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Record-high numbers of workers quit during the pandemic, while more and more people spoke out about their toxic jobs and went public with their exits. Resignation notices and stories began circulating on social media, sparking a wave of others questioning whether they are really happy with their current job.
Following the trend, Twitter user Alissa May Atkinson from Brooklyn, New York shared a story of how “One time I was moving really heavy patio furniture for a restaurant job that paid me $2.63/hr and my coworker said '**** this,' walked away, and neither I or anyone I knew saw her again.” The tweet amassed 203K likes, resonating with many people on the platform.
The thread soon became a hilarious collection of real-life and unairbrushed stories about people having enough and closing the doors at their work behind them for good. Do you have a similar story to share with us? Hit us in the comments!
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Ruby & Meem 3 years ago
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/bar-staff-give-free-drinks-after-boss-sacks-worker-1518899?amp
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tullotoe underfoot 3 years ago
Clearly this is Edinburgh Indiana, because the whole world is better than the USA when it comes to work environments.
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UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
“Are you seeking the smallest moment of serenity on the clock?! Face your register!”
Lisa Reuss 3 years ago
It must have been really, really dead in that store for the supervisor to see a cashier AT HER REGISTER looking out the window + give her sh*t for it. That is some small minded supervising.
Nightshade1972 3 years ago
Having worked retail for a decade, I'm fairly certain he didn't even mean "face your register" as most non-retail ppl would understand it--"stand towards your register." Nope--in retail, "facing" means "clean your conveyor belt, clean your counter, restock candy/trinkets near your register, do the same thing with the store shelves near your register." So he wasn't merely instructing her to stand facing her register, not the window--he was literally telling her to do makework to be more productive.
Mickie Shea 3 years ago
Yea, for it is written (now) that window looking out, tis forbidden to all employees.
Terri Robinson 3 years ago
I worked at Waccamaw home place which is now Old Time pottery. Thanksgiving was coming around the corner and they wanted me to work the day after Thanksgiving and I told him no, and they said that I had to work it. I told them I was not going to work it. And they said that you have to and I said this is just a part-time job for me that I have a full-time job that I really don't need to work here, so I quit. So I didn't work thanksgiving.
It’s easy to get caught up in the heat of an issue, have tunnel vision and then just quit without thinking about the consequences,” Christine Mitterbauer, a licensed and ICF-approved career coach and serial entrepreneur told Bored Panda in an interview. “Before you just quit your job, you should take a step back and try to look at your whole situation objectively. Practise thinking before you speak. You want to make sure that it’s not your ego getting in the way.”
Christine suggests thinking about the following things: “If you quit your job right now, will you genuinely be happy with all the consequences for the coming days, weeks and months? Or will you regret it? Can you even afford to quit your job? How will it look on your CV?”
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Lisa Reuss 3 years ago
I am so gobsmacked by this that I don't even know what to say. I've heard of terrible bosses, but this one is terrible, stupid AND cowardly. What a combo!
blankman 3 years ago
Many moons ago I worked for a major multi-national consulting firm and they decided to go thru a "restructuring" which is a fancy way of saying "cut staff". If the affected staff was lucky they actually got told in person but the majority found out that they were gone either by email of by voicemail (just a question of who was delivering the message).
Id row 3 years ago
Ouch. After Mother's Day, that's the busiest restaurant day of the year and must have cost them a fortune.
Anna Tribe 3 years ago
She had gotten a voicemail on her boyfriend's phone? I struggling with how he would know before her.
Nirdavo 3 years ago
Probably she left her phone with her boyfriend because of some bullsh*t "no mobile phone in shift" policy.
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I highly doubt she'd be left on shift. Did anyone verify, or take the word of someone who was taking the word of someone ?
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Evelyn Haskins 3 years ago
Expensive food. Probably NOT really WORTH $3000 just ovepriced,
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Bodey Bigham 3 years ago
Hell Ya! I promise if you underpay me on purpose it's gonna cost you more than me.
David Martin 3 years ago
I support what this poster did, but at the same time, if you were already fired...that's just trespassing into the employee area and committing theft, I'm sorry
“Once you have cooled down, you could take a look at all the pros and cons of quitting, and then decide what’s the right decision for you in the longer term. Never make any hasty decisions when you’re emotional,” she explained.
When asked whether it’s wise to quit a job on the spot in general, Christine said that generally “it’s not wise to quit your job on the spot, as this shows you haven’t thought through the consequences.” She added: “We don’t think rationally when we’re angry and frustrated, so you need to wait until those emotions have subsided, before you can assess your situation objectively.”
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JayWantsACat 3 years ago
Took me a minute that "STUCK BY A TRAIN" wasn't a type for "STRUCK by a train" (thankfully) and was seemingly stuck at a railroad crossing because of a train. lol
Izz R.! 3 years ago
I still can't believe employers don't think that some people ARE essential, then they are running around like chickens with their heads cut off trying to figure out what to do...
Suzi Q 3 years ago
Right? I'm sure they tried (begged) to get him to come back. If so I hope he didn't. Employers need to remember, a business is only as good as it's employees. I was lucky to work for a business who knew that and told us so. I worked there for 24 years. It's awful to hear about these bosses who treat crucial employees like crap.
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Rick Greene 3 years ago
Not me but a coworker pulled an all nighter to get a new server up etc. I happened to walk in with the IT manager the next morning to see this poor dishelved soul wrapping up telling his boss he needed about 2 more hrs. The boss congratulated his success but insisted he put on a tie. Protests fell on deaf ears. Five minutes later the employee asked me to help him carry his belongings out, but he was wearing a tie! Lost the best guy in the unit over that stupid bs.
Thomas Ewing 3 years ago
I had a boss that treated me poorly but acted like I couldn't get time off because I was too important. Can't have it both ways, buddy.
lakitha tolbert 3 years ago
Some managers are some of the stupidest and shortsighted people to ever exist!
Nightshade1972 3 years ago
I was a gocery store cashier in the US for 8.5 yrs. The most direct route to the store was down a very busy main road that was crossed by train tracks (commercial, not passenger). One of the assistant managers constantly accused the employees of "lying" when they said they were late to work because they got stuck behind the train. One day I showed up for work and it looks like everyone's trying really hard not to laugh. Turned out that A$$hole Manager had gotten stuck behind the train, and was late by half an hour. He was still an a$$hole after that--but at least he stopped accusing ppl of "lying" about getting stuck behind the train.
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Lawrencium 3 years ago
Hooray, our company now gives people PTSD! Management goals achieved! /s
Got Myself 4 Pandas 3 years ago
I thought he meant a vet as in an animal doctor, took me a minute to get the connection
Uber Mensch 3 years ago
How f*cked up do you have to be for a veteran to want to go back to combat than stay with the company?
tullotoe underfoot 3 years ago
Well its called mental illness. Unfortunately a lot of combat veterans feel this way regularly, not even in bad situations.
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Rachknits 3 years ago
Same here, I couldn't understand why a vet would be working at a call centre!
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Mel in Real Life 3 years ago (edited)
I was hired for a company who did surveys for At&t customers. I went on my first day to orientation and this young girl was leading the orientation and I was old enough to be her mother. She started off very first thing with a horrible attitude. There was no welcome, we are excited to have you etc etc. It was " you are here to work". "You better take a shower before you come to work cause no one wants to smell your stink"... and if you miss more than one day in a 30 day period you are fired." (no sick leave) Then proceeded to tell everyone that she needed our documents but we had to bring them to her cause her back hurt as she smirked to her other coworker that was in there with her. after about 30 minutes of this I had had enough and stood up and walked out. It would have been a second job and if the very first 30 minutes was like that imagine what it would have been like the rest of the time! But it didn't stop at me walking out. I went home and looked up every member of (part 1 cont)
Mel in Real Life 3 years ago
pt 2 corporate management and the president and emailed them a detailed description of what I had gone through. I actually got back replies and apologies from a lot of them I emailed. I wish I only knew what went down in that place after corp got to them. (If anything)
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Michelle Carlson 3 years ago
I just left an IT unit at a major university and this is what it was like, I swear.
Nightshade1972 3 years ago (edited)
Years ago, my parents had AT&T long distance service for their landline. My mother was in the habit of paying bills early when she could, and always paying them off in full. One month, this resulted in her getting a "bill" for $0.00 USD from AT&T. She ignored it. The next month, another "bill" for zero dollars and zero cents. She ignored that one, too. Third month, they send it to her printed on red paper, with ominous warnings about how they're going to "take her to collections for her unpaid balance." She was on the phone for two days, with escalation to two different supervisors, before she finally just told them to cancel her account. In a singsong voice, like she's talking to a child, the supervisor tells my mother, "Just because you cancel your account, doesn't mean you don't still owe the debt!" "What 'debt'?1?!" My mother slammed the phone down and (imagine that) never heard from them again.
Lisa Shaw 3 years ago
Had something like this happen at a call centre I worked at back 2006. Huge call centre, one day go into work and one by one each supervisor, team lead and manager was called into HR, 600 employees left on the floor with no managerial support over the course of the day. Over half of them were never seen again, literally never stepped back on the floor to collect their work bags or jackets. Turns out the company decided spending 8 million dollars and getting rid of people would be better than retraining them to correct the issues with the company. All these years later and it still referred to as "Twilight Zone day" at that company because most were never seen again.
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jimmy pop 3 years ago
Rub the broom across their face, "just cleaning up the place like you told me to". Proceed to rub harder, "really resilient, this dirt."
Elaine Mattingly 3 years ago
He is lucky you took the broom with you,........................,just saying.
If an employee walks out of a job, the boss can think about how they could have handled the situation differently, so they avoid a similar situation in the future, Christine argues. “Did they act unfair or emotionally? It’s a healthy habit to always take a step back from difficult situations to learn how you could handle them better next time round,” she concluded.
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Chioma Cobb 3 years ago
Cont. Me and my other female coworkers are upset about this. And my male coworkers hard our backs as well. I asked how long it had been down he says not long and proceeds to get the manager (his nephew) to co sign and I kid you not dude says no it's been broken for like a month. Well the boss losses it but not on him but me and yells bo one wants to see anything you got, I'm like wow what and just walk away he follows me still yelling at causing this issue and proceeds to fire me. I was about to quit but cool whatever bro. My friend who was a cook walked out withe after telling the boss to F off and we leave. FF I get a lawyer let him listen to a recording of part of the yelling that firend took. Accepted my case and won!!! The owner/boss ended up paying me so much more than if he would have simply fixed the lock, put up notice and not acted like a child. Also found out he got hit with a bunch of employment and safety violations and fines. The restaurant is now close.
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Craig Becker 3 years ago
Just what is it about the food service trade that seems to draw the crappiest people into management roles? This mgr at Bennigan’s: it would have cost them $0 to announce “you all kicked ass tonight!” at the end of the shift. But NO.
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PandaRave 3 years ago
The Managers tried to block off the exits? Dear god they wanted his head for that
Suzi Q 3 years ago
Couldn't that considered kidnapping? In domestic violence situations, blocking the door could result in a kidnapping charge.
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Guy Incognito 3 years ago
It's the curse word hierarchy. In the s tier you got the dreaded f--- word. Below that in the A tier you have stuff like S-it, as(s) hole, gawd damn. B tier you have your b(I)these, B@stards, richards C tier is stuff like damn and hell. D tier you got crap heck The f tier you got childish insults like dodo head.
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Salty Wild Hair 3 years ago
Just what the hell were they going to do when they caught him at the exits? And how many managers do they have? Just everyone, get back to work - managers as well.
Bodey Bigham 3 years ago
Tried to block the exits. Do they not realize that is illegal and if he attacked them he would be legally and morally in the right?
Summer Mason 3 years ago
Did the same at walmart. Only i said "hey team they are firing me because the management made a mistake again picking the wrong manager to manage the management" f**k that place.
Jennifer Doscher 3 years ago
Reminds me of when I was a Lowe's cashier...we'd have our work done, and front end cleaned, before closing. Management would then LOCK everyone inside (under threat if being fired,) until we'd put back all the plumbing parts (odd shaped, same color, tiny bits of pipe only discern-able to someone trained in the field,) that the department ignored restocking all day.
Even though every employee is responsible for setting their boundary of just how much nonsense they are willing to put up with at work, sometimes you don’t see these problems until years into the job. In the beginning, we tend to idealize the job we fought hard to get, and so turn a blind eye to many red flags.
However, sometimes the red flags are so bright you cannot miss them. Especially if you've become the victim of pressure, poor treatment, bullying, or worse. In those cases, there’s no other option than to speak to your HR and the superiors. Their actions are crucial in solving the situation.
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Dave P 3 years ago
I call BS, Lowes uses major corporate contracts for computer programs, big national contracts worth millions with big software companies. You son did not desiegn for them any program that he deleted and that caused them to go begged when he was working at one store. I call BS
Rick Hoppenbrouwer 3 years ago
If you stop being an a*****e employer you might find your profits actually increase. Unhappy employees cost you lots of money.
Tiffany Wilson 3 years ago
Same s**t happened to me at Lowe's. And then they got pissed because I left before I finished my two week notice WHICH IS JUST A COURTESY AND NOT REQUIRED.
Lisa Reuss 3 years ago
I love when people are treated poorly or fired, and before they go they take down the computer system + leave the company to figure it out. Bravo!
tullotoe underfoot 3 years ago
People that think like that are already bad employees going in, and got fired for cause, they just can't accept fault.
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Lisa Intally 3 years ago (edited)
Worked for a place that encouraged people to NOT get higher education and knew someone at another company that did the same just so they knew your options were limited to go somewhere else and then they could work you as hard they wanted. College is good and all higher jobs require, at least, a 4-year degree.
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BorPand8 3 years ago
I'd have made a huge loud scene in front of all the customers. "OMG DID YOU JUST SPIT ON ME?!"
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Cari Owens 3 years ago
I believe legally, spitting on someone could be considered assault. Should have filed charges on that a**hole.
Marco Conti 3 years ago
That sounds more like assault and should end with "I called the police and he was arrested".
joifuri 3 years ago
also used to work at amelies and never got a raise for 3 years - employees could not share in the tip pool unless they pass a test on menu knowledge (trick questions about pastry ingredients, etc)
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Melanie Burlock 3 years ago
I’d have called the cops on her on the spot. That’s assault. It wouldn’t go anywhere, but the humiliation for the manager (and the business) would have been worth it.
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Pink Dahlia 3 years ago
Call center jobs are the WORST. You're treated like dog s**t on the bottom of the supervisor's shoe.
Harold Sears 3 years ago
Guess I should have kept my analogies consistent instead of comparing cars to food, but you get the idea lol.
Load More Replies... lakitha tolbert 3 years ago
Sometimes you have to do things that are best for your sense of self worth! If you wouldn’t put up with it in a relationship, why would you put up with abuse from someone you definitely do not love, your job/manager?
In some cases, you may feel like no one is listening to you. "If you feel that there's nothing you can do to change the situation and the company or people involved are unwilling to change, then you have to decide whether you're willing to stay in that environment or not,” Eddy Ng, the James and Elizabeth Freeman Professor of Management at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, previously told Bored Panda.
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Jennifer Doscher 3 years ago
That's illegal. Someone stole from the company, and the company stole from you.
Alma Muminovic 3 years ago
Just bad business practice. Why that would be taken out of your check sounds ridiculous.
Suzi Q 3 years ago
There used to be a few gas stations in my area in the 80's where you didn't pay until you're done pumping. The stupidest things to let them pump first, what did the management think would happen. It could have been easily remedied by having them pay first.
Fluffy Griffin 3 years ago
Up until the World Trade Center attack, all the stations I knew of were pay after pump. After WTC gas prices spiked crazy high and there were a ton of drive offs.
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Summer Mason 3 years ago
This is surprisingly easy to do. Just turn a pump on. It's why you get trained to know your customers. I never turned them on even if i thought I did know them because of this. Man I've had alot of jobs.
Psycho Cat 3 years ago
I don't get this one? Someone please explain? If someone working on a gas station put gas in a car and run it through a cash register they had to pay for it?
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Wandaluzt 3 years ago
Notice the twitter logo on the post? Note the story telling where the posts are copied from? OK? So what made you think you could reply to a twitter user from a different website?
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Pam Page 3 years ago
My first day working at Arby's. I was 16 and survived a childhood with two wicked brothers and knew how to handle nonsense. The manager patted me on the ass and told me "you're my favorite". I turned around kneed him in the nads and said "your not my favorite". He went to his knees. I left. The funny thing is he sent me a 40-hour paycheck when I had only worked about 17 minutes.
Shelby Jackson 3 years ago
Yep. Sounds like Kroger management. I had a store manager who repeatedly showed up coked out of his f*cking mind and would then rip into ANY employee he happened to lay eyes on. His ex wife let corporate know that he had failed his last court ordered drug test and ish hit the fan! Came out the he was partying it up with a bunch of subordinates and even had a few take him to his dealers house to buy coke. He was fired and now owns a chain restaurant right next door to the store.
Barbara Stewart 3 years ago (edited)
Sounds like King Soopers(kroger) about 14 years ago I worked in the Deli briefly. I had gotten pneumonia had a Doc`s note. Called my manager to tell I would be out for a bit but I had a doctor's note. All he said to me was "Well puts a hardship on the rest of my crew". I recovered and never went back.
Such a decision may be hard when you have just been hired and are only getting warmed up in your new job. However, making the decision to quit before you’re trapped in the workplace for years to come may be a crucial step to protect your sanity and wellbeing. In fact, we only have two options and it’s either choosing to find contentment in the position you're in now or looking for a way out.
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Lisa Reuss 3 years ago
And again: IT IS ILLEGAL TO FORCE SOMEONE TO WORK WITHOUT BEING PAID. Run away? No, fight for the money you EARNED, and they are REQUIRED to pay you.
Fluffy Griffin 3 years ago
Minors were not allowed to use the cardboard or trash compactor or even work with the bottle return machines. (20ish years ago)
Niall Mac Iomera 3 years ago
I would have called the police. That's kidnapping / unlawful imprisonment
Bodey Bigham 3 years ago
It is illegal to lock your employees in the building unless you work at a prison or jail. Also you can't give overtime to someone who is underage. and it's illegal to make someone work without pay.
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Kelly Pickard 3 years ago
Sanctimonious, selfish, and willfully ignorant. Just garbage people.
Michael Largey 3 years ago
People use religion as a license to be evil, and religion doesn't seem to mind much.
Barbara Kayton 3 years ago
As a Christian, I find this unconscionable. Tell them directly that you you have rent to pay and children to fee, and that hospitality staff are horrifyingly underpaid because tips are part of their wage. Plus, 1st Timothy 5:1 says: "A worker deserves his pay." The apostle James in his second letter (verse 16) says, "If one of you tells him, “'Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,' but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?" Jesus never offered people platitudes and scriptures - he met their actual needs.
Jason Lee 3 years ago
There are no stories of people meeting Jesus and being worse off than before...I hate that I hear so many stories of supposedly 'Christians' doing just that. You deserved a fair tip for your work - then if that person chose to leave a Bible quote so be it...but don't be a d*ck about it.
Simone Saur 3 years ago
If they came back I'd make em wait and then bring out a bible quote on a plate instead of food.
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Peter Trudell Jr 3 years ago
probably had a change in the car. Working retail, sometimes you want to wear the 'uniform' for as little as possible, changing shirts when you get to work.
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Pamela Blue 3 years ago
You send a new worker to CLEAN A THEATER? No wonder he quit. I would have, too. Theaters are disgusting places.
Many people who feel that their workplace is toxic may indeed feel imprisoned by the fact that there's a global pandemic going on and it’s going to be hard to find a new job. But such an idea can be very limiting and so it’s better to stay in a positive mindset. In reality, the world just didn't stop one day, companies are still hiring and you can always make money on your own.
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Kyndal T 3 years ago
FedEx is the problem. Not the employees. In case anyone is wondering, most of the employees aren't working for FedEx. They're subcontractors to contractors who get paid absolute garbage. The contractors frequently sell their subcontractors to new companies. The contractors own sections of routes and pay (poorly) for subcontractors to deliver. No benefits. No bonuses. No equipment. Forced to wear the uniform (provided few sets but never got anymore in 10 years and forced to buy ridiculously expensive shoes), overtime for no pay, and treated like garbage. Experience? Husband worked there 10 years. 4 separate companies he was sold to. Some contractor companies are better than others but when you don't get home til 11pm when you have to be in at 6am, it doesn't matter anymore. My husband finished his route early every single day and would have to help other drivers. Most of the time, his boss sent him to other company's drivers and got paid for his labor. He never saw a dime.
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IrrelevantNonsense 3 years ago (edited)
Especially not okay to force your religion on others! They might not follow jesus, or no one at all. Making their whole work ethic about him? Disgraceful. especially to those who DO CHOOSE to follow him. I hate people like that owner. And “slave yourself to the job”?! WTF?!
Load More Replies... Lisa Reuss 3 years ago
No. Hard no. No one should give themselves over ENTIRELY to a job, even if that person owns the company. All work + no play makes Johnny a dull boy. And an unhappy, depressed, possibly suicidal boy. Also, no job should be more important than Jesus, to use this boss's example.
Marco Conti 3 years ago
I was in the military. During the cold war and while various Italian terrorists were triggering bombs all over the place. Even there they didn't expect total commitment to the job. Sure, when you were on duty, you had to be there 100%, but they expected us to have a life outside our duties.
Barbara Kayton 3 years ago
Jesus never said such a thing. The new testament abounds with injunction to pay workers a good wage, and not to force them into terrible situations while working .
Blackstone 3 years ago (edited)
Seriously. All these "Christians" in these posts have clearly never actually read the Bible.
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Randall Drummonds 3 years ago
So, are you gonna treat me the way Jesus would? Sacrifice yourself for me and reward me with pearly gates and streets of gold? Or continue acting like the devil and giving us h*ll.
Meanwhile, Professor Ng from Bucknell University said that if the problems in the workplace concern derogatory comments (like unwanted or unwelcome jokes), a human rights complaint might be the right course of action. "Employers (managers and HR) can be held responsible for inaction," he told us and added that “if repeated complaints about the toxic workplace to the manager or HR fall on deaf years, then it is indicative that the employer is not taking the concern seriously and it's the cue that you should switch employers/workplace.
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shodokai 3 years ago
Never ride those traveling carnival rides, unless you're looking for a disability/death claim.
Pink Dahlia 3 years ago
Yeah I don't trust a ride that was put up so quickly.
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Cindy Larie 3 years ago
I used to sell tickets and drive for a carnival and actually, rides that are set up, inspected, and tore down weekly are safer than rides that sit in one spot and are rarely inspected other than cursory lookovers. State inspectors go over those rides with a fine toothed comb, making sure they're safe, and they're inspected every day before opening by the operators. Some rides do malfunction but you get way worse malfunctions from places like Six Flags and Disney. They just pay to sweep them under the rug so you don't hear about them..
Sally Barry 3 years ago
and what does that have to do with carnival rides??? please! elucidate!
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Summer Mason 3 years ago (edited)
As a Christian. I recommend tiping in the USA cause God told you to share your wealth. Just saying....
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Aussie Bloke 3 years ago
Being religious doesn't make you a good person, any more than standing in a garage makes you a car...
Suzi Q 3 years ago
These aren't true Christians, Jesus teaches to share your wealth and treat people how you want to be treated. Bible tracts don't bring people to God, your actions are supposed to be an example. It's not God who drives away people from him, it's people like that.
Blackstone 3 years ago (edited)
But leaving a tract is easier because you don't have to actually develop a relationship with someone or even talk to them to make yourself feel good about "sharing the gospel", and if the person isn't receptive, then that's on them and between them and God (/s). As someone who believes the Christian faith, I'll never understand how someone can be greedy, racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, and self-centered, and still pretend to follow Christ. It absolutely blows my mind.
Load More Replies... Marco Conti 3 years ago
Didn't Paul write "Tip your waiters, you cheapskates" in 2 Corinthians?
Barbara Kayton 3 years ago
Leaving something in lieu of tip is never ok. Leaving it along with the tip is another matter. The person can choose to read it; but they can't pay their bills with it.
Mickie Shea 3 years ago
You Read the bible and still waited on them. Careful in life you ought be.
Harold Sears 3 years ago
Were they Chick Tracts? If they gave me a bunch of those, I might overlook their cheapness. Those things are so wild and insane, but sadly I've never found one left anywhere or gotten one as a trick or treat handout in my life.
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Dorrie Kimkaran 3 years ago
Nope....so you "just decide you don't want to come in" means someone ELSE has to take up YOUR slack/work. Bet you'd just love to hear that if YOU had an emplooyee like that working for YOU. You just screwed your fellow employees who had to take up your work load.... I would have fired you on the spot.
"On the other hand, "if management makes an effort for change, then it would be an opportunity to assist with that change. Many organizations are not addressing systemic discrimination and are engaging with employees with this change," Professor Ng said. In more severe cases when the toxic workplace environment becomes a health concern and the employer is still not willing to act accordingly, the employee can always quit and sue the employer for constructive dismissal.
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Lawrencium 3 years ago
Because wrinkles TOTALLY RUINED the upscale swanky vibes Hollywood video definitely had! /s
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Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
I'd say after five years of kneading dough she knocked him out. (sorry if "called" is the UK slang for the same thing. We're two peoples divided by a common language)
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Harold Sears 3 years ago
I've baked bread at home for years, I'm not saying I'm a professional, but I've spent hundreds of hours watching professionals on Youtube and other media, reading articles to perfect my skills... I've made pizzas of many kinds, thin crust, neapolitian style, and Chicago Deep Dish, I even have developed my own dough recipes that I use for these various types by trial and error with other recipes, finding what I liked about one, and changing it to make it more to my taste. I'm also a gay man. So for what its worth, Doing THAT, is not how you knead pizza dough.
Lisa Reuss 3 years ago
Wait. Wait, wait, wait. You worked for that as*hole for FIVE YEARS after he made the hand job comment?? AND you waited until he physically HIT YOU to leave? How absurd. Why would you do that? Was he your husband???
BukkitBrownie 3 years ago
I think it means hitting on, but its still very strange.
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Thomas Ewing 3 years ago
Had a one-day job where I was expected to automatically know everything (no training) and was criticized for not jumping when they said jump. Father/son team treated me like a go-between in their squabbles.
Marco Conti 3 years ago
Same thing at a restaurant in San Francisco. They had us wait tables and make sandwiches for a section of 10+ tables. I had never made an American style sandwich before in my life and at the time I couldn't tell the 2 dozen different breads apart. Training was about 15 minutes. I walked out as hundreds of tourists, each with their own weird sandwich order walked in. Who needs that? I was a waiter, not a sandwich artist.
Joel Warner 3 years ago
Worked for a major Australian travel company. Minimal training but expected to know how to book a “Round the world “ ticket my first day in store. My “team” were supposed to continue my training on the job. Finally flunked what looked like a great commission ($5k in my first week). 10 people on a NZ Contiki tour. Flights, tours, transfers and insurance for all. Once all of the work was done, my boss advised me it was going to be HER commission as the primary client was the sister of one of her clients and therefore her lead. Went to lunch and drove home. Called head office to ask them to call the store and advise them I would not be back. Head office advised me the commission was rightfully mine and if I went back to work it would be sorted out. I asked them to email that in writing which they did. Never went back to that hostile, bitchy store but used the email to ensure I got my commission in my final paycheque.
Brooke Wiseman 3 years ago
Sounds like my old job was in day 2 manager screamed at me for asking if there is anything to do to help keeping in mind I was given 1 days training ( I was front counter and it was quiet but drive through was busy) she sent me to cafe finished my shift crying on the way home never went back or answered calls then burned the uniform shirt. I ain’t putting myself through that
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Izz R.! 3 years ago
I had a job like this, i was working under a supervisor at a job, after someone had already quit, one day my coworker did something wrong and blamed me, one call no show for me and the next day I walked out. Then they hired someone else and he quit and then another person after that and he quit, all within like a couple of weeks. Finally HR figured that the supervisor was the problem and fired him...
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Historyharlot93 3 years ago
Remember the cost of living is higher in California, so their minimum wage probably has the same amount of buying power as $7.25. Which still sucks.
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Jen T 3 years ago
If tips don’t get servers up to minimum wage, THEN the employer has to make up the difference (technically). Otherwise, the restaurant only has to pay that tiny < $3.00/hour. Yes, the US just doesn’t feel like that beacon of freedom and opportunity I keep hearing about.
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Samantha Mannion 3 years ago
It really does suck working for a tipped wage under 3 bucks an hour...I'll never waitress again
Suzi Q 3 years ago
Maybe the federal minimum was in place if your state didn't have a minimum...or maybe for federal jobs? I don't think what that boss was supposed to do..
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M Rob 3 years ago
Had a boss who threatened to fire me if I took off ONE day While I was pregnant ( I spent 9 months puking in a garbage can). On the day I was to return from maternity leave, I walked in and said " I quit " She screamed " you could have told me you were not coming back" - and I said you did not need to threaten me and double my work load while I was pregnant.
Upstaged75 3 years ago
That's totally illegal! You should have reported her.
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Lawrencium 3 years ago
"An employee having a panic attack? I know what will help: yell at them! That's bound to make things better and not worse!"
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Kady LaHaie 3 years ago (edited)
I got hired at 19 at a the Driftwood motel in Rogers City Michigan. Ad said "desk clerk." After 2 weeks (holiday weekend) I had only ever worked "fill in" housekeeping and Laundry. I asked when I was going to work behind the desk and got told I was no longer on the schedule. I cleaned their shitty hotel for 2 weeks in high heels and nylons and my best dresses in 90 degree heat because I "needed to help."
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Sarah 3 years ago
I *think* what OP is saying is that when the now-manager was just a then-employee, they slept with another colleague. Once this then-employee was now-manager, that came back to haunt them. Now-manager was in hospital after having a seizure, caused by work. Company fired now-manager, for something then-employee did, while in hospital. OP didn't like that and quit. I really hope that makes sense on screen, it sure as sh!t did in my head...kinda...
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Patti Vance 3 years ago
i did this only one time in my life. i was pregnant and working at a food place. the manager was a mysogistic a-hole. i was about 6 months along and he would always ask me to get heavy items from the back instead of one of the back of the house employees who were the ones who actually needed it. but, i wanted to keep working to save up for when i was on maternity leave. since my belly was getting out there i would have to balance things on my hip because of their weight. one day he asked me to get a crate of something out of the walk in and when i wasn't moving as fast as he liked he yelled out for the pregnant bimbo to step it up. carried that crate up to him, dropped it on his foot and left.
D20 Games 3 years ago
I don't get the bathroom cleaning ones. Who is responsible for cleaning the bathroom? Do you not use the bathroom at work? I've worked jobs, that had cleaning services, then, throughout course of day, would need a reclean. People are fu@king nasty. I'll clean it, I need to use it.
Suzi Q 3 years ago
Someone has to clean the bathroom that customers use. When I worked for A&W as a teen, I had to clean them, and check them throughout the day to see if it needed more tp or paper towels, etc.
Load More Replies... Roland 3 years ago
I'd like to contribute with my story: I took on a job as a senior developer for very good pay at an insurance provider. The place was messed up, my superior bad mouthed all people who had left earlier and had a story about all on what sh*tty code they've produced. Meanwhile I was assigned to work on pointless word documents for my first 3 weeks at the job. The 4th week I could finally get my hands dirty with code, which I did. I've never seen that many useless pointless comments on a pull request (the peer review process of new code added to a project). I "fixed" everything and my feature was finally accepted. Then my first review came whereby the CTO explained that everything is going ok, they're happy with my work etc. Finally he asked if I was happy. My moment came. I explained that this is in close competition being the most toxic place I ever worked, so no sorry, not happy at all. I'd rather be happy to be added to the long list to moan about once gone. Said it with a genuine smil
Mad McQueen 3 years ago
Walked out of last job I loved when the week before I got injured, told the boss w the foreman next to him, foreman said it was my fault (two other undertrained employees caused the injury an almost started a fire) then the boss repeated him. Holiday weekend comes and goes. Boss hasn't spoken to me in two days. I wrote a text to him an the hr lady giving a weeks notice on Wednesday. Thursday comes he still hasn't replied. By 11 am I'm don't with his b******t an just bring my stuff out to my car then go back in an clock out an leave. He finally texted me at 430 (they close at 330 an I left at 11) that I'm rude an unprofessional. I made sure the hr lady saw my reply that even tho I enjoyed working there, I was never written up in 5.5 yrs, and good luck finding someone to do what I did. Which was make him a s**t ton of money. He bought a second company and within the first week all but two people quit an walked out of there too. Bye Felicia.
Jacquie Carr 1 year ago
For me, it wasn't really the job or even the people. I worked at a delivery company and the beeping of the reversing vans all day long drove me mad; I just snapped and gave my notice (in UK so we give/get notice there)
Barbara Vandewalle 3 years ago
By daughter worked at a drive-inn. While she was training a friend of the owner came through paid for her $5 purchase with a twenty. Came back two days later saying she did not get her change. She did plus her trainer was back stopping her. She was fried for being careless. A week later the boss wanted her to come back to work because she and her husband wanted to take a weeks' vacation. NO
dave65gto 3 years ago
Walked up and down steps trying to sell $1 cokes to broke college kids at NCAA basketball games. A soda spilled and I went back to commissary to get it refilled. The manager said, "You spilled it, you lost it." I walked out the door owing $39.00 for the soda's I had already sold. 45 years later and I still owe the $39.00. Tough luck.
Curry on... 3 years ago
I took a low paying part-time position as an on-the-job trainer, training mentally or physically disabled workers. I receive no "official" training myself. One day while training one of the workers at a restaurant, the sole proprietor called me about a form I had turned in. She yelled that it wasn't filled out properly. It did no good trying to explain that she'd never shown me how. She'd yell over me. So when she got done, I told that day would be my last. A month later she called me all sweet and oblivious to why I quit, asking me if I had found any work yet. I told her no. She asked if I wanted to return. I told her absolutely not. Apparently, she had a hard time keeping employees.
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
I've had a few jobs, I've walked out of one. I worked for a cheap home goods store (not ikea,, but like it). This store was massively understaffed for its size, i had only been there 2 months and every day was miserable. But I had bills to pay and wasn't leaving without another job. Till one day took it too far: It was too busy, I was at the department desk, helping customers do orders, there was an actual lineup waiting, I was the only one on my department, the other department had 2 associates also busy, the cashier was calling endlessly over the walkies for a price check and nobody was answering, the boss was in his office and could see we were swamped from his window yet did nothing. I was already near a breaking point when the cashier finally got a moment, marched up and shoved a sign in my face screaming that this was the wrong price and I needed to fix it. I never made it, I had no idea how and I had responded repeatedly in the walkie that I was busy with a customer.
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
A customer at the till had given her a hard time over 10 dollars and she then took it out on me in front of a group of customers at the desk I was at. I had enough. I walked upstairs to the lockers, clocked out, put my uniform shirt, name tag and walkie on the table, grabbed my stuff and walked out the front door. 2 months of crap like that almost daily and I couldn't do it any longer.
Load More Replies... Patti Vance 3 years ago
i did this only one time in my life. i was pregnant and working at a food place. the manager was a mysogistic a-hole. i was about 6 months along and he would always ask me to get heavy items from the back instead of one of the back of the house employees who were the ones who actually needed it. but, i wanted to keep working to save up for when i was on maternity leave. since my belly was getting out there i would have to balance things on my hip because of their weight. one day he asked me to get a crate of something out of the walk in and when i wasn't moving as fast as he liked he yelled out for the pregnant bimbo to step it up. carried that crate up to him, dropped it on his foot and left.
D20 Games 3 years ago
I don't get the bathroom cleaning ones. Who is responsible for cleaning the bathroom? Do you not use the bathroom at work? I've worked jobs, that had cleaning services, then, throughout course of day, would need a reclean. People are fu@king nasty. I'll clean it, I need to use it.
Suzi Q 3 years ago
Someone has to clean the bathroom that customers use. When I worked for A&W as a teen, I had to clean them, and check them throughout the day to see if it needed more tp or paper towels, etc.
Load More Replies... Roland 3 years ago
I'd like to contribute with my story: I took on a job as a senior developer for very good pay at an insurance provider. The place was messed up, my superior bad mouthed all people who had left earlier and had a story about all on what sh*tty code they've produced. Meanwhile I was assigned to work on pointless word documents for my first 3 weeks at the job. The 4th week I could finally get my hands dirty with code, which I did. I've never seen that many useless pointless comments on a pull request (the peer review process of new code added to a project). I "fixed" everything and my feature was finally accepted. Then my first review came whereby the CTO explained that everything is going ok, they're happy with my work etc. Finally he asked if I was happy. My moment came. I explained that this is in close competition being the most toxic place I ever worked, so no sorry, not happy at all. I'd rather be happy to be added to the long list to moan about once gone. Said it with a genuine smil
Mad McQueen 3 years ago
Walked out of last job I loved when the week before I got injured, told the boss w the foreman next to him, foreman said it was my fault (two other undertrained employees caused the injury an almost started a fire) then the boss repeated him. Holiday weekend comes and goes. Boss hasn't spoken to me in two days. I wrote a text to him an the hr lady giving a weeks notice on Wednesday. Thursday comes he still hasn't replied. By 11 am I'm don't with his b******t an just bring my stuff out to my car then go back in an clock out an leave. He finally texted me at 430 (they close at 330 an I left at 11) that I'm rude an unprofessional. I made sure the hr lady saw my reply that even tho I enjoyed working there, I was never written up in 5.5 yrs, and good luck finding someone to do what I did. Which was make him a s**t ton of money. He bought a second company and within the first week all but two people quit an walked out of there too. Bye Felicia.
Jacquie Carr 1 year ago
For me, it wasn't really the job or even the people. I worked at a delivery company and the beeping of the reversing vans all day long drove me mad; I just snapped and gave my notice (in UK so we give/get notice there)
Barbara Vandewalle 3 years ago
By daughter worked at a drive-inn. While she was training a friend of the owner came through paid for her $5 purchase with a twenty. Came back two days later saying she did not get her change. She did plus her trainer was back stopping her. She was fried for being careless. A week later the boss wanted her to come back to work because she and her husband wanted to take a weeks' vacation. NO
dave65gto 3 years ago
Walked up and down steps trying to sell $1 cokes to broke college kids at NCAA basketball games. A soda spilled and I went back to commissary to get it refilled. The manager said, "You spilled it, you lost it." I walked out the door owing $39.00 for the soda's I had already sold. 45 years later and I still owe the $39.00. Tough luck.
Curry on... 3 years ago
I took a low paying part-time position as an on-the-job trainer, training mentally or physically disabled workers. I receive no "official" training myself. One day while training one of the workers at a restaurant, the sole proprietor called me about a form I had turned in. She yelled that it wasn't filled out properly. It did no good trying to explain that she'd never shown me how. She'd yell over me. So when she got done, I told that day would be my last. A month later she called me all sweet and oblivious to why I quit, asking me if I had found any work yet. I told her no. She asked if I wanted to return. I told her absolutely not. Apparently, she had a hard time keeping employees.
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
I've had a few jobs, I've walked out of one. I worked for a cheap home goods store (not ikea,, but like it). This store was massively understaffed for its size, i had only been there 2 months and every day was miserable. But I had bills to pay and wasn't leaving without another job. Till one day took it too far: It was too busy, I was at the department desk, helping customers do orders, there was an actual lineup waiting, I was the only one on my department, the other department had 2 associates also busy, the cashier was calling endlessly over the walkies for a price check and nobody was answering, the boss was in his office and could see we were swamped from his window yet did nothing. I was already near a breaking point when the cashier finally got a moment, marched up and shoved a sign in my face screaming that this was the wrong price and I needed to fix it. I never made it, I had no idea how and I had responded repeatedly in the walkie that I was busy with a customer.
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
A customer at the till had given her a hard time over 10 dollars and she then took it out on me in front of a group of customers at the desk I was at. I had enough. I walked upstairs to the lockers, clocked out, put my uniform shirt, name tag and walkie on the table, grabbed my stuff and walked out the front door. 2 months of crap like that almost daily and I couldn't do it any longer.
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