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<h2>No matter how hard you try to avoid unsolicited feedback on your body, sometimes family members, coworkers, your favorite barista, or a faceless troll on Instagram will sneak in a comment on your weight...</h2><p>While most people assume that telling someone they lost weight is a compliment, unless you know for a fact that someone is making an active effort to drop the pounds, it&#39;s usually safest to keep your comments to yourself.</p><p>So, when a conflicted employee decided to consult the moral compass of the internet otherwise known as Reddit&#39;s &quot;Am I the As*hole&quot; about whether or not they were wrong to call out their former coworker for an inappropriate comment about her body over Zoom, people were quick to help deem a verdict.</p><h2><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/rezggb/aita_for_throwing_my_cancer_in_someones_face/">AITA</a> (Am I the As*hole) for throwing my cancer in someone&#39;s face during a Zoom call?</h2><blockquote> <p>I worked under Bob and Jane at a fairly large company as a middle-manager. When a new Director took over who clashed with Bob and Jane, Jane left and Bob was let go shortly after.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>Jane had trashed Bob to the new director before she left which ended up getting him fired. I think she was trying to score points with the new boss.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><blockquote> <p>Bob and Jane are longtime friends. She blamed me for Bob getting fired, saying that I wanted his job so I did what I could to make sure it happened (I ended up with Jane&#39;s job after they both left).</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>Bob has since gotten a job with a competitor organization, but we still run into each other at meetings (we&rsquo;re public sector).</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>I&rsquo;ve honestly never liked Bob because of his racist and sexist comments, but after he thought I got him fired he would constantly make digs at me in these meetings. I always brushed it off for 2 years but the last meeting just sent me over the edge.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><blockquote> <p>Bob hopped on the Zoom call in front of 45 other colleagues from across the country and said &ldquo;Hey you! Looks like you put on 30 or 40 lbs. You enjoyed quarantine didn&rsquo;t you?&quot;</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>When Bob left I was going through chemo and had lost a lot of weight. So on the call I fired back &ldquo;yeah well you know now that I beat the cancer I&rsquo;m happy that I can finally get back to being healthy again!&rdquo;</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>The call got silent and Bob immediately left. Some of my colleagues messaged me and told me that was uncalled for. AITA?</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><h2>Later, they edited the post to include:</h2><blockquote> <p>Some of my colleagues did message me afterwards to apologize. Two of them said they thought Bob and I were friendly since he&rsquo;s always &ldquo;joking&rdquo; around with me during events.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>I think Jane threw Bob under the bus to save her job. Her and Bob were notorious for being inefficient. It seemed like she was seeing if she got rid of him, they&rsquo;d continue to keep her on the payroll (the jobs are pretty decent 6 figure roles)</p> </blockquote><h2>Here&#39;s what the jury of internet strangers had to say:</h2><p> </p><blockquote> <p>NTA (Not the As*hole). Why would he comment on your weight during a meeting? Completely inappropriate and deserved an honest response - which you provided. You said nothing offensive and the truth. Your colleagues are as*holes too for saying it was uncalled for. What he said was uncalled for. You just responded. Man, Bob is the worst. - disindiantho</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><blockquote> <p>NTA. He decided to use your weight for a nasty dig, and you turned it around on him. You reap what you sow. - TinyRascalSaurus</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>NTA and that was GLORIOUS! He was expecting to insult you and steal your thunder and you grabbed it right back. - Moonchaser70</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>NTA- What a mic drop! We&#39;ve all met a Bob at some point in our lives but most can only wish we&#39;d thought up such a good comeback at the time. - TheOtter91</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>NTA AT ALL Bob ruined his own dang reputation by being a massive jerk in front of 45 people in the business.- JustJudgin</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>So, there you have it!</h2><p>Everyone agreed here that this woman wasn&#39;t at all wrong to give Bob a taste of his own medicine in a Zoom meeting, even if it did make things awkward. Good luck, everyone!</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Woman asks if she was wrong to use her cancer to shut down a rude co-worker on Zoom.

No matter how hard you try to avoid unsolicited feedback on your body, sometimes family members, coworkers, your favorite barista, or a faceless troll on Instagram will sneak in a comment on your weight...While most people assume that telling someone they lost weight is a compliment, unless you know for a fact that someone is making an active effort to drop the pounds, it&#39;s usually safest to keep your comments to yourself.So, when a conflicted employee decided to consult the moral compass of the internet otherwise known as Reddit&#39;s &quot;Am I the As*hole&quot; about whether or not they were wrong to call out their former coworker for an inappropriate comment about her body over Zoom, people were quick to help deem a verdict.AITA (Am I the As*hole) for throwing my cancer in someone&#39;s face during a Zoom call? I worked under Bob and Jane at a fairly large company as a middle-manager. When a new Director took over who clashed with Bob and Jane, Jane left and Bob was let go shortly after.   Jane had trashed Bob to the new director before she left which ended up getting him fired. I think she was trying to score points with the new boss.   Bob and Jane are longtime friends. She blamed me for Bob getting fired, saying that I wanted his job so I did what I could to make sure it happened (I ended up with Jane&#39;s job after they both left).   Bob has since gotten a job with a competitor organization, but we still run into each other at meetings (we&rsquo;re public sector).   I&rsquo;ve honestly never liked Bob because of his racist and sexist comments, but after he thought I got him fired he would constantly make digs at me in these meetings. I always brushed it off for 2 years but the last meeting just sent me over the edge.   Bob hopped on the Zoom call in front of 45 other colleagues from across the country and said &ldquo;Hey you! Looks like you put on 30 or 40 lbs. You enjoyed quarantine didn&rsquo;t you?&quot;   When Bob left I was going through chemo and had lost a lot of weight. So on the call I fired back &ldquo;yeah well you know now that I beat the cancer I&rsquo;m happy that I can finally get back to being healthy again!&rdquo;   The call got silent and Bob immediately left. Some of my colleagues messaged me and told me that was uncalled for. AITA?  Later, they edited the post to include: Some of my colleagues did message me afterwards to apologize. Two of them said they thought Bob and I were friendly since he&rsquo;s always &ldquo;joking&rdquo; around with me during events.   I think Jane threw Bob under the bus to save her job. Her and Bob were notorious for being inefficient. It seemed like she was seeing if she got rid of him, they&rsquo;d continue to keep her on the payroll (the jobs are pretty decent 6 figure roles) Here&#39;s what the jury of internet strangers had to say:  NTA (Not the As*hole). Why would he comment on your weight during a meeting? Completely inappropriate and deserved an honest response - which you provided. You said nothing offensive and the truth. Your colleagues are as*holes too for saying it was uncalled for. What he said was uncalled for. You just responded. Man, Bob is the worst. - disindiantho   NTA. He decided to use your weight for a nasty dig, and you turned it around on him. You reap what you sow. - TinyRascalSaurus   NTA and that was GLORIOUS! He was expecting to insult you and steal your thunder and you grabbed it right back. - Moonchaser70   NTA- What a mic drop! We&#39;ve all met a Bob at some point in our lives but most can only wish we&#39;d thought up such a good comeback at the time. - TheOtter91   NTA AT ALL Bob ruined his own dang reputation by being a massive jerk in front of 45 people in the business.- JustJudgin So, there you have it!Everyone agreed here that this woman wasn&#39;t at all wrong to give Bob a taste of his own medicine in a Zoom meeting, even if it did make things awkward. Good luck, everyone!

No matter how hard you try to avoid unsolicited feedback on your body, sometimes family members, coworkers, your favorite barista, or a faceless troll on Instagram will sneak in a comment on your weight...  While most people assume that...