Oh, yes, I love this story.

So, I am pretty young, I just graduated from university and got into my first job. I have been here for 6 months.

I'm still into the phase of learning and adjusting from my time in school. But I am not dumb. I was the second on my generation, I never failed a test, I won competitions and did work half time before. A teacher recomended me into the job, actually. I know what i'm doing, is the inside process and the profesional development I'm still working on.

So there's this woman here. She's in her 40s, spoiled, rude, but a good seller. She's not my boss. She sells what I design and do.

No one likes her here. But I don't know her, I'm new. She realizes this. I'm young, naive and I hate confrontations, everyone knows that. Is easy to see.

So she gets it with me.

She has thrown stuff at me, she has accused me of a super unnecessary thing with our boss, but almost a month ago, she yells at me: “you don't know how to do your job”.

That baffled me.

I turned back and tell her she is wrong, and I leave.

Now, everyone told me I should have yelled back at her. But I reserve some consideration because she is fucking pregnant. I don't want to be that person. I wasn't raised like that.

So I write a complaint and later, she's scolded. That doesn't stop her.

A couple of days after, she comes to my desk, and tells me a box I designed was wrong.

“No, it's not, I followed the measurements on the order” I tell her, my only information is that written order, I don't know the product.

“It's wrong. I told you”.

“No, this is your order”.

“Well, fine. Let's do it your way, but the receipt is yours" she said presumptuous, as in, if I mess up, I have to pay the whole thing.

“I'll check it, ok?” I turn away.

She leaves as the winner.

So I check everything. Compare, measure, build another box. My co worker compares, measures and builts it again.

She messed up. A whole inch she ignored.

So I go to her desk, and I show her. She doesn't give up.

“But what about this? You added 3 mm on this side, that is more paper, and that is more expensive!” She says of the small tab used to glue the box, 3 mm don't affect shit on it, but it should have certain measures.

“Don't worry, I'll take it off. But what about your inch? I'm sure that's way more paper and is more expensive, pretty sure the bottle won't fit, because you don't know how to use a ruler”.

She is dead quiet.

“So… I just add an inch?” Her voice comes strangled and cold.

“Yeah, should I help you add it?”

Then I leave. No yelling, no disrespect. Just doing what is right.

Who is the one who doesn't know how to do their job, now?

Edit: Big thank you to the person who offered some corrections, i'm not a native speaker and I have my keyboard on spanish, writing in English can be complicated for me, so sorry about my mistakes before, and thanks for the upvotes!