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Very petty disagreement. Who do you side with?

70 replies

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?

OP posts:
Quimby · 17/10/2017 21:01

B
The twat

Sparklingbrook · 17/10/2017 21:02

It a bit 'lazy Top Trumps'. Grin

bertsdinner · 17/10/2017 21:02

B. They broke the shredder.

ShoesHaveSouls · 17/10/2017 21:04

My Dh would be person A Grin

I would probs be B, but B should fix the shredder.

A would then have to make B a cup of tea, while B cries over the fucking shredder.

AmysTiara · 17/10/2017 21:06

B. the dickhead broke the shredder.

Sparklingbrook · 17/10/2017 21:06

I would be laminating a sign (without breaking the laminator) stating 'Do not leave any shredding next to the shredder'. Everybody is responsible for their own shredding'.

Grin
MissesBloom · 17/10/2017 21:06

B all the way...nobody is forcing them to break the shredder. As annoying as A is, B is being petty deliberately

RatOnnaStick · 17/10/2017 21:10

B certainly shouldn't have tried to shove it all in at once silly cunt. B should have dumped it back on my desk with a Hmm face and it would have gotten done properly eventually Blush

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EllaHen · 17/10/2017 21:12

See, what I'm preoccupied with is that thread title is 'Who do you side with?' and op asks 'Which would annoy you more?'

Arghh.

Side with A, B more annoying.

Ttbb · 17/10/2017 21:13

A. They deserve to be burned at the stake (only half joking. Seriously, if you haven't lived this you have no idea how bad it is).

EllaHen · 17/10/2017 21:13

I am A, dh is a heavy handed fucker who would likely break a shredder - hence B.

Mummyoflittledragon · 17/10/2017 21:13

Buy a new shredder. That’ll teach him!

Sparklingbrook · 17/10/2017 21:14

How about some shredder training?

Do you know for sure it was B? Have they confessed?

Italiangreyhound · 17/10/2017 21:15

B of course.

And I love the person A and person B and think it's totally right not to identify yourself.

Floellabumbags · 17/10/2017 21:17

I'd bang their bloody heads together.

Jengnr · 17/10/2017 21:18

Why did B do the shredding? If A can't be arsed I'd just launch it in the bin.

But yeah, jam the shredder you sort it out. And either way it seems a jammed shredder is unlikely to affect anyone but B anyway :)

RatOnnaStick · 17/10/2017 21:19

Yeah title was shit, sorry. B announced what they'd done in a passive-agressive email.

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zzzzz · 17/10/2017 21:20

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LJLsmum · 17/10/2017 21:21

I'm going against the grain here- A. If the paperwork is that sensitive it needs shredding they should have just done it.

Sparklingbrook · 17/10/2017 21:21

Oh no B has now lost any support from me with that latest news. PA emails-not on in an adult office environment.

maddiemookins16mum · 17/10/2017 21:23

B. None if their business about what A does unless their Manager. A shouldn't have left it though but B loses this argument.

VioletCharlotte · 17/10/2017 21:24

B. The pile of shredding wasn't affecting anyone. B wanted it shredded and in the process broke the shredder. Up to B to fix it.

B sounds like an arse!

MrsHathaway · 17/10/2017 21:24

I initially assumed it was at home in which case two days is nothing for shredder queue and B is being a twat.

If it's at work though ... A is less in the right but B is a sanctimonious twat.

Sparklingbrook · 17/10/2017 21:24

If the shredding was private/sensitive information it shouldn't have been left by the shredder for a few days.

SparklyUnicornPoo · 17/10/2017 21:25

Does B know how to unjam the shredder? because I have to admit I would have to ask someone to show me (my job involves very little shredding though)