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Very petty disagreement. Who do you side with?

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RatOnnaStick · 17/10/2017 20:41

Person A leaves a pile of paperwork by the shredder for a couple of days.
Person B gets fed up of waiting for it to shred itself and does the job, jamming the shredder in the process.
B informs A they have done the dirty work, now A can unjam the shredder as B sure isn't going to.
A says no, you broke it, you fix it.

Who is more wrong/right? A for not finishing the job in the first place or B for leaving the machine out of order?

Which would annoy you more?

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ferrier · 17/10/2017 20:43

B.

GunnyHighway · 17/10/2017 20:43

Who ever jammed the shredder

mishfish · 17/10/2017 20:43

I'd say B but that's only because my shredder is a fucker to fix.

A should obviously have done their shredding though

EatTheChocolateTeapot · 17/10/2017 20:44

B

MissConductUS · 17/10/2017 20:44

I'd be more annoyed by B for leaving the shredder inoperative, especially since the pile of paperwork left by A wasn't preventing B from using the shredder.

Rainybo · 17/10/2017 20:44

B.

Sanctimonious prick.

Sparklingbrook · 17/10/2017 20:44

I would be annoyed that person A had just dumped the shredding and not just shredded it.

How difficult is it to unjam the shredder?

justdontevenfuckingstart · 17/10/2017 20:45

B definitely.

CherieBabySpliffUp · 17/10/2017 20:46

B

ParadiseCity · 17/10/2017 20:46

B.

We have a bastard of a shredder. Jams if you look at it funny. We rinse it with vodka and it then works a treat.

MollyCule · 17/10/2017 20:47

B

Sparklingbrook · 17/10/2017 20:47

Ours has a reverse button where it spits it all back out at you.

JojoLapin · 17/10/2017 20:47

B needs to get cracking at sorting out the shredder.

Danceswithwarthogs · 17/10/2017 20:47

Are you B?

TooStressyForMyOwnGood · 17/10/2017 20:48

B!

Sparklingbrook · 17/10/2017 20:49

Yes on balance A needs to stop being lazy, leaving piles of shredding by the shredder and B needs to stop being lazy and sort the shredder out.

As my mother would say-'six of one and half a dozen of the other'.

Somerford · 17/10/2017 20:49

You are obviously Person B, just say so and we'll happily tell you whether we think you were right or wrong. This Person A and Person B bullshit sounds like the set up for a primary school maths question.

deepestdarkestperu · 17/10/2017 20:53

B. If you broke it, you fix it!

NoSquirrels · 17/10/2017 20:54

B too, I'm afraid.

A was annoying, but B had options - speak to A, put paper back on A's desk if it was in the way, etc.

Instead B got huffy, jammed the shredder & then made it A's problem.

MyLittleDragon · 17/10/2017 20:56

A started it, leaving her crap everywhere for someone else to sort out. Too right A should unjam the shredder and apologise for being a carelessly lazy git in the first place.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 17/10/2017 20:57

B

taratill · 17/10/2017 20:57

A, is my husband I'm sure. He should sort it out. Forever half doing jobs and expecting me to finish them. If he'd done it in the first place the thing wouldn't have jammed.

Totally and utterly should be A.

Going against the grain here I know!

Lairymilk · 17/10/2017 20:58

B.

TiesThatBindMe · 17/10/2017 20:59

B. For poking their nose in where it wasn't wanted and fucking up the shredder in the process.

RatOnnaStick · 17/10/2017 21:00

I will admit to being person A and I will fully admit to my laziness in not coming back to finish the job but I don't see why B should get away with leaving the machine stuck for the next person to sort.

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