To have been smugly satisfied about this

[HardFacedCareeristBitchNigel]

Without going into too much dull detail, i challenged a person at my casual workplace on something she was doing that was rather dodgy from an honesty and integrity point of view. She reacted very badly, as people do when they have been challenged doing something they know they shouldnt. She then went running to hr and complained that i had been very rude to her (which i had not been, just matter of factly pointed out that what she was doing was wrong)

Apparently she got a massive bollocking for what she had been doing. Wibu to think "you brought that on yourself !"

Yol definitely what an arse. haha

what was she doing?

YABU - being 'smugly satisfied' is never good.

YABU.

Smug infers taking pleasure. How can it be pleasurable creating a situation at work like that when there are probably procedures in place for dishonest working practices?

What they said ^

Vindicated is more R
Smug. Not very sporting, what what

What i am satisfied about is that she was expecting me to get into trouble for being rude to her. This is not what happened.

what an amateur ms dodgy-dealing is! revealed her obvious guilt and then tried to 'spin' an un-spinable situation
she'll have to be alot smarter if she wants to get away with nefarious activities.

Then again OP you could've had way more fun with the situation, let her take more rope and she have hung herself all the way to a dismissal.

(only messing, I'm not really advocating such underhand maneuvers)

Ha, I'd be smug

I think it is reasonable to be smug I this instance as the girl was firstly, unpleasant to OP and secondly, ran to HR presumably wanting to get OP into trouble.

OP can feel vindicated that she was correct in telling the girl she want acting appropriately.

An she can feel smug because the rude girl, who tried to get OP into trouble, ended up catching out herself.

I would feel smug - I have no need for misplaced moral highground.