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Woman Speaks Out In Viral TikTok After Company Expects Her To Train 25-Year-Old They Promoted Over Her
To make matters worse, they also expected her to train the new hire for the position they apparently believed she wasn't qualified to fill herself.
The TikToker reflected:
"I watched a 25-year-old get my promotion... and then they asked me to train her."
"Here's what I said: No."
"Not 'sorry,' not 'maybe later,' not 'let me check my schedule.' Just 'no.'"
"She looked shocked. My manager looked furious, and HR sent me an email about being 'a team player.'"
"I didn't care, because here's what just happened: They passed me over for a promotion that I had earned, gave it to someone fresh out of grad school, with zero experience, and then expected me to teach her how to do the job they said I wasn't good enough for."
"The audacity is stunning, isn't it?"
When the pressure mounted, TikToker @theunobsolete held her ground.
"You want me to train my replacement? Pay me."
"You want my 25 years of knowledge? Pay me."
"Consulting rates? [They are] triple my salary."
"You want me to smile while you're humiliating me? Wrong person."
"I am not your free training program."
"I am not here to make your cheap labor look confident."
"I am not going to hand over everything I know so you can pay her half of what you pay me."
The office continued to push back.
"They told me I was being unprofessional."
"I told them I was being appropriately compensated for my expertise, or I wasn't going to share it."
"They said I wasn't supporting the team."
"I said the team didn't support me when I asked why I didn't get the role."
"Silence."
"Here's what I learned: The second you stop being useful, they stop pretending to care, so stop pretending you owe them anything."
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Fellow TikTokers applauded @theunobsolete for standing up for herself and saying, "No."
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The conversation, of course, did not end there.
Not only did the office accuse the TikToker of not acting like a team player, but they also got Human Resources involved and alluded to her job being terminated if she did not comply.
Tiktoker @theunobsolete recounted:
"Here's what happened next, and it is exactly what I expected."
"Two days later, my manager pulled me into a meeting. Not just her; HR was there, too."
"They wanted to discuss my attitude. Yes, my 'attitude.'"
"Not the fact that they had passed me over, not the fact that they had expected free labor, but my 'attitude' about refusing to be exploited."
"Here's what they said: 'We're concerned you're not being collaborative, and this reflects poorly on your leadership potential. We need team players who support organizational growth.'"
"Really? I said, 'Here's what I'm concerned about, in case you care. You passed me over for someone with zero experience, you expect me to train her for free, and now, you're punishing me for having boundaries?'"
"That's not about collaboration. That's about control."
"Total silence."
The manager and HR representative continued to push the issue.
"Then they tried a different angle: 'If you're not willing to help develop junior staff, maybe you're not a culture fit.'"
"I said, 'You know what? You're absolutely right. A culture that exploits experience isn't a fit for me. Let me know when you're ready to have that compensation conversation about training responsibilities. Otherwise, I'm going back to my actual job.'"
"Meeting over. They didn't fire me that day."
"They can't fire me over unpaid work, because that opens them up to a lawsuit they did not want."
HR and the manager chose to punish the TikToker in other ways.
"Here's what they did do: They stopped including me in meetings, and they started giving my projects to absolutely everyone else, and they documented every tiny thing as 'performance issues.'"
"Classic Managed-Out Playbook."
"But you know what? I documented everything right back."
"Every email, every meeting, every project that they took, because I knew exactly what they were doing."
You can watch the second video here:
Fellow TikTokers completely agreed with TikToker @theunobsolete's points.
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When the office decided to take the next step, TikToker @theunobsolete was ready:
"I refused to train my replacement, and here's pretty much how that ended:"
"Three weeks of being managed out, three weeks of documented retaliation, and three weeks of them thinking that they were actually winning and in charge."
"My manager called me into another meeting. HR was obviously already there."
"I knew what was coming. They wanted me to discuss my future with the company, so, translation: they really wanted me gone but didn't want to call it 'firing.'"
"My manager started with that crap about, 'We don't think this is the right fit anymore. We're concerned about your ability to collaborate. We think it's best if we part ways.'"
"I said, 'Okay, so what's the severance package?'"
"They looked at me, surprised, like they expected me to beg."
"Then HR slid a paper across the table. Two weeks' severance."
"I slid it straight back and said, 'Here's what I think you're going to need to pay me: Six months of severance, full benefits through the end of the year, a neutral reference letter, and a release, stating that you won't contest my unemployment.'"
"My manager said to me, 'That's unreasonable.'"
"I said, 'So was asking me to train my replacement for free. So was retaliating when I had boundaries. And so was documenting me for performance issues after multiple years of stellar reviews."
Then TikToker @theunobselete showed her hand:
"Then I pulled out my folder with every email, every meeting, and every project that they had reassigned. Three weeks of documented retaliation, all time-stamped, all saved."
"I said, 'We can do this the easy way, or we can do this the expensive way. Completely your choice."
"Silence."
"HR said, 'We'll need to discuss it with leadership,' and I said, 'Okay, you have until the end of today, and then after that, my documentation is going to go to an employment attorney.'"
"They called me back within a few hours. Deal."
What happened to the TikToker proved an important point about healthy workplace dynamics.
"Because here's what happened next: I took my six months of pay and started doing what I actually wanted."
"Then three months later, I got a message from a colleague who said, 'You know that girl that they promoted over you? She just quit. She couldn't handle it. No training, no support, no institutional knowledge.'"
"She lasted four months. Now they're scrambling to hire someone else, and I'm unavailable."
"Turns out I wasn't obsolete after all. I was just undervalued."
You can watch the third video here:
Fellow TikTokers were super pleased by how TikToker @theunobsolete advocated for herself.
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As horrible as this experience was, TikToker @theunobsolete could not have handled the situation better, because she understood and advocated for her worth while everyone around her undermined her.
Now that the workplace has shown their true colors, this TikToker is free to chase her true passions and to exclusively work with people who will understand and respect her worth.
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Guy Waiting For Luggage At Baggage Claim Mortified After His Undergarments Start Coming Out One At A Time
In a hilarious turn of events, TikToker @laysuperstar and her brother Hugh were standing by the baggage claim carousel, waiting for his large duffel bag to emerge. Instead, a single sock that Hugh recognized came rolling out all by itself, not even with a travel buddy.
Hugh grabbed the sock and moved back in place next to the TikToker, only for more of his socks and his underwear to appear, each individually carouseling around the baggage claim for all to see.
The pair eventually went to the Customer Service area to inquire about what was going on, but the representatives were equally clueless about the strange phenomenon.
Eventually, Hugh's duffel bag made its slow ascent up the carousel ramp, and it was immediately clear what had happened.
Travelers are strongly advised to secure their luggage, especially zipped compartments that could easily become unzipped or even burst open during transit, to avoid losing items along the way. Hugh did not do this, and it appeared that both zipped compartments at the opposite ends of his duffel bag had opened during his travels.
His voice took on a regretful tone as he broke the news to his sister that he'd lost nearly all of his socks and underwear, which had been in those compartments.
Soon after, TikToker @laysuperstar posted a video montage of her brother collecting his belongings off of the conveyor belt one by one, set to sentimental, almost nostalgic music that really puts it over the top.
The TikToker captioned the video:
"That one time we were waiting for my brother's bag, and instead his underwear and socks came out one at a time."
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Fellow TikTokers were left in stitches over this epic tale of airport baggage "shame."
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This is one of those stories that inevitably will become a part of their family's lore, each new sock and pair of underwear a point of celebration, and each rendition of the story longer than the last.
On the bright side, socks and underwear are easy to replace, so even though this was a bit humiliating, at least Hugh had the rest of his duffel bag!
Woman Furious After Discovering Her OB-GYN Accidentally Disclosed Her Pregnancy To Her Husband's Ex-Wife
TikToker @maddy.aubry knew something was wrong right away when she and her husband, who was trying to be supportive by setting up an OB-GYN appointment for her to prepare for their second child, did not receive a call back regarding a future appointment.
Instead, a receptionist from the OB-GYN office in question called the TikToker's husband's ex-wife. When the ex-wife answered, the receptionist did not confirm her identity. She jumped right into the conversation and shared personal details about the pregnancy and the upcoming appointment plans.
TikToker @maddy.aubry was shocked and confused by what happened, and she called the office to figure out how and why this happened, and how to prevent it from happening again.
While the relationship between the TikToker and the ex-wife are on good terms, she'd obviously not want future lab results and other details to be shared with the ex-wife without her consent.
You can watch the TikTok video here:
Fellow TikTokers immediately urged TikToker @maddy.aubry to pursue legal action for a HIPAA violation.
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But then the situation got even worse, according to TikToker @maddy.aubry's next video.
After first being connected with the wrong office and being rudely spoken to by a front desk receptionist, she was able to connect with the proper OB-GYN office location, where one of the front desk receptionists admitted to what had happened.
The receptionist actually had actually made not one, but two HIPAA violations.
When she responded to the voicemail from the TikToker's husband, instead of calling him back at the number he provided, she instead logged into his medical file without cause to look through his emergency contacts. His ex-wife was still listed somewhere in his file, and she used that phone number to set up the appointment instead of calling him back directly.
Then when a woman picked up, the receptionist did not confirm her identity and instead went into personal detail about the pregnancy and the upcoming appointment, only for it to later be discovered that she'd been sharing that information with the wrong woman all along.
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Fellow TikTokers urged TikToker @maddy.aubry to seek legal action for not one, but two, HIPAA violations.
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We're all human here, and mistakes and misunderstandings do happen.
However, anyone who has ever worked in an office with confidential information and HIPAA regulations in place can attest to the severity of these mistakes.
Before disclosing personal information that would violate HIPAA, employees are required to confirm a person's identity, not just by name but through some other source of information, like an account number or personal identification number. Then they have to confirm if the person they are speaking to is actually the person they can speak to about the information in that account, whether they're the person in question or a verified point of contact.
From the sound of it, the receptionist simply heard what sounded like a woman's voice and used that as a green light for conversation, instead of going through the crucial steps of identity verification. While OB-GYN and other medical practice offices tend to be very busy and fast-paced, this is exactly why the people who work there are expected to be solid workers under stress, so that mistakes like this don't happen, even during rush hour.
Arizona Moving Crew Helps Rescue Kidnapped Girl From Amber Alert—And It's All Caught On Dashcam Video
When the Rogers family woke up Saturday morning, they discovered that their daughter and "Merena" were missing, and the Amber Alert was issued shortly after.
Someone who called in an anonymous tip after the Amber Alert was issued said they'd given a ride to a young woman and a little girl who matched the physical descriptions of the Amber Alert. According to the tip, the woman told the driver that Kehlani was her daughter, and they were on their way to California.
Fortunately, the pair stopped at a QuikTrip gas station, where fate would soon intervene.
Just before 7:00 AM on Sunday morning, just outside Phoenix, Arizona, several employees from Camelback Moving Company had stopped at the QuikTrip on their way to a job, when they noticed a young woman and a little girl getting out of a pickup truck outside the convenience store.
One of the employees immediately pointed out the 3-year-old and pulled up the recent Amber Alert.
"Oh my god, that's her."
"That's exactly what she looks like."
The employees of the Camelback Moving Company then moved their truck to block the only exit that the woman could use, preventing her from leaving before the police arrived.
The police were quickly able to identify Kehlani Rogers and reunite her with her family.
"Merena" has since been identified as 23-year-old Marina Noriega, who has since been taken into custody. She's now facing felony charges for custody interference.
Before the charges were made, Noriega attempted to tell the police that she was actually Kehlani's biological mother and that Kehlani had been stolen from her at the hospital, and this was her attempt to get her back. Noriega eventually admitted that she was lying about her relationship with Kehlani, which might further impact her charges.
You can watch the video footage of Kehlani's discovery here:
Viewers applauded the employees of the Camelback Moving Company for stepping in.
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In the midst of all kinds of terrible, heartbreaking news, a special moment like this is so welcome and appreciated.
We're glad Kehlani Rogers is home and safe with her family, and we hope the men who stepped in get a raise!