This led her to back off for a bit. However, their team hit a dead end again, and time was running out in the escape room. And when there were only 10 minutes left on the clock, she couldn’t stand it anymore.
She finally stepped in and solved the last big puzzle, which opened up the exit door and allowed her team to “beat” the escape room.
At the time, she thought all of her coworkers were happy about this, too, since they were literally cheering. Her boss, on the other hand, was furious and began muttering about how the point wasn’t to “show off.”
Yet, the drama only escalated later that day when her boss actually approached her and blamed her for “ruining the team-building experience” by refusing to let the whole group figure it out on their own.
“I told him I was just trying to help because we were falling behind, but he accused me of undermining him in front of the team,” she vented.
Thankfully, some of her other coworkers have taken her side – pointing out how the department would have failed the activity if she didn’t get involved. Even so, her boss won’t stop giving her the cold shoulder.
And now, with things so awkward at work, she’s not sure if solving the escape room and stepping on his toes really did make her a jerk.
Did she do anything wrong, or does her boss seem insecure? Could she have handled this situation differently?
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