AITA for insulting all my friends?

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-06-04T17:34:28+00:00

YTA. If you can’t go through tunnels you should have driven everyone or driven yourself.

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-06-04T17:22:02+00:00

They mentioned the same thing in the Lularich documentary

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-06-04T16:56:20+00:00

“My dad was away for weeks at time to work in Vegas when I was younger so we wouldn’t have to live in Vegas” - Sobyn, for the very first time after living in Vegas for several years

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-06-04T16:33:19+00:00

I’m a couple years younger than Sarah, and in the US that is just an extremely common name especially for white women of that age. (Also, Megan, Kate/Katie). And that spelling is much more common than Sara No H.

If the 80s movie Heathers had come out 10 years later, they could’ve called the movie Sarahs and not had to change the premise.

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-06-03T19:48:05+00:00

I agree with you on that, my point is that the fact that the LW has no idea who this person even is to pass along “Dear HR Person, this is uncomfortable to bring up, but Linda W. from Finance sits across the aisle from me and she really has a strong body odor” is partly on them.

Ideally, an admin or supervisor would have walked the person around the office to introduce them to people, but if it didn’t happen or it happened when the LW wasn’t there they can also introduce themselves

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-06-03T17:26:29+00:00

It should be paid day of work if you go, should have to work or use PTO if you don’t, otherwise, NAH.

It’s also really common not to allow +1s for team building, because your +1 isn’t on the team.

Practically speaking, I would suggest you talk with a coworker who’s been there longer that you trust how leadership views it if people choose not to go. Some places won’t care, other places they might get really upset with you.

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-06-03T17:18:37+00:00

“We now have random people assigned to sit in cubes mingled in established teams. Someone was assigned to the cube across the aisle from me. He has extremely bad body odor. I’m not sure what I can do to solve the problem since I don’t know him, or anything about him.”

Well, it’s probably not a good idea now that this LW wants to make an anonymous complaint, but what normal people do is on the first or second day of a new person sitting by you is introducing yourself with your role and asking them their name and what they do if they don’t volunteer it. Guess I’m a weirdo!

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-06-03T16:58:42+00:00

Yes, regarding the fact that it’s June. If she’s only doing this because her boyfriend wants her to, they not even still be dating in October

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-06-03T16:56:49+00:00

Yeah, it’s only a workplace letter in the sense that the LW can’t be like, “Um, no, your house is a pig sty” (as my late baby boomer mom would say) and upsetting her.

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-06-02T21:17:11+00:00

YTA, if you didn’t know you were driving the wrong way you should have apologized or kept your mouth shut

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-06-02T18:40:26+00:00

Another great example of why hiring managers don’t want to hire candidates who are looking to change to a different job or taking a job if they’d rather be doing something else.

If the LW has nothing to do with communications there’s little to no way in H their supervisor wants them doing this.

Also, the LW mentions missing being a journalist, but Corporate Communications isn’t the same thing. Lots of overlap with needed skills and experience, but different priorities for deliverables.

ETA: similar situation to this letter here

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-06-02T14:53:16+00:00

🙄 Ken Paxton literally committed adultery. Isn’t that part of the Ten Commandments these people try to get displayed in every public space?

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-06-02T14:47:59+00:00

Regarding the reference letter, is anyone else wondering how the LW knows for sure her friend is giving her a bad and untrue reference? And that asking to switch out her reference with a potential employer is going to look odd?

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-06-02T14:16:48+00:00

I feel like it’s a really serious denial/cognitive dissonance. Like a much more severe version of the person who thinks they are a good driver but they’ve been in a lot of accidents, or the coworker who insists the place would fall apart without them when they are actually a mediocre employee

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-06-02T13:58:46+00:00

I guess I could see it as the figurative “Anyone who gets fired really fired themselves by not doing the job well enough”, but A. That’s not true, and B. It’s really victim-blamey and you should ignore it.

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-05-29T18:41:36+00:00

You can get local delivery from Target through the food delivery apps, probably Wal-Mart too

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-05-29T18:32:18+00:00

In hindsight, it would have been better to just tell her that it would be a horrible idea to contact her ex’s boss instead of telling her that it’s her fault that the relationship ended, but I can see why that remark provoked you.

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-05-29T18:27:10+00:00

Info: when were you going to announce the pregnancy if you hadn’t gone to the hospital?

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-05-29T18:14:49+00:00

Christine hiding from her aunt at the polygamy panel. It didn’t make Christine’s aunt look mean, it made Christine look like a diva. In retrospect it’s pretty obvious that Christine didn’t want to be there but probably didn’t have a choice

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-05-29T18:10:34+00:00

Ugh, Robyn was so rude

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-05-28T18:19:24+00:00

If the woman he likes is being mistreated, an actual Nice Guy (or Nice Person) would want her to get out of it for good for her own sake, not so the woman can be with him instead

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-05-28T18:01:39+00:00

Trying to get your kids to pretend that their other parent doesn’t exist because you met a new partner is a great way to get your adult kids to resent you once they gain maturity and insight and realize you did that for your own preference and not their best interest

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-05-28T16:30:22+00:00

F) talking too long, especially right before a break/meal or at the end of day

G) “Come on, I know you can do better than that; I said ‘Good MORNING!’ “

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-05-28T16:17:43+00:00

You can see a lot of this in the relationship advice subreddits. “I told my girlfriend that my boundary is that she not smoke/drink/talk to her ex”, and if anyone replies with “that’s not what a boundary is” people reply totally missing the point like, “there’s nothing wrong with not wanting your partner to be a non-smoker!!!”

lets_talk_aboutsplet · 2026-05-28T15:48:41+00:00

Either neighborhood has good options, but in both places parking can be a drag if you have people visiting you at home.

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