Hey, if you’re gonna be accused of something you didn’t do and the other person won’t ever believe you, you might as well do it, right?

Words to live by, right?

And that’s what a worker did when their former boss didn’t believe that they weren’t the person who reported him for breaking some rules.

Ex boss accused me of reporting him, so I did.

“I worked for his small company for 6 weeks at the end of 2020 (it was landscape architecture). He sacked me with no real explanation when I was off sick with covid. I have undiagnosed (highly suspected) ADHD so I wasn’t massively suprised (it affects my performance).

But I was suprised by the timing and the fact it was via email. I asked for more clarity. I was never rude to him. I just told him I wish he’d called me so I could get some feedback.

This guy seemed to have it in for this person and they put it all down on paper.

He got really mad and proceeded to write a long list of my (over-exaggerated and some false) shortcomings e.g. too slow, distracted (stuff he never mentioned at the time). He then said ‘if you want to take legal action against me, let me know’. I didn’t. I left it and moved on.

And then there was another accusation.

Fast forward to today. He just called my mobile from a private number asking how I was. I was taken aback as we have had no communication since. He said ‘someone has put in a report I’m using unlicensed software, was it you? Because I know we left on bad terms’. I said I’ve no idea what you’re talking about.

He made it seem I was devastated he sacked me (lol) and would have good reason to report him. No matter what I said he was convinced it was me. He even accused my dad who works in IT.

But this person didn’t know what the deal was and they weren’t responsible for this.

I didn’t even know he was using unlicensed software. I said ‘I feel like you’re unfairly accusing me here’ he raised his voice and shouted ‘WHY DO YOU ALWAYS PLAY THE VICTIM, STOP PLAYING THE VICTIM! (probably in reference to the fact I questioned the way he sacked me). It sounded so rehearsed I honestly had to hold back laughter. Then he said ‘I’m not accusing you, but did you do it?’ (Lmao).

So they decided they might as well get with the program!

Looking back I believe it was unlicensed. We only ever used the student version of autodesk (which is illegal when you’re running a business). This combined with his accusation tells me he is infact breaking the law..

I was so ****** off by his accusation I reported him to both autodesk and the BSA. He’ll have to run an audit and likely face a huge fine. He thinks I did it either way so what harm can one more report do?”

And here’s what Reddit users had to say about this.

This reader had a story to share…

Another Reddit user said this guy shouldn’t have been skimping on a license like this.

One person worked for someone who could have easily been shut down.

Another individual shared a story about what happens when software licenses aren’t respected.

And this person said they should’ve reported a client for something like this…

You can tell this person was pretty much at the end of their rope.

Can you blame them?!?!