For my birthday, a coworker I barely got along with gave me a beautiful gold necklace, and I believed it was her way of making peace.
I wore it everywhere for months, thinking it was a genuine gesture of kindness and a sign that things between us had changed.
Then I noticed two tiny words engraved on the back: “Office Joke,” and discovered she had given it to me on a dare to see if I’d actually wear it.
I threw the necklace away, but kept the receipt—and made sure her cruel joke didn’t end the way she expected…
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