So there's only "private conversation" and "full karen"? There's only the option for "full bureaucratic hell" as the 3rd party involvement? Most attempts to w

So there's only "private conversation" and "full karen"? There's only the option for "full bureaucratic hell" as the 3rd party involvement? Most attempts to work together are just complaints about misunderstanings? Nothing about this seems right. I've experienced nothing but middle grounds for each of your extreme positions. For example, going to your direct supervisor to mediate is not bureaucratic hell, nor is it "full karen". Asking the mediation team for $workplace to help out isn't usually a bureaucratic hell, nor is it "involving an authority" in the way you suggest, since they usually do not have termination powers (or police powers or whatever else you're imagining), its the step before going to those authorities. Also, you seem to completely ignore the basic truth that sometimes when people have hard feelings towards each other a third party can serve as a catalyst for productive communication.