Woman Gets Annoyed After 'Pathetic' Co-Worker Reports Her for Using Phone in the Office. But Commenters Give Her a Warning

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A female says that a coworker anonymously reported her to a head for talking to transportation drivers done her doorbell cam app while astatine her desk
The woman, who shared her communicative connected a organization forum, claims she has only done this a “handful” of times and says she thinks nan personification who reported her is “a spot pathetic”
While immoderate station commenters agreed pinch nan woman, others said they deliberation she should return nan statement much seriously

A female says a co-worker reported her for utilizing her telephone astatine nan office, and she now worries things will get “awkward.”

The female elaborate her acquisition successful nan “Am I Being Unreasonable?” forum connected nan U.K.-based organization tract Mumsnet, a spot wherever group tin spell to activity proposal from others astir a big of topics.

In her post, nan female explains that she useful successful a “fairly ample office” pinch a “common consciousness attack to individual telephone usage.”

“No 1 sits astatine their table and takes lengthy individual calls, but guidance accepts location will beryllium times group need to check/use their phones briefly, and that for thing longer, they’ll measurement distant from their table aliases hold for breaks and lunch,” she adds.

Woman connected her telephone astatine activity (stock image).

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The original poster (OP) goes connected to opportunity that she precocious had a one-on-one pinch her manager, and nan head mentioned that different co-worker had complained that nan OP “conversed pinch transportation drivers” utilizing her doorbell cam app.

The OP admits this has happened a “handful of times,” but besides says she mostly schedules packages to get connected her work-from-home days.

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“My head was clear she doesn’t person an rumor pinch my telephone usage, and evidently she can’t show maine who reported it, though I person an idea,” she continues.

“Am I incorrect to find them reporting this a spot pathetic?” nan OP asks astatine nan extremity of her post, adding, “It conscionable risks an awkward ambiance erstwhile we are mostly a reasonably harmonious team.”

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A number of commenters said they don’t deliberation nan OP is being unreasonable — and besides noted that nan head should not person passed nan statement on if nan telephone usage is simply a non-issue.

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“I deliberation if it’s clear that your head doesn’t person an issue, she should not beryllium discussing it pinch you astatine all. She should person put an extremity to it,” 1 personification said.

“Your head did not person to bring that up if she sees nary issue,” added personification else.

However, different commenters brought up nan anticipation that nan head mightiness beryllium much bothered by nan OP’s telephone usage than she fto on, but blamed personification other to debar an uncomfortable conversation.

“This is nan benignant of point my head would say if it was bugging him. He'd make retired that personification had complained,” said 1 person.

Another personification agreed, adding, “Managers do sometimes opportunity that ‘someone’ reported thing erstwhile really it's them that has an rumor pinch it. So I'd beryllium a spot observant [as] this could beryllium a possibility.”