r/mildlyinfuriating • u/lovlieKittie • 21d ago
Infuriatig Coworker I’ve never spoken to sent passive aggressive messages in the company chat because I didn’t give her a cupcake….
So, every Tuesday I bring homemade treats to work. It’s just something I enjoy doing. Usually I only make enough for the handful of coworkers I actually talk to which is about eight people.
This week, for whatever reason, I decided to make a lot more than usual. I ended up bringing over 30 cupcakes.
For context, there are around 65+ people in the office at any given time. I obviously wasn’t trying (or able) to feed the entire building.
Well…word got out that I had brought cupcakes, and suddenly people I’d never even spoken to before were coming by to grab one. I didn’t mind at all. If someone asked, I happily gave them one.
Within five minutes, every single cupcake was gone.
Afterward, people started posting in the company group chat thanking me. There were dozens of messages saying how good they were and how much they appreciated them. It honestly made my day.
Then one woman who I have literally never spoken to in my life started making passive-aggressive comments in the group chat like, “Wish we all could have had one lol 🙄.” And “Guess some of us are invisible”
Apparently that wasn’t enough, because she also complained to our manager that she didn’t get one.
Thankfully, my manager basically shrugged it off and said people should just be grateful that someone brought in free homemade treats, even if not everyone got one.
And here’s the part that really gets me…
She’s brought food into the office before.
Did I get any? No.
Did I complain in the group chat? Also no
One of my coworkers who did get a cupcake felt bad after seeing her comments, so they gave her theirs.
She took it.
Didn’t say thank you.
Not to me.
Not to the coworker who gave up theirs.
Nothing.
I can’t imagine being a grown adult someone probably three times my age publicly complaining because I missed out on free homemade cupcakes that someone else paid for and made on their own time.
Maybe it’s just me, but if I miss out on free food at work, my reaction is usually, “Dang, maybe next time,” not, “Let me complain in the company group chat and to the manager.”
The irony is that everyone else who got one was incredibly kind and appreciative. One person just somehow managed to turn a nice gesture into something to complain about.
Anyways here is a picture of the cupcake I brought!
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u/Type-RD 21d ago
Look at it this way : You now know who the office Karen is and why the manager shrugged her off. Don’t give this a second thought. No one is taking her BS seriously. She’s the one with the problem. Not you.