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TIFU by accidentally learning my coworker's salary (UPDATE) - Greg knows something

[Original post here] https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/1shfptg/tifu_by_accidentally_learning_my_coworkers_salary/

People wanted an update so here it is. Short one because honestly I'm still processing.

First the math. A LOT of you pointed out that a $31k annual gap over 14 working days is not $6,100. It's about $1,700. I had a formula error. In the spreadsheet. The spreadsheet I built specifically to track numbers. Greg Data has been corrected. I left the old column in there labeled "wrong" because I think I deserve to look at it every time I open the file. Someone commented "this is why Greg makes more than you" and yeah. That's fair.

Now. Many of you are convinced Greg left his offer letter open on purpose. That nobody zooms a PDF to 400% by accident. I kept telling myself no that's crazy, that's a conspiracy theory about a man who brings cookies to work on Fridays, and then Monday happened.

Monday. I'm at my desk. Greg walks over and puts a coffee down in front of me. Not near me. IN FRONT of me. Like a delivery. And then he goes "hey so you doing anything about the pay thing?"

I need you to understand something. I have never said a single word to Greg about his salary. Not one. I did not tell him I saw the offer letter. I did not tell him about the spreadsheet. I have told NO ONE at work about any of this. And this man walks up to me on a Monday morning with a coffee and says "the pay thing" like we've been having this conversation for weeks.

I said "what pay thing" and he looked at me for a second like he was waiting for my brain to catch up with the rest of reality and then he said "never mind" and walked away.

NEVER MIND. He said NEVER MIND. Like he'd asked me if I wanted lunch and I said no. I have been thinking about that "never mind" every single day since. I added a tab in Greg Data called "Evidence." I'm not going to say what's in it because if I'm wrong about all of this I will need to move to another state.

I also need to mention Tingting. Tingting sits two rows over and leaves at exactly 5:00 every day. Not around 5. At 5:00. If there was a fire alarm at 4:59 Tingting would evacuate and then not come back at 5:00 because her day is over. She is the most reliable person I have ever met and I say that with complete sincerity. She becomes relevant later.

Wednesday morning I get to my desk and there's a stroopwafel sitting on it. One stroopwafel. On a napkin. No note.

Greg does the stroopwafel thing on FRIDAYS. For the WHOLE office. This was a Wednesday. This was just for me.

I sat there looking at it for a while and then I opened Greg Data and added a new column. The column is called "Day of Week." The first entry says Wednesday. I highlighted it in yellow because it felt important. I don't know what it means yet. But I'm watching.

Greg if you're reading this I am onto you. I think.

TL;DR: Corrected my spreadsheet math (I deserve the lower salary range), Greg walked up to me unprompted and said "you doing anything about the pay thing" even though I've NEVER told him I know his salary, he said "never mind" when I played dumb, and then left a stroopwafel on my desk on a WEDNESDAY even though stroopwafels are a Friday thing. Greg Data now has a tab called "Evidence" and a column called "Day of Week." Something is going on.

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