GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Disclaimer: I think there's a slim chance that this whole thing is fake and setup by 1 person playing both parts, but only a slim chance. Awesome either way.
https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/89wgwm/tricked_into_eating_something_i_dont_eat_at_work/
Start here and then make sure you click one of the links there to the archived original thread.
Summary: A woman posted to a legal advice subreddit asking about a work situation trying to find out if she could be in trouble and what she could do to avoid any trouble. Seems she had been a part of throwing a baby shower for a co-worker that was not appreciated. The pregnant woman was actually filing a complaint with HR about it. At first, that seems crazy. Except, it turns out that the pregnant woman is Jewish and some sects of Judaism are apparently incredibly superstitious and consider it extremely bad luck to even acknowledge the pregnancy, let alone have a baby shower. The co-workers knew that she was very religious and didn't want to talk about her pregnancy but still chose to throw her a baby shower anyway. The thread then started to go off the rails as the OP made some further comments that made it clear that they probably had an idea that the baby shower was a bad idea but did it anyway.
Fast forward to a week later and the thread I linked to. A woman posts to the same legal advice subreddit. She vaguely describes an incident at work where a co-worker knowingly lied to her about the ingredients in a pie she had made for a company potluck and encouraged the OP to eat knowing that the OP was avoiding certain ingredients. After not feeling well over the weekend and wondered of the food could have affected her or if it was the pregnancy, the OP mentioned something to the co-worker and the co-worker smirked and said "I told you God wouldn't strike you dead or anything." The OP was looking for advice because she said there had also been an incident the prior week and HR had totally blown her off.
Another poster made the brilliant connection and asked the OP if her food objection was rooted in religious beliefs and if the previous week's issue had been because her co-workers threw her a baby shower.
The pregnant lady was flabbergasted and incredulous that he would know that the prior week's incident had been over a baby shower and demanded to know how he knew. So they pointed her to her co-worker's prior post and told her to use an archived version and go get a lawyer for religious discrimination.
An updated post from the pregnant lady said she did exactly that and that her now former company will be paying her a settlement.
Crazy stuff.
TLDR: Bigot asks for legal advice and then her company gets sued when her religious co-worker asks for legal advice in the same subreddit a week later.
https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/89wgwm/tricked_into_eating_something_i_dont_eat_at_work/
Start here and then make sure you click one of the links there to the archived original thread.
Summary: A woman posted to a legal advice subreddit asking about a work situation trying to find out if she could be in trouble and what she could do to avoid any trouble. Seems she had been a part of throwing a baby shower for a co-worker that was not appreciated. The pregnant woman was actually filing a complaint with HR about it. At first, that seems crazy. Except, it turns out that the pregnant woman is Jewish and some sects of Judaism are apparently incredibly superstitious and consider it extremely bad luck to even acknowledge the pregnancy, let alone have a baby shower. The co-workers knew that she was very religious and didn't want to talk about her pregnancy but still chose to throw her a baby shower anyway. The thread then started to go off the rails as the OP made some further comments that made it clear that they probably had an idea that the baby shower was a bad idea but did it anyway.
Fast forward to a week later and the thread I linked to. A woman posts to the same legal advice subreddit. She vaguely describes an incident at work where a co-worker knowingly lied to her about the ingredients in a pie she had made for a company potluck and encouraged the OP to eat knowing that the OP was avoiding certain ingredients. After not feeling well over the weekend and wondered of the food could have affected her or if it was the pregnancy, the OP mentioned something to the co-worker and the co-worker smirked and said "I told you God wouldn't strike you dead or anything." The OP was looking for advice because she said there had also been an incident the prior week and HR had totally blown her off.
Another poster made the brilliant connection and asked the OP if her food objection was rooted in religious beliefs and if the previous week's issue had been because her co-workers threw her a baby shower.
The pregnant lady was flabbergasted and incredulous that he would know that the prior week's incident had been over a baby shower and demanded to know how he knew. So they pointed her to her co-worker's prior post and told her to use an archived version and go get a lawyer for religious discrimination.
An updated post from the pregnant lady said she did exactly that and that her now former company will be paying her a settlement.
Crazy stuff.
TLDR: Bigot asks for legal advice and then her company gets sued when her religious co-worker asks for legal advice in the same subreddit a week later.
