It not only doesn’t pay to talk smack about a colleague, it can actually work against you. Big time.

Keep reading to see how this worker went out of her way to make life difficult for the coworker who had wronged her.

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No you can’t have new years eve off.

Even though she could see I was quite capable and competent, my coworker kept talking to me like I was a moron.

So I had to be quite blunt with her and tell her I’d been doing the job by myself perfectly well with zero help from her or anyone.

But it seems the message didn’t take.

Since then the relationship has soured somewhat. We’re civil when it comes to work stuff but outside of that we don’t really talk.

Until a couple of weeks ago. I had a particularly difficult patient call up 3 days in a row and I just needed to vent.

In my head it came under the headline of “work related” so I vented to Trish about the patient.

I caught Trish trash talking me to 2 other colleagues, calling me a whiny cow.

Then Trish got what she deserved.

When she saw that I heard, she was like a deer in headlights.

So I asked for the day off I knew she wanted and asked to use a couple of my annual leave days as I have “family commitments” meaning I had 3 days off, total, following the weekend (this was also going to be Trish’s plan).

Screw you, Trish.

Check out what folks are saying.

Makes sense. Don’t give bullies ammunition.

She sounds like to the type to do that.

It’s amazing how people throw themselves under the bus just to be mean.

I hope it’s wet snow.

Same here! Maybe she’ll keep her trap shut now.

Bullies suck.

Yay for this victory!

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