I’m from China and my wife got a job offer in China so we’re very excited to move back home for a new adventure. But it doesn’t seem so for my manager who depends on me a lot at work.
She is sort of a pathological liar. I started working with her two years ago and everyone warned me about it. She really likes me and according to her “I have never trusted anyone I worked with as much as I trust you”. Being in a small department, it’s just the two of us handling all the work and she could be very controlling. Plus all the lies here and there really annoy me on a daily basis and I’m actually very glad that my wife gave me this excuse to resign and leave the company.
The Problem:
She had COVID during Christmas and is currently suffering from some side effects. I forgot the name for it but she has a heart infection with some liquid building up which is pretty dangerous and needs rest so she has been working from home for the past few days.
Yesterday I called her to tell her I quit and before bringing up the subject, naturally, I asked how she was doing and if she was feeling better. She told me that she was still feeling sick and that her chest hurt. Her doctor told her to stay in bed and out of stress for a couple of days.
Then she proceeds to give me an example: “if I get a phone call right now with some bad news I could actually get a heart attack.”
As you can imagine, at that point I started to panic, imagining how my bad news was gonna kill her through the phone.
“So what’s going on? Why are you calling?”
“No no no reason! I just wanted to check on you and see if you were doing any better! Byeeeeee!”
I’ll wait until she gets back maybe next week to tell her in person so I can at least call an ambulance if she does get a heart attack.