. I think that's also very likely. I think, I don't know if I've met someone who I think has never gone through any sort of mental struggles. It does have to be diagnosable, but it is just like something.

I think mental struggles, I think this person, like my friend, has been nervous before, has been sad before, has been scared before, but like anxious, like a certain type of like in your body, like oh my God, I have no reason to feel this way. And, or like, yeah, I think like normal everyday emotions that are reactions to your surroundings, I think this person everyday emotions that are reactions to your Surroundings, I think this person has like it's not like a psychopath type of thing, right? But I think it's just like the idea of like kind of like an ease to life that this person has where it's like

Oh, I'm lost. I know how to get home I mean it kind of makes me think of you guys know the movie unbreakable. Mm-hmm You know how it's like his whole theory is like well Samuel Jackson his character theory is like, well, Samuel Jackson, his character is like so, his body's like so broken and so weak and so brittle. Like he breaks all his bones if he moves at all. And he's like, well, if that's true, then there must be the opposite of this,

where someone's so strong that nothing on their body can break. And it's like, I wonder if there's someone so mentally ill that there must be the opposite where there's someone so not mentally, like if there's a spectrum, maybe they're just like the full end of the spectrum where it's like yeah, I don't really have that.

Well, it also reminds me of people who you meet and their family is like kind of perfect. No way, don't fucking believe it did. Where they're just like, oh yeah, our whole family hangs out every weekend and we all love each other and we never have issues. It's just like, are you guys what planet? No, it's not, do not believe his lies.

Did. None of that's, find me a family that's not so fucked up. Well, I think that even the families that aren't so fucked up, there's just a little like. No, they are so fucked up. But there's a little fucked up. No, every family is so fucked up. Anna Karenina over here.

Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I have a hard time believing that there's anyone who's just got nothing going on. Now, diagnosable, like needing medication, yeah, I think there's plenty of people. 100%. But. And what's funny to me is her obsession with, OP's obsession with it.

That's what's so funny. Oh, it's beautiful. Because it's relatable to me where you just go. It's very sweet. Where your neuroses sometimes are so at the front of your life that when you see someone with such ease, it's so like, it's like a fantasy. You're like, whoa. I don't remember the last time I saw someone like that out here.

I know. I don't remember the last time I saw someone like that. I know. I also wonder. I use maps to get literally home, even if I know how to get home. I use it just because. I think it's a good habit, honestly. But when I see someone just like, like she said, like OP said, to just get home,

doesn't use a phone. I'm also curious how old this person is, because it's also a matter of maybe if she talked with him, he'd be like, oh, well I used to, in getting older and working on things, I've gotten better. Or like, he's coping with things in a certain way. It's like on social media, was he before? Yeah, I mean, and look, yeah, the internet

and social media can provide a lot of great stuff. He doesn't use social media, which look, I mean, social media, I think, I have to say. I think you're fully living a different life if you don't have social media. I think social media really fucks us up a lot. And I say that, and that's part of my job. I think it is so designed to manipulate our brains

that it caused a lot of anxiety. I think him not using social media probably is a factor here. It must be where he lives too. It must be like an option where you don't need to be on the job that he has. But it's also true, it's also true, and we should just say this again,

of like some people just come across one way and we just actually don't know what's going on inside. 100%. We should have like a challenge pit, like who can be the most normal for like an hour. Yeah, be normal for a 10 minutes. I need you to be normal for like five fucking minutes. But like really though, I think about this,

this is dark, but you know like with True Crime, there are like serial killers who like, yeah they had a family and kids and everyone in the community And they didn't use maps to get anywhere. Everyone in the community thought they were awesome. And it's like, and they were a serial killer. You don't really know sometimes. Comments here. Someone said, sounds like a man who is confident and somewhat content with himself.

OP said, he's definitely confident and I assume content with himself. Honestly, I'm jealous of it. Someone said, a normal dude who was transported here from the 1980s before the internet, before GPS, and before social media, rare nowadays. People in the 80s worse. OP says he was born in 1983. So I do think he's older. So I think there's also a lot of elements of like,

maybe he would be like, oh yeah, in my 20s I was an anxious mess. I've learned, I put in a lot of work, and I've gotten to this point. It's actually so true. I'm thinking about people like in my older generation, like my grandpa wasn't like an anxious dude. My anxiety.

Maybe he wasn't. Yeah, maybe he wasn't, maybe he is. But I will say like, the older I've gotten, the more things have gotten better. Like in my early 20s, I was a fucking mess. Exactly, yeah, same. I was thinking thoughts that I have now gotten over and a lot of it has from like,

you know, the older you get in life, you're not as like holding on to who am I and what is my life, because you start to kind of move past those milestones. You just go, well, I'm just living life, and I don't know. Someone said, how exactly did we get to the point where being an average person was considered shocking? Lastly, someone said, the idea of normal is often made

to be this weird cookie cutter version of things where we are all the same, but all you described here was a normal person that's paying attention to the present and growing on top of what little effort they put in today. It looks big because they've been doing it for years. Truly the biggest bit of sadness one should feel about this is that they didn't get the same environment to grow at that pace, and that is no one's fault

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Next story. Am I the asshole for refusing to give up my vacation days so my coworker can go on her honeymoon? Asshole! Maybe. Lawyer up! Yeah. Your coworker's cheating on you, dude.

I work at a small company where vacation time is pretty limited, and we have to request it months in advance. I put in my request almost a year ago to take a two-week vacation during the holidays. Where are you going? My plan was to visit family who live out of the country, something I only get to do once every few years. Recently, a co-worker of mine who's getting married came up to me and asked if I'd be willing to give up my vacation days so she could go on her honeymoon. She apparently didn't realize how quickly the days would fill up and waited too long to request her time off. Now, the only way she can go is if someone cancels.

And since I have one of the longest vacation blocks, she came to me first. I told her I was really sorry, but I can't give up my time. This trip means a lot to me, and it's the only time I can see my family this year. She wasn't happy and told me I was being selfish for not accommodating her once in a lifetime event. Now a few other coworkers are chiming in, suggesting I could be more flexible since I don't have special circumstances like a wedding. I feel bad, but I also plan this trip far in advance and it's important to me.

Am I the asshole for not giving up my vacation so she can go on her honeymoon? This is a crazy vacation system. Yeah. I'm going on vacation, you can't. Yeah, because it's a small company. Like a hotline and like telling you to man like yeah in the phones. I don't know I don't know. I mean, I'm assuming jobs were you know, Sarah. It's Tegan and Sarah

You can say so Sarah needs time job. I assume like, you know With a lot of jobs where maybe it's like a more necessary like their jobs more important than this I just mean like where it's, if you're working at like maybe a small clinic or something where it's like you need people there, you can't like shift your schedule. They're immediately flipping and calling him selfish. I don't think I've ever called anyone selfish,

especially like a coworker to their face. I'd be like, well, I can never really work with them again. I don't know, that's a crazy accusation to throw up. Yeah, I can't fathom, but I know we work in a very specific type of job of just asking someone to take off their PTO, to retract their vacation for me. And clearly, the person posting this empathizes with them. They feel bad.

I say clearly. I want to believe that they do, but it's like, hey, maybe ask someone else. I'm sure if they were kinder about it and try to work something out, maybe they could. A honeymoon is once in a lifetime, but a honeymoon is just a vacation that you can push back. It's not like there's a specific window, you have to have the honeymoon, you can have the honeymoon later, unless they already booked the honeymoon,

but they didn't take their PTO, but it's still on them. It feels like because of her workplace, you can't do last minute vacations. Yeah. It has to be months in advance. It feels like what he did is the right way, of her workplace, you can't do last minute vacations. Like it feels like, it feels like what he did is the right way and she has to unfortunately do that. Like she can't like, she can't force him to change his plans and that's just their work environment.

Because if he changes it, it's like now he's gonna have to wait another year for this. But his circumstances sound very special too, of like he sees his family once every few years. A lot of people have their honeymoon a year after their wedding. I was gonna say, it feels like a newer trend where it's like, oh, and like, you know, we're gonna do our honeymoon way later.

It's like so old fashioned to be like, okay, tomorrow they get on a plane. Yeah. Bro, I just saw you. I was hanging out like all day. Literally. Yeah, I don't see the problem with. It's kinda crazy to have a full wedding and then go on a vacation like all day. Literally. Yeah, I don't see the problem with. It's kind of crazy to have a full wedding

and then go on a vacation the next day. And people have stopped doing it because it's just ridiculous. Yeah, it's like you wanted to make, if you're planning a wedding and a honeymoon, that sounds like a nightmare to me, but that's a whole different. Yeah, no, you can't force someone to take off their,

to give up their PTO. Yeah, and it was them immediately turning around and calling him selfish, or quickly thereafter calling him selfish, or them selfish. That's what's also weird about this works way of getting time off, is that everyone's time belongs to themselves.

You shouldn't have to ask for your time. It's just a breach of privacy to be like, I need your free time for my free time. Like it just shouldn't add up like that. Yeah, and I don't know the work situation that they're in if it's like, they go to the HR, the boss, and ask for like, is there something we can do about this situation so I can get this time off?

They should be asking somebody else as like a mediator if it's not each other because that's so fucked up. A bunch of comments. Just say, I'm sorry my trip is non-refundable and expensive. There's no way I could undo the plans I've been making for a year. No other words necessary. It's on her and on the company to decide

if they could make an exception for her special event she badly planned for. It is a company issue, I would say. Totally, totally. To those saying no is a complete sentence, sure, absolutely. But this is not just one person, but several coworkers. Most people like to try to maintain at least neutrality with their coworkers who they see daily

and can have an impact on their career. So having a legit logic to politely reference can win them back to neutral and may be worth it. I do agree with that. Like, there's the thought. What we're saying with Redditors being so quickly like, oh, just cut them out of your life. It's like, I don't think you ever think about

the implications of fully shutting someone down. It's like, there's a reason people don't go around saying how they feel exactly. Totally, because with coworkers, you're stuck with them. And I understand to make your job tolerable, you do want to maintain neutrality. You want to be like, okay, I don understand like to make your job like tolerable you do want to maintain neutrality You want to like be like, okay I don't want to have enemies that I go work with who are gonna make my life hell

They might be in the wrong their assholes, but that you're it's talking about like making your job easier so yeah, like no is a complete sentence if it was like Someone strange it was something you don't have to see every day or even a friend, because yeah, a friend you can choose to never see again usually. But a coworker you can't, you're there. Maintain, maintain civility. So I understand like trying to go about this in a way that kind of like.

Deescalates. Keeps it calm. Not the asshole, the only asshole here is your boss who apparently won't hire a temp or clothes shop to accommodate this. Sucks for her but she should have been more proactive. I'm assuming this wedding and honeymoon was long planned. Also, LOL, all your coworkers ganging up on you saying you should cancel,

because they don't want to be the ones to cancel, LMAO. Oof. That's a good point. No, this job, and I know there's just so many jobs that are legit a grind and like a pit where you're stuck in like. A Smosh pit. No, this job is, I feel like really great with this. This is a Smosh Games.

No, well you said it's a pit. Oh, yeah. But so many jobs like from what I've heard from people and what I read about like, people are stuck in jobs where it's like really hard, like there's no flexibility. And this sounds like one of them, so that's tough. And I agree, like the asshole is the boss. Or even if the boss is cool,

like the situation they're all stuck in. It's not each other fighting for your own time, yeah. Yeah. It's the man. It's the system. Next story. It's from true off my chest. The title is just, meowing coworker.

Been there. My coworker who's a VTuber. Yeah. A PNGTuber. Wait, you have to keep. Meow. Is there more? No, that's it.

So I was having a casual morning, nothing special, went into work saying my good mornings and hellos as usual. Never had a weird situation occur in two plus years until yesterday. We're gonna cat cafe. I never saw any cats though. It's usually empty. I walked in and said hello to one of my coworkers, female,

and she looked me dead in the eye and goes, meow. Now I'm standing there like, what do I say? And there's this awkward silence and the lady is still looking at me for a response. Everyone else is pretty busy, so I'm like 90% sure they didn't hear the meow. So I did the only logical thing any normal human being would do.

Embarked. Meowed the fuck back while staring her back dead in the eyes. The only problem was my meow was 10 times louder, so most of the office floor looked up at me and they saw me staring at a coworker dead in the eyes. The only problem was my meow was 10 times louder, so most of the office floor looked up at me and they saw me staring at a co-worker dead in the eyes and meowing, not sure what the hell they're thinking of me.

No one spoke to me for the rest of the day. What a day. End of story. Some say that's the beginning of the story. Wait, so that sucks, so he's only the one that was seen meowing. Last seen meowing, this man. Yeah, I mean, look, he did what he had to.

He matched their freak and was punished for it. And you know. Like Jesus. I'm gonna ask something that maybe, maybe, maybe unlikable. Okay. Do you think they're fucking? Not yet.

Not yet, but they're about to. Someone meows at me at the bar. I'm like, okay. I'm arching my back. To make myself look bigger. I can't believe he meowed back, to be honest. Ten times louder, he committed. Yeah.

If we all have embarrassing moments. Yeah. Not like this though. I probably had something worse. We probably, we work here. I didn't do anything here. No. There's nothing you can't, like,

we can get away with so much more here than probably any job. I can't get away with anything. If I walked out into our main area and meowed at the top of my lungs, a lot of people wouldn't even look up. No, I, yeah. No, they would be like, are you rolling?

They'd truly be like, oh, are you doing your job right now? I think if, okay, if you meowed under your breath, okay, and we were like normal people in a normal work environment, and then I meowed back out of courtesy, or like yes, ending you, and then everyone looked at me, didn't hear you do it. I would go, he meowed at me.

Yeah. Your honor. I'd be like. He meowed. She meowed first. She meowed first. Your honor, she meowed. Comments, you did the right thing meowing back.

You did the right thing. But trust me, the tone and volume matter. I don't know why, but it does. OP said, see, I didn't think I was being loud, but it's not like I meow all the time, so it came out a lot louder than I was expecting. Well, he needs to be practicing. He's like, I don't, it's not like I meow all the time.

Someone said, maybe she's a big fan of Super Troopers. I guess there's the meowing game in the Super Troopers. I haven't seen Super Troopers in a long time. It's pretty cringe, bro. We'll confirm this if our conversations progress further than meowing. Someone said, so this is all I have to do to get my coworkers to stop talking to me?

There you go. Update. We're in bed together. If they fuck, I want us to blast music and I want everyone to get up and dance. Okay, you're putting money on that they are gonna fuck. If they fuck or fall in love, I'm gonna lose my fucking mom.

All right, okay. Okay, my prediction. What do you think? He was fired. You think he was fired? And then they fucked. And then they fucked, okay. I think it's just gonna be kind of boring and lame. Yeah, and that's what it will be,

but I'm just giving myself a little bit of a something. Okay, here we go. Yo, one of y'all done me dirty, so I was already feeling skeptical because the post had blown up bigger than I thought. Anyways, I go into work a bit nervous as is. I'm walking inside and everyone usually says hi, hello, et cetera, but everyone is-

They're meowing. Hello, et cetera, but everyone is minding their own business. Not a single person has said anything. I'm thinking I'll quickly get over to my desk. I'm looking for the meowing coworker secretly, but I can't find her anywhere. Just wanted to see if there was any awkwardness, but she's nowhere to be found.

I thought that's a bit weird, but I walk over to my desk, and I kid you not, dead serious, someone put catnip on my desk and left a paper which had a screenshot of this comment. I don't know why, but I got this bad feeling someone from my work has read my post. WTF. You've got a feeling. Someone I work with was definitely on this thread.

I can't tell who it is, but I feel like everyone was looking up at me and looking away. Like the whole office knows, but no one's saying anything. The whole day went by and I didn't hear anything from no one. What the actual fuck? Now out of all these people, how the hell am I gonna find that one person? And if the meowing coworker is reading this,

I want, I wanted to woof at you today. I want you. Oh, and if the meowing coworker is reading this, I wanted to woof at you today, winking emoji. JK, but where were you today for real? So they want to fuck This is a worst update I wanted them to hook up wolf Yeah

That's that's rough, buddy Humiliation also like the idea of that. I don't think I could survive in an environment where if you do one cringe thing, everybody gives you the cold shoulder. Oh yeah, no. Like I have lived my life. At least here, you don't get the cold shoulder, you just get it on a thumbnail over and over and over. Yeah, it gets clipped and our fans

are gonna reference it forever. They're gonna comment, I fear I'm losing the room over and over again. And then it just gets printed out and shit like that. Yeah, they draw fan art of it. And that's fine, then you just get, then it's your brand. But then, could you imagine a cold shoulder?

No, we're so blessed. At this job, we're very blessed to wear at this job, doing something cringe honestly is kind of a good thing sometimes. It's kind of like when a little kid. Like it actually kind of helps us a lot. It's literally like when a little kid in like an adult environment comes out

wearing a Spider-Man costume and everyone goes, Spider-Man! Mm-hmm. That's like our whole job, yeah. That's what I feel like. That is kind of our job. When I do something stupid, everyone goes, yay! No, I would fail at probably 99% of jobs. Yeah.

I think anyone who watches the show spots pretty quickly, like Shane. Remember when you were Selena for a bit? Shane could not work anywhere. But this, when I was complaining about showing up here at 8 a.m. and most people listening to this were like, I was at work two hours before that. I listened to this on my way to saving lives at 4 a.m.

But a job where I have to like, not be silly, ever. I'm gonna fail. If every day is trying not to laugh. God made me silly, bro. I'm gonna fail. If every day is trying not to laugh. God made me silly, bro. All day? Yeah. Try not to laugh. Me in the workplace is real trying to laugh in here.

In my interview to start the job with HR, so I'm like, every day is try not to laugh? Wait, so every day I can't laugh? I can't laugh? Every day, but there's no spare? They're like, this is a funeral home. And I'm like, so can I preempt a funeral? I'm dying.

Who are we roasting? So every dates don't win. So what if I come in with my gentleman's outfit? All right, moving on. Final story. Oh shit. This comes from best of Redditor updates. So buckle up.

Fuck yeah, we needed this. My coworkers are engaged. Been there. I've been there and the internet blew the fuck up. My coworkers are engaged, but one of them is cheating with my boss. This did not happen. Let's be clear, this did not happen.

My question is regarding a rather sticky situation I am unwillingly involved in. In short, I think I am reliving an episode of The Office. I have two colleagues who are about to get married to each other. Let us call them Joe and Kate. Unfortunately, I know for a fact that Kate is having sex with Peter,

who is my direct manager. It's an open secret in The Office from Joe and Kate. Unfortunately, I know for a fact that Kate is having sex with Peter, who is my direct manager. It's an open secret in the office that Peter and Kate often go on work trips together, and everyone knows it except Joe. This isn't speculation, because about a month ago, Peter and Kate were gone, but there was a deadline to meet. So Peter joined one of our meetings via video,

and we saw Kate try to sneak behind undressed. Jesus. Fortunately, Joe wasn't in the meeting. Different team. I am wondering what exactly I should do here. Morally, I am against cheating, but also, and I can't stress this enough, I just don't wanna deal with the mess of it all.

However, the wedding is approaching, and I have received an invite. I can't in good conscience go to this wedding when I know what I know. I feel a moral compulsion to tell Joe, but is it even my business? Should I even get involved? Other than this mess,

I generally like my office and my coworkers. I'll make that shit my business. I am paid well for my role and other than his less than stellar attitude towards sexual fidelity, Peter is a good manager who has my back. My industry is quite niche and my skill set is specialized. So finding another job won't be an issue.

But I am comfortable here and really don't wanna switch. But every time I see poor Joe around the office, the guilt consumes me. I am so anxious about this that my appetite has reduced and my husband and I have seriously started looking for a therapist for me to help me deal. Aw. I get that.

I've never dealt with, I've never dealt with a secret of that level. I don't know how to handle that. I want to believe that I would leave an anonymous tip. Totally. And you know, think about it, what if he gets Peter's, or what if she gets Peter's job? What if she gets Peter's job?

So Peter is her manager. I didn't know his job was up for. Yeah, so that will, no, I'm saying he would get fired for going on work trips. Oh, this is so fucking messy. That's what I'm saying. I think, cause she's talking about not wanting to rock the boat,

that's her only hold back of just like, I like my job. I did not want to rock the boat. But I also, if you're going, if you're kind of keeping, you know, keeping morals out of it, and you're going, oh, just work related. Then this is even fucked. Is this my business, whatever. I'm like, this is a storm.

You're in it, bro. This is about to become worse. Like, your job is about to be fucked because of this. So even disregarding like, oh, what's right and wrong, and what should I do for Joe, it's like, no, on a professional level, this is a ship that's heading towards an iceberg. And as a professional, your boss is breaking the rules,

so you should go to HR because this is unethical workplace behavior. I can't think of another reason for HR than this. This is quite literally what HR is kind of for. If they saw it, and also, they saw it on a video meeting. So it's now their business because they literally saw it in a meeting, it's like, hey, it's no longer, oh, I have this assumption,

or I know about this through whatever. It's, hey, we were having a literal meeting. This came into work hours. Yes, at that point, you can go to HR. Also, being invited to the wedding, if I was ever invited to the wedding of someone who I know is actively cheating on their fiancee, I would be like, well, some like, you know,

we got to tell them. We got to leave a note. I would have a horrendous time at that wedding. I would not be well. I'd be pacing back and forth. I'd probably have to get a therapist. I'd be eating the cake before they cut the cake, I'd be a fucking mess.

So Joe is at a separate team, but Kate works directly beneath Peter, who she's cheating with. They're planning work trips, where they're clearly just going and having affairs, which is also for HR needs to know about that. Can they get their fucking shit together, at least? I'm always-

I keep thinking about her like being like, whoops. I'm always blown away- That's really funny, dude. I'm always blown away by like the audacity of so many cheaters. It's the audacity. Where I'm like, it's the thing I say, this is fucked up. But whenever people are like liars or cheaters,

where I'm like, at least do it well. Yeah, but sometimes, but also I'll say that sometimes people wanna get caught, like they're like, like they don't, their subconscious is like, I can't do this anymore. Oh, interesting. I can't be honest for myself, so I need someone to rat me out.

Yeah, I do agree that that's the case. Sometimes, I also think sometimes people just get so comfortable where they're like, I am fine. Vanderpump rules. This was actually originally posted on a website called Ask a Manager, and it was reposted onto Reddit. So a response from Ask a Manager, do you have HR? If Peter and Kate aren't in each other's chain of command,

HR may not care, although it sounds like it's causing enough drama and distraction in your workplace that they should, but if there's any reporting relationship there, it's very much their business, and that might be the easiest route to know you've done something about it. Someone else said, by any chance, does that company specialize in red flag sales and service? Let's leave the commie to Smosh. Someone said, this is a rare situation in which an anonymous letter might be the choice,

but only if you can absolutely be anonymous. Someone said, I don't think anyone would trust an anonymous letter saying that their fiance is cheating on them. I might. Oh my God. I would. Any Jersey Shore fans in the room?

No. Dear Ronnie. No, dear, no, yeah, it was, dear Sam, Ronnie made out with a girl at bed. Update. Yeah. It's long. Fuck yes. Okay.

Thank you so much for responding to my question. I couldn't really respond to any of the comments on your post, but I read them and really had a good think about everything you said and what the commenters were saying as well. I'm here to offer an update in case you or any of your readers may be interested. Spoiler alert, it's explosive.

The clarification. HR was kind of it's explosive. The clarification. HR was kind of a joke in my former company. They didn't do anything but perpetuate gossip. No such thing as anonymous complaints. Peter and Kate were different departments. Think sales and accounting, okay. The good news. A few days after I submitted the letter to you,

I ended up submitting my resignation. I start my new job next month. So far my coworkers seem nice. We've had one casual hang mixer organized by the new workplace. Everyone bought food, my brownies were a hit. We don't care about your new workplace. Yeah, I don't care how good things are.

My new company had been trying to poach me for a while and I just decided to take the plunge. I truly can't tell you how happy I am to be away from that mess. I've just been relaxing at home now. My former coworkers keep me updated about everything that's been happening and safe to say I left at the right time, bullets dodged. I am to be away from that mess. I've just been relaxing at home now. My former coworkers keep me updated about everything that's been happening

and safe to say I left at the right time. Bullets dodged. Peter was blindsided by my resignation and asked me why I was leaving and if there was anything they could do to keep me, but I refused. I was willing to serve my notice period, but Peter said it wasn't necessary

and I could leave immediately since I clearly thought I was better than them. It was in that moment, it became clear to me that I'd been telling myself Peter is a good boss, but he clearly isn't. Even your advice touched on this briefly. So I cleared my stuff out by the end of the day, went home and cuddled with my dogs.

Since then, Peter's boss contacted me, asked me to at least serve my notice period. I only responded by sharing Peter's last email to me where he threatened to have me escorted off company property if I wasn't gone by the end of the day. The grand boss proceeded to call me to convince me to come back. In a rare moment of wanting to be confrontational, I told him I wouldn't feel comfortable coming back because of many reasons, not just Peter's rudeness. I told him all about Peter and Kate. I told him my former company simply didn't have adequate safeguards, so even if I wanted

to report this nonsense, I couldn't without being afraid of retaliation. My former grand boss clearly wasn't ready for my verbal diarrhea, said he would call me back, but it has been blessed silence since. On the actual update, aka what is going on with Peter, Joe, and Kate, the day after I left, Peter and Kate left for another business trip. However, when Kate returned home, she realized their house was empty, and Kate. The day after I left, Peter and Kate left for another business trip. However, when Kate returned home, she realized their house was empty, completely bare. It would seem Joe has been aware of the affair for a while,

and instead of confronting Kate or Peter, he'd been lining his ducks in a row so he could just up and disappear. He resigned by email, no mention of a notice period. No one knows where he is or what he is doing. Kate apparently tried to file a missing persons, but Joe had already informed the police he wasn't a missing person. At the same time as Kate came home and realized Joe was gone, his entire family also blocked all forms of communication with her. She tried to show up at Joe's parents' house only for

his parents to claim they don't know her. They never knew her, and if she didn't get off their property, they'd call the police. I know all this from my coworkers, who know all this from Kate, because she can't stop talking about it at work. She doesn't know why Joe would have done this. Few days after that, she also dumped Peter in a rather public, unhinged way, saying that he hypnotized her,

and her life was falling apart because of him. But apparently, it didn't stick for long because the next day, they were having loud and violent sex in Peter's office during lunch hours. There are rumors circulating that both Peter and Kate are about to be fired. Not sure why they haven't been fired already. Why would they get fired?

Some of my former coworkers have asked me if I could keep an eye out for jobs for them in my new company. Thank you for your love and compassion, love and blessings to you. Wow. Good for Joe. Just absolutely had it all,

he had it all planned out, I guess. Wow. Yeah, I feel, I don't know where to start, frankly. Yeah, that was a whole lot. So, there was a lot. So Joe is known for a long time and was just kind of lining everything up to just fully disappear.

There's so many standout moments. There's the, him going to the police saying that my ex-girlfriend is going to report me missing. I'm not missing. That's, he planned everything. This is Batman with prep time. Legit. I'm trying to think of what's like the,

it's gonna play like the Bourne, the Bourne identity theme song. Like the Moby song. Yeah, when he's in the water in Bourne ultimatum and then he starts swimming away. Yeah. No, this guy. The family being like, we don't know you,

we never knew you. And then the sex in the office, like. Whoa, that was. Feels like a crime. I don't know what the crime yeah I don't think this was a situation where she's trying to get caught I think she's just this belligerent I think like because the fact that they she's saying in front of everyone like yeah he hypnotized me and then like a couple

minutes later they're just having sex in his he's Dr. Strange too Peter feels very wild oh yeah and he's and Peter's behavior towards towards towards Joe he no towards OP when they were like when he's, and Peter's behavior towards, towards, Towards Joe. No, towards OP when they're like, when he's like, yeah, get all your stuff out of here. And they're like, oh wait, you're actually a really bad boss and a bad person. And then they had to bring in the grand boss. Yeah, it just does seem true with Reddit stories

where when someone's cheating and it's like, well, they're a good person otherwise. And then their behavior kind of shows, oh, their behavior outside of that is also bad. Yeah. It's like, well, yeah, they're capable of that, so they're also capable of that. I wonder where Joe went.

They don't feel guilty. Some say he's out on the open road on a hog. I love him being like, I was being poached for a year, so I just took that opportunity. Yeah, no, that was like a... Everybody else is, this is what I was saying earlier though, of like, this is a ship that's heading straight for an iceberg,

cause look at it, they're about to lose a bunch of employees. If you're HR, you need to go, oh, this is a huge problem. Yeah. I can't help but feel like OP did nothing. No, they didn't really, they didn't do anything. OP kind of just like was like, I've been thinking about making a career shift for a while. Okay, a little bit of a hot take on this,

maybe, maybe not, but I understood a little bit of OP being like nervous of like, okay, maybe anonymous letter, you know, maybe tell Joe. But they just didn't even do that. But they kinda didn't do that, and I'm like, once you quit the job, now tell Joe. Yeah. You quit! Get the date, they were kinda saying to the grand boss,

like, hey, some stuff has been going on. I know, some stuff is going on that's made me uncomfortable, and the grand boss, like, hey, some stuff has been going on. I know, some stuff is going on that's made me uncomfortable. And the grand boss was like, I'll call you back. And they were waiting on the call, never got it. Still though, it's like, okay man, but you still, you quit the job, you're talking about how great your new job is. You don't wanna like, throw something to Joe,

send him an email. Yeah, I mean, also Joe. Luckily, he already knew. Joe knowing this whole time was quite the update. And doing this like Grandmaster Ghost was crazy. Yeah, because you don't know, based on this company's behavior, based on this company's behavior,

you don't know the grand boss was gonna alert to Joe. I keep picturing Qui-Gon Jinn like, I know. Like the, I guess. I keep picturing like some like. Grand boss Tarkin over here. Yeah. No, the language of this is hilarious. I know. He's like, uh. I keep picturing like some like. Grand Boss Tarkin over here. Yeah. Yeah.

That's great. No, the language in this is hilarious. But I am a little disappointed in OP that it's like, okay, you're out, you're talking about how great it is. Just toss an email to Joe. I cannot get over it. Yeah, he's like, well thank God you already knew because I didn't have to do anything.

He's like, I don't know if Joe's being cheated on, but the brownies went over well with the new coworkers. Because imagine how epic it would have been if it's like, you send an email to Joe being like, hey, I have reason to believe, like, I'm leaving the company, I have reason to believe, because I saw this on a work call that your wife, or your fiance, or, yeah, your fiance is cheating on you

with Peter, and he just responds back just like, I'm already working on it. Pfft. He's like, this email will combust in two minutes. Combust? Yeah. And your computer will explode in two minutes. What?

Yeah, he goes, Joe, fuck you. The police know and they know that I am disappearing. And then Joe walks away, he takes off the mission and POSO mask, he's Peter. And then it's, yeah. And he's being hypnotized this whole time. By the grand boss. By the grand boss. By the grand boss, yeah, where's the grand boss? He's Peter Yeah, and he's being hypnotized By the grand boss yeah, the grand but yeah, where's the grand bus for the dots? Where is Ethan Hunt fitted to this? Yeah

No, but I think I think if I'm OP I'm definitely sending an email to Joe once I quit I'm ready to do anything. I'm kind of like okay, dude. What was the wedding happening? I Don't know. Well, they couldn't get time off because their coworker had their, was going on their vacation. That's awesome, dude. Yeah, sorry. This is the coworker extended universe. I can't come to your wedding. I have my funeral planned.

Yeah. Someone at the end of a Reddit Stories episode connecting all the Reddit Stories together. I can do that. I never heard of it. Whoops, I was mean. Am I the asshole? I said some really mean shit to my coworker. Yeah, so my coworker, you know,

we were on the show together and, you know, I thought I'd make a bit and she just had to. I said some really mean shit. Yeah, so my coworker, you know, we were on the show together and, you know, I thought I'd make a bit and she just kind of- I thought that joke would kill. We were saying, you know how we were saying it's like impossible to be cringe at this job, but it just turns out you really can be cringe. Literally, it's impossible to work here. It's been so nice to hang.

Yeah. Yeah, this has been great. Hey, let's never have a coworker negative experience. Let's never do it. Let's never do that. And next time, let's actually have pancakes. Oh, get your pancakes out. Let's do it.

We need a shirt that says, get your pancakes. Or let's actually eat pancakes during Reddit. Get your pancakes out. It's time for Reddit stories. All right. Thank you for watching. Thank you both for out, it's time for Reddit stories. All right, thank you for watching. Thank you both for being here. Thank you for your input.

You guys are great coworkers. Hey man, you're a good coworker. I will say, this is truly not, this is such a silly job. Like I know everyone watching this are working jobs that are harder than this. I'm very aware of that. Especially for me, I feel like I'm so lucky. But also, everyone we work with is just so cool.

Yeah. It's such a silly place. I saw Brennan walk away as you did that. Brennan was like, I don't want to. There he is, he's flicking me off, man. We were literally playing Magic the Gathering at lunch the other day. Whoa.

What job is this? That's wild. Silly. Silly job. Anyways, well I hope you watching. I hope your job is okay. I hope your co-workers are okay I hope like I you know, hope you're good, bro. I hope you're good And I hope you have a normal co-worker who doesn't have anxiety. Yes for you to be fascinated by I'm gonna if your co-worker meows at you. Don't meow back. Don't meow back DNM will see you next Saturday.

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