i wonder why nobody signed the farewell card for the type of ass to sue for not getting a farewell card.
this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2024
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What's the opposite of eating the onion? I read your comment and scoffed, wondering who could actually believe this. The I saw the "Not" in the comm name.
Boofing an apple obvs
I vote for this to become official.
I'm leaning towards either, "Fabricating The Onion," or "Puking The Onion." I think the first is a more accurate assessment of the situation though.
Edit: both my suggestions aren't any good next to "Picking/Plucking The Onion."
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You're getting played by this misleading article. There is no evidence that anyone didn't sign the card because they didn't like her. If you follow the link to the actual article, there were two other people who didn't get cards either for the same reason. It's not in that articles, but I read elsewhere that because this happened during COVID it was just difficult to get people to sign them.
The woman sounds like a dope, but most people are kind and would sign the card anyway. Most people aren't looking to get petty revenge against people they don't even know that well.
Except unlike those others, this woman sued (for a bunch of things, not just the card thing), and the judge dismissed all of them saying she displayed a victim mentality over normal office interactions. I'm not faulting people for assuming she's not very likable.
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The judge added that Conaghan exhibited a "conspiracy-theory mentality" and misinterpreted "normal workplace interactions" as harassment. The example offered was when Conaghan wrote "whiz" in a coworker's card then claimed another colleague was copying her when they used "whizz" in a different card.
The Guardian reported she also complained after a coworker asked, "Are you taking the piss, Karen?," a popular British term meaning making fun of someone, after she claimed she was doing "all the hard work."
What a lovely person
“Are you taking the piss, Karen?,” a popular British term meaning making fun of someone, after she claimed she was doing “all the hard work.”
In my experience, the people who complain about being the only ones doing all the hard work are the ones doing more complaining than actual working.
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One would spend several hours almost daily chitchatting at other people's desks about how they are the hardest worker and things can only get done if they do it, they're the first in, last out, etc. But spends half their day complaining instead of working.
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Another is a serial whiner who says no one else ever does anything, they have to do it all in order to get it done, yet they always have some excuse why they don't have to come in that day, or have to leave early, take a longer lunch, and spends a good chunk of their day gossiping.
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Karen Conaghan sued the…
Ah, there it is
Wow, she is so Karen that her parents even named her that decades ago in the past - that's some dedicated Karening right there! (/s:-D)
As if she had no say on what her name is whatsoever! I personally always legally change my name whenever weirdos on the internet decide my name has suddenly bad connotations, I am at my 5th name this year and already looking for a new one.
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They're Brits too, guaran-fuckin-teed they called her Cuntyhan behind her back
nominative determinism
Karen Conaghan
Could we be looking that the origin story of Karen?
This feels more like an evolution
Clearly sounds like undiagnosed mental illness. I hope that lady gets some help.
[off topic?]
My boss's boss was named "Johnson." One day, I accidentally referred to him as "Jackson." None of the people I was talking to corrected me. I decided to try a little experiment and kept on using the wrong name. I used the wrong name dozens and dozens of times and never got called out.
Because you were silently judged. Behind your back. Always.
my inner voice leaking
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Not her name literally being Karen though
I hope she decided to sue when she ran into one of her former colleagues at the shop who was like "oh yeah Karen, I've got no idea why you didn't receive a card. They're probably harassing you" while trying to exit the conversation as quickly as possible.
say what you want about America and its ridiculous lawsuit happiness... but I've never seen anyone in America sue over a farewell card they didnt get, presumably because they're the kind of selfinvolved asshole that sues over not getting a goddamn card
I wonder why
Based company it seems.
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