princess75 Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 I am in my 1st semester in my MBA. And I was becoming friends with a girl. This is the story. We were in a group project, and she did nothing. So the other girl wants to remove her name because literally she did do nothing. And it was a big project. Now the project was submited without the name of the first girl who has gotten angry with me. I feel bad because I guess she was being friends, but then I can't put her name based on friendship. It would not be fair! Any inputs of how to reconstruct friendship? OR was it a lost cause from the beginning as she was using me? Link to post Share on other sites
D-Lish Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 I was in a 4 year program that was all about group work. I worked with the same 4 girls throughout the program. One of the girls was a young single mom who always had an excuse why she couldn't participate in any of the projects. We all initially felt sorry for her and carried her. We addressed the issue with her finally and she pulled out the "poor me" card... so we all agreed that we would do the work, and she could type up the final product for us. She either screwed up grammar and spelling (so I'd have to madly re-do it last minute or hand it in late) or she called at the last minute to say she couldn't do it because of obligations with her child. Your so called "friend" has no right to be angry with you for taking her name off the project. You can't carry someone like that- it's not fair to you and your group. I would say there was some using going on. I don't know if I would try and resume the friendship if I were you. Only you can decide that. What I will say is that she didn't act like a good friend when she decided to bail out on your project yet expected her name to be on it. Then- to be angry about it and blame others... well, I'd say that says a lot about her character. You did nothing wrong here. If anything, she should be reaching out to you and your group mates with an apology. Link to post Share on other sites
Cherry Blossom 35 Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Why do you want to be friends with someone who is willing to have you do all the work on the project? Seriously. She is going to do nothing and expect to get credit? She is way out of line here. I think the right decision was made in taking her name off of it. Link to post Share on other sites
Author princess75 Posted October 19, 2008 Author Share Posted October 19, 2008 Thank you for the replies. I really needed confirmation as I was feeling sad. I know it was the right decision,and I am not regretting it or anytihng, but that doesnt make me feel sad. You are right, time to move one, friends don't try to pull you down. Take it as experience learned, and who knows hopefully I did her a favor and she will learn from now on. Thing is I do have 3 more projects with her this term and it will be difficult to work with her now because of her attitude. Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites
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