Woman told a secret to her favorite coworker, who then spread it across the office: ‘[She] constructed a lie to make me look bad, made sure she wouldn't be held accountable ("please don't tell anyone I told you"), all while acting like my friend’

Sadly, sometimes your favorite coworker isn't also your friendPeople disappoint us. I know this employee would've benefited from acting more maturely in this situation, but that wouldn't have changed the fact that her work bestie betrayed her.I really don't think the solution to this type of issue is to stop trusting people. At some point, we should accept that things like this happen. If we walked around afraid that somebody will eventually betray us, we wouldn't be able to trust anybody, make friends, or fall in love- anything.To make friends, you have to trust. You can be cautious, wait longer, whatever, but at some point you have to trust. The same goes for romance. We can be cautious all we want, but some people who will betray us won't tell us in advance through their demeanor.Bad things happen, and we shouldn't generalize that and stop trusting altogether. We have to stop trusting only the ones who betrayed our trust and move on tomorrow, befriending better people; that's it.This employee was shady for not confronting the guy and getting carried away by her anger, but well, sometimes our emotions get the best of us. I think if she had confronted him, she would've found out …

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