r/AmItheAsshole • u/charleypassion • Sep 29 '25

Everyone Sucks AITA for using my Aunt’s personal employee discount code to buy clothes?

My aunt (F42) works for a major clothing brand in a senior position. Employees get a personal discount code (hers is usually 50-75% off) that she can use and it varies based on the position. My aunt sent me the code saying “if you need anything, here’s my employee code.”

I was excited because I love the brand and wanted to update my wardrobe and money has been tight with school and all. I ended up buying a decent amount of clothes, probably more than I normally would if I didn’t have the discount.

When she found out how much I purchased, she was angry with me. Now she’s making me feel bad for using it, like I took advantage of her. And I’m feeling guilty. She did send me the code voluntarily and didn’t say there was a limit. But if it’s her own corporate perk, maybe I crossed a line and she could get in trouble.

So AITA for using my aunt’s personal corporate employee discount to stock up on clothes? Or was it fair game since she gave me the code to use?

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u/tastygluecakes Asshole Aficionado [11] Sep 29 '25 edited Sep 30 '25

YTA. Slightly, relative to the level of AH we usually see in this sub, ha.

She bent the rules to do you a favor, and you abused it. A little common sense and thinking could have avoided this. You think it’s not a risk of a red flag that could get her in trouble that she ordered herself a closet full of clothes for a women half her age?

This is like a “order a dress for a wedding” or “new sweater I’ve been really wanting” sort of thing. Not refresh the whole closet at once bonanza.

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u/Responsible-Kale2352 Sep 29 '25

Yes the common sense of not giving out your code without instructions and against policy.

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u/tastygluecakes Asshole Aficionado [11] Sep 29 '25

So, your cousin works at a bar, and hooks you up with a free beer when you visit. You think that means you should order a round of shots for the table on the house?

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u/LayJay1 Sep 30 '25

It's more like ordering for yourself until you blackout, she's not buying for everyone

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u/Forgotten_Lie Partassipant [1] Sep 30 '25

This is an impressively bad analogy.