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AITA for Skipping Meals with My Coworker Because Her Dining Behavior? I’m currently working on a travel project as a surveyor, which involves staying in hotels and eating out frequently. My current partner on the project is Sam. She’s great at her job and pleasant to be around, but there’s an issue when it comes to dining out.
Every time we go out to eat, Sam turns into what feels like a “mega Karen.” She constantly finds something wrong with her meal or drink, sends things back for trivial reasons, and demands discounts or extra items.
If the server refuses, she insists on speaking to the manager and becomes quite curt. This happens at every meal, and I find myself feeling embarrassed.
I decided to stop joining her for dinners, and when she asked why, I told her it was because her behavior was embarrassing. This made her upset, and now our work relationship is strained.
AITA for being honest about finding my partner’s dining behavior embarrassing?
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AITA for Skipping Meals with My Coworker Because Her Dining Behavior?
I’m working on a travel project as a surveyor, staying in hotels and eating out a lot. My coworker, Sam, is great at her job, but she becomes really difficult when we eat out
. She always finds something wrong with her meal, sends it back for small reasons, and demands discounts or extra items. If the server says no, she insists on talking to the manager and is very rude. This happens every time we eat out, and I’m embarrassed.
I told Sam I wouldn’t join her for dinner anymore because her behavior was embarrassing. She got really upset and now our work relationship is strained.
AITA for being honest about her dining behavior?
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NTA: stuff like that is really embarrassing, it is one thing if there is a legitimate problem, it’s completely different if something is literally always wrong, at that point they are trying to get a free meal or something which is just not fun to be around
NTA as a fellow road warrior, it is worth noting that her bad manners do reflect on the company you both work for. Her act may work at home, but if it is on the company dime, the higher ups may not take too kindly to how she is representing them. At least I know that’s how it is for my employer. Not like I go around saying who I work for, but trust me… if it is a regular stop, the employees all know
NTA. And honestly, I’d report her to the higher ups. She represents your company and I know I wouldn’t want a bully for an employee
As others have said, she’s pocketing the per diem with every discount or freebie she gets. And guess what? Most companies frown on that…
And if she gets fired or demoted? DO NOT feel guilty about it. As the saying goes “she fucked around and found out”
NTA but you might want to report her to HR. If her behaviour is becoming an issue she could be bad for business so to speak if someone were to film one of her little outbursts.
Whilst she is on work related business involving travelling (and I assume that your work is covering food expenses here) then she needs to act appropriately, even when off the clock and getting dinner
NTA. I had a friend who did the same thing, her husband finally told her that he hopes she knows that they are now back there’ gobbing in her food for being such a demanding.
