Coworker Always CC’d Boss on Mistakes – Gets Taste of Med…
The Original Post
I worked on a team with Rosie years ago. Rosie was the kind of person who wasn’t all the smart but had done the job for a long time. She was happy to dodge any position that would give her responsibility and elated to be able to catch anyone making a mistake no matter how small.
Every single mistake that came to Rosie’s attention generated an email to the person who made the mistake with a cc to the supervisor. Things like typos, spread sheets that didn’t contain the all the fields she though should be given (even when there was no data for those fields). It was annoying but the sup put up with it.
I moved on to another team and was shocked to see Rosie’s name come up years later. The team she worked on was low on work so she was put to do data entry for my current team when she finishes her tasks. The work on the current team is a lot of manual input of names, dates, dollars amounts, etc.
Usually when I see an error I figure that everyone is human and just fix it and move on with my day. Well unless its Rosie’s error. Then I email Rosie with a screen shot of the mistake and a detailed reason it was wrong. I let her know that I’ll fix it and just wanted to bring it to her attention. I always make sure to cc her sup on it. Is Rosie happy? Probably not but hey she’s the one that let me know years ago that we always cc the boss on mistakes.
What Reddit Said
Reddit absolutely loved this perfectly executed petty revenge. Users praised OP for the patience and professionalism shown in the execution. Many shared similar stories about toxic coworkers who loved catching others’ mistakes.
However, some commenters noted that this behavior often stems from insecurity and lack of real work. The top comment revealed how these types eventually face consequences. Moreover, readers appreciated that OP maintained the same “professional” tone Rosie had used.
The Verdict
The overwhelming consensus: this coworker petty revenge cc boss situation was perfectly justified. Rosie established the workplace culture of public mistake-shaming, so she can’t complain when it’s applied to her. This is classic petty revenge – using someone’s own rules against them with surgical precision.
Original post from r/pettyrevenge (3,210 upvotes, 57 comments)