This one started with a favor.

At work, Maya was asked to cover a shift.

Just one evening.

Nothing complicated.

She agreed.

Later that night, she got a message.

They asked where her coworker was.

Maya was confused.

That coworker wasn't meant to be on the rota.

She checked the schedule.

Maya's name wasn't there.

The shift was still in her coworker's name.

The shift had not been swapped.

Not officially.

Not through a manager.

She'd been working the shift for free.

Maya raised it the next day.

The response was casual.

The coworker said they had forgot to swap it, said they would fix it.

They assumed it would be fine.

Payroll didn't see it that way.

The hours weren't logged.

The system showed nothing.

When Maya asked for it to be fixed, the coworker stopped replying.

The manager said they couldn't change hours without proof the rota was fixed.

That night, Maya posted the story online.

People focused on one thing, not the unpaid shift.

The fact her name wasn't on the rota.

That she worked the shift without knowing the final update was short.

The hours were never paid.

The coworker avoided her.

And Maya stopped agreeing to favors at work.

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