Panic-texting your coworker during the company summer ret...

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1. Maya, someone screenshot the CEO's chat calling me 'easy cut'; I'm presenting.
2. Send it now, I'm freaking out too.
3. Sent—it's Jenna's header with my photo cropped.
4. Jenna wouldn't, she defends you nonstop.
5. But the screenshot shows 'easy cut' next to my initials.
6. Who posted that to the retreat channel?
7. Anonymous, but Tim's group icon is visible in the corner.
8. Tim forwarded it? he never does passive-aggressive stuff.
9. He texted me 'watch her squirm' before posting.
10. That's monstrous, he can't be serious.
11. He was grinning when I confronted him.
12. Make it about numbers, not personalities.
13. They'll think I'm expendable regardless of numbers.
14. Don't go on autopilot; stall with questions.
15. AV cue in thirty seconds, I can't stall.
16. Then open with project impact, not staffing.
17. Impact won't cover the label plastered across my face.
18. Wait the crop is weird; check the original.
19. Please hurry, they're lining up outside the hall.
20. It's not who you think posted it.
21. Explain, what do you mean 'not who I think'?
22. I did.
23. You what, why would you post that about me?
24. I panicked after deleting Jenna's invite, I deflected.
25. So you sabotaged me to hide an invite mistake?
26. I thought it would blow over, I'm so sorry.