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Episode Date: February 24, 2024

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Who are you? Wow. Well in honor of you being here, we're doing work drama. Oh. All is going to be about work. Work bullshit. Water cooler tea. Here we go. Am I the asshole for pretending to get fired when customers get a temper with me? Pretty awesome. Okay, here we go. I am a high schooler with a weekend job at a coffee shop. My co-workers who work weekends are. James, the owner's son. He goes to my school.

He's a shift manager, but it's not a real formal thing. He's a friendly guy. Danielle, a college student who sometimes works weekends too. So sometimes customers will come in and just be angry about such little stuff, like literally blowing up about nothing. I don't know if they're in a bad mood already and looking for someone to take it out on or what, but it's a lot. Like, how sad do you have to be to be a grown-ass man taking your anger out on a high school and college kids? So James and I were joking about having a fun with them and hopefully getting them off our backs. So one day I was at work and some guy was having a temper about how we don't make the coffee

hot enough, which I couldn't do a thing about because I gave it to him right out of the machine. So James came in and I was like, sir, is there a problem here and the guy started ranting at him too. So he was just like, O P.P. This is unacceptable. I'm th. I. I. I. I. I. I. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, thi. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I. really sad like no please don't fire me my family needs the money I need this job please and he played up being a hard ass telling me to take off my apron and leave. The angry guy started to backtrack like it isn't that big of a deal you don't need to fire her over it I didn't mean it and James was like no we pride ourselves on the best customer service. Of course after all that drama, I still had my job.

We were just acting, and we've done it a couple times. Whenever a customer will lose their temperate, Danielle or I, James will storm in and fire us. And almost every time, the person who had come in angry will apologize and say they didn't mean it. It's kind of satisfying, making people realize their actions might actually have consequences. Anyway, I was selling my friends from school about this and a few of them thought it was a mean prank to let someone go away thinking they'd gotten someone who desperately needs the money fired. Am I the asshole for this joke? Hmm. First of all, it's a little funny. It's funny. I think it's really funny. I think they could

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I'm like, you're not actually doing anything wrong to the customer. Yeah. You're technically giving into what we would assume is like, what do you want? And I know this is not a hot take at all, but like you know how some countries have like mandatory military service. I think like mandatory customer service jobs would be a thing. Like it's good character building. Like you know, I've worked in retail stores. That was whole character building. I've worked in so many restaurants, character building. But then it's like you really understand like Karen's like you get a grip. Get a grip here.

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I'm a project manager and data scientist. I manage lots of different public health-related projects. There is one project in particular that includes a really demanding team from a federal government department. I recently returned back to work from maternity leave. I work in my office three days a week. On those days, I have to pump breast milk at regular intervals intervals for my baby. Luckily, I have my own private office and can usually just keep on working, emails, reports, etc., while I pump.

I have a hands-free wearable pump, which is convenient, but still definitely obvious if I am wearing it. It pokes out about my shirt and is not exactly silent. Recently we have a zoom call schedule during one of the times I needed to pump. Instead of missing the meeting, I figured I would just keep my camera off so I could wear my pump and still participate and listen. Heck, I was even in my office and not working from home. I felt like I was being a pretty committed employee. Meeting starts and a few people have their cameras off. The lead makes the announcement. I just want to remind everyone that our expectation is that you will have your cameras on because

this is not a virtual meeting. It is a simulated in-person meeting, whatever that means. I sent a quick private message to explain I was paying attention but pumping. No response to me. Again, the expectation, the expectation, the expectation, the expectation, the expectation, the expectation, the expectation, the expectation, the expectation, the expectation, the expectation, the expectation, the expectation, the expectation, the expectation, the expectation, the expectation, the expectation, the expectation, the expectation, the the the the the the the the thi, thi, the thi, the thi, and thi, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, their, their, their, I, I, I, I, just instead a, again, the expectation is that all cameras will be on. So fine, I turned my camera on for this meeting for about 20 people. The camera isn't aimed at my chest, but certainly the top of the pump is clearly visible. I unmuted myself so you could also clearly hear the pump and just said, thank you for your patience. I was adjusting my breast pump.

The meeting continued awkwardly with several other team managers letting me know privately it was fine to turn my camera off. But at that point, there really was no point in turning it off. At the most recent meeting, the announcement was, please turn on your cameras if you are comfortable doing so. Uh-huh. Wow. Yeah. I do miss virtual meetings, like constant virtual meetings. We had so many over the course of the pandemic and they were so silly sometimes.

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Yeah. Not a single breast pump in sight. No breast pump and say. I will admit, now that years have passed. There were definitely plenty of times where I was in a meeting, my camera was off and I would just be doing shit in my apartment. I would just have it there, I'd be listening, but like I'm like, I'm not speaking in this meeting, so I'm just gonna be, I'm doing dishes and stuff. I don't like the like mandated be on camera thing. No, that's weird. I think that's super weird. thuwea weird. thu thir that's weird. that's weird. that's weird. that's weird. that's weird. that's weird. that's weird. that's weird. that's weird. that's weird. that's weird. that's weird. that's weird. I'm that's weird. I'm that's weird. I'm that's weird. I'm that's weird. I'm that's like, that's like, thi. I'm like, thi. I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm, I'm, I'm, thi. I'm, thi. I's, thi. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's like, thi. I's like, thi. I's like, thi. I's like, thi. I'm, thi. I'm like, like, thi. I'm like, like, thi. I'm like, like, like, thi. I'm like, like, like, like, like, thi. I'm like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, thi. I'm like, like, like, like, like, thi. I. No, that's weird. I think that's super weird. However, I'm a vibes person. So like during the pandemic and then even with my like new job, I would like make a point to like be on camera just to like give the vibe of like hey, let's like be engaged and present if we can be here, especially like as a leader in the group. But I think like the peer pressure thing is too much. I think like this mom mom, thi, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, like, th, th, like, like, like, like, like, like, thi, like, thi, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. Like, thi. Like, thi. Like, thi. Like, like, like, like, likethe group, but I think like the peer pressure thing is too much. I think like this mom in particular, not an

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they had to have their camera on. They had also privately messaged a professor to ask for a dispensation, explaining why. No response. Just a group message, cameras on or you'll be marked as failing. Okay, then camera on, Q shocked Pikachu face from the professor, who had insisted on cameras being on. People are just, ugh. People are just ugh. I think it's like those, you know those people, like those professors,

those bosses who just like, they want to have that like a little bit of control and it's like super toxic. It's like, this is obviously a very easy ask, turn your camera on, but like if you put human into it, if you put empathy into it, like it's really, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, th, th, th, like, like, like, like, like, like, th, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi. th, thi. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi, like, you put empathy into it, like it's really just them trying to control, and that's when it gets like really icky. Yeah, and I think a lot of them have this element of distrust for their employees. Yeah. Where they're like, she's probably lying. So no, you got to have it on.

And it's like, oh shit, you're not get in the universe. So it's like if you're given out distrusting vibes, like then you're not gonna have the respect and the trust back. Right. I agree. Good as Hershey for deciding to keep it on despite being told that she could turn it back on. I mean, shout out to moms, like that shit takes balls. Oh yeah. That is like so vulnerable. That's supposed to be a private health thing. Like moms go back to work so early while they're still making milk.

Like, fucking badass. Like every mom's a fucking badass and this mom's a badass. Mm-hmm. Definitely. And she's a scientist. What the hell? And a scientist. Smart, hot and pumping?

It's pretty cool. All right. Next story. Am I the asshole if I don't want my husband shadowing me at work? Okay, this is recent. This is really a couple days ago. This is going to sound complicated, so stick with me. My husband, who's 44 and I, 39, have been married for 20 years, but the last few years have been incredibly rough due to multiple issues, such as our sons

both going through major health issues. One issue is that I feel like he's smothering me, and when I tried to explain that to him, he became furious and started telling me how awful I am. Our entire lives together, we have worked together the majority of the time. Almost always, that means separate departments, that, that, that, thaaa, that, that, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, thiii, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I is is is is is is is is thi, I is is is thi, I is thi, I I I is is is thi, I I is thi, I is thi, I is thi, I is thi, I is, I is thi, I's, I's, thr-a, thr-a, thr-a, thr-i, and, throi.ei.ei.ei.ei.ei.I's, thr-aui, thr-a, thr-a, thr-a, th time. Almost always that means separate departments and little interaction. When I say this I don't mean all in one place I mean I started working at a major retail store and a few months later he started there. I started my degree and the next semester he started his identical to mine. This went through two degrees. I am now in grad school and sure enough he's asking me to start the process of going to get him enrolled. when I gained my bachelors and the the the the the the the. the the the the. the the the the. the the the the. the the. the the. the the. the the. the the. I the the. I the the. I the the. I was. I was. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm t. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I......................................................................... the t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. the t. the the the the the the the the the the the the to start the process of going to get him enrolled. When I gained my bachelor's and began working at a museum career,

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thing together but like ultimately it's two separate people that need to find their own happiness within the umbrella of marriage and so for me if I had to like work with the person eat with the person, sleep with the person, then vacation with the person, then weekend with the person. Like, for some people, that might work, but like for my marriage, that wouldn't work. Because I still have things I want to do on my own. And like, you know, you need a little time apart. Like, too much time with one person. That's a lot.

And it's not even just, it's not even just like, they're in the next semester he started his identical to mine. Like, it's like, what does he want out of life? I can't help but like feel like it comes from a controlling place. That's what I was going to say, but I don't have no psychology degree from ASU online. But it doesn't do anything. But it really does, it feels like, because the, to get to the point where O.P. is taking museum tours, giving tours, and him going there and like taking over and then for her to fully within her right express that she doesn't want him to do that and him blowing up at her. Or like emailing the principal when she's like some to do that.

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A minute or two in when I was introducing myself, his mom came in and introduced herself and started talking about her son's work ethic. I thought it was a little strange. I said something polite about wanting to hear from him. She just didn't get the hint and kept coming into the camera frame during the interview and interrupting her son to to answer questions for him.

I asked a few technical questions, which he seemed to answer well, and then cut the interview fairly short. I thought that that was all over and done with until I'd gotten an email from a woman a month later asking about her son's application. She seemed offended he hadn't gotten an acceptance or rejection. It bothered me. I felt bad for the kid, honestly. thiiwak. to pull the same shit, but luckily she, she only only only thiiioved that thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the thi, the thi, the tho, they, they, the tho-s, thi, thi, tho-s, tho-a, tho, tho, tho, tho, that, that, that, that, I, I, I, that, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, tho-a, tho-a, tho, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi, thi.. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. to, toda, toda, toda, toda, toda, toda, toda, today, today, today, tho. tho. tho. used to pull the same shit, but luckily she only did that when I was 15 and working for a day camp, not when I was an adult applying for engineering jobs.

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was a way for him to say that stuff to the son. It's like the scene and step brothers when they're like both interviewing. Yes! Oh my god I'm sure he would have preferred that. Yeah. That's got to be so tough to be in the the to be like the the to be like the to be the to be that that the that that that the that that that that the to be so that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that to be so the that that that that that that that that that that that that that that's that's that's that's that's that's to be to be to be to be that's that's to be that's to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be the to be the the the the the the the the the the the the the the to be so the the the to be so the to be so the tou. the the tou. the the tou. tou. the tou. tou. te. to the tou. that to that that to that that's to be in that son's position because like, imagine what's, well, like, I don't know, it just seems like he's living at home, can't get any privacy. This manager, O.P., did it very well and very technically explained why that wasn't the way to do it, and I applaud them. Yeah, I think O.P. went above and beyond. Oh, absolutely. Maybe there is a lesson there to learn of not all good deeds go unpunished type of things.

So I think this person was like, yeah, I really want to like help the guy and give feedback. But like, I think we've all experienced like a unself-aware mom. Yeah. And like this is exactly what this situation sounds like. Yeah, not what I was. This poor kid. Yeah, I feel for the kid. This mom is just like not giving him a break. What I wish, what I hope this guy does in the like if for some reason this ever happens again, is during the interview be like, I'm sorry, like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, like, this, like, like, like, this, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, does in the like, if for some reason this ever happens again, is during the interview, be like, I'm sorry, nobody else is allowed to answer these questions. Like, I'm sorry, this is a job.

It's no different than if you were in a job interview in person and someone else walked into the job interview, you'd be like, I'm sorry, this applicant has to be by themselves. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 19. Yeah, rough, rough for the kids. Probably like they I'm sure he I'm sure the kids is upset about it too. Probably so embarrassed. It doesn't but doesn't. I think it's like it's a tough age because yeah he's super young and trying to get his own footing in his life and but he's still living at home with his mom and she that's not normal behavior in any sense not healthy behavior as well to be emailing on an adult this guy is an adult man he's being but he's being treated like a kid yeah like there's that

self-fulfilling prophecy of like when you treat someone that way like like you're his parent and you're treating him that way yeah but you want him to grow up and you're treating him that way, but you want to, don't you want him to grow up and you're an adult, but you're treating him like a kid? Push it out of the nest at some point and let him, let him fly. Like, give him, like respect him. Yes, exactly. And be like, oh yeah, you're gonna go kill that interview.

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There, Jack told everyone about an achievement that he obtained over Spring Break. He visited his 150th country, Cambodia. In contrast to everyone else, who were asking things such as, what was the best, slash, strangest thing you ate, which countries were your favorite, and any cool stories, I just said, good for you, and went back to my drink. Jack noticed me being quiet and asked why I wasn't joining in. I said, don't worry about me, but Jack kept pressing the issue. I finally said, Jack, visiting 150 countries is cool and all, but it doesn't say anything about you as a person. It just means you had rich parents who could afford to travel internationally

several times a year. I grew up poor, literally, worked my ass off in high school, got a full ride merit scholarship scholarship scholarship scholarship scholarship scholarship scholarship scholarship scholarship scholarship in high school, got a full ride merit scholarship, and did everything humanly possible to land my current six-figure job. Rich people who think they're better than everyone else just because they had rich parents is a huge pet peeve of mine, but my co-workers don't know any of that since I like to keep work in my personal life as separated as possible. Jack got really quiet after that and left soon afterwards. Now it's Monday morning and I'm wondering if I should have just kept my mouth shut. I think there's, I have two thoughts here. One is, yeah, the reality is he definitely only visited

150 countries because he grew up rich. But also, it's not like he was sitting there. He doesn't, he doesn't say that Jack was going, yeah, I visit 150 countries and I'm better than But also, it's not like he was sitting there. He gives a check to box and went back home. He doesn't say that Jack was going, yeah, I visited 150 countries and I'm better than all of you, and I did it all by myself. Yeah. Like, this does read as like resentment and just like, you're shitty.

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Right, it just just seemed like he was, at no point does he say that Jack was saying, like boasting or something like that. He wasn't boasting, he just was saying, hey, this is a thing that I did. And regardless of how he got it, like it could be, maybe Jack would even be like, yeah, I had rich parents. Yeah, yeah, yeah, a lot. Either way, like traveling 150 countries

is not something many people do. Yeah, yeah, that's a lot. I've only been to a handful, and I would be fascinated to talk to someone who's traveled to that many, regardless of how they did it. And maybe the, I'm sure it's probably like money and fortune have some sort of play in it, but it's like I lived all around the world and I'm a military kid. So it's like also to like make the assumption just because they're rich.

It's like I lived in Germany, I would go to the Netherlands for dinner. We were not rich. We were on like, you know, like a pretty low salary at the time I lived in Korea I've like been to a lot of places but that doesn't necessarily mean I was I was well off too so I think like the OPE seems to be like jumping to a lot of conclusions and maybe bringing their own little like you know baggage and animosity so I think like if you're all co-workers kind of having a drink and the person's like, hey, what's wrong? Like your vibes off, like maybe not the time in place to like kind of let that come out? He just seems like he's jumping to ways to make Jack feel not good.

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You tried to disengage. You said, congrats. He wanted to press the issue. I don't know why he cared so much about what you thought about it and why he kept pressing it. Maybe he could sense you didn't care and his ego couldn't handle it. Just spitballing here. But you're not wrong. Going to 150 countries by the time you reach your early 20s does just mean he has rich parents. And I mean, good for him. That must be sick. That was sick. I wish it was me.

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my perspective, I'm going there either way and her overall household expenses are higher than my own so it felt like the thing to do. Over the weekend, my car went to the shop. I told my co-worker that I wouldn't be available to give her a ride. or Tuesday. She said it wasn't a problem because her boyfriend is off this week and would give her a ride. I asked if I could bum a ride as well. I even offered to walk to her home so they wouldn't have to drive backwards. She asked her boyfriend about it and he said he said he would but he wanted 20 dollars for the two days. Oh. I know it's just 20 bucks but that set me off. I declined the offer and said I'd find my own ride. At work. the the the the the the toe. the the toe. the toe. the the the the toe. the the the the the the the the the the the the tookeck. tookeck. tookeck. tookeck. tooomorrow, I'm too' tooomorrow, I'm tooomorrow, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, told, told, told, told, tooom. I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, the too, the too, t. too, too, too, too, they. too, too, too, the too', the too'n, too, their, the to off. I declined the offer and said I'd find my own ride. At work yesterday, she asked about my car. I told her I'd be getting my car Tuesday night after work, but that was that going forward I'd like $30 a week, a third of my gas costs

if she wanted to ride with me. She was upset about this and said her boyfriend had only wanted money for me because by having me in the car he was being forced to drive straight home when he picked her, when he picked me up. I pointed out that I've been happy to drive straight home to help her out for over a year and that it probably wouldn't have killed him to show me at least some level of appreciation. Today she said she's no, she'd no longer actions against her and that I was being petty. A couple other coworkers told me throughout the day that her boyfriend's just an asshole and she doesn't really have a say, doesn't have a say at home, but overall agreed with me that it was a dick move.

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Let's see. The verdict was not the asshole. That he wasn't, he wasn't an asshole for how he went about all of this. Comments, petty, yes, asshole, no. While she can blame her boyfriend, she went along with it. She should have explained to him how for over a year you gave her free rides and asking for money was tacky for him. But she didn't. She just went along with it. She showed you what she thought of your kindness and friendship. You're just showing her the same, not the asshole.

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For example, she would take my stapler, pens, or even my phone charger without asking. At first, I brushed it off as her just being forgetful and not realizing that these were my personal items. I tried to be understanding and not let it bother me. But then, things started to escalate. One day, I brought in a special lunch I had th I had the I had the I had the I had the I had the I had the the the the thease theoleoleole, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, tho, tho, tho, the, the, the, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, their, their, their, their, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean,then things started to escalate. One day I brought in a special lunch I had prepared as a treat for myself. It was a dish that my grandmother used to make for me and had a lot of sentimental value. I had placed it in the fridge with a note clearly stating it was mine. When lunchtime came around I discovered that Sarah had taken and eaten my lunch. I confronted her and she apologized. meant for the whole office to share. I didn't buy it, but I let it go to avoid causing a scene.

I thought it was for the whole office. How big was the point? I ate the whole thing. It was for the whole office. She brought the whole crockpot into the fridge? Wow, this is for the whole office, right? Well, I am the next few months, Sarah's behavior continued to worsen. She began using my personal laptop without asking, even though we all have our own work computers.

She would also use my coffee mug and other personal items, despite me having my name on them. I tried to address it politely and asked her to stop, but she would just laugh it off and say she didn't mean any harm. Finally, I reached my breaking point last week. I had bought a new, expensive pair of headphones to use at work, and I had left them on my desk overnight. When I arrived the next day, I found Sarah using them at her desk. I was furious and asked her to hand them over immediately. She tried to play it off as a joke, but I had enough.

I told her that it was not funny and that she needed a violation of my privacy. The rest of the office heard the commotion and some of my coworkers agreed with me, while others said I was overreacting and should let it go. Sarah hasn't spoken to me since, and the atmosphere has become tense. A few coworkers have even suggested that I owe Sarah an apology for embarrassing her in front of everyone. So am I the asshawing for telling my co-worker to stop using my personal belongings? Nah, Sarah's the asshole. Oh, yeah, Sarah's a huge asshole. Sarah is the biggest asshole.

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And I'm like, where do you get the audacity to do that? Like, that is crazy. And like, you're the whole office, why are you heating up the whole thing and eating it yourself? But to me, it's like, it's always so confusing to me when people act this crazy in a professional environment where it's like, I know you have a job, I know your job, and you're acting like this is just like the wild. And you can just kind of like claim your territory. That's always been like, like, I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, I thi, I's thi, I's thi, I's thi, I's thi, I's like, I'm thi, I'm thi, I'm thi, it's like, thi, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's thi, it's to me, it's to me, it's to me, it's thi, it's thi, it's thi, it's thi, it's thi, it's th. th. th, it's th, it's th, it's th, it's th, it's th, it's th, it's th, it's thi, it's thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. to me thiiiiii. to me to me to me to me to me thi. to me thi, thi, thi, it's thi, the wild. And you can just kind of like claim your territory. That's always been like so bizarre to me when like I hear stories like this. I've personally never, I've personally never had knock on wood.

I've never had my lunch stolen by like a co-worker. That's the most comical, like invasion of privacy. Yeah. Whenever I've heard those stories online or in TV shows, I'm just like, that's insane to me. And the audacity of people too, the entitlement, because there's been a lot of stories we've read where people are having their lunch stolen and then they like add a bunch of spiciness to it or something. Oh yeah. And the person like tries to sue them or like gets upset at them and from the- You're taking my food. I don't understand, like, respect people's shit. And office supplies, like a laptop?

Like that's serious to me. Or the headphones, too. Like, that's crazy. Like, final straw, reasonably so. And then the way I'd be label making every single thing to say Sarah, but not that Sarah on my shit. I am that Sarah, but I am not that Sarah. Yeah. Does she have a, does Sarah have an H or no H?

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Yeah, like lock it away. That's insane. But also, yeah, you go to HR too to cover your ass because then you can say, I went to HR about this. Exactly. If something isn't handled, then it's like, hey, I can now show that this weren't comfortable to get HR involved, email serum be like, hey, I understand, like, I love that, you're comfortable.

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Someone else said, not the asshole. The headphones slash lunch were yours and not hers. While I would argue using a stapler isn't harmful, it just adds to everything else. What is most irritating about her seems to be she tries to just laugh it off and carry on like she hasn't done anything wrong. Don't apologize, wait for her to do that. Someone else said, worked in an office once where the co-worker's lunch was repeatedly stolen despite his name on the container. His lunch was kept behind my container with a sign that read, eat someone else's food, expect a write-up.

Got to the point where he'd just put a slice of moldy bread in the container and I packed lunch for two. Oh, damn. I don't, that's crazy. So that person kept getting stolen from no matter what, to the point where they had to rely on somebody else. That's personal. I would bring my like own cooler if the communal fridge was unsafe. God, but that sucks if the communal fridge is like to that degree.

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I'm not kidding, it's chicken and rice. But like grilled chicken and rice? I roast, I just throw the whole cabinet at it. So I'm throwing soy sauce in there, soy paste, I'm throwing oyster sauce in there, I'm throwing pepper into there, I'm putting some Korean chili flakes into there. It's not boring, it's just, but it's- Me Sarah would steal that food. But it's just, it's just chicken and white. It's like, it's just that. Like, if someone's stealing that, it's like, dude, you can get that easily. I want Shane to cook for me. He hasn't cooked for me yet.

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I love that for you? If I had little tiny balls, they tou-tiny balls they touch the ground. All right, whoa, okay, here's our final story. This one's beefy? So this comes from pro-revenge. My boss stole my Super Bowl tickets so I made him lose a major client. What year is this from? This is from 2023? Okay. So this is the Chiefs Eagles Super Bowl. All right. You just knew that? that? Well, that. th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. th th. th. th. th. th. th th th, th th th th th th th th th th th th th had th thi thi thi thi thi thi thin thin thin thin thin tiny tiny tiny tiny tiny tiny tiny tiny tiny balls. thin thin, thin,. So this is the Chiefs, Eagles, Super Bowl. All right. You just knew that? Yeah, he likes football. It was a year ago.

It was a year ago. the football guy? Okay. I told you how I was supposed to sign a paperwork and I would have. You didn't tell me about that. You could have dated Travis Kelsey. This close. You could have been doing your ERA's tour right now. Sarah is the Taylor Swift of LinkedIn. Ploft.

That's so messed up. With the NFL playoffs back on, I thought you all might enjoy this football-related revenge story. I'm a huge 49ers fan, the rabbit all-day tailgate in the parking lot type. A few years ago, we made it back to the Super Bowl. I was working at a consulting firm with a handful of accounts I would interact with directly. I just want to point out, this is from a couple years ago where it was the 49ers versus the Chiefs. But not this recent 49ers versus Chiefs. I'm gonna go. No. One client in particular knew how big of a Niners fan I was.

I was the day-to-day lead on his account. He really liked working with me and we became friends, often grabbing drinks or dinner after our meetings. He had access to a pair of extra company seats to the game and as a thank you, wanted to give them to me as a gift. He passed the tickets over to the partner on that account who I will refer to as dickhead partner to be given to me as a surprise. The game came and went we lost, it sucked. The next time we met we went to drinks afterwards and he mentioned, hey by the way why didn't go to the game? I heard thin thin thn't thn't thin thn't thn't thin thin the thin thin thin the thin thin thin the thin the thin thin the the the the the the the the the the the to the to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the game.c.eck. the the the the the the ticke. the tiecke. toooooooe. too. too. too' the game. I heard someone else was in your seats. I asked what game. He said, the Super Bowl. Confused, I answered, I didn't have seats to the Super Bowl. He told me that

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Dick Head Partner myself, but realized it was the client who had noticed I wasn't there in the first place, so if I let him handle it, there would be no blowback on me. So I texted him, hey, I just want to thank you so much for thinking me with those seats. It appears that they were given to another one of our firm's clients. He He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the the thi, th th th th th th. So, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. the. the. theea. theat thea. tod toda. the. the the thea. thea. thea. the. the you shitting me? And then, pretend I never told you, let me handle. He followed up with me about formulating a plan. A few days later, we were asked to come down for a meeting in their office. The client requested the partner be present, not entirely unusual, so Dickhead partner and I hopped on a flight the next week and headed over to their office. Little did Dick Head Partner know. My client had orchestrated a wonderfully awkward little show to catch him red-handed.

When we entered the conference room, it was all the usual suspects along with a woman in her 30s we didn't recognize. My client immediately introduces Dick Head Partner. This is Stephanie Such and Such, VP from other department. She wanted to sit in on this meeting. Hey, O.P., you guys must already know her from the Super Bowl. She then responds as she goes to shake my hand. Oh, I don't think so. Did we meet there? I'm sorry if I forgot. Client responds, geez, Steph, how much did you have to drink? They were sitting right next to you.

Client looked at me and I say, sorry, client, I wasn't, I wasn't, I wasn't, I wasn't, I wasn't, I wasn't, I wasn't, I wasn't, I wasn't, I wasn't, I was. sorry client I wasn't there. Are you thinking of someone else? At this point Dick Head Partner is looking visibly uncomfortable, probably trying to come up with an excuse. He starts in with an um when Stephanie says over to him. No, so and so from other company were in the other seats. By the way, I was wondering why we gave company seats to those guys. Is there a project we're working with them on that I don't know about? Obviously not they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they were they were they were they were in they were in they were in they were in their. their. their in their in their in their in their in their in th. the th. th to be to be to be like. to be like. to to th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. their. th. the their. th. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to. to to to to to to to to to to to try. try. try. try. try. try. try. try. those guys. Is there a project we're working with them on that I don't know about? Obviously not, they were in completely different industries. It would be like Coca-Cola partnering with John Deere. Dickhead Partner like, that'd be sick as far. This is a Coke tractor. Honestly? Dickhead partner lets out an uh, and the client immediately speaks over him asking, Dickhead partner, I gave you those tickets for OP?

At this point, Dickhead Partner is turning bright red. He responds, oh, uh, well he wasn't able to make it, so he must have given the seats away to someone else, and turns to me looking for me to cover for. Yikes. Client smirks at me. I responded, what are you talking about? Client, you gave me tickets to the Super Bowl? Client suddenly raises his voice. Dickhead partner, those tickets were a personal thank you gift from me to O.P.

Did you give them away to someone else? Pause? someone else? Pause. Was it another client? Dickhead partner butts in with, oh, um, maybe something got mixed up in the office. Client went quiet for what probably seemed like an eternity to Dickhead partner. He then looked down, grabbed his portfolio and iPad, put them into his briefcase and said, I think this meeting is over. O.P. it seems as if I owe you a thank you gift. Let's go to lunch. Stephanie, you're welcome to come join. Dickhead partner, I need to re-evaluate our relationship. Please go back home and expect to hear from us that next week. Dickhead partner suggests he would like to join, presumably to do damage control, and Stephanie sternly tells him, I don't thinne that's a good idea, and asks the front of the front the front to to to the front to to the to be the the the the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, thin, throwne, throwne, throwne, to bea, to thr-s, to to to to to to to to rea, I, I to rea, I, I to rea, I, I to rea, I to rea, I to rea, to rea, to rea, to rea, to rea, to rea, to rea, to rea, to rea, to rea, to rea, to rea, to rea, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, thr-s, thr-ean.ean.eanan. thean.ean. thean.eanan. too. too, too, too, too, too, toe, too, to see Dick Head Partner out. As soon as he is in the elevator, we all break out laughing hysterically.

Stephanie wasn't really a VP, just an employee at the company whose client had drafted into helping with this pre-plan meeting skip, but she did end up coming to the lunch with us and was a fellow Niners fan and a total blast to hang out with. Fun fact. On our way to the restaurant, I got a desperate to to Head partner saying I needed to cover for the firm and that we could discuss things when I got back. I replied, yes, we need to talk, but I'll see what I can do. Client to me to wait a couple hours and then respond to him. One, to expect invoices for the resale value of the Super Bowl tickets, resel is way thso, thso, th well as our lunch, he picked a pricey spot and made a big show of overspending, and that he expected them to be paid immediately. Two, expected I be given a direct apology.

Three, expected a written apology to his company for what he considered theft, and four, he will only interact with me or another one of our firm's partners, never dickhead, partner. This whole thing caused to stir with the other partners, and I actually came off looking great because it appeared that I had made a good faith effort to save the client for the firms despite being the victim in the situation. The client would transfer to another partner,

which meant Dickhead partner lost his profit share on any work with them. Oh, and the other partners in the firm made Dick Head Partner pay the invoices back out of his own salary. Oh! In retrospect, I really have no idea what the hell the guy was thinking. Did he seriously believe the client would just not notice me not thinking him for the Super Bowl Tickets? Anyway, the well was kind of poisoned for me there long term because Dick Head Partner wasn't going anywhere.

I left the firm a today a much better position. Client ultimately terminated their relationship with that firm a year later. He actually now works with a good friend of mine at a competing firm. I'm still pissed I missed out on the Super Bowl even though we lost. Hoping, hoping we make it back this year so I can finally go to one in person. Go Niners. Go Niners. We are filming this like three days before the Super Bowl. So hope this guy's having a good time. This whole story is giving oceans 11 yards.

Yeah. Yeah. This is like, this is like, this is like the coffee shop high school kid but like grown up. Yeah, this is like the whole. Yeah, exactly. Okay, so Stephanie pretended to be the VP of the client and was like, yeah, I was at the game. Why were you? Yeah. Okay, wow. Pretty pretty pretty awesome. That's some Oceans 11. That's got to be devastating to learn about an incredible gift that you almost had and then was literally taken from you

and given to another client. But also, this is like a huge, yeah, it's like a huge gift. Super Bowl tickets as far as I always assume too. It's not just that they're expensive. It's like they're impossible to get. They're impossible to get. I think the Super Bowl this year just to walk on the field because they have like standing room only I guess for the Super Bowl just to walk into the stadium is $8,000 that's what I heard but like it's like that kind of thing but like I just like

don't understand where Dickhead partner really thought like he was that that he was like gonna get away with it because it's like a thin, a bode. It's like a bottle of wine or something like a th. I I I I I I I I. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thin. thin. thin. thin. thin. thin. that's like, that's like, that's like, that's like, that's like, that's like, that's like, that's like, that's like, that's like, that's like, that's like, that's like, that's like, that's like, that's like, that's like, that's like, that's like, that's like, that's like, that's like, that's like, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. that's like, that's like, that's that's that's that's that's that's what, that's what, that's that's what, that's that's like, that's like, that's like, that's like, that's like, th wine or something like that, but like this is so big. I wonder if it's that he just thought like I'm so powerful what the fuck are they going to even do about it. Yeah. Or I think, or maybe there was a lack of thinking because they were just like, oh, this will make a gift like this will make me look really good to my other client and solidify my relationship with that client. I guess we got some information here. The OPE is in the ticket queue for this year's Super Bowl. Oh, yay!

Yeah. Fortinners! Uh, some comments. Imagine what sort of human being you have to be to essentially steal a $10,000 ticket from a worker. Disgusting, been at the game, the 49ers probably would have won. That's how it works, as every football fan knows

deep in their heart of hearts. Yeah, that's funny. Holy crap, I can't imagine the logic in giving the tickets to another client, when the gifting company would likely have other staff in attendance. Yeah, because they probably have like a box there. So it's like it's always like the same few people with maybe a few guests that show up. So like you probably become friends with like the area that you have. But back to like, you know, what you put out there is what you give, like I had a friend, a co-worker many years ago say like what money what money you lose will come back and then the same way like the money you steal will go away so I think like this is

the exact kind of scenario of like he kind of stole those tickets and now he's having to like reimburse them with his own money like I really believe in that stuff what you put out there is like what you get back. Yeah and like company gifting stuff I like, it makes sense that it is grounds of like company theft because like that was, that was like that company spent money or you know, there's no such thing as a free launch, gave those tickets and dude, it was freaking.

And a lot of companies, like, I don't know about firms and like, legal stuff like that a lot of companies thapapapapapapapapapapapapap too that you have to like watch and sign with HR. So like taking these large gifts, you know, depending on your company's policy can really be against company policy because it's kind of like a way to influence it. Interesting. Yeah, because so if if I had a lawyer and I gave them a gift, you know, like, thank you for negotiating for me all these years, you've done great work for me, but for a lawyer to give me a gift feels different. That's where it gets a little like shady, so.

Interesting. I don't know. Have you ever gotten revenge on a co-worker? No, I don't think. Didn't you find that bag of shit under your chair? That she put? I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I th. I th. I th. th. th. th. th. tho. tho. tho, tho. that, that, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, that, that, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. that, that, that, that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that theeeea tho that, that, that, that, don't think... Didn't you find that bag of shit under your chair? That she put? No, I've been... I've just left it there. That was like a gift.

That was a revenge. No, I don't think I've ever had like a very, very bad experience with a co-worker. No. I wasn't there when all the like crazy stuff with Defie happened. Yeah, I once had a co-worker who kept trying to set me up with customers at our job. Oh, uncomfied. And it was very like, yeah, it was very assertive and it did, it was uncomfort. And I was super young so I didn't have like tacked yet.

And I was like, you need to stop stop me up with men! Stop it! And she was like, You need to stop setting me up on dates with men! Damn. I would never get in trouble with anything. So it's like, Shane's that guy. Shame's that Sarah, but not that Sarah. Not that Sarah. I'm not that Sarah. You are that Sarah.

No. Before we go, Sarah, do you have a favorite Smosh work story at all? Oh, you just want me to, hmm. Or if anybody does. Yeah, we've had so many memories together. I mean everything, everything. Yeah. I remember, sorry, I have steamroll. Okay, go. I remember when Smash had been abandoned and then Mythacl bought it and then we literally were so happy that we got you back on the team that we literally went out and partied. We did. We did. That was really nice. It was really nice to come back. That was so nice. Yeah, because it was like it was a moment where we really didn't know the future of smosh. And so it really th moment where we were all like, you know, we got to do this together because like we're better together. So like let's just genuinely like we don't know where the fuck this is going to go.

If it's going to be around four years later, do our best and like it's amazing like I'm so proud of what you guys have done and Anthony's back and I know it's like it's come full circle and so yeah I think that was a really really nice memory I look and I still watch videos I still go back I like watch it fondly I forget the shit that I've said I know like oh I was in that video I was in that video but like I was waxing people with they got some words wrong. I feel so grateful that I like I still can very much like look back on this place as like my home and like I miss you guys so much but I'm so happy for you guys too like I really I really did what I said to do

three years ago was to become a fan and so like so proud of you guys. Hell yeah I don don't want to cry. Don't you guys know I cry. That's other Sarah behavior. All right well Courtney Sarah thank you for being here. Thank you for having me. Sarah where can people find you now? In the fridge. No, stealing food. Holy bread. No, I'm in the same place I've always been. Rude unicorns on Instagram and Tick-Tock. I don't post a lot, but I do post sometimes. Okay. You know, you want to see my cats?

You miss my cats? They're still around. Hell yeah. All right. Let us know what other themes and subreds you want us to cover on this show and we'll see you later. Goodbye. Don't be a Sarah.