KeKe Court - The Podcast: "The Work Snitch"

You are the jury! Is Dana wrong for snitching on her co-worker? 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Whatever, friend, let's get into the courtroom.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Yep, the Kiki Court Podcast.

Speaker 1 (00:05):
I'm back, friend with another bonus case for the podcast,
so that means you are the jury. And this one
is a little sticky for me because I don't like
a snitch, but I understand snitching when it needs to happen,
So let's just get it too. The case it says, Hey, Kiki,
my name is Dana. I work for a company that
allows its employees to work from home.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
HM. Love that for you.

Speaker 1 (00:26):
However, I am having an issue with my coworker because
she always brags about doing and running errands on company time,
which has in the past made us miss deadlines on
reports and projects.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
So I got fed up.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
And I finally reported it to management about her missing
the deadlines, about her running errands, because it kept causing
me to have to rush my work and cover for
her every time she misses a deadline. Now she's on
probation and now she has to report to the office
three times a week. She's been crying about it, saying

(01:02):
that she has to now find child care for her baby.
But I don't feel bad because she brought this on herself. However,
my other coworker called me a snake because I snitched.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
Should I feel bad for telling on her? Hmm?

Speaker 1 (01:16):
I'm gonna just tell you like this, Whatever you do
on your job is your business as long as your
work gets done. However, when your lack of performance starts
to affect my work, I think in my work ability,
I have a big problem with that. So I don't
think you're wrong, and I don't think you're a snake.
I think if anything, if this was like a friend

(01:39):
or you know, even a coworker, you could have said
something to her first and said, hey, girl, I know
you got a lot going on. I know you're running
around running errands during workday. However, when you miss these
deadlines is really putting me in a bad spot. Is
there any way you can, you know, fix that? And
you could have given her the grace of bringing it

(02:00):
to her first. But this is a job and we're
all getting paid to do our job and deliver and
show up and perform and do the things that we
are asked to do.

Speaker 2 (02:08):
And if she's not doing that, then.

Speaker 1 (02:10):
Yes, you need to report that because it's not fair
for you to go to work every day and you
know you're rushing you're feeling drained, you're not performing to
the best of your ability because you are constantly covering
for someone who clearly is taking advantage of the work
from home set up. So if her punishment by the

(02:30):
company is to now she has to come to work
three times a week, then at least, you know, three
times a week, maybe hopefully you won't be put in
a bad spot and she'll meet her dadlines.

Speaker 2 (02:39):
So I mean, I hate to have to snitch.

Speaker 1 (02:42):
I don't want you to ever have to snitch, but
she kind of puts you in a position where I
feel like you didn't have a choice. Okay, So I
don't think you're wrong, and you know, hopefully her being
put on probation will help her to become a better
employee and take her job a little bit more seriously.
And if she fumbles from this point, then that's on her. Like,
it's not anyone's responsibility to find your childcare. That's not

(03:05):
a part of I mean, I'm sure it's a beautiful
thing when you work from home, you have that luxury,
but that's not your job's responsibility. Like people have to
get up and find childcare every day. So I don't
I don't think you're wrong. Friend, I don't think you're wrong.
I feel bad for you that you have to you
had to be put in the spot, so I don't
know you are the jury though.

Speaker 2 (03:26):
Let me know your thoughts on it.

Speaker 1 (03:28):
Of course, will post the video all my socials and
on the Fred's Show socials. But I wanted to make
sure I got to this case because I didn't take
it to the radio, but I wanted to make sure
I didn't ignore it, and.

Speaker 2 (03:38):
I got it here.

Speaker 1 (03:39):
Of course, if you have a case that you want
to submit, you can always hit me up in my email,
on Instagram, anywhere, Fred Show Radio, Instagram, all the places
and send me your cases and we'll get them discussed.
But yeah, friend, I don't think you're wrong. I'll let
you know what the jury things though. Talk to me
on Instagram at on air key key at Fred Show

(04:00):
Radio and uh love y'all.

Speaker 2 (04:02):
We'll be back in the courtroom soon.