Sticky social situation — how to handle

nottelling
Wed, 06 Apr 2016 16:28:44 +0000

I’d be gracious about it. It sounds annoying, but it doesn’t sound like it was too onerous for you to jump in and do her job. If you feel like you have to say something to avoid the elephant in the room, you could say, “I hope I didn’t step on any toes by writing the description myself, but there was a deadline and it really had to be done.” Or, less passive aggressively, “By the way, I just ended writing that description myself because we had a deadline and it had to get done.” In fact, I would probably just email that to her, if you haven’t told her already. But then I would DEFINITELY let it drop with no simmering resentment.