Colleague reported me for this comment AIBU?

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OK hope I can explain this without outing myself.

I work part time and have my lunch at 11.30, the full timers all go for lunch at 1.30. Yesterday an urgent project came up that had to be finished by 3pm.
I had already had my lunch as it hadn't come through by then. Some of the full timers decided to take their lunches after 3pm to complete the project.
One of my colleagues kept complaining about how hungry she was I replied - Im feeling hungry now too, I can't moan though Ive had lunch and I'm finishing soon.
She reported me to my manager for rubbing it in the full timers faces that I was finishing and had my lunch 🤣

She sounds like an absolute hoot to work with

I have never heard the like of such ever eye😳 .
There does seem to be a bit of a problem between ft and pt staff. It shouldn't matter.

I hope she was told go back to work and stop wasting time.

I think you are being bullied

Is this person normally so sensitive?

Hopefully your Manager told her to get a grip?

Sounds immature to me. Some people behave irrationally when hungry. Perhaps the manager should consider an option for hungry people to have a quick sandwhich- 10 minutes. But honestly really petty to take offense over something like this. YANBU!

They shouldnt have reported you, but what a stupid, tone deaf thing to say in the office. I probably would've said something to my manager- not as an official complaint, but as an in-passing comment of "can you believe this numpty"

Wow. I’m seeing a lot of “Report it! Report it!” Everywhere at the moment, from people calling the police on the neighbours, transwomen freaking out about a woman’s rights sticker on a lamppost, to a work experience student reporting her boss for not having a policy she wanted… I think it must be a post-covid rules hangover, everyone is obsessed with reporting. Very unhealthy sign for society.

Anyway. She was way out line whinging to your manager about your comment, you were very rude reminding the full-timers that you’d eaten when they hadn’t, and your biggest problem isn’t the report but the fact that clearly at least one of your colleagues hates you. I’d focus on that and maybe think twice before you speak at work next time.

Ffs what is wrong with people 😂 I wonder how these types of people actually get through life! Your manager is a dick if they took this seriously.

Yanbu about her reporting you but your comment was open to being taken as smugness.Perhaps think in future before you comment .

I would stop speaking to this colleague unless absolutely necessary. She is a ❄️.

If I was the manager I would have told her to give over.

She’s in the real world and not nursery - perhaps a victim of being over protected.

Parents and school can do much damage by encouraging victim culture and tip toeing around children the result is an individual like your colleague.

Sounds like you were winding her up a bit but nothing too terrible. Of course you finish early, you are part time and get paid accordingly. If they work full time they get more pay. Tell her to keep a banana or a healthy nut and oat snack bar in her desk drawer for occasions like these.

I had an almost identical complaint made about me. I’d just moved departments but was still part of the group WhatsApp, there was lots of ‘banter’ on there and I joined in one day and made a comment that at the time people laughed and joked back about. I didn’t give it another thought and it was over 3 week’s later that my manager called me in to say a serious complaint had been made! My message had been cut and sent to her so no context could be taken from it, which on its on could be seen as insulting. She was going to take me to HR! I actually laughed about it as I thought it was some prank until I realised she was serious, I had to check I wasn’t back in primary school.
Thankfully she didn’t take it further and deleted it and agreed it was ridiculously childish of someone to complain. Sadly most my old colleagues of 5 years stopped talking to me, the complainer caused such a stir about it (she has history of doing this). It hurt me deeply and I’ll never get over not just being told I’d caused offensive and given the opportunity to apologise, but it was too late by then.

Honestly I think some people LOVE the drama and the attention it brings them! I’m so glad I had left the toxic environment and the queen bee who dominated it!

Surely her manager will just laugh.

I'm sure your manager was thrilled with such a waste of time.

I'd have just something to your face.

You do sound a bit inconsiderate but they didn't need to report you

You weren’t inconsiderate as you added that you can’t complain as you’d had the chance to eat. Fact.

I manage a team of professional people. What I’ve come to realise is management is sometimes quite similar to being a reception teacher.

It sounded to me like the op was actually commiserating with her colleague not trying to rub it in. (In a slightly clumsy way.) But ridiculous to get upset about it.

How petty

In my office; if anything was THAT urgent, one person would run out and pick up sandwiches for everyone else to eat at desks.

I actually wouldn't be able to work productively without my nose bag

Why couldn't your colleague just pop outside for 5 minutes & have a snack to satisfy her hunger?

Are you sure they're not at playgroup?

She was HANGRY 😂😂😂