Person Gives Boss Ride Home, Ends Up Their Personal Driver Against Their Will
In most cases, any interaction with a boss is going to be complicated by differences in social status, the people you know and associate with at work, and just sheer personal awkwardness around management. Needless to say, it’s never easy.
Well, one Reddit user showed just how hard it can be in a post explaining how they, wanting to help, offered their boss a ride home when their car broke down, and the boss effectively made them into their personal driver.
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Giving someone a ride when their car breaks down is definitely a nice gesture in any case
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So, Redditor u/PurplePinball recently visited the r/AntiWork subreddit to share a predicament they found themselves in. In particular, the 26-year-old big box store employee was doing a closing shift and noticed their boss having car troubles.
As any goodhearted person would do, they offered a ride home. The ride was effectively a conversation solely about work, and once the Redditor dropped the boss off, he said “pick me up here tomorrow at 7am.” The Redditor was like “yeah, sure,” cause it was a joke, right?
No.
But, on rare occasions, someone might assume rides will be given every day, which is what happened to this Reddit user
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Because the boss’ car will need some time to get fixed, PurplePinball just became a personal driver for the boss. And a week later, they’re still carpooling together.
It all got even more complicated when OP confronted the boss about it by asking to at least pay for the gas that was being used up every day going to and from. And we’re talking about a 15-minute detour here, not an ‘on the way’ deal.
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The boss’ response to that was along the lines of ‘be glad you know powerful people’, let alone have a job. Some commenters were pointing out that his ‘position of power’ as a basic manager means nothing in a big box store. But we’ll get to that in a bit.
This whole situation, in fact, has urged PurplePinball to turn to the r/AntiWork community, asking for advice on what they ought to do in this situation. Especially considering that OP really needs this job, and the boss is quiet about when the car will actually get fixed.
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People online said a lot of things, but they were all supportive of the Redditor. While some straight up said to just say no or not show up at their doorstep, others went a more elaborate way, starting with going straight to corporate and finishing with making it official and signing up for Lyft so that he’d need to pay.
People had many opinions, mostly showing support for OP and telling him how he could get out of it
Regardless, the post managed to get over 54,000 upvotes with 60 Reddit awards (including the Narwhal Salute Award and the All-Seeing Upvote Award), and has generated a discussion with over 6,000 comments.
You can read more by checking out the post here. But before you go, tell us your thoughts on this. What would you have done in Purple’s situation? Share your ideas and advice in the comment section below!
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Don't fill your tank, run out of gas with him in the car. Explain it's cause you couldn't afford all the extra mileage. Make it very inconvenient for him.
There's an update: he spoke to his manager's boss, who gave him a paid day off and told he can stop being the free chauffeur. He's also looking for another job.
I was going to advise to talk to payroll and ask how they want the extra hours reported, since Boss insists driving him around is a part of the job.
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"Can you chip in for gas money?", "You want me to chip in for gas? Are you insane? You should be glad I even gave you a job!". *Pulls car over on the side of the highway* "GET THE F*** OUT OF MY CAR, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRATEFUL I EVEN OFFERED YOU A RIDE". Drive off into another job and leave the a-hole stranded. Some people need a middle finger smashed into their face and wiped all over it.
Document everything that is said and done. If you live in a one-party consent state, hit “record” and put your phone in your pocket mic up
"Said that I should be glad to even have a job" This is when I would decide to fart as often as possible in my own car.
I would be surprised if his boss doesn't get fired over this. By forcing the employee to transport him to work and home again and changing his work hours to do this could be construed as unpaid work. Also, if they got in an accident, the insurance company would be sure to sue the corporation alleging that because the employer was using the employee as a means of transport to and from work and changed his hours to facilitate the arrangement without the consent of the employee, the car is in fact, being used for work purposes and the corporation is liable for any damages resulting from the accident.
In California, starting a 2nd shift after 4 hours is illegal- there has to be a full 8 hours between shifts or you have to be paid overtime regardless. Also, i get being a pushover, but at 26 I'd think one would have a little better sense of how to handle something like this. Just go to HR and/or say "no"
Not sure about the going to HR - are they easy access working at such a store? - but I got the impression just saying no would have resulted in OP losing their job. While I theoretically agree with the overall message of the last comment in the post, I dislike how they worded it. Going out on a limb and saying OP is a minimum wage monkey, it's currently an employee's market and in most places you can fall over a couple of minimum wage jobs within a radius that certainly covers the 15 minutes OP is taking to drive their boss home. (Of course, if OP is on more than minimum wage and the only jobs are minimum wage that would result in a step back of lifestyle, it's a different issue)
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Don't fill your tank, run out of gas with him in the car. Explain it's cause you couldn't afford all the extra mileage. Make it very inconvenient for him.
There's an update: he spoke to his manager's boss, who gave him a paid day off and told he can stop being the free chauffeur. He's also looking for another job.
I was going to advise to talk to payroll and ask how they want the extra hours reported, since Boss insists driving him around is a part of the job.
Load More Replies... "Can you chip in for gas money?", "You want me to chip in for gas? Are you insane? You should be glad I even gave you a job!". *Pulls car over on the side of the highway* "GET THE F*** OUT OF MY CAR, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRATEFUL I EVEN OFFERED YOU A RIDE". Drive off into another job and leave the a-hole stranded. Some people need a middle finger smashed into their face and wiped all over it.
Document everything that is said and done. If you live in a one-party consent state, hit “record” and put your phone in your pocket mic up
"Said that I should be glad to even have a job" This is when I would decide to fart as often as possible in my own car.
I would be surprised if his boss doesn't get fired over this. By forcing the employee to transport him to work and home again and changing his work hours to do this could be construed as unpaid work. Also, if they got in an accident, the insurance company would be sure to sue the corporation alleging that because the employer was using the employee as a means of transport to and from work and changed his hours to facilitate the arrangement without the consent of the employee, the car is in fact, being used for work purposes and the corporation is liable for any damages resulting from the accident.
In California, starting a 2nd shift after 4 hours is illegal- there has to be a full 8 hours between shifts or you have to be paid overtime regardless. Also, i get being a pushover, but at 26 I'd think one would have a little better sense of how to handle something like this. Just go to HR and/or say "no"
Not sure about the going to HR - are they easy access working at such a store? - but I got the impression just saying no would have resulted in OP losing their job. While I theoretically agree with the overall message of the last comment in the post, I dislike how they worded it. Going out on a limb and saying OP is a minimum wage monkey, it's currently an employee's market and in most places you can fall over a couple of minimum wage jobs within a radius that certainly covers the 15 minutes OP is taking to drive their boss home. (Of course, if OP is on more than minimum wage and the only jobs are minimum wage that would result in a step back of lifestyle, it's a different issue)
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