Woman Wins a Chili Cook-Off in Her Office, but Her Co-Worker Publicly Outed Her for Cheating
This young employee went to a chili cook-off unprepared, so she bought canned chili and won the contest until she was outed for cheating.
Some office stories start with awkward small talk and end with a grudge that nobody saw coming. This one begins with a chili cook-off, a last-minute grocery store run, and a co-worker who decided winning was less important than exposing someone else.
Maggie Vespa was a new employee to trying to fit in, so she signed up for the company contest and then forgot about it until the night before. With no time to cook from scratch, she grabbed a few cans of prepared chili and brought them in anyway, only to have a co-worker publicly call her out after she won.
The whole thing turned into a workplace mess fast, and the fallout was even messier. Read on.
Chapter One: The Introduction.
Maggie VespaChapter Two: She Pledged Before Thinking About It.
Maggie VespaChapter Three: She Remembered That She Doesn’t Cook.
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Chapter Four: She Remembered There's a Convenience Store Nearby.
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Chapter Five: The Guilt.
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That’s when the office drama really started.
Chapter Six: The Monster.
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Chapter Seven: Good Name Destroyed.
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Chapter Eight: The Retribution.
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Her co-worker did not keep it quiet.
It also echoes the chaos of an OP whose in-laws sabotaged her cooking competition.
Chapter Nine: The Showdown.
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Chapter Ten: I Am Your Worst Nightmare.
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Chapter Eleven: Simply the Best.
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Chapter Twelve: Sweet (Well, Hot in This Case) Taste of Victory.
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Office chili politics can get surprisingly personal.
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