What's the Gen Z perspective? Fairness!

A man is blaming his co-worker’s age for her reaction to not being credited during a meeting. The man said his colleague publicly called him out for not crediting her idea during a client meeting. 

“Am I dealing with an adolescent who needs a little more life experience, or am I being a stubborn [a-------?]” he asked. 

The co-worker replies, ‘Well, it would have been nice to get credit for it.’

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Back in this situation - the article says that on Reddit, the majority of responses to the post blasted the man for not giving his co-worker credit for her work and blaming her age when she stood up for herself. 

“[You are the a-------]. This is not a generational issue,” one person commented. “A gen Xer, male or female, would be equally irritated. You took credit for 100% of a project when you owed 50% to your colleague. Apologize and stop doing it. Give credit where credit is due.”