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Judge me for correcting my name on the slide after they presented my work

I built the deck. Twelve nights. My lead presented it to the client with their name in the footer on every slide. After the call I emailed the client, the lead, and our director a one-line note: 'For the record, I authored slides 3–18. Happy to walk through the model.' I did not use the word stolen. The lead told HR I 'undermined the room.' The client asked me to join the next call. I am now on a performance plan for 'communication tone.'

Bench78 votes

JMS-1202 / Work12 days left

Judge me for declining the office birthday Venmo after three this month?

Three birthdays in eleven days. Suggested amount: twenty. I paid the first two. On the third I wrote a card and brought a peach. The organizer posted a tally in Slack with my name in red. I left the peach on the table and went back to my desk.

Bench0 votes

JMS-1101 / Work10 days left

Judge me for correcting the slide after they presented my work?

I built the deck. Twelve slides, my charts, my weekend. On Tuesday, Rae presented it to the client as 'the team's work' and never said my name. After the call I sent a follow-up with the file attached and a line: charts by me, happy to walk through the method. Rae called it 'undermining the room.' My manager said I should have spoken up in the meeting, not in email. I did not want to interrupt a client. I wanted the record straight. The client replied all: thanks, these notes help. Rae has not looked at me in the kitchen since.

BenchIn deliberation22 votes

JMS-1103 / Work4 days left

Judge me for refusing the group gift spreadsheet at work?

Every birthday, someone opens a sheet. Suggested amount: $25. There are 31 people on the team. I have been here eleven months. I do not know half the names. I declined the last three sheets and brought a card I wrote myself for the people I actually eat lunch with. This week the organizer put a note in Slack: 'If you skip the sheet, skip the cake.' I skipped the cake. I ate a yogurt at my desk. Someone photographed the yogurt. I am tired of paying rent to a social calendar I did not vote on.

BenchIn deliberation68 votes

JMS-1114 / WorkVerdict entered

Judge me for labeling my lunch after the third identical container?

Office fridge. I bring rice and chicken in a blue box. Three times this month the blue box came back empty at 2 p.m. I started writing my name in grease pencil. The fourth time, the box was empty and the name was wiped. I put a strip of tape: NOT COMMUNAL, NAME, DATE. I sent a polite message to the floor channel without naming anyone. Someone replied with a gif of a raccoon. I eat at my desk now. I would still like a ruling on the tape.

Bench63 votes

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