AIBU after being reported for apparently targeting a member of staff

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OK no one is going to believe this to be true but I need to share it. I was spoken to today by my line manager as I've been reported in our 'call it out' policy. I made a member of staff feel targeted and picked on.
I bet you won't be able to guess what I did that made them feel so bad.
It's so crackers I actually thought my manager was joking.
Anyone want to guess?

What a fruit loop. Did the manager control their laughter when they went to them? I would have thought the staff member was on a wind up!

So nobody is allowed to have an opinion nowadays on overpaid nothing so called " superstars" ...tsk, this world !!

It is so weird that crusty oldies admire composers like Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Greig, Tchaikovsky and others, while Taylor and Ed can bang out a tune each in a few hours and entertain millions! They are the true musical geniuses!

This ! Thank you .

I do get what you mean, I like some Taylor Swift songs, ironically! And one is because of a Harry Potter cosplay lip sync performance. 😁

I’m just going to reply with ‘no comment’ in the staff room from now on 😂

eg

supernatural - dont fear the reaper
the 100 - raidoactive
x files - final countdown
supernatural - bring me to life
ghost ship mudvayne not falling
etc

Wait until she gains more workplace experience and discovers just how abusive people can be.

Taylor Swift got married? I hope she has one helluva prenup in place. Guessing that comment would have offended your colleague too. I’ll get my coat.

I'm coming at this as swiftie in her late 40s...

Yes it was silly of her to complain about you. No question.

However... sometimes it can be very difficult to be a Taylor fan because people are SO critical of everything she does. There's so much discussion about every aspect of her life. She has an enormous fanbase but also an enormous number of people desperate to tell you why she's awful. And no matter who it is, everyone has an opinion on her (even if they know next to nothing about her).

Her wedding was criticised for being too big, too private, too public, too ridiculous, too tacky, too maga (🙄), not authentic, too wasteful, too ostentatious. It was her fault that there was an extreme heatwave and she was using so much electricity when the mayor had asked new york to conserve energy (aircon units bad). Because of her streets around MSG had to be cordoned off on a public holiday (this is a regular occurrence btw). In reality she was just a girl who wanted a big wedding (nothing wrong with that, even if its not your personal cup of tea) and just wanted to be sure no security threats, drones or helicopters could disrupt her day. This isn't something most of us have to worry about when we get married.

So maybe this girl felt she was battling online/public opinion all weekend and then you just made it worse.

Ffs they need to get a grip you did nothing wrong

Seriously… people need to accept other people’s perfectly normal opinions at work. I couldn’t work anywhere where you can’t have a normal conversation about normal views. If you can’t handle a normal range of inoffensive views that’s on you. And yes this is inoffensive.

The world has gone phecking mad.

Talked to them with your arms folded across your chest?

Never nay-say Tay Tay 😀

Next complaint will be she's being left out of conversations and people are ignoring her on break room or something

They’re pathetic!

Did the manager act like you'd done something wrong and should adjust your behaviour? It may be that the policy requires treating every complaint seriously and addressing it with the perpetrator. Which is stupid but I've encountered similar.

Assuming you stuck with commenting on TS and not making negative generalisations about her fans, you should be in the clear. Otherwise you'd be at risk every time you expressed an opinion - what if you'd argued with the male colleague, saying that people should be excited and happy, and your sensitive colleague was offended because she went to primary school with TS and had her hair pulled by her? It's a minefield!

I applaud you for using the word nihilistic about the op and proving that there are other people as silly as the complainer about.

But the queen died on a Thursday mmm.

Hopefully the colleague will realise how ridiculous she has been.

Can you imagine how this would play out over the topic if football here in Merseyside? HR would be overwhelmed if this approach was adopted.

Someone needs to tell her to grow up.

ITMA2000 · Yesterday 23:38
It is so weird that crusty oldies admire composers like Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Greig, Tchaikovsky and others, while Taylor and Ed can bang out a tune each in a few hours and entertain millions! They are the true musical geniuses!

So who'll be still pulling the crowds in 200 years? Clue: it won't be Tay Tay - and I say that as a bit of a swiftie, despite also being crusty.

Put them on the naughty step !

PLEASE say someone explained to them that in the real world other people can like and dislike different things to you?

On a side not grown adults fan girling over Taylor Swift Harry Styles etc is bizarre and I’m not surprised at the immaturity of this person.

The sort to have a bed covered in teddies at 40 years old.

@HellsBells13 In suspense.