The day after finding out she did not get her promotion, Sarah approached Ed and Karen.

$$Hey guys, I acted really badly yesterday, and I$$m sorry," she said. "You were trying to tell me about the bonus right after I got some bad news, and I totally misread the situation. I thought you were trying to rub it in$,$ when you couldn$$t even have known what was happening. I know we aren$$t really close, but I felt that I really did wrong by you and want to make it up to you. I$$m just so embarrassed by how I acted.$$

Karen replied, $$Sarah$,$ forget about it$.$ We heard this morning what happened, and if we$$d known, we wouldn$$t have even approached you. And don$$t be embarrassed. Anyone would have reacted the way you did.$$

Ed added, $$Yeah$,$ and I guess the good thing about all of this is that, for once, we$$re not all complaining about each other.$$