Woman reports that her coworker showed up 30 minutes late, and management blames her for the fallout: ‘They figured the whole thing was my fault for disclosing that my coworker was late and was the person responsible for the 1 star review’

Yeah, and the butterfly that flew in front of my nose this morning is why I failed math 15 minutes agoWhich came first, the chicken or the egg? This story's depiction of management reasoning is way beyond my comprehension. I get that you're mad because you got a 1-star review and you want to blame somebody, but why not blame the person who's directly responsible for showing up late instead of the person who worked their entire shift before them? The way some minds work amazes me.Yeah, ideally, the worker who came before the woman who showed up 30 minutes late should have stayed until her coworker was up and about; but this is real life, and people have real-life commitments to arrive at after work that can't be delayed. Plus, leaving before the other worker came in isn't enough reason to blame her for her coworker's tardiness; she worked her entire shift! Sorry, it's that I still can't wrap my head around it.This is definitely one of those workplace absurdities that sometimes happen, but I trust it can't last for long as a valuable form of reasoning.What would you do in this employee's situation? Would you argue or make your boss pay you more for the extra hours?

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