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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There was a woman at work I could.not.stand.

She was often between 45 mins and an hour late to meetings. Would take calls in the middle of meetings -- leaving the room, and come back 30 mins later with a coffee from the cafe in her hand. No one else in my org takes calls in the middle of a meeting (and she's low on the totem pole). When it was her turn to perform during hands on trainings she would act weird and attention seeking. She would beg for hours because she was broke, even asking management to ask if anyone else would give up their hours, and then come in the next day showing off her new Prada shoes. Just entitled and disrespectful in general. So disrespectful, and felt the rules didn't apply to her.

I eventually started going after her. I couldn't help myself. If she said something stupid in a meeting, I'd call her out. My favorite was when she'd ask about something we'd gone over during the first half of the meeting when she wasn't there yet because she was late -- I'd say something like "We already went over this; can we please move the hell on?" I'd use an aggressive enough tone that people would be smiling under their hands about it. Eventually other people started calling her out aggressively as well.

She left about 6 months ago. Good riddance. I'm afraid she'll come back though -- I have zero doubt she'll be fired from her new job; she's a terrible employee.

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This isn't really a rival, just an annoying person who was disliked in your workplace (for good reasons it sounds like), and as a result people were hostile towards her until she left.

Rival/nemesis implies some kind of competition. What you describe was totally one sided and it doesn't sound like she was in competition with you, just a thorn in your side.[/quote]

It wasn't one side. I only gave my side here, my post was long enough as it is. It was absolutely a competition. I'm pretty sure she tried to get me fired at one point. [/quote]

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