Good Job

It’s been years.

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Good Job is Slate’s advice column on work. Have a workplace problem big or small? Send it to Laura Helmuth and Doree Shafrir here . (It’s anonymous!)

Dear Good Job,

Years ago, I joined a faith-based faculty group at the college where I work. Big mistake! A lay leader accused me of something I didn’t do, called a secret meeting, and “anonymously” kicked me out. Friendly gossips snitched on her and lamented that she had done this to others. Nobody believes I did anything wrong, but they also don’t want to challenge her. Because I worry she’s a loose cannon, I decided to move on with my life. Years passed.

Now I’ve learned she is nominated for a faith leadership award. I haven’t said a peep in all this time, but if she wins, I thought about going to the ceremony, sitting where she’d have to see me from the stage, and then congratulating her warmly afterward.…