Dealing with difficult coworkers can go very wrong for both parties, and we all have different ways of addressing conflict at work.

So this woman decided to take a different approach and deal with an annoying situation with kindness.

Let’s read the story.

My Co-worker has it out for me, so my revenge was to do her a favour

This is the story of, potentially, the least effective or most effective petty revenge I performed.

I’m a 29-year-old woman bartender working at a small but very popular pub.

I’ve worked there for over three years and have worked my way up to the shifts I want, so I often work 5-6 days a week.

I worked 6 days straight closing the bar.

This is a lot because unless it’s Friday or Saturday I work alone, and we have to clean the entire place (sweep, mop, clean the toilets etc).

She has a lot to do.

It’s busy and I can sell anywhere between $1000-$3000 a night.

(One time $3700 with a busser, but other than that, always alone, no help. Server, bartender, host, food runner.)

Anyways, I close that final night, I do the entire checklist as usual and leave the place clean as I always do.

Then someone decides to add to her load.

The next day the opener sent out a message around 1 pm that said:

‘There was a full case of the Pinot upstairs.”

“One and a half bottle in the fridge. I have a bottle on ice for a couple that specifically came in for the Pinot.”

“If we are super low on stock, have a quick gander upstairs 👍”

Uh-oh. This sounds like a personal grudge, for no reason.

This employee gets one shift a week.

She has proven to not be the strongest and completely has it out for me.

Stocking the wine is a day shift job.

When she got there at 11:30 am, she could have taken a “gander” in the fridge and stocked accordingly.

Something had to be done, but she wanted to be the bigger person.

So here is the ‘petty revenge’?

I question whether this was actually revenge or just satisfying to me.

So if I close and know she’s opening I will put the chairs up, and we don’t put the chairs up.

But even though putting the chairs up is annoying, if she’s gonna complain about my close then I better do a thorough job.

When we worked the next time together she ACTED LIKE I DIDN’T EXIST!

Like I wasn’t there!?

I didn’t do anything to deserve this.

That’s what bothered me the most.

She had a petty/kind idea.

Then guess who needs a shift covered that weekend?

Her, of course.

So, who took it?

Me, of course.

I felt satisfied with the fact that as much as she wants to hate me, there I was to help her out.

So, is that even petty revenge?

You tell me 😂😅

I wonder if they’ll start a ‘who’s more helpful’ war. Lucky boss!

Let’s see what Reddit has to say about this.

A reader shares their thoughts.

Someone offers advice.

That’s a good observation.

Another reader chimes in.

Someone shares a personal experience.

Another opinion.

This could either start a feud or a friendship.

But either way, she can feel good about herself.

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