I Skipped My Coworker\'s Retirement Party and He Found Out
An employee skipped a retirement party she said she was too sick to attend, then was seen at a restaurant that same evening.
Frank is retiring after 22 years at our company. I have worked with him for three. We are friendly but not close. The party was on a Friday evening 40 minutes away. I had dinner plans with my sister who I see once a month. I sent Frank a card and gift card and told the office I was not feeling well. I did not expect anyone to see me at the restaurant. Now Frank knows and half the office knows. I should not have lied. But the guilt trip I am getting over skipping an optional party feels disproportionate.
I have worked at that company for 22 years. Greta is one of 14 people on my team. We have had lunch together dozens of times. I have covered for her on projects. I introduced her to the VP who promoted her. She sent a $25 gift card and told people she was sick. Then she went to dinner. Someone saw her. I am not angry she did not come. I am hurt she lied to my face after everything. A simple I have other plans would have been fine. That is all it would have taken.
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🤷 You're both right (it's complicated)
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Official NACOL Ruling
In the matter of Greta v. Frank, this court finds that with a jury split of 0% to 0% across one deeply philosophical juror, both parties have achieved the impossible: unanimous agreement that they are simultaneously correct, which is logically impossible and therefore legally irrelevant. The court rules that Greta should have simply told Frank the truth, and Frank should have accepted that three years of acquaintance does not obligate forty minutes of commute time, but since the actual dispute here is about the lie rather than the absence, both of you have wasted everyone's time including your own. Case closed.
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