A power-hungry Karen tries to exert her will on me at work, but it ends up backfiring

and she loses her job.

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I once had a project manager named Shirley and a coworker named Alex.

I was a computer programmer.

Every morning, we, along with half a dozen other people, had a five minute long meeting

to discuss our progress and give people a chance to ask each other stuff.

The boss was away on a two week vacation and while he was away, the meetings were slightly

more important so we could coordinate ourselves without him to do it.

Right before the meeting, I had come to a roadblock because I could remember what something

in the programming was called.

I just needed an actual word and I could continue, and I knew that Alex would know it.

At the meeting, Alex did his thing, a few other people talked than it was my turn.

I explained what I had done yesterday and what I was working on and said, hey Alex, do

you remember, at this point, Shirley interrupted me and threw a screaming fit at me?

How dare I try to have a discussion with someone without her?

I pointed out that she was standing right there and she demanded to know how dare I talk

to someone without it being a scheduled meeting in the conference room in her presence.

I pointed out that this was a scheduled meeting.

We were in the conference room and we were there in her presence.

How dare I presume to ask anyone anything without notifying her in advance that I would

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