‘Creating a hostile environment': Bride hit with HR complaint from uninvited, jealous co-worker
Before walking down the aisle, one nearly-wed was forced to walk down to Human Resources after a scorned co-worker complained about being excluded from her wedding guest list.
'This was honestly one of the weirdest work things I've ever dealt with,' barked the beleaguered bride-to-be in a Reddit tirade.
'There's a woman in my office I'm friendly with, but not close to,' she explained.
'We've had small talk here and there, nothing deep. No lunches together. No real outside-of-work connection.'
Still, their lack of camaraderie didn't affect the woman's abundance of audacity.
'She found out I was getting married and asked when the wedding was. Then she straight-up asked if she was invited,' recalled the bride.
'I kinda laughed and said, 'Oh no, it's really small. Just close friends and family'. I didn't think anything of it.'
But before sharing the intimate details of your personal life around the water-cooler — namely weddings — it may be best to think twice.
'She got quiet and a little cold after that, but I figured OK, maybe awkward moment, whatever,' said the Redditor.
'Fast forward a few days later, I get a meeting invite from HR.
'Turns out she filed a complaint saying I was being 'exclusive' and 'creating a hostile environment by leaving people out'.'
Well, that's one way to weaponise the workplace powers that be.
Although weddings are traditionally sacred ceremonies, attended by the happy couple's nearest loved ones, haters have come up with kooky ways to steal the spotlight on someone else's big day.
Be it grimy mothers-of-the-groom who wear full-blown bridal garb in hopes of outshining the woman of the hour, or forceful family members who insist on crashing the newlyweds' honeymoon, holy matrimonies seem to bring the worst out in weirdos worldwide.
Especially those who weren't even invited to the fete.
'I had to sit in this HR meeting and explain that I'm not required to invite co-workers I barely know to my literal wedding,' the bride said in her virtual meltdown.
'It's a personal event, it has nothing to do with work or who's in the office.'
The HR representative agreed and quickly closed the case.
But her snubbed colleague remains openly offended.
'Now she acts super passive-aggressive toward me. Like side-eyes, little digs when I walk by,' said the bride.
'Still bringing it up in these weird sarcastic comments like, 'Some people are so inclusive these days'.
'I can't believe she actually thought HR could … what, make me invite her?
'Some people really do think they're the main character.'
Social media savages are now urging the fiancee to make the bellyaching co-worker the main character of her own in-office complaint.
'I would report her to HR for creating an uncomfortable environment,' encouraged a commenter.
'She's bullying you; the only thing that will work is hitting back,' suggested a separate spectator in the spirit of tit-for-tat.
'This is the type of guest that comes without a gift, eats a lot of food, makes others uncomfortable, takes home a sh*t load of leftovers and a centrepiece,' said another, backed by an additional onlooker who added, 'And wears a white dress.'
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