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    Sarah wrongfully accuses her coworker of deleting her work during client pitch collaboration and files a complaint with management, only to discover that she’d been editing an old archived file with a similar name instead: 'Accused me of sabotaging her'

    There's nothing worse than being accused of something you didn't do…and the thing about miscommunication is that it allows for both sides to endure that frustration and blame. When the marketing team's employee, who has been with the company for 8 months, is tasked with joining another coworker in producing a client pitch, she is asked to take control of handling a few slides of the presentation. However, when her responsible coworker goes to check the deck, she notices that her allocated slides were blanker than our faces when trying out a new mathematics equation…there's just nothing there. (Who cares, we're writers…okay, back to the story)

    When she confronts the newbie for her inability to follow the instructions, she absolutely flips her lid, accusing her coworker of deleting all her work in an attempt to sabotage her part of the presentation. In a moment of rage, she even goes on to complain to their manager, who calls them both in for a much-needed meeting. She claims she did the work, but the presentation's white screen does not lie…When she logs on to her computer, showing her coworker and manager that it's been done, she is humbled to learn that she was working on the wrong document the whole time….and all the blame she put on her coworker, alongside the involvement of their manager, had no leg to stand on…

     

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