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To get frustrated over pity errors my colleague makes

133 replies

hungrybwcat · 18/09/2024 16:47

I work in a very small team of 2 plus our boss. We all WFH. My colleague is paid a London wage (she mentioned hers without me asking) which is over £10,000 more thank I get.

She makes a lot of silly mistakes. For example she replied to a forwarded email so the recipient of her reply did not include the original sender who had sent to query and needed the answer to which she replied and she wondered why the issue was outstanding. Another example - she does not check her work thoroughly so once (a lot of the times!) something went out with a mistake which was later returned and we had to correct it.

Our boss doesn’t get involved usually so quite often these errors and corrections are made without getting noticed.

However I feel like telling my boss she did this and that and I picked it and rectified it etc. but I don’t. It’s too pity. At the same time I feel disheartened because I get paid much less. For the context I did ask for a pay review based on my performance and my management agreed I am a high performer but the company as a whole only had a certain amount in the pot and none of us got more than inflation.

AIBU to feel like telling my boss my colleague has made a pity error?

OP posts:
llamali · 23/09/2024 08:35

Also presumably she gets paid a "London wage" as she lives/works in London? If you would like one too then move

llamali · 23/09/2024 08:34

Not being funny do you mean pity error in that everyone takes pity on her and corrects it for her?

AriadnesDog · 23/09/2024 08:31

I don't know why but this has put a smile on my face when I'm not normally a 'morning' person.

Overtheatlantic · 23/09/2024 08:28

Bloopy2 · 23/09/2024 08:26

You guys are just being pendants.

😂😂

Bloopy2 · 23/09/2024 08:26

You guys are just being pendants.

Ilovemyshed · 23/09/2024 08:26

Glass houses and stones ...

Aydel · 23/09/2024 08:26

😂😂😂😂😂

Spacerader · 23/09/2024 08:26

Everyone makes some petty errors from time to time. We are human after all. It is why they are petty errors.

But I don't think your problem is the petty errors, it is because she gets an extra 10k and you hold it against her. So it sounds like you are are being petty and revengeful for something that she doesn't control.

Do you live in London? Because if you did you would also get the London weighting. You need to get over it op.

Howmanycatsistoomany · 23/09/2024 08:22

Elsvieta · 18/09/2024 22:22

I know, we've no petty.

😂

Serp12 · 23/09/2024 08:17

What a petty she is being so pitty about it all!!

Serp12 · 23/09/2024 08:15

😂😂😂

FirefliesintheHydrangeaBushes · 18/09/2024 22:42

I assume you were deliberately showing us how frustrating these "pity errors" are?

And from the responses on here: Well played @hungrybwcat Frustrating indeed.

Icannoteven · 18/09/2024 22:26

I do stupid things like this at work too - it’s not lack of care and it’s not lack of brains, it’s innattentive ADHD. It’s very hard to manage because it’s almost impossible to not make mall silly errors but aside from this I’m actually highly skilled at my job.

TheShellBeach · 18/09/2024 22:22

Well now, including your thread title, there are six errors in your OP, @hungrybwcat, so I don't think you're entitled to cast aspersions on your colleague's mistakes.

Elsvieta · 18/09/2024 22:22

somethinggotmestarted · 18/09/2024 17:57

The amount of fun others are having at this persons expense 😏

I know, we've no petty.

TokyoSushi · 18/09/2024 22:22

🤣🤣🤣

CheeseyOnionPie · 18/09/2024 22:21

Is it only me that assumed English isn’t the OP’s first language?

Normallynumb · 18/09/2024 22:20

What a pity!

Doggymummar · 18/09/2024 22:20

What is a pity error? Do you mean a sympathy mistake?

PinaOcado · 18/09/2024 22:18

The irony 🤣

Macaroni46 · 18/09/2024 22:18

CockneyWheezer · 18/09/2024 22:17

The errors she made do sound petty, which makes you extremely petty for pointing them out. What a pity.

Brilliant! 😂

CockneyWheezer · 18/09/2024 22:17

The errors she made do sound petty, which makes you extremely petty for pointing them out. What a pity.

Elsvieta · 18/09/2024 22:15

Reminds me of the former colleague who called someone a moron in an email sent to everyone in the office and spelt it moran.

DarkForces · 18/09/2024 18:03

Glass houses and stones come to mind. Are you sure that your criticism isn't misplaced and her work may actually be error free?

TheLizardQueen · 18/09/2024 17:59

Crunchymum · 18/09/2024 16:49

Oh the irony!

😂😂😂