Imagine being a nursing mother in a male-dominated workplace, trying to maintain a clean and hygienic environment for your baby’s feeding equipment. Now picture a coworker using your special dish brush, meant for cleaning breast pump parts, to wash their dirty dishes. That’s the situation one woman found herself in, leading to a heated office conflict. The question is: should she take it to HR or let it go? Let’s dive into this drama-filled story.
The Special Brush Routine

The Hidden Brush Spot ️♀️

The Uncomfortable Encounter

The Brush Misuse

The Polite Note

The Sacrifice and Replacement

The Brush Thief Caught Red-Handed ️

The Sink Showdown

The Boss’s Opinion

The HR Dilemma

The Context: Health Matters

To HR or Not to HR: The Great Brush Debate ♀️
Caught in a whirlwind of office drama, our nursing mom has a decision to make. Should she take her coworker’s dish brush misuse to HR, or should she let it go as her boss suggested? While the coworker’s actions are infuriating, she’s unsure if she has solid grounds for a complaint. With her baby’s health on the line, this isn’t just about a brush – it’s about respect and understanding. Let’s see what the internet thinks of this situation…
Creative solution proposed for dish brush dilemma. NTA confirmed.

NTA breastfeeding mom targeted by creepy co-worker. Report to HR ASAP
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Keeping the brush in a labeled lunch box in the fridge

NTA. Start a paper trail. This guy is aggressively antagonistic.

NTA! Breastfeeding mother targeted by co-worker for special dish brush

Stand up for your rights! NTA

Mom battles office drama over labeled breast pump brush. NTA wins!

Suggests bringing up the issue to HR to document harassment.

Nursing mothers face misconceptions about ‘extra privileges’

Breastfeeding discrimination at work? NTA, go to HR

Commenter shares experience of toxic masculinity in the workplace.

Commenter suggests going to HR over hostile work environment

Standing up for personal property in office, NTA wins

NTA for removing personal item from shared space, coworker is TA.
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Office thief gets called out for touching other people’s stuff

Standing up for safety: NTA defends special dish brush

NTA: Commenter suggests filing a grievance with HR for hostile work environment

NTA. Coworker’s discomfort with lactation is not OP’s problem

User suggests locking up special dish brush in office for laughs

Stand up for yourself! Let HR handle the drama. NTA.

Concerned commenter advises filing HR report over tampering incident.

Gender divide in comments, but commenter is NTA
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Report the a**hole coworker who used the special dish brush

Power play over dish brush in office drama. NTA wins.

Stand up for yourself! NTA, report that horrid coworker

Passive aggressive power move? Not cool

Clever solution to office brush drama with a touch of sass

Supportive male ally encourages complaint submission in male-dominated workplace

Create a paper trail and throw away unusable brushes

Sharing office supplies can be tricky . Personal items should be labeled.

Stand up to bad leadership. NTA commenter has your back

Fair game? Revenge tactics in the office kitchen.

Office etiquette: Personal items are off-limits, especially breast pump cleaners

Supportive comment receives no replies, HR intervention expected

Commenter calls out sexist behavior in office over dish brush

Keeping personal items in break room is common. NTA.

Protect your property at work , make a paper trail

Protect your office supplies from passive-aggressive weirdos

Nursing mom fights back against office bully. #NTA #BreastfeedingRights

Standing up to office misogyny like a boss

Fight back! Get a lawyer to school your boss and coworker

Boss tries to manipulate employee over dish brush

Man’s obsession with dish brush causes office drama

Report the weird flexer. NTA wins the battle!

NTA, keep the brush safe from petty and nasty coworker

Asserting ownership over office dish brush sparks gendered conflict

Serious accusation of sexual harassment in the office

NTA for reporting stolen breastfeeding-related brushes in a toxic workplace

Brush drama: Commenter calls out lack of common sense

Keep your personal belongings safe from office a**holes

Breast pump sponge? NTA calls out strange office behavior

Protect your property and report the offender

Stand your ground and report the theft of your property

Protect yourself with a mini drying rack and document everything!

Stand up for yourself! Let HR know about the deliberate sabotage.

Defending pumping rights at work

NTA suggests using “reasonable accommodations” in HR talk

NTA suggests petty revenge tactics, HR complaint, or acceptance.

Respect office rules! ♀️ Don’t touch what’s not yours.

Breastfeeding mom faces discrimination at work, NTA suggests reporting to HR

Keep the brush at your desk to avoid tampering

Keep a list and report to HR: NTA wins battle

Standing up to office bullies: NTA takes a stand

Office break room etiquette debated over communal dish brush. NTA.

Pumping mom recommends convenient drying rack with all necessary brushes
