Work: Today, we had a meeting at my job and we had to introduce new...

By Anonymous - 25/09/2014 12:18 - United States - Brooklyn

Today, we had a meeting at my job and we had to introduce new ideas to our boss. Earlier, I was talking to one of my close friends who also attended the meeting about my idea. As we start the meeting, she decides to steal my idea and take complete credit for it. My boss loves "her" idea. FML

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Today, my boss asked for recommendations on how to improve the office. I sent her an e-mail full of my ideas. Later, my boss sent me a reply, saying, "Here's what head office thinks of your ideas." It contained a list of insults upper management made about me. FML

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Today, my boss held a meeting to talk about how we can't overlook others and no one should pick favorites. I walked out unemployed when I pointed out that she completely ignored the person who made the biggest sale in company history and constantly gave her son raises for mediocre work. FML

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Thursday 25 September 2014 17:58

she is not your real friend

howsthisforaname 34

Thursday 25 September 2014 18:01

Hopefully she is now an ex friend. Cut her off, you don't need people like her in your life.

Comments

Attacksloth 33

Thursday 25 September 2014 21:47

Slight naiveté. Reveal your good ideas after you've gotten credit for them. That said, I've fallen victim to this a few times before, so FML and not YDI. I know how we can sometimes be lulled into a sense of trust with the ways we describe our friends - "close", "best", "long-time", etc. There's a word that's also associated with these friends, and it's "human".

knoelani 13

Thursday 25 September 2014 22:03

Did you call her out on it?

DogeMan 14

Thursday 25 September 2014 22:11

Guess who's not friends anymore

freehandjobs 6

Thursday 25 September 2014 22:28

Looks like it's time to unscrew her desk chair legs

hailstorm187 18

Thursday 25 September 2014 22:34

Guess you need to watch what you tell her from now on hey?

skittyskatbrat 19

Friday 26 September 2014 4:32

Or, next time, email the idea to the boss right before you mention it to her. Add "I'm going to run this idea by (the bitch's name) and see what she thinks...." and then wait......