Copycat. Maybe a little petty?

This is really silly, but I am alittle annoyed (or maybe bewildered?)

Last week I was chatting to a work colleague. We were chatting about some of my horrendous but funny experiences I had when I was a student nurse and my first year out. I shared afew with her and we had a good chuckle. She is young and fairly new to nursing so I wanted to relax her alittle.

Anyway, today I was chatting with some other colleagues and they told me about a discussion that had with that nurse during morning tea. She had told them some hilarious stories about when she was a student nurse. I sat there and listened to them reciting the stories- they were MINE. The ones I had told that nurse the week before :o She stole my stories.

I didn't say anything. I just thought , this is strange. I just think it is very very weird. why would she do that?

I'm not sure if I should say something as I don't want to embarrass her but WTF? LOL.

Now I know this is very petty, but its very weird wouldn't you agree?

Haha WTF indeed!!

it is weird but maybe she thought they were good stories and used them as an ice breaker because shes really nervous.
Not an excuse though im sure she has many great qualities of her own

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it is weird but maybe she thought they were good stories and used them as an ice breaker because shes really nervous.
Not an excuse though im sure she has many great qualities of her own

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Yes maybe. Alittle bold on her part I think- considering I am her boss. Surely she would realise it would come back to me. oh..and by young I mean she is in her late 20's (so not a timid little cupcake.in which case I would be amused..LOL)

I'd pull her up. It's not acceptable to take other's experiences as your own. Particularly if it's in your workplace. I'd tell her she needed to tell everyone else that they weren't her experiences but someone elses.

If she said, for example: "One of my friends/acquaintances had this experience..." then that'd be fine. But not taking it as her own.

oh your her boss well very bold or stupid then, late 20s surely she has enough of her own life experiences by then.
Thinking about it as an ice breaker she couldve even said "i heard this funny story the other day.."


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If she comes to work in a trench coat and stilettoes with a haircut the same as yours, run!

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If she comes to work in a trench coat and stilettoes with a haircut the same as yours, run!

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:rofl: ARGGGGGG

Maybe you told he such a detailed story she started to believe it was her own lolol

I had this happen to me with a girl from my mothers group, except it was my pregnancy/birth/baby stories and stories about my family and friends she passed off as her own ... she got really weird... we are no longer friends

Agree with n2l. Sounds a bit SWF to me. I'd keep an eye on her. Someone who thinks that's acceptable is the sort to take credit for others' work and undermine them behind their backs, IMo.

But yeah, talk about dumb.

Bunny boiler!


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Maybe it was a misunderstanding on the part of the listener? Perhaps she did say that the story had happened to someone else but the listener didn't catch that part and assumed she was speaking of her own experience? Ya know, chinese whispers...

Just weird. Maybe tell her a funny story you heard that mirrored your own experiences ...

We have a person in our lives that does this, but with fishing storys. we just giggle and wonder whos fishing story it was! I know a couple of peoples that have said to him.. and whos story was that mate"

He is a lonley man, and it has improved since he now has a lady in his life.

Oh no! Nothing worse than working with a weirdo. You get a newbie at work and your excited to see if they will be good to work with, and then they turn out to be a weirdo :(
We have just gone through 3 different girls at work because they all end up being WEIRD! :lol:

I personally would wait until you are in a group situation and casually so "Oh xyz I've been meaning to say... how amazing it is our lives have so much in common! Xyz was telling me the other day about some of your stories, and strangely they sound exactly like mine. You should have said something when I was telling you them the other day."

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considering I am her boss.

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Career limiting move! ;)


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Copying can be seen as a form of flattery. She obviously thought your stories were very great which is why she's passing them off as her own. But in my experiences it doesn't usually stop there.

Maybe pulling her aside and just telling her that while its flattering that she likes your stories but please don't pass them off as her own.

I have no advice but my DH has a friend who does exactly the same thing. It drives me insane but DH laughs it off.

I'd let it slide this time. if it becomes a situation where every story or anecdote is reused then, that might warrant a query (or an even bigger eye roll lol), or an avoidance of sharing info with her...

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Copying can be seen as a form of flattery. She obviously thought your stories were very great which is why she's passing them off as her own. But in my experiences it doesn't usually stop there.

Maybe pulling her aside and just telling her that while its flattering that she likes your stories but please don't pass them off as her own.

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I'm not really that flattered by it though. More freaked out LOL

Sorry for not getting back to you all earlier- no internet. I ended up talking with her about it. I started off with "Sooooo, I heard that you passed off one of my stories as your own"...too blunt? LOL. Anyway, she was apologetic and embarrased. She admitted it was abit weird but said she only did it because she wanted to be liked..yeah ok, I can understand that, but hey- don't pinch my stories again...LOL

I like the 'bluntness'. Bet she won't do it again. :)


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Actually, I don't find it that weird.

I think she was trying to break the ice, you know, find a common ground with others and so used your stories to do so. Ok, after reading that back it's a bit strange, but not unheard of. She obviously lacks confidence. She could have just said 'Oh, you should have heard the funny stories Delph just told me :insert story here.' Same result, but no lying involved!

Hmmm.

Lol! Nice, blunt and too the point! She wont do it again


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