From "This Is Uncomfortabe": Help! My coworker wants a copy of my house key!
Make Me Smart
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🗓️ 6 February 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Hey Smarties! There won’t be a livestream for “Economics on Tap” today. But don’t worry! “Economics on Tap” will return soon on Feb. 20. For now, we’re sharing a new episode from our friends over at “This Is Uncomfortable.” Enjoy!
“Work Drama” is the “This Is Uncomfortable” advice column, answering your questions about sticky work situations. This week, Reema tackles your questions about workplace tension, co-worker cliques, bosses behaving badly, and some bizarre office policies. And she’s joined by one of our favorite culture writers and podcasters, Sarah Hagi, who hosts “Scamfluencers.”
If you have any work drama going on, we want to hear about it! You can send it to us at uncomfortable@marketplace.org, leave a message at 347-RING-TIU, or fill out the form at the bottom of the page.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, smarties. It's Kimberly. I'm taking a little time off this week, so there won't be a new edition of economics on tap today. But don't worry, we're going to have some new episodes in your feed next week. For now, we're sharing a new episode from our friends over at This Is Uncomfortable. In case you missed it, the show is weekly now. Their host, Reema Kreis, joined me on Make Me Smart recently to talk a bit about that. |
| 0:21.8 | And the episode you're about to hear is an installment of their advice column work drama. Enjoy. |
| 0:29.4 | Do you strike me as the kind of person who loves to give advice or maybe has some hot takes? |
| 0:34.4 | You've guessed correctly. I'm definitely, I got the opinions, I got the hot takes, and, um, you know, I love to gossip, so. |
| 0:46.5 | Hey, everyone, I'm Rima Grace, and welcome to This is Uncomfortable. We've been asking y'all for your questions about sticky situations at work to leave us voice messages on our hotline at 347 RingTIU. |
| 0:59.1 | And this week we are answering some of them as part of a segment we like to call work drama. |
| 1:03.9 | We've got some pretty wild questions about workplace tension, coworker clicks, bosses behaving badly, and some bizarre office policies. And joining me to help |
| 1:13.1 | answer those questions is one of my favorite culture writers and podcasters, Sarah Haggy. |
| 1:18.5 | Sarah tells the stories of some notoriously bad bosses on scam influencers, which is a podcast about |
| 1:24.4 | scams that she co-hosts with journalist Sachi Cole. |
| 1:28.3 | Hey, Sarah. Hey, how are you? |
| 1:30.7 | I am good. How are you doing? |
| 1:32.0 | I'm great. |
| 1:33.1 | Okay, so before we get into the questions, I'm really curious. |
| 1:36.3 | What are the common signs that your boss might be a scammer? |
| 1:40.6 | Okay, if your boss is the only one who's allowed to see certain information |
| 1:46.5 | and is cagey about sharing information that should be known by people, |
| 1:54.0 | they're a scammer. |
| 1:55.1 | If they are pushing boundaries and putting you in situations where you feel like you can't say no for either, |
| 2:05.1 | you know, doing some type of work that feels weird or off. |
| 2:08.6 | I would say that's definitely scammer territory. |
| 2:12.2 | If they're suddenly living a lavish life that doesn't really make sense for how much money |
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