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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Strong_Emu_7018 on 2026-06-01 10:35:44+00:00.
I basically just need to rant because what happened today was so ridiculous I had to share it somewhere. My boss has ALWAYS been difficult, she’s become genuinely incompetent. The problem is she owns the company, so nobody can really do anything about it. Everyone just tolerates her. Everyone loves it here, we all get a long well an all do our jobs perfectly, she is the problem.
She hasn’t bothered to come in work for about a week and a half. (Normal) This morning she swans in and announces she has something important to tell everyone. We all stop what we’re doing, wondering ‘what is it this time?’.
She then tells us that someone has been STEALING from the company. Everyone is just looking at each other like ‘what?’ We’re a very small company and most of us have worked here for yearsss. The newest employee started around 8 years ago. So…
She tells us that £50 has been taken out of the company account every month for an AI service. Everyone is confused because nobody uses AI at work… Apart from me… occasionally use ChatGPT for emails, so she is looking at me.
She asks if it’s me. I tell her no, I use the free version and have never paid for anything. I ask what AI company the payment is going to. Her answer: “An AI company.” I ask again which company. She said AGAIN : “An AI company” Like I AM being the idiot in this conversation.
I ask to see the bank statement so we can actually figure out where the payment is going. *I am the only person here that is of a certain age, everyone here thinks I am a IT Wizard* She refuses, says she’s disappointed nobody is admitting it, and storms off.
I don’t care. It’s not me.
About 10 minutes later she comes back, comes to my office, tells me to look at the statement. I open the transaction details and immediately find the company name. It literally says it right there. I point it out and tell her who the payment is going to. She just says “oh” and walks away. No thank you… nothing. *this is normal behaviour*
About 20 minutes later she’s sitting in her office, doing what she normally does, absolutely nothing, while loudly chatting to her ‘bestie’ on the phone. A coworker can hear the entire conversation.
According to boss, she’d had to “give everyone a talking to” because someone was stealing from her company, and she’d personally solved the mystery. The mystery thief? Herself?
GUESS WHAT EVERYONE! The AI subscription was on her personal account and had been paid for using the company card… She accused EVERYONE of theft, interrogated, and discovered it was her.
She doesn’t know what we all know it was her… She keeps sleuthing around and even said in the kitchen to another co worker that she is ‘heart broken that someone woulds STEAL form her’!!
Everyone finds it funny at this point, at how pathetic she is. But I don’t find it funny, I was the one that she pointed out. I know that everyone else knows it OBVIOUSLY was her and not me, but still, what if she tells other people, what if those people know me, or my family and I am the one who ‘stole for the company’.