Anonymous
Post 06/04/2025 17:49     Subject: Hosted Work Cook Out
I wouldn’t respond at all.
Anonymous
Post 06/04/2025 17:47     Subject: Hosted Work Cook Out
"That's too bad that he felt that way. Hopefully you both had a nice time at the cookout overall. Talk to you later."
Anonymous
Post 06/04/2025 17:46     Subject: Hosted Work Cook Out
Sounds like the conversation is over, I would not entertain the discussion further.
Anonymous
Post 06/04/2025 08:53     Subject: Hosted Work Cook Out
Anonymous wrote:Weird that a 15yo went with a grandparent to a work cookout. VERY weird.


Tell me you don't know any black people without telling me you don't know any black people.
Anonymous
Post 06/04/2025 08:46     Subject: Hosted Work Cook Out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:At my house. Very, very basic- hotdogs, hamburgers, baked beans, corn, potato salad, potato chips, Cokes and beers. Work gave me a budget and I hit it on the head.

This was after a group outing that was near my house and at the request of my manager. Families were invited and many came.

Today (Friday) one of the women 'complained' to me that our master bedroom (and bath) was locked. She said her 15yo grandson wandered upstairs to use a bath and found our room locked. I asked her why he didn't just use the half bath on the main floor or the kids hall bath upstairs and she said 'he didn't want too'.

I had locked our room because of guns and valuables, not that that is her business, but I'm betting the kid was looking for stuff to steal.

How would you respond?


“I locked it because I didn’t want anyone in my room.”


This. End of story. It was rude for him to check around. It was rude for her to bring it up. This was not a party for friends. Strangers were in your house.
Anonymous
Post 06/04/2025 04:16     Subject: Re:Hosted Work Cook Out
I would have just responded that the other bathroom was closed because the other two were available for guest usage & you assumed that those two bathrooms were enough.

That is rude of her to say her grandson didn’t “want to” use the other bathrooms mentioned.

It isn’t even his house! 🙄
Anonymous
Post 06/03/2025 15:18     Subject: Hosted Work Cook Out
I'd tell her she can choose to keep all the rooms in her home unlocked when she hosts next year.
Anonymous
Post 06/03/2025 15:17     Subject: Hosted Work Cook Out
Anonymous wrote:I've never heard of a workplace setting where people go to coworkers' houses, unless it's the boss inviting everyone over to a party.


You must not know anyone who works for the federal government where there's no budget for a party space and people want to get away from the conference room.
Anonymous
Post 06/03/2025 12:27     Subject: Hosted Work Cook Out
OMG there is literally nothing worse than random party guests who wander into private bathrooms to take a dump (or to look for meds). If you are my BFF or my sister, sure, head into the bedroom and bathroom, but if you have never been to my house, the powder room is all you get.
Anonymous
Post 06/03/2025 11:54     Subject: Hosted Work Cook Out
Anonymous wrote:Trolling on so many levels.


+1
The OP even says today (Friday) in her post. This was posted to DCUM on a Monday. Maybe, because of time zones, it might be Tuesday or Sunday in some other part of the world, but no way was it Friday, anywhere in the world.
Anonymous
Post 06/03/2025 00:00     Subject: Hosted Work Cook Out
I’d say and that is why it’s locked.