u/glowing-cloudzzz

so my coworker and i sit near each other in an open plan office. we've never had a particular issue beyond the usual desk proximity stuff

then about three weeks ago i noticed she had started slowing down when she walked past my desk and holding her phone at an angle that made it pretty clear she was taking photos of my screen. and not just glancing, like actively stopping and filming. i do client work and my screen often has sensitive information on it

i asked her about it once and she said she was just checking her phone and i was being paranoid

so i went to my manager and my manager said she couldnt see evidence of anything and without proof there wasnt much she could do

so i bought a small desk camera, one of those ones that looks like a plant, and pointed it at the area around my desk including the path she walks past. i didnt hide the fact that i had a camera. i just didnt announce it either

two days later i had footage of her stopping at my desk while i was away from it and photographing my screen directly

i brought the footage to my manager and my manager addressed it with her

but now my coworker has gone to HR saying i filmed her without consent in the workplace and she feels surveilled and uncomfortable. HR is reviewing the situation

i installed a camera at my own desk after being told i needed to get evidence. and shes now using the existence of that evidence against me

AITA?

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ok so upfront, i don't really like this guy anymore. we were close a few years ago but looking back he's always had this careless streak and i kept letting it slide for way too long anyway

so last year a bunch of us went on a trip and i brought my camera with me, like a real one not a phone camera. i saved up forever for it and i actually use it for work on the side so it's not just some hobby thing. at some point on the trip he just grabbed it off me without asking because he wanted to take some pics and then he dropped it. and i don't mean like an oops kind of fumble, he was being careless with it and it hit the ground pretty hard

camera was done, got a repair quote back and it was higher than just buying a new one so yeah that was that

he said sorry and said he'd sort it out or whatever so i gave him two weeks and heard nothing. i bring it up again and now he's telling me he's tight right now and can we figure something out, so i said yeah of course lets do a payment plan, i wasn't trying to make his life hard about it. he agreed to one, sent one payment, and then just stopped

so i filed in small claims and won and he ignored the judgment

then i went back and had his wages garnished and apparently it's at the legal max so it's tight enough that he's picking up extra shifts now to cover his bills.