Pregnant Employee Gets Revenge on Unhelpful Coworker

Imagine being 38 weeks pregnant, struggling through your workday, and your coworker refuses to help you out. Sounds like a nightmare, right? Well, that’s exactly what happened to a 23-year-old woman at her new job in a small optometry practice. But don’t worry, karma had her back! Let’s dive into this juicy tale of workplace drama and sweet, sweet revenge.

New Job, New Challenges

Coworkers and Their “Niche” ‍♀️

Andrea’s Phone-Phobia

Bosses Want Cross-Training

A Rough Day for a Pregnant Lady

Seeking Help from Melissa

Melissa’s Stubborn Refusal

Painful Struggles

Boss Offers to Send Her Home

Finally, a Break ️

Melissa’s Overwhelming Moment

Petty Revenge Time

Melissa Asks for Help

Serving Karma on a Silver Platter ️

Leaving Melissa in the Dust ️

Sweet Revenge or Workplace Drama?

So, our pregnant protagonist got her sweet revenge on unhelpful Melissa, but was it justified? Her husband thinks so, but her conscience is bugging her about potentially creating drama in an otherwise drama-free work environment. While she admits to being a bit petty, she doesn’t feel like she was asking too much from Melissa. What do you think? Let’s see what the internet has to say about this situation…

NTA. Coworker refused to help pregnant woman in pain. Pettiness ensued

A dose of petty is fine when someone refuses to help. NTA

Management needs to step up and define responsibilities.

Pregnant employee gets revenge on unhelpful coworker. NTA

Pregnant employee stands up to unhelpful coworker

Unhelpful coworker gets a taste of her own medicine

Bosses are the real a**holes for lack of organization

Standing up for yourself at work

Commenter offers advice and support to pregnant OP.

Pregnant employee stands up to unhelpful coworker

Melissa caused the drama, commenter is NTA

Fair is fair! Pregnant employee stands up for herself

Setting a precedent and weak management lead to unfairness. NTA

Unhelpful coworker gets called out for not setting a precedent

Acknowledging pettiness and repairing relationships in small workplaces

Rising above pettiness: a refreshing take on workplace revenge

Commenter blames owner for unhelpful coworkers, advises firing.

Practice owners at fault for allowing unhelpful colleagues. #NTA

Employee confronts boss about lack of help, gets results

Supportive comment, no need to be sad

Golden rule revenge: NTA doesn’t help coworker who refused help.

Commenter criticizes US maternity leave policies and culture.

Pregnant employee’s petty revenge leads to boss’s apology

Petty but justified? NTA comment sparks agreement.

Matching energy with unhelpful coworker, NTA. Formalize cross-training to avoid escalation

Hit the reset button and move on, not worth a grudge.

Pregnant employee’s revenge and legal advice, 10/10 pettiness

Karma strikes back in satisfying workplace revenge

NTA and office manager should ensure cross training

Boss is the real a**hole here, not the pregnant employee.

Teachable moment: NTA coworker gets what she deserves

Not the a**hole, a positive comment section

NTA for not doing untrained coworker’s work and refusing switch

Management should manage, not shift responsibility to employees

NTA for not helping unhelpful coworker, guilt is misplaced

Don’t mess with a pregnant woman’s patience

Standing up for yourself is always the right move

Melissa got what she deserved NTA and congrats!

Petty but justified: Pregnant employee’s revenge on unhelpful coworker

Tit for tat: Pregnant employee stands up to unhelpful coworker.

Serving up some justified pettiness

Feeling guilty for doing the right thing

Empowering response to standing up for oneself.

Pregnant employee takes revenge but later apologizes and suggests cross-training ✌

Reciprocity is key.

Treating coworkers as strangers – a valid approach?

Karma strikes: Pregnant employee stands up to unhelpful coworker

Pregnant employee’s petty revenge on unhelpful coworker is justified

Commenter hopes for drama-free resolution in tense workplace situation.

Commenter advises pregnant employee on management problems at workplace ‍

Navigating workplace drama while pregnant

Employee gets called out for not taking a call

Commenter sympathizes but explains pre-testing requires training. NTA.

NTA. Petty revenge is sometimes necessary

Pregnant employee gets petty revenge on unhelpful coworker. NTA.

Not the a**hole, but what did she do?

Pregnant employee gets revenge on unhelpful coworker. Justice served

Standing up to a selfish coworker. #NTA

Pregnant woman advised to offer half-hearted apology to coworker

NTA commenter applauds pregnant employee for standing up to unhelpful coworker

Comedic revenge, NTA approved

Karma strikes! Melissa learns a valuable lesson.

Employee gets sweet revenge on unhelpful coworker. NTA

Seeking accommodation at work, good advice from comment.