it's not me, but would you be surprised?
Dear Amy: I have a half-sister. She was offended by something that one of my adult children supposedly did to her. She got all bent out of shape and refused to celebrate birthdays and holidays with us anymore. No gift, no card.
We are not taking this too lightly. I have always known that she was a little shady. She has on more than one occasion helped herself to pens and Post-it notes from her workplace.
Since she felt that my family and I are no longer good enough to be on her Christmas list, I took it upon myself to let her bosses at work know why their office supplies may be dwindling. In turn, she was reprimanded at her job, which cost her a couple of days' pay and a letter in her personnel file.
I also let the IRS know that she may not have been reporting all the waitress tips she earned while she worked at a restaurant.
Since other family members learned of my tattling, they have shunned me.
What? She was the criminal, not I.
So, Amy, what do you think? Am I some kind of evil person? To paraphrase "Seinfeld's" George Costanza, "Was I wrong?"
— Lost in Lauderdale