Was I wrong for telling my coworker “have a bad one” after he said “have a good one”?

[Anonymous]

Have my reasons to why I said what I said anyways he went ahead and vented to my friend what happened and said he wasn’t even expecting me to say that to him I feel little guilty but he made it sound like I really said something super not nice

[objective_calendar]

If your reasons are lousy, this petty behavior in the workplace won't be good for the future.

However IF the reasons are severe, this still isn't the best action to take. He wronged you in some troublesome way I imagine but you being passive-aggressive to him won't achieve anything but a workplace rivalry which will make your time uncomfortable there. Instead of "Have a bad one", how about- "Thanks you too." with no smile/warmth and walk away. Like there's some hidden professionalism there AND you give away the fact that you refuse to be on friendly terms with him.

[Asker]

Well he made me mad

[objective_calendar]

That's still vague to offer any judgment. You could have gotten mad for a number of reasons, not all are relationship-damaging. However, do as you please I suppose.

[Zally]

You're the kind of person i would enjoy being around at work lol. As for your co-worker. If he found that offensive then just keep him in the PG section. Clearly its easy to hurt his feelings.

[Asker]

He vented to my friend about me and what happened

[Zally]

Oh no lol how traumatic must his life be now 😆 imagine needed to vent for something like that

[Asker]

Right

[Purpleronnie]

Without knowing why you said it I’m not sure how you expect me to understand if it right / wrong or someway in between 🤷‍♂️

[Nikki1989]

Another one for the "why the hell was this posted anonymously" file.

[AngryCarl3]

Wouldn't it be worse if you faked being nice? I value honesty.

[Asker]

Yea I was mad

[Asker]

At the moment

[Asker]

Guess he took it offe

[Asker]

Offensive