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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here.

In the text I said how my boss pronounced it "Taylor swish" instead of swift.

My coworker and I had a falling out and he told my boss to be an asshole [/quote]

Yep, coworker is a jerk.  That was petty and ridiculous.

The boss sounds hyper sensitive, in which case he/she shouldn't be a boss.  The appropriate response from the boss would have been to ignore the coworker.  Send the message that these petty side conversations don't matter, Boss isn't going to get involved in falling outs.

It just amazes me that PPs don't see this.  It actually HURTS the company to fire a person over something so petty.  An employee is an investment.  Hiring and firing costs money.  If OP was otherwise a good employee, then maybe just a word from the boss that this isn't a good use of company email and then let it go.

OP, that said, learn the lesson -- there is no such thing as a "friend" in the workplace.  It's been a hard lesson for me to learn as well.

I hate the way it is.  I hate that you can't trust people, that you have to filter everything you say and write because someone could use some offhand (and very small/minor) joke to sink you.

I do think your comment was pretty lukewarm and harmless.  You just repeated a humorous way the boss misspoke.  Big deal.  But essentially, the workplace (it seems) is like junior high.

If you haven't already, you should speak to HR.  I don't know if HR or the boss' boss would think that the harmless comment you made is worth firing over.  Write an apologetic letter.  [/quote]

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