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There's a Reddit sub I like to read, r/AITA. In it people post stories about situations where someone's gotten upset and them they're not sure if they're in the right or wrong. They ask "AITA?" — Am I The Asshole?

One type of AITA post involves someone getting fired from their job. Employee X does something on the job that Person Y, who could be a customer or a coworker, doesn't like. Person Y tells X's manager, and X gets fired. X and/or their friends rage at Y for "getting" X fired. Y worries, "AITA?"

My response is that Y in these stories is rarely the asshole. I point out that notion of "getting" someone fired is generally a misstatement of responsibility. If you report an employee's misbehavior accurately and in context, and they get fired for it, it's on them. It's the consequence of their actions. They've gotten themselves fired.


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