So I’m still kind of sitting in my car after work just replaying everything in my head and it honestly feels a bit weird now
We were in a small office meeting for a client project I basically built from scratch over the last few days like staying late, fixing slides, rewriting sections, all that boring behind-the-scenes stuff no one really notices
Then this coworker just randomly says he’ll present it instead because he thinks he can “explain it better” and I just froze for a second because it felt like my work was being taken over without even being asked
I told him it was my work and I should at least present my part, but he kind of laughed it off and said he’d “make it sound more polished” which honestly didn’t sit right with me
Everyone else just stayed quiet like it was normal and I was standing there trying to figure out if I was being too sensitive or if that actually crossed a line
I didn’t push it further in the moment but now it’s been sitting in my head all day because it feels like the effort I put in is just getting pushed aside
Not even sure if I should’ve spoken up more or just let it go but yeah I’m still thinking about it
TL;DR: I did most of the work for a project but a coworker tried to take over presenting it and I feel like my effort is being ignored