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There's only so much an employee can take. No matter how big the pot of gold their boss is promising, if the worker is exploited, eventually they'll realize that.
In an attempt to find out what pushes people over the edge, Redditor u/UsefulComputer4476 recently posted this question on the platform: "What was your 'I'm not paid enough for this s*** moment?" And I think they did because the replies came flying in!
As of this article, there are over a thousand of them. Continue scrolling and check out the most upvoted ones.
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#1
So if you're familiar with build a bear, you know the happy faces the employees are supposed to have. You might also be familiar with the bear stuffing process. You pick a bear, bring it to me, pick a heart and you do a little dance (or whatever else I'd pick) I'd stuff the bear, you put the heart in and I stitch it up. There was a couple that came in one night in January 2008. She was extremely pregnant. They came in and pick one of the little blue bears. I asked how they want it stuffed, the normal. And then when they pick the heart oh, they also pick one of the fancy hearts that has a heartbeat. Then tell me that their son, who she is still pregnant with is going to be stillborn. And they are making a bear together to give to him to be buried with. Obviously, I immediately tone down to the happy-go-lucky bulls**t. The store was empty so it didn't really matter. And no, I didn't make them do the little dance and wish that you do for most people. I finished the bear myself, walk them through the clothing, check them out myself and then close the store. I got written up the next day for not showing the Build-A-Bear spirit. I was 16. I quit and got into a screaming match with that dumbass manager.
SentimentAndBadJokes 4 years ago
That's honestly so heartbreaking. What a terrible manager, and you did the right thing in that situation. I cannot imagine the feelings of the couple, so thank you for being real with them.
Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
A very mature and sensitive sixteen year old. Middle management doesn't always think things through. Those customers will never forget this experience.
Grumble O'Pug 4 years ago
What is also sad is that Build a Bear trashes the bears that don’t sell by cutting them, instead of donating them. Trashwalker on Instagram found evidence. They are a trash company
SuperChicken 4 years ago
What a clueless, dumbass amoeba of a manager. Kudos for being considerate and caring. Makes me wonder now how the couple is doing.
"I was just going on with my daily routine when I randomly thought about asking Reddit this question," u/UsefulComputer4476 told Bored Panda. "Most of the replies came from retail, but a lot are from other sectors too."
The Redditor doesn't think that there is a culture of exploiting workers but they do not believe that these are standalone examples, either. u/UsefulComputer4476 expects that the reasons giving rise to such stories are somewhere in between.
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#2
When the boss said he was going to hire "Mary" back.
Mary, the woman who was fired for having her friends call me with death threats because I wouldn't switch days off with her.
Mary, the woman he told me he was never in a room alone with because she was 'the type to claim sexual harassment'.
He hired Mary back and gave her my job after I quit.
He was fired 6 months later over the sexual harassment claim filed by . . . . Mary.
Troux 4 years ago
That boss needed her huggin' more than he needed his job.
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#3
I worked at a Starbucks in a grocery store and a customer got mad because she wanted a drink cold but it was served hot (the girl taking her order was new and didn’t ask her if she wanted hot or cold, I was making the drinks so went with what was on the cup) so she threw it at me, while still freshly hot. Burned my face down to my stomach. I was 5 months pregnant. I quit a week later.
Daria B 4 years ago (edited)
I don't understand why people get so mad about something like having their order gotten wrong, it happens, we're human. It's not like you can't politely tell the staff and have it replaced with the thing you ordered. Even for a super introvert like me, it's no big deal. Just go with your drink and your receipt, explain the matter, they'll serve you professionally and apologise even. I always make sure I behave with understanding in these situations. You may even get a free bonus for your kindness or for compensation sometimes.
John L 4 years ago (edited)
Because for a lot of people, they have to feel better than someone to get through the day. Unfortunately no easier target than a shop worker. Where they wouldn't get away with it at work, at home or on the street, they can "safely" get away with at a shop. That explains most of human nature in a nutshell.
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Id row 4 years ago
I hate when these don't have closure. So did you call the police? An ambulance? What happened?
Rob Woodman 4 years ago
There’s a link to the reddit story bro stole it from, you could click and check...
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Over here, when you're working in a field that has a higher risk of having the mother-to-be be infected with something (e.g. food industry, childcare, doctor's office or hospital, healthcare etc), as soon as you know you're pregnant you're on paid maternity leave. Saves you from idiots like that as well.
abby smink 4 years ago
You'll be lucky if you can get 2 weeks paid off after the baby is born in the US, sure as s**t no one is paying for you to be off the whole 9 months.
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Interestingly, this fall might be a good time to look for another employer. According to a recent CNBC | Momentive Small Business Survey, that there are more than 10 million open jobs in the U.S., the highest level ever, and over one million more jobs than unemployed people.
Half of small business owners (50%) say it’s gotten harder to find qualified people to hire compared to a year ago and almost one-third (31%) say they have open roles they have not been able to fill for at least three months (up from 24% last quarter and 16% in Q1 2020).
#4
While working with a client as a consultant employed by a consulting agency. The client tried to hire me full time and offered me triple the salary. That was like the wtf moment which made me research the market value of my skills and turned out I was super underpaid. So I left and found a new job straight away.
Robert T 4 years ago
You did the right thing there. Many employment contracts have clauses that prevent you from working for a customer or supplier for a set period of time, primarily to prevent poaching. Better to leave for somewhere else first and then have the option of joining the customer/supplier when the period has elapsed.
Bored Birgit 4 years ago
Hopefully the new employer will be honest and in fact hire him/her.
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Son of Philosoraptor 4 years ago
Had a good year. Got no annual raise. Asked the boss, where's my reward for all that hard work? He say, not even kidding, "your continued employment is your reward." Quit two weeks later.
Hamad Rashid 4 years ago
He was right though. You were hired to work hard and you even got a raise. It's not like you are volunteering. You are being paid for your work.
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Bob Belcher 4 years ago
There is absolutely no law against sharing your salary with your fellow employees. The only people that don't want you to do it is HR. F**k HR. Tell everyone how much you make, not to be a d**k about it, but so everyone else knows how they compare. Best thing about government jobs, everyone salary is already public and can be searched.
Mark Johansen 4 years ago
I saw a TV show once -- yeah, just fiction, but pointed -- where a company trying to hire someone away from another company says, "Whatever your salary is now, we'll double it." The employee says, "Well, you may not want to promise that." He shows him his paycheck and says, "Could you really double that?" And the recruiter looks at it and says, "Aw, heck, we could triple THAT."
Randolph Croft 4 years ago
The agency billed at the price you SHOULD have been paid, and kept the difference.
deanna woods 4 years ago
My sister has been working at the same place for over three years and has never gotten a raise. A woman that got hired earlier this year just got a raise. She never does her job herself, but she got a raise.
#5
Scooping a stillborn baby out of a toilet.
I'm a cop and I make $20/hr.
Swamparella McJudgeface 4 years ago
Aue! ( A cry of despair). This makes my heart hurt for you
Crowley The Snake 4 years ago
I'm sorry to make such an odd comment on such a sad post, but where are you from? I have never hear "Aue" used before
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Watching 4 years ago
Man, you can take these hugs from all of us people right here on this comment thread and it still wouldn't be enough. Thank you for everything you do. Take care of yourself.
deanna woods 4 years ago
I have no idea. I know a guy that had to stop being a paramedic because he saw a decapitated baby at one of his accident scenes.
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Cameron Jacobs 4 years ago
And this is precisely why we have to cut police officers some slack. A few bad apples don't represent an entire population of people. A couple of my friends are officers and some of the stuff they've witnessed is so horrifying, I personally would never be the same. Thank you for your service! (to the good ones, and there are many).
ChickyChicky 4 years ago
Don't cut them slack, give them more (appropriate--not military weapons) resources, training, support. Take things out of their hands that shouldn't be there in the first place, like social work.
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Andy Acceber 4 years ago
I'm not sure you're the one being exploited here. Sure, that sucks. But what about the person who just birthed a stillborn over a toilet? There seems to be more than one error in this system.
Wouldiwas Shookspeared 4 years ago
Man 20 dollars an hour to do something that can traumatize you for life, the mother needs help too, but we don’t know op’s situation. His partner could have had a stillbirth and that can be traumatizing
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Bird lover 4 years ago
Rob, a fetus and a stillborn are NOT the same thing.
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deanna woods 4 years ago
My aunt thought that something was wrong with her pregnancy, so we went to the er. She went to the bathroom and her stillborn baby fell in the toilet. She was only five months pregnant. One of the worst things that you will ever see is a baby coffin.
#6
State of Louisiana. 8 year employee, Good employee. Weeks of accumulated sick time. Professional position.
They send us to work at home and put time tracking software on our computer so they can see we are working; because that big pile of finished work at the end of the just got there by its self.
I got a message one day asking to explain what I was doing on my bathroom break and why it was longer than 5 minutes.
QueenMiri 4 years ago
I would have answered with a very detailed description of what I did. Color and everything 😁
Scagsy 4 years ago
Same thing happened to me in a call centre. I went for a bathroom break and when I came back to my desk HR was stood there. She said at the top of her voice 'And where have you been for 15 minutes. A bathroom break does not take that long.' I matched her volume and said straight-faced 'It was a massive s**t'. Quit 3 months later.
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
All this time-tracking s**t needs to be made illegal—-it’s STALKING ffs! If you’re working at home, and get all your work done during the hours you’re scheduled, then they should leave you the f**k alone. Trust you employees! Weed out the slackers, but don’t treat the others like s**t because of one or two bad apples.
Damon Hill 4 years ago
sign on bonuses everywhere now. What about the loyal hard working employees that have kept businesses running while the plandemic carries on? What do they get besides extra workload and no additional pay? Where's their assistants when theirs never return? If most managers don't get their heads out of their butts and take care of their employees, they're gong to wake up one day to find they're out of business.
Load More Replies... Vee Dub 4 years ago
Use the Bristol stool scale for detailing your description ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_stool_scale
Leigh C. 4 years ago
This used to happen all the time with me at the office. They would ask, in middle of the big, open office, why I took so long. I would tell them I was in the washroom. They would again ask why it took so long. So I told my Team Leader, "I had bouts of an upset stomach. Things were curdled. It had to escape." Then he said he didn't need more details. But he was asking. Eventually it got to the point I had to have an awkard tmi discussion with mgmt. Ridiculous. But it did result in allowances in long washroom time. I haven't been harassed about it much since, and never have since wfh.
Robert T 4 years ago (edited)
It's a kind of scam that limits how many days they have to pay you for if you are every really sick. Civilised countries have schemes that actually make sure you get some income when you really need it and still have a job to go back to.
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Potato Puffin 4 years ago
I had this happen before... a manager pulled me up in front of colleagues due to my "comfort break" time increasing that week. Explained very loudly to him in front if everyone that I was on my period (with a related medical condition too) so would be making more frequent trips. His face... can picture it now
Because of this, companies are investing more resources into retaining the employees they do have. 41% of small business owners are saying they are currently experiencing a rising cost in wages.
"It turns out that revving the economy back up after months of shutdowns, layoffs, and work-from-home is really disorienting," Laura Wronski, research science manager at Momentive, said. "Unfortunately, there’s no on-or-off switch, and these labor and supply shocks that we’re seeing are totally expected on our path back to normal, even if they are disruptive in the short term."
#7
When a customer had a full-blown adult tantrum on the floor of the supermarket I was working at because we were out of red cabbage two hours before we closed on Christmas Eve. Mind you that almost everyone eats red cabbage on Christmas here in Germany. To top this off she also threw frozen bread rolls after me because I told her to have her tantrum outside.
Jo Choto 4 years ago
Should have sold her green cabbage and beetroot. Cook them together and you'll get your red cabbage.
SweetCee 4 years ago
Should not have had to cater to their childish tantrum in the first place.
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ProductofNZ 4 years ago
I had a similar experience. There was a car part that I could not source immediately and my customer had a meltdown in front of the whole store. Her daughter came into the shop and calmed her down. Turned out she had a traumatic brain injury and could not control her behaviour sometimes.
Kallen Kneeland 4 years ago
I'm just really glad to hear that this type of behavior isn't exclusive to the US! I mean, I hate that people act this way no matter where they are, but I was beginning to think it was just here which made me very embarrassed.
Seule Forever 4 years ago
While I never I see someone have a tantrum over it, I saw a LOT of people two hour before we close on christmas surprised that we're out of christmas things. Dude, Christmas stuff are out since September, you didn't think about it before !!?? (Sorry for the rant XD)
Big Chungus 4 years ago
I feel some sort of solidarity knowing that this doesn't just happen to us in the States lol
Yoga Kitty 4 years ago
But the striking difference is - here in Germany the customer will not get away with this kind of behaviour. She will be thrown out of the supermarket, maybe banned and if she misbehaves any further the police will be called. No "I will get you fired!" over here! Nonetheless, I am sure the worker could have done perfectly well without having to deal with this idiot on top of the stressful working day. Just for explanation: Supermarkets in Germany close on 24 December some when in the afternoon and 25 and 26 are holidays - no shopping until 27 December at the earliest. Therefore, the days before it is usually quite full in German supermarkets...
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Laura Mende (Human) 4 years ago
Rouladen with red cabbage and dumplings. 😍😍😍
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Sivi 4 years ago
And this is why I try and avoid working around christmas and new year. People shocked how we barely have any stock when we open again after christmas. Like where does that 2 month worth of food you bought on the 24th go? I have seen 3 carts full at the most yet they came back before new year filling another cart. Did they like bring all their relatives from all over Norway?
#8
Realizing the police reports i'm translating are not to help the victim escape her abusive husband, they're to help the abusive husband gain a refugee visa to Canada.....
I quit translating as a freelancer soon after.
Roxy Eastland 4 years ago
No need to stop being a freelance translator - you are free to turn down jobs. That's the one of the blinking benefits of being a freelancer.
Natalie Oleander 4 years ago
If the public knew how much these abusers get away with because it technically isn't a crime. Protect yourself, people! It CAN happen to anyone.
Kimberly Buchanan 4 years ago
The laws are for the bad guys, not the people who needs them to be safe
#9
I was told to look the other way on a $1.5 million mistake I found on the books that one of the managers had made. Told the higher ups and was pressured to quit as a result.
Daly McElwain 4 years ago
Everyone says to "do the right thing" until it means consequences for their corrupt behavior. The whole do as I say, not as I do thing makes me nuts!
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
Bet you anything those “higher-ups” already spent their cut of the $1.5 million, so wouldn’t be able to give it back. Don’t worry, Karma has something special in store for them, and I don’t mean special in a good way.
Steve Wilson 4 years ago
You stumbled onto “the skim”. I’m sure the bosses knew about it since the money was no doubt in their personal bank accounts.
Big Chungus 4 years ago
Same thing happened to this wonderful guy I know, he was an auditor and had gotten a new job in the next city from ours, found a huge amount of internal fraud and was subsequently laid off the next week
Mazer 4 years ago (edited)
Whistleblowers have it hard, lost one of my jobs because of it. I pulled in the most revenue, was highly flexible in helping out my co-workers when I wasn’t on the clock. When I got fired, 7 out of the 13 person staff quit within 72 hours. That felt great. Turns out the POS who started it all got into some very very hot water that ended his career not long after. If I ever see him, I will stab him with my steely eyes. Yes, Larry, I’m talking about you!!
Miss Cris 4 years ago
Better make it public. Give all the information to the press.
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My boss refused to evacuate for hurricane Ida and somehow managed not to lose power or sustain damage. Everyone around her did. I evacuated with a large group and my complex lost power and water for days. The day after the hurricane hit she demanded we all traverse flooded roads so I could come back and do some things she “just didn’t have time for.” She threw a tantrum over the phone when I told her I wasn’t going back to an apartment without power or running water. I’m looking for another job right now.
Valisbourne Spiritforge 4 years ago
Amazing how often, during a natural weather disaster, that the boss manages to make it in to work so every employee who didn't is at fault for not making it.
SuperChicken 4 years ago
Years ago, I had a boss like that. Incidentally, he lived 10-15 min away from work, so he always expects people to be on time or come in during inclement weather; then we get reprimanded for coming in late or not showing-up. I left and found a better job after that.
Load More Replies... Mark Johansen 4 years ago
I used to work in a building where when the fire protection system detected a fire, it set off the alarm on the floor where the fire was detected and the floor above. But no other flaws. People on other floors were not told there was a fire so that they would remain working. After all, maybe they could put the fire out and then these people would all have evacuated the building for nothing, right? I sent an email to all my co-workers saying that in the event of a fire, you were expected to remain at your desk working until you were overcome by the flames, but you were required to email your work to another office before you died so it wouldn't be lost. I thought I might get fired for that, but apparently I wasn't the only one to complain, and management quickly changed the policy.
Pittsburgh rare 4 years ago
When storm Philomena hit Spain some employers sent their employees home early so they wouldn't get stuck in the snow. Not everyone tho. The employees of a shopping centre in Madrid were made to stay until the end of their shift and had to sleep on cardboard pieces on the floor until the rescuers could clean the roads next morning.
Music Mania 4 years ago
There is a legal term, force majeure, basically means unable to perform duties due to an unforeseeable/unavoidable circumstance beyond your reasonable control. I work for an energy consulting firm, in the days leading up to and after Hurricane Harvey I was sending notices to our customers that we were enacting this right under our contract because we couldn't mobilize staff during this and for almost 3 weeks after. I actually had one customer pitch a fit and threaten to cancel all future contracts because we refused to send someone offshore ahead of a Cat 5 hurricane. Thankfully I work for a sane employer and we dropped that customer. People can be real$h!t heads man.
BluEyedSeoulite 4 years ago
I remember calling in to work at McDs once to let my manage know the roads I needed were closed due to the blizzard, it was a state of emergency. I was told I was wrong and I needed to come in.... Yeah, no.
Damon Hill 4 years ago
Worked for AutoZone in the '90s, worst snowstorm in 10 years. None of the employees at our store lived locally. I basically stole a 4x4 and an employee from another AutoZone and I made it to my store. We alone ran the store for 4 days. What did we get for our gallant effort? NADA. The manager and DM thanked us but nothing but crickets from corporate. The larger the company the less they care about those who actually make money for the company.
#11
I live in a country where there is no particular 'minimum wage'. So the job I work in doesn't pay us much and we generally get paid very late (mostly a 1 month delay). Our boss's daughter had a very fancy wedding and all that, his son bought a fancy car but we still were not paid our salaries. One fine evening, I finished my usual work and i was on my way out. My boss called me and asked me why i leave on time and why i dont spend extra time in the evenings. I just stared at him and said I have a personal life too and went home.
QueenMiri 4 years ago
This makes me so angry! The only reason all of us work is to afford our private life. Which is our actual life. Staying over time? F**k you. There is absolutely no reason for it.
Mazer 4 years ago (edited)
Oh there’s a reason… it’s called greed and exploitation
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Jane Alexander 4 years ago
A restraunt owner bought herself a new mustang and one young cook who hadn't been paid was goning to sugar her gas tank. I told him wait, just leave it alone. She wrapped that car around a tree within the week!
Shaheen Alikhan 3 years ago
...and...staying overtime when paid s**t and paid s**t, LATE? F**k no
Lululoohoo 4 years ago
why not use that opportunity to bring up the fact that your wages haven't even been paid to you
jetsonjoe 4 years ago
it is okay. was laid off because of cash flow issues, the boss bought himself a new truck, a new company van, new stairs and glass railing to his office, had new awnings installed to attract more customers, new window signs, and a new phone system. Fun fact, his sister "works" one day a week and draws a $60,000 a year salary, his mother is on payroll...never darkens the door for over $100,000 a year, his sister needed money for a new house purchase, oh and he buys a new car cause it is a but roadster. So since the company has "money problems" I get laid off because they do not want to pay me my $40,000 dollars in commissions pending on upcoming sales. I was let go before the sales closed so they would have better cash flow. Bastards. Never work for a small business run by assholes. Brought in over $150000 in sales before....but as I was last one in...the payout to lay me off was less then if they laid off the women who were all getting pregnant....s**t hole of a company
#12
Working for a nonprofit. At a fundraising dinner, a major donor touched my knee then later my butt and flirted heavily. I am a woman and was 25 at the time. When I brought it to my supervisor I was told that is just something you have to put up with when fundraising if you want to make the organization money. Stayed at that job a few months before I was fired for not being happy enough. Note that after that incident I refused to attend events where the creep would be there.. Can't say I was sad. Got a job that paid twice as much and came without sexual harassment. An employment lawyer probably would have loved if I called them, but I lacked the confidence to take that big of a stand. Now I would absolutely take action. I would actually probably yell in the moment to get your forking hands off me. Which would have been awkward for him because his wife was present.
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
I once had a lunch with some coworkers. Suddenly out of the blue the woman sitting opposite of me raised her right arm while clutching the right hand of the guy next to her screaming: " Every one who is a pervert and touching a woman's crotch under the table raise your right hand." The guy bolted out the doors soon as he could free his hand and we never saw him again. Didn't even come in to pick up his stuff.
Patti Vance 4 years ago
poster says she was 25 at the time and would now report incident. this is a perfect example of how women have basically been groomed to accept such behavior as part of their role in society. funny how age and time makes people, men & women, realize they do not have to be abused to keep a job or maintain a company or organization's reputation. similar thing happened to me when i was younger and i have the same attitude as she has now.
Kimberly Buchanan 4 years ago
I don't care what someone says to me, but never put your hands on me. They will not like and most likely dodge me afterwards
Katinka Min 4 years ago
I read a report about so called 'non.profits' like docotrs without borders etc. Sexual harrasment seems to be absolutely rampant, especially in crisis sectors, and the behaviour is often excused with the malles being stressed.
L. Sam Robinson 4 years ago
Young women are so taken aback when this happens that they don’t do anything about it. That was me. Now I retaliate appropriately and they regret it.
Maxwell Kunz 4 years ago
You should have loudly said "Why did you just grab my ass?" In front of everyone. Scumbags like that turn into frightened little simps when confronted.
#13
I was the 24/7 OnCall for failing jobs in our I.T. department. After 3 days of no sleep and stress I had a "cardiac event". Quit the next day.
Bobby 4 years ago
In the US it's by state, and this is ok in most of them unfortunately.
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Jo Johannsen 4 years ago
I always thought on call meant for after business hours. 24/7 is awful.
Bonnie Edwards 4 years ago (edited)
I have a friend who works in IT for the police. They have a 24/7 on-call phone that gets shared around the office, generally for a week at a time. At one time, she was contracted to keep it with her for a 6month stint, even when she was holidaying. The only time she didn't have it, was when she was out of the country on holidays. There was a 1/3 increase in pay associated with being permanently on-call - and she was saving to buy a house.
BluEyedSeoulite 4 years ago
It seems like IT is super understaffed. My sister's call center had an IT guy take 2 days off for a tooth extraction and evidently he was the only one that could do anything so her tech issues just got ignored for 2 days
Matt Collins 4 years ago
Three whole days?! I'll have to assume they've never been deployed, lol.
#14
When my boss laughed and bragged to my face about how much he was saving by having me do professional design work (in addition to my other duties) instead of a designer he'd have to pay 5-6x more. That didn't last long.
Mark Johansen 4 years ago
Exploitive to do that. But plain stupid to tell the person you're exploiting. Well, maybe if I knew exactly how the conversation went it wouldn't seem so dumb.
CouchPanda 3 years ago
When I was maybe 19 my then boss told me how glad she was that she could pay me so much less than the older employees, yet I still worked much harder than them.The last straw, though, was when, not long afterwards, I very lightly injured my wrist (twisted the wrong way) while at work. She said "I don't think you can do it anymore, I would like a letter of resignation." She never did get that letter.
Mayrene Chester 3 years ago
Boss should have just showed appreciation, you never know how far that can take you as long as people are happy working together.
#15
Being scheduled to work 30 days in a row without a day off
Jo Choto 4 years ago
Oh, I know how that feels. I was a single parent in a salaried property management job and we couldn't get a part-timer hired, so I ended up working over 90 days without a day off, 7 days a week. When I finally did find someone to work, they quit, because I had so many hours leave, they were working full time!
Susan Egan 4 years ago
When someone takes a part-time job they usually assume it's part-time. That employee may have quit because it became full-time. Not everyone wants a full time job. (students and retirees as an example) If they were aware what was going to happen, you taking much deserved leave, their quitting makes no sense. If it came as a surprise, I an understand it.
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Sergy Yeltsen 4 years ago
Everything considered abuse in the rest of the world is legal in America. Even being fired because the boss doesn't like your clothing, perfume or face.
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Renee Smith 4 years ago
Did it at the Postal Service, worked the entire month of December, zero days off.
Load More Replies... Ashley Oleson 4 years ago
Did this while working in a nursing home, alot of 16 hour shifts as well. Also no breaks for cna. Yes, it is illegal, but they would threaten to sue for neglecting residents if I took a break.
Harmon Everett 4 years ago
Stay-at-home dad here. I suspect millions of wives can sympathize, as they never get a day off. I know that for at least 25 years, I got one weekend off. Not per year. ONE.
#16
So I’m working this register at a truck stop circa 2011. It’s by a door that gets very little traffic so I mostly just watch the gift shop area and try to deter people from stealing. It’s an overnight shift about 3 am. This man comes barreling in bleeding from his hand and yells “IVE BEEN STABBED!”
Immediately I call for security. My manager is nearby. Security calls 911 on their way and shows up a few moments later. This guy is bleeding profusely, all over my freshly mopped floor mind you.
I’m off to the side “Sir where is the stabber?!”
My manager is asking for towels, so I bring a clean towel. Again I ask “SIR, where is the stabber?!”
My manager and security are saying stuff like “Put pressure on it. Go wave down the ambulance when they arrive!”
So at this point I’m practically yelling “There is a stabber on the loose in that parking lot some where and I’m not going out there until I know where he is!”
Finally the guy goes “Oh he was at the truck stop across the street. We got into an argument it wasn’t random.”
Relived and now no longer fearing for my safety I went out to wave down the ambulance.
Unfortunately $8/hr is not enough to get stabbed over.
kaitertot the god 4 years ago
and here i was getting stabbed for free like an idiot...
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Ece Cenker 4 years ago
If the cash resigter person is to go outside where potentially there is a stabber, what the heck was the security hired for?!
#17
Was working in a large bakery for my first job at 15. Tried to pull a six foot tall baking tray but there’s a lip to get the tray over, started to fall on me and caught it with my forearms, burning myself (not terribly, but still not great feeling). Told my boss and showed him my swelling, reddened forearms and asked to go home. He said I could, once I’d mopped out the bottom of all the 10+ freezers and then he left, leaving me alone. I left as soon as he did and then road my bike home to take care of my burns.
Damon Hill 4 years ago
I was thinking more along the lines of, he leaves and you call 911. Let him deal with that s**t storm because even if you quit, he's still stuck paying any bill related to the incident. Depending on the burn and the doctor, you could even draw pay while recuperating.
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Janet Sturgess 3 years ago
When I was working at a wood working facility on the table saw. Kick back from board smashed my hand and my stomach. The wood did not break the skin - but the mark was already deep purple - my hand started to swell immediately. I thought it was broken and wanted to go to the hospital to have it checked. Was told to "Walk it off"
wifeofweasley 4 years ago
a good, high standard bakery should have everything to take care of burns in house since it's not uncommon. Acciedents happen especially in kitchen/bakerys. If not - I hope you quit
#18
When I was 16 and worked in a supermarket, I was asked to escort a mentally and physically disabled person around and help him with his shopping. No biggie, I did that quite a lot. This one was veeeery different though. When we went by the clothing section he took a pair of panties and asked me to try them on for him. I was shocked to say the least, but firmly told him that I would not do that, and he had better behave like a gentleman, or I wouldn't help him anymore. He then proceeded to take of his pants and started masturbating! I don't think I've noped out of anything as fast as I did in that situation.
Lisa Carr 4 years ago
That is definitely sexual assault. I hope this was reported to whatever disability care program he was with and the police. He should have had his own care giver with him that is trained for situations as this. It sounds like he has done this before.
CV Vir 4 years ago
Agreed. Lack of social boundaries comes with some mental disabilities, so should be trained for.
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The Deez 4 years ago
I worked at a head injury rehab hospital and we had a patient who would whip it out and start masturbating. We'd just have to redirect him - "Hey, ________, that's not appropriate!" - and he'd always apologize. That being said, he DIDN'T go out to the store on his own or anything like that! (He was in a cottage living-type place, if that makes sense) He always had a staff member to keep an eye on him!
Ashley Oleson 4 years ago
I worked in a nursing home, people masturbating and asking cnas to treat them is really common. Where I worked we got told to expect it and ignore it.
Dolly_of TheCowboy 4 years ago
On a student placement at a DD group home. The regular staff had a hazing ritual for nursing students - go shower X who had the supposed mental age of 2yrs. X fondled himself constantly to the extent they had special clothing for him to try and stop access. X took a particular liking to me and immediately grabbing at me and getting "excited". I was pushing him away and yelling for help. Found out 2 staff members were laughing, listening outside to hear the usual reactions to him touching himself. X had never got grabby with others before. They drag him off and I refused to shower him. Didn't matter as any chance X got he was grabbing at me or trying to climb on top of me and take clothes off. At one park outing, when the other staff were busy, he pinned me to the ground and ripped my tshirt partly off. The others laughing as I am yelling at them to get X off me. Eventually they did when he started on my pants. The manager offered me a job there and shocked when I said NO! Good times...
deanna woods 4 years ago
That is absolutely ridiculous and all of those staff members need to be fired for letting that happen. You were almost raped and they thought it was funny.
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Amanda Trent 4 years ago
Noped out of anything... I'm gonna use that. Poor kid! That's not someone with a mental disability without boundaries, some sicko taking advantage of people and situations. Just bcuz someone has mental disabilities doesn't mean that some do not know exactly what they are doing and know that it's wrong. If he had the scruples to ask her to try on the panties, he knew exactly what he was doing was wrong. Like most pedophiles, he was preying on someone a certain age, within a certain situation where he could easily manipulate them into thinking "oh no! I have to do this or I'll lose my job!" It just worries me how many times he's succeeded.
#19
I practically saved a 100.000 euros deal at a company, and I got awarded a pay cut. What a time to be alive.
Zoe Rice 4 years ago
I was listening to this song as i came upon this comment. weird.
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I worked at a place and caught a big mistake on the product. They wrote everyone up that handled that product. So they thanked me by writing me up after I saved them $1,000s and not losing that customer. So in the comments, I wrote, 'you're welcome.'
Eowyn Kendrick 4 years ago
i fuggin got fireed bcus i help a person out of a fuggin gas foire fugg u adam jhonson
#20
I worked at a high-end car dealership in the service department where the customers could be pretty demanding. One lady came in complaining that her car was making a noise. I asked what kind of noise and where it was coming from, since the car wasn’t currently making any unusual noises. She snapped that I should be able to figure it out. I told her very politely that since the car was not making the noise at the time and no codes had come up on the computer when we plugged it in, that knowing what kind of noise and generally where it seemed to be coming from would help the technicians figure out what was going on. She screamed “JUST DO YOUR F-ING JOB AND FIGURE IT OUT!” and threw her keys at my face. I caught them, threw them on the ground, and walked to my manager’s office to tell him what happened and to request that he deal with her, because I was not going to. He told me that difficult customers come with the job. I’d been yelled at, talked down to, hit on, basically disrespected in so many ways at that job, but having someone chuck keys at my face and being told to accept it was the last straw.
Lunar Bicycle 4 years ago
I hope you remembered to throw her keys on the roof before you left.
Ashley Oleson 4 years ago
My Dad owns a small dealership in a small town. Only 10000 people in the population, things like this happen at least once a week. Alot of people expect things to be done instantly, and not to have to wait for a repair.
deanna woods 4 years ago
At the restaurant I work at, a lady tried to claim that one of our kindest and most quiet employees cussed her out and that our manager threw pizza at her. The owner didn't even have to look at the security footage to know that this lady was lying and he told her never to come back.
Pheebs 4 years ago
People suck. My mom worked as an assistant manager/estimator at a body shop. A customer tried to run her over with their car because they didn’t like the amount of an estimate. Her boss told her “those are just the kinds of things you have to deal with”. Honestly, the “customer” was just a lazy a$$ getting their 3 required quotes for the insurance company to issue a check. A check which they would then cash and not fix their damn car. Couldn’t even be bothered to park the car in a spot (just idled in the middle of the drive), or get out of their car.
snipergun 4 years ago
I think I'd just schedule expensive change of any bearings and suspension points, and those rubber blocks isolating motor from frame (sorry, can't come up with the name). Or anything which would give 5 figure bill. Then she'd demand manager to check why it's so expensive, and then he would deal with her.
#21
Leaving my previous position that hired three people and an intern to replace me.
Tinker Gnome 4 years ago
I had something similar happen when I worked for a US Nationwide great outdoors company. I was using my PTO time for days I had insanely migraines and couldn't focus on a computer screen, nor could I drive. HR wanted me to go through a special program to prove I could be here and work and not take so many days off. I was the ONLY person who did my job and knew how to do it. Even after I jumped through all the hoops HR had for me, they still laid me off and had to re-train a number of people on their Service Desk (I was on the Server Team) to try and do the job instead. Plus they bought out another outdoor goods company and had quadrupled the work I used to do. Best paying job I ever had but they screwed themselves for a few years
Dolly_of TheCowboy 4 years ago
Had something similar. Was already in a great job I loved for a few years so knew what to do and had streamlined pretty much the entire workload for my position from scratch as no one had ever stayed in it more than a few months. I would get everything done and more that was needed, had time to help others in the unit and still leave on time. Manager gets regraded to a higher position and moved to a different hospital. New manager comes in decides I'm a "slacker" because I was not running round like headless chook. Tells me about a month after I'm not needed - they can do my job too. I go onto another job. Hear from a mate at the place within 3 months they had to hire 4 others to get through the work I had been doing on my own because they were so far behind and could not manage. After another 2-3 months new manager left citing workload stress. They left behind a huge pile of time critical work they never touched. Felt sorry for the new person coming into that mess
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Ha! Love it when companies get a rude awakening on just how valuable someone is. My last job I was severely unpaid (making barely junior pay while being a level 2 in my particular field). After I finally quit, they ended up having to drop an entire service the company offered because no one else knew how to do it, and the know-it-all they hired to work with me was too “good” to teach (raw beginner who didn’t take advice from the opposite gender - and no, I’m not exaggerating on this. He only followed advice given to him by men, while telling women what they were doing “wrong”). Last I heard, he’s still failing at the things he learned 5 years ago. Meanwhile that company is about to get another rude awakening when another of their hard workers who does the job of 5 moves on. I realize this all sounds petty, but that place is one of the most toxic environments I’ve ever worked in, and that’s compared to having worked retail.
RiaLynne0629 4 years ago (edited)
My Dad is Retiring Next Month. He Notified them in The Spring. 3 People have been Hired within the last 2 Months to Replace him. AND Management is STILL Trying to get him to Stay until The End of The Year. Hardcore Pass Dad - Just...Say NO!!
Uchman 4 years ago
We had someone like that at my previous employment. This guy was a workaholic and set up a lot of processes and other operations singlehandedly. He was very well paid but he decided he needed a more challenging role and moved to a new company. When it came to replace him, they first hired one person, then another, then another plus an admin assistant!
Anne Mitchell 4 years ago
Similar. it took 3 people to do what I did on my own on a daily basis, and many tasks added to my workload that were considered by others to be acceptable for me to perform were eliminated 2 weeks after I left as "there is so much to do".
deanna woods 4 years ago
When I worked for our local newspaper, it was the exact opposite. They hired one person to do the jobs of three people and most people quit after awhile.
Kristine Condon 3 years ago
this post sounds like my sister after leaving a VFX job. She is much happier now where she is at after leaving that other job
Shaheen Alikhan 3 years ago
Kind of speaks volumes that they needed 4 people to replace you, though
Lisa Whipp Myhre 3 years ago (edited)
YES! I needed a part-timer to help out, they said no. But the person that replaced me had no problem getting a part-timer to help her out. Luckily, I got a better job quickly and that a$$hat of a manager got relocated back East, somewhere where it snows. Had to say goodbye to California, didn't you K.C.?? XXXOOO
#22
Two specific cases.
One was when I was working retail. I was sick as a dog, throwing up, completely lost my voice. Got a call from the manager that even though I had called out sick I needed to come in that day because the district manager was there. Was told in no uncertain terms that if I didn't show up I could expect to lose my job. So I got dressed, came in, and within the hour proceeded to get absolutely reamed out by the aforementioned DM for making a mistake on a receipt. I saw red, resigned on the spot and never looked back.
Second case was when I was working in construction a decade later. I was told to visit a vacant apartment in the Bronx to take measurements and provide an estimate for carpet removal. Nothing out of the ordinary, visited a ton of apartments before. It wasn't until the super let me in and immediately left that I realized something was off. I walked into the bedroom to find a blood-stained mattress and splatter all over the wall. Apparently this apartment had been the site of a murder-suicide a few days earlier. I did the job, drove back to the office, and proceeded to tell my boss that if they ever sent me into a job like that blind without informing me that I would be walking into the middle of a crime scene, they would have to find a new estimator. Thankfully they did not.
Jo Johannsen 4 years ago
Since that must qualify as a biohazard, wouldn't disclosure (and right of refusal) be mandatory?
Genevieve Gates 4 years ago
I worked at a place when I was 16, let's call it, B&Js, I was sick, told my bosses that & they told me come in or lose my job. So I came in, did the bare minimum cause I was SICK! And then they fired me for being stuck up!!!!!!
Seule Forever 4 years ago
Cleaning such a scene is hard enough, they should have told you before.
Bob Belcher 4 years ago
Lol I feel you. I worked for Travelers in the claims call center for nearly 5 years. Phone calls were nonstop. As soon as one line dropped the next one came on and you were supposed to be happy and nice no matter what. Hard to do that after taking a claim about a guy who was decapitated and the person calling it in had to see it happen a week before. Or the many claims parents have to call in when their kid dies in a car or boating accident. There is no such thing as a minor motorcycle accident.
Amanda Hunter 4 years ago
My daughter worked in the restaurant industry as a student. If you didn't show up for a shift you were fired. So, if no one could cover her shift she had to go in- sick. This is routine.
#23
Worked in recruitment, my phone would start around 6am and stop around 10pm, go off at weekends and even got calls on my personal phone when I was out of the country on holiday. I lasted 2 years and left, even now, when I hear the Apple ringtone, I still get an ill feeling in my belly.
Jaclyn Levy 4 years ago
I know this answer isn't always feasible, but don't answer the phone when you're supposed to be off! I used to tell employees this all the time when I worked at hr. They call you because they know you'll answer. You have to train people when you can be reachable. They'll adjust.
John L 4 years ago
100%. People will treat you, how you let them treat you. Saying no, is a healthy response.
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OhBlahDi OhBlahDa 4 years ago
So many people are suffering from work-related trauma and don't realise it :(
Brandy Grote 4 years ago
Yeah, I still refuse to answer "regular" calls. Our phone has a programmable "special ring" for certain callers that doesn't spike my anxiety, and a mute ringer button for all other calls!
Two_rolling_black_eyes 4 years ago
The poster mentioned they had a special Apple phone for the recruitment calls. Unfortunately recruiters are paid if they can fill a position and get nothing while its open. If the position is filled and you didn't recruit it, you get nothing. Usually your pay is based on a certain percent of the candidate's 1st year salary (you make $3k on a $100K software engineer). One candidate can pay the mortgage this month and there's a chance you won't get two. Therefore, you are at the whims of the people you are trying to recruit. If IT Janet can't call you until she gets off her 12 hour shift at 10pm, you get called at 10pm. The best candidates usually already have a job so they can't call from it during normal hours. They also know their value and treat you like dirt. You can turn off the phone but that means losing your income. Not fair but welcome to US capitalism!
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Franc Esca 4 years ago
Who calls at 6am? I never answer numbers that look suspicious and I never answer work before 08h45 or 9am
#24
I enjoyed my job, but it could have been better. There were certain aspects of it that were making it hard to work there. Then, in a span of 3 months, half of my coworkers quit (2 of then resigned within 2 weeks of each other). So I started cleaning up my resume and was ready to get back out there. I figured I'd ask for a raise to see what would happen. I mean I was picking up the slack from 3 different people and other departments were seeing people resign for similar reasons (people were being given tasks that weren't anywhere near their job descriptions).
Suddenly, I see my very own role posted on the company website. Word for word what I was currently doing, with the same exact title. I had already submitted my request for a raise the week before, so this seemed like they were giving me the boot. The next morning my boss was scrambling. Turns out they didn't mean to post that job yet and they were reformatting the team and giving me a promotion. I was honest with him that it's been an absolute mess lately and I wasn't enjoying the direction we were heading.
I got a 20% raise and have been given some room to make higher level decisions, so I guess now I'm paid enough for this s**t.
Amanda Trent 4 years ago
That one is actually nice to hear it turned out proper. Good for you!
#25
Telling a grown ass man that he shouldn’t be sh***ing in a customers parking lot.
Concept-Peter Roosdorp 4 years ago
Access to clean and free restrooms usually eliminate this kind of thing.
BeExcellentToEachother 4 years ago
Ugh reminds me of when I had a customer come in with a full catheter bag. He was leaking everywhere and had paper towels stuffed in the front of his pants. He stank to high heaven and sat down in one of our office chairs while we helped him. Immediately after he left, another customer came in and told us "hey, this guy just emptied a urine bag in your parking lot..."
#26
When the public school system told me to either risk my life or leave. Bye.
Jackie Nettleton 4 years ago
The fact guns is mentioned in anything to do with schools is sad
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Gold Medal Dyke 4 years ago
The US is effed up in so many ways. I'm a patriot; nevertheless, there's much about my country I don't hold with.
April Caron 4 years ago
We’re losing teachers now because they’re required to get vaccinated… and they “don’t want to risk their lives” to do so. I wished I were joking. Meanwhile, for those of us who are vaccinated…if we do end up with a breakthrough infection or (more likely) forced to quarantine because of exposure…we have to use our own leave time. Regardless, I’m just happy to have the opportunity to be in-person with kids all day. I really missed it!
#27
Lying in intensive care, reading a text from my manager that said I should have really phoned in - not texted - to advise I was in intensive care and would not be in work that day. Also instructions to phone every day until I was back in the office. Nurse took my phone off me and literally said they weren't paying me to do that. When I got back (two operations and two months later) work had just been piled on my desk with management telling me "well, we didn't know when you'd be back". Put my notice in around 3 weeks after that. While working my notice I was suddenly made "office contact" for a department in another country and one day found myself covering for our IT support team.
E Menendez 4 years ago
Not sure what you mean. I am middle management in a large corporation and I am in that circle of hell. The reason so many middle manager's are such a holes is because they want to please their boss at the detriment of the people they lead. I am a reasonable person and will not do unreasonable things which is not necessarily the best characteristic to have in that poaition...
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Same answer for every call, "I'll get back to you on that" after 3 weeks, they'll get the message.
deanna woods 4 years ago
When I got really sick and couldn't come into work for two weeks, my manager was very understanding and let me have that time.
#28
I was on a royal navy warship and we'd pulled into Hull UK for a visit. Their dockyard regulations prevented the ship from discharging solids overboard so the total of all the crews toilet flushings were diverted to a holding tank so we could discharge it overboard when back at sea. After the crew had been in port for two days, which for most involved copious drinking and then finishing off with a large curry or spicy kebab, the additional load on the system was too much for the circulating pump inside tank. The pump was also used pump the contents overboard so needed to be fixed before we went back to sea. Unfortunately I was duty electrician the day the pump failed. The contents of the tank was about a foot and half deep! I suited up with waterproofs and copious amounts of duct tape to seal the seams and descended. The pump was bolted in place and to free it I had to work with my face about four inches from the liquid curry and beer smoothies as I bent over. I definitely want getting paid enough... But I was given an order and it was my job, so I just got on and did it.
Jo Johannsen 4 years ago
When you are enlisted, you are doing as ordered or you will be up on charges.
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Brivid 4 years ago
I can't stop thinking about how they dump tanks full of human waste into the ocean.
Paula Marowsky 4 years ago
The same way cities discarge their main sewers into rivers that end into the oceans. That is the way it is. In case you didn't know
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Mark Johansen 4 years ago
This is why garbage men are paid more than one would predict based on the required education and experience.
Shaheen Alikhan 3 years ago
Unfortunately, if you have a military position, you usually can’t just quit
Bob Belcher 4 years ago
Dishonorable discharge doesn't sound too bad then lol. Military doesn't pay anywhere near enough anyways
#29
Being paid $13/hr to be a one-on-one Para to a 10 year old who swore, ran away, tried to stab me and other kids with pencils, scissors, etc. AND having to listen to the parents blame me for not getting their child to behave. I felt bad for the kid - seriously damaged, in a less than great home. He’s in an fortified school now.
Kisses4Katie 4 years ago
My dad was principal at one. They have specialized teacher/guard/medical personal. 2 per kid, paid for by the state. Each child is escorted everywhere and the employees are trained in non-violent takedowns. It’s sad, it’s for kids on the brink of a mental health center or juvenile hall.
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Krisndoog 4 years ago
Para-professional. Typically a teachers aide in a special education classroom
Load More Replies... Ashley Oleson 4 years ago
I went to school with a kid like this, he had a list of people he planned on killing. He is in a mental prison now, he killed his step dad when he was 14.
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
I quit as an underpaid para after a five year old bit my chest. Nope, just nope. Apparently, that was my line.
Tim Jansen 4 years ago
What is a "fortified school"? I'm having all kinds of visions BE2RBQTQ5U...bcb185.jpg 
Don't Look 4 years ago
Well, when bush said “no child left behind” he made the mistake of including handicapped children AND requiring them to be placed in “ordinary” schools. So a fortified school will have the safety issue covered first and then the schooling be a secondary requirement.
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Don't Look 4 years ago
That’s interesting. I did the same job for about the same amount of pay. Some of the teachers (I was the teachers aid) enjoyed the job and of showed when they had to physically handle their students. A couple teachers were actually looking for new jobs when I was there because they just didn’t see a teachers salary as being enough to be physically attacked and abused by mentally and physically disabled children.
#30
Coming in to afternoon shifts as a cook at KFC and finding that the morning cook didn't clean anything before leaving (and left everything particularly trashed) and prepped nothing. And this was a normal occurrence. I'd leave morning shifts stocked up and perfectly clean every morning I worked. I think the GM there quit not long after I left.
LK 4 years ago
Used to work at a kfc / Taco Bell as a cashier / food prep. Night shift always left The place looking a mess. One day there weren’t any supplies left out for the next day so I spent like an hour setting everything up as well as dealing with customers. I was the only one who had showed up for the shift on time. My other coworkers were 2 hours late.
Two_rolling_black_eyes 4 years ago
I've worked at one of those joint KFC/Taco Bells and its a horrible experience. You are guaranteed to be paid as little as possible (supposedly its hard to make a profit on a $.99 taco but they spent $383 million on ads in 2019) and almost everyone you come in contact with treats you poorly. Its hard to have pride in your work when you are shown how low the world views you. The employees learn that dumping on your fellow human being is expected so they start doing it too.
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Diane Knight 3 years ago
Worked at Papa Murphy's under a 20 yr old GM who would hire young people who had no car/dependable drivers to make sure they arrive on time, she would be late as well. The same new hire that started the day I gave my 2-week notice , only got there on time if I brought him in. And then tried to get her to override the time clock for the days that he was late by implying that he 'forgot' when he first came in. (which was the exact time he got there.) Don't know for sure if she did, but let her know that the days he came with me, we clocked in at similar time. Given it was the first 2 weeks of his being there, he didn't have a good record to that date. Turn over was a nightmare!
Damon Hill 4 years ago
Many restaurants are like this and it all gets back to one person, the manager. If they allow it to go just once, it'll never end.
eddy edward 4 years ago
Echoes exactly my coming in for the morning shift at KFC and finding the place filthy from the night before. Likewise, I prepped everything.
Donnamarie Smithchuley 4 years ago
I worked as a cook in similar situation, complained to my boss....after several attempts to straighten it out with the night cook. I was fired , as the nite cook was his boyfried!!
#31
While managing two different locations about 2hours apart, that i was unable to fill positions at both locations because of a hiring freeze. Working 70+ hours a week and covering shifts for months. I was told by my manager i need to take my vacation in the next month (impossible) or lose it.
Valisbourne Spiritforge 4 years ago
I'd have taken that vacation and informed the manager he'd need to fill in for me while I was gone.
JP 4 years ago
Everyone...EVERYONE...is replaceable. Giving that kind of 'loyalty' to a company is never appreciated. They operated before you came, they will operate after you leave. Take your vacation and let the bosses figure out how to cover for you. Taking your vacation is not 'impossible'. Use your vacation to find another job.
Thomas Turnbull 4 years ago (edited)
I took my vacation and I sent my boss a post card saying it’s better than work. When I came back I got a severe reprimand for the postcard saying if that’s my attitude I should leave. I did shortly afterwards but got wonderful news my boss got arrested and jailed for five years for embezzlement of clients funds that made my year never I d my day. I had a cutting from a newspaper showing him been lead away in handcuffs by a policewoman.
#32
When a car intentionally tried to hit me while I was directing traffic for the city of Chicago. There isn't enough money in the world worth losing my life over.
De Gueb 4 years ago
I was bouncing at and after hour club in the 80's. (from 6 in the morning till 12) We turned two punters away because they were out of their heads. 5 mins later a car comes down the street at full speed and rammed the door, there wasn't a queue buy then and lucky for us the divider was a small brick wall instead of the normal rope that took the brunt of the impact. I fell on the hood but as he reversed for a second try but he stalled the car. They get out with baseball bats, so we got down to business 2 of them vs 3 of us. Once I had one pinned down on the ground, I see my mate swinging an orthopaedic leg. Turn out that the driver had an orthopaedic leg that had detached in the heat of the fight. It was something from a Tarantino movie, getting you head kicked in with you own leg. Worth it, we still laugh about it today
#33
Plumber
I was called to a newish mobile home that had a bad smell in the yard.
I pulled off a couple of pieces of underpinning and saw that soon after it was set up (6 to 8 months ago) the no-hub band had come loose under the the children's bathroom (3 kids).
all the s**t from the toilet was pooling under there.
I told them to call the people that set up the mobile home and I left.
#34
We had one of those too. I was eating lunch in my car and saw him in the rear view mirror.
I got out of my car and shouted as loud as I could SIR YOU CANNOT PEE THERE, not to get his attention so much as to make him, you know, not piss on the side of my school building. And embarrass him out of doing it again.
I was pissed off, too, there were two portapotties within sight of where he was.
Lisa Carr 4 years ago
That is considered a sex act that would get the person on the sex offenders list, being at a school.
LivingTheDream 4 years ago
Yes! We should definitely ruin a persons entire life for taking a piss on the side of a building!
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#35
I was engineering manager for a previous company. There was one day where the septic system failed, and I happened to be the only manager that showed up to work that day, so I was filling in for everyone. Plus, we had customers on site. I put signs up saying the restrooms were out of order but people were ignoring it and it was all backing up. I had to send an email out to everyone explaining how to "go easy" on the bathrooms since it was apparently a difficult concept to grasp. Turns out the VPs, CEO, COO, and CFO were all included on the branch distribution list, so they got a friendly email from me saying 1's are ok and 2's are not. I told the customers that if they have to use a restroom, let me know and I would drive them to a nearby gas station. One said "**** that" and relieved himself outside in the parking lot. I returned to my desk where I had an email waiting for me. It was from one of the VPs, asking "is everything alright out there?" I replied with some "sanitized" explanation of the situation. He replied back "That stinks. Have fun."
#36
I was building, installing, and managing ESXi hosts and clusters..... for $14k a year. Normally that job pays over $90k a year
Joel Hopkins 4 years ago
Kelli, think of it as a group of large computers in a data center acting as one, so that smaller virtual computers can run on inside of them.
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I am a babysitter since I am not 16 so it's really hard to get a real part time job.
I baby sit a 3 year old who we will call Sarah. This was when I had to stay until 10:00pm babysitting Sarah, she kept face planting on the couch playing around while I pretended she turned invisible every time she did so. The timer went off and she knew the drill and used her toddler toilet thing. When she was done I was supposed to giver her a sucker/lollipop as a reward. She started to eat it then face planted again Exept this time she had the candy and I went to the back of her throat. I paniced and I removed it by pulling it out, I didn't thing it was nesasary to use Heimlich maneuver since I could still see it, plus I was panicking.
I got it out of her throat and she just stoped crying and continued eating it
Andy Acceber 4 years ago (edited)
EDIT: Vivian is 100% correct. It's CPR that breaks ribs, not the heimlich. Still, try to scoop out an object if you can see. POST EDITED: Kids are weird, man. You're right though. If you can see the object and think you can safely remove it, you should try that before attempting the heimlich.
Vivian Orr 4 years ago
I’ve used the Heimlich on three people in my life time. One was a child. I have never broken a rib and that maneuver should not break a rib. My friend teaches CPR and first aid for required child care licensing. She said it should not break a rib if done correctly. But CPR most definitely CAN break ribs. And as far as a child is concerned it depends on the age and size/weight of the child as to whether the Heimlich is appropriate. But do something don’t just stand there because you’re not sure. EVERYONE should have training for these procedures. It will save a life more often then not.
Load More Replies... Roxy Eastland 4 years ago
Well done for dealing with the situation, which must have been scary for a short while. That's part of what a babysitter is being paid for though, to keep the baby alive until the parents get back.
#38
When my company commander in Iraq asked me to kick around a very large pile of trash to confirm if there was an IED inside, he didn’t think we were doing a good enough job so he yelled to us to say something to the extent of like hurry up or something, I proceeded to jump up and down on top of the pile and say “SEE NO IED!” Looking back I feel bad for the guy who was also checking the pile with me, but hey it wasn’t an IED Edit: backstory we were driving about a mile along side a canal and had to keep raising all these power lines that were too low to pass under, it would have required backing up a Stryker about along side a canal or drive over this mound of trash. Risk of sliding into canal and drowning, I guess two grunts are worth the risk right?
Wyn Williams 4 years ago
Errr no commander would ever order you to do something like that... If they did and you disobeyed you would be fine they would be moved elsewhere or court martialed... You would of used a vmr2 or if for some reason you weren't equipped with one an IED rake nor would jumping up and down on a rubbish pile mean s**t as a lot are weight triggered specifically to target APC and tanks..
Lunar Bicycle 4 years ago
No “good” commander would ever order you to do that. I used to work with a guy who was missing both legs, an eye and several fingers, and was riddled with shrapnel because his CO ordered him and another grunt to disarm a Viet Cong landmine for him to keep as a souvenir. The CO didn’t get his souvenir, but he also didn’t get into any trouble.
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LivingTheDream 4 years ago
I smell bullshit... even the"Movie Version" of a New Lieutenant in Vietnam wouldn't do that.
#39
I work in retail. The past two days I have been doing construction type work - sanding walls, painting the walls. Definitely not in my job description.
Vasana Phong 4 years ago
Companies always try to save money by squeezing in another job duty, some squeeze in several
Damon Hill 4 years ago
Yep. When I worked for O'Reilly Auto I changed so many fluorescent light ballasts I could do it in 15 minutes with the power still on. That's 15 minutes from the time I grabbed the ladder until I put it away. I was only there 3 years and the building was only 1 year old when I got there. That is an indication of the life span of these new electronic ballasts compared to the old thermal type that last for decades. New or improved is not always better.
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Uber Mensch 4 years ago
"and other duties as assigned." - the red flag, flashing lights, siren, and fireworks of a bad employer.
What do you think ?
Crowley The Snake 4 years ago
I'd like to add mine, not much of a horrible story, but something I'd like to share. I worked at a toy store over this summer. I have worked at a toy store before, In fact, someone from my new job opened the store I used to work at. This toy store was hiring, and since it was the summer I applied. Long story short, got the job. First days of this job was a bit of a learning curve, but after a week I felt confident. I hadn't seen the women who hired me for more then about 5 minutes a day. One day she pulls me aside and starts telling me what an awful job I was doing. I was very upset, but also confused, since she had never been around. When I asked how she had heard this, she said she's been watching me (False, she's rarely around). As I contiuned, I started noticing things, like how she would hire emyploees for days they said that they cannot do, and she would often make mistakes that we would have to deal with the burden of. The computers did not work, even after someone "fixed" them.
Crowley The Snake 4 years ago
Cont: When we told her this, she told us that it was fine (it's not, becuase when I quit, we had 37 backed up files). I had to bargin for my already paid for vaction. I spoke to her about my vacation a month in advance, and she was upset, but when she posts the schedule for the month the day before your scheduled its fine. She posted month schedules half way through the month, so knowing what days you were working was touch and go. The final straw was when she called the store when I was working on a saturday. My co-worker, who has been working there for 4 to 5 years, answered while I bagged up a toy. I couldn't hear my boss, but I could see my co-workers anger. She had called to tell us we would be working tomorrow, the sunday. This may sound like a normal request, but my co-worker, Mary, had planned a lovely afternoon with her daughter, since that was the day she went to college. Mary had also made it clear to our boss that she was only to work one of the weekends and thats all.
Load More Replies... Bobert Robertson 4 years ago
For some situations I still think regardless of the salary, it doesn't matter you don't want to deal with them. I make a good income, yet I still wish I didn't have to deal with the employee who decided to do LSD at work, or the employee who snuck out the side door presumably stealing parts, and end up chasing him through a gas station and a parking lot. Or have people cursing and hurling insults at me. Or claiming harassment simply because I expect them to adhere to our code of conduct, taking me to court (several times, each time same result - I was found to have been acting in line with my responsibility and the law). Or have my boss suggest I hang myself. Or go off on sick leave for 2 weeks to come back to being put on a performance review because of my lack of dedication. I know a lot of people will say "you should quit" but those are just the negative things. There are a lot of positives at work for me too, and I love what I do aside from all those things
Biba Little 4 years ago
Not at job, but usually in relationship. Who dates a guy who won't commit after more than 10 years of dating and then says he "can't really plan future"? Losers like me.
Viviane 4 years ago (edited)
From the term "dating", it sounds as if he doesn't live with you, so you're probably not financially dependent on him. You might also feel that you don't deserve better, that you can't find anyone else and that being single is worse than being jerked around. Just because you invested 10 years of your life does not mean that you must continue dating him. Don't invest any more time in something that makes you unhappy. You might grieve the loss, you may feel sadness at what you lost and relief that it's over and you might feel a bit lost as a single person -- this is normal. One advantage of being single is that you give yourself a chance to meet someone else.
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Patti Vance 4 years ago
had surgery that didn't go well & resulted in having to have revision followed by an infection that dr couldn't identify. was off work for about 6 wks but returned w/a brace on my leg & open wound because...i was dedicated. worked w/leg elevated on desk to try to keep pus from flowing out. finally dr demanded i stop working until this was rectified. my superiors didn't like this & the fact that some very caring co workers had stormed into their offices to verify that i literally did have pus/blood coming out & they needed to listen to my dr. decided to resign but was told that due to my history i was eligible for early retirement due to disability. superiors told everyone i was fired for non compliance. imagine their surprise when i popped up in my wheelchair at a meeting re: med insurance which i still had w/retirement & showed everyone about the depth of their deception. even HR was pissed when they found out that they were trying to cover the lie by attempting to edit my records.
Natalie Kreutz 4 years ago
I worked at a martial arts studio from the age of sixteen til the age of 19 as a day camp counselor. This job had a pretty high rate of turnover for people who weren't also black belts/ instructors, so I was the only person who had been there longer than a year. My boss was rude, condescending, and overworked us. I would get yelled at for not cleaning fast enough to clock out on time, and then when I did clock out on time he would yell at me for the studio not being clean enough. He once told me that I would be a bad mother because I was so focused on watching 17 children by myself that I didn't pick up a sock and two paper towels until the kids had gone home. I found a better job, put in a month's notice, and my coworker, who had been there about a year at that point, asked my boss for a raise. He berated her, insulted her, and made her cry, so she put in her two weeks. He told her not to come back for her two weeks.
Natalie Kreutz 4 years ago
Cont: about a week later I come in and one of the two lead instructors told me that the other one had quit all of a sudden after almost a decade of working there. So our all-ready incredibly short-staffed studio was now down two people. The manager, Miss N, was the only person keeping that place afloat. She did all of the work that my boss thought was beneath him, and did the work of five people while always maintaining a cheery attitude. Once my time at that job was up and I moved to another state, my coworker who had quit told me that Miss N had been offered a much higher paying job at a trampoline park as a manager. And she would be just that, a manager, not a manager as well as a bus driver, counselor, secretary, saleswoman, and janitor. She gave my boss the chance to meet her new pay. He refused, then apparently tried to sue her for working for the "competition." Everyone who quit is doing so much better now. Rip to my boss tho. Pretty sure they'll close down soon.
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Jodi Hartley 4 years ago
I worked for a handbag manufacturer, and had worked my way up to designer/pattern-maker/sample-maker. Except the new owner wanted me on production during paid hours. It was like I was supposed to design for free as 'homework' to prove myself to her. The final straw was when I worked on a collaborative project with a stylist (friend of the owner). I turned her sketches into patterns, made construction decisions, problem-solved and hand-made sample bags. When they were ready there was a full-page colour newspaper feature on these new bags - naming the stylist and the business owner as the designers! I handed in my notice a few days later. the factory closed 8 months after I left.
Lucy Skinner 4 years ago
I’d like to share as well. Mine isn’t terrible, but this shouldn’t be tolerated. A bit of background, the company I work for teaches little kids to play a sport (I won’t say which one) and then when you are a teen you can join the competition team. I am on this and recently started working for money. However, every time I try to train one of my coaches/bosses makes me teach others or babysit his son, which is his job, while he watches LOUD and inappropriate music videos on his phone. I have confronted him and he said he just wants me to get “teaching experience” so I can teach professionally. I hate teaching and only want to save the money so I can go pro. My other coach/boss is perfect and like a father to me, so I only train with him now. It isn’t toxic to cut narcissists out of your life, y’all.
Sarah Prudhomme 3 years ago
I worked at dry cleaner at a strip mall for my first job at 16. My first night by myself I got robbed at gunpoint. The robber left and I called my boss in a panic. He told me not to call the police because this has happened before and asked me how much was stolen. I didn't know. I hung up and looked at the dark parking lot I had to go through to get to my car. I called the police. I got home safely and immediately called and quit. He was upset because he had spent money training me. To this day the smell of a laundry mat brings me back to the horror of being robbed at gunpoint so young.
Lauren Christie 3 years ago (edited)
How about my stint at a theme park restaurant that was so bad, my 5 months there was actually used as a case study in a PhD paper about OHS violations? I think the worst bit was in the middle of summer, massive heatwave. I've already guzzled about 2L of water and have dropped half a cup of ice cubes down the back of my shirt by the time I'm allowed to go on my break, I attempt to eat lunch and promptly throw it all up because I'm feeling so sick from the heat. I tell my manager and ask if the fans in the restaurant could be turned on - he said no, told me if I was hot to just drink more water. I told him I was throwing up all the water I was drinking, which is NOT a good sign, and he literally just laughed in my face and walked off. Spent the next day recovering from borderline heat stroke.
Crowley The Snake 4 years ago
I'd like to add mine, not much of a horrible story, but something I'd like to share. I worked at a toy store over this summer. I have worked at a toy store before, In fact, someone from my new job opened the store I used to work at. This toy store was hiring, and since it was the summer I applied. Long story short, got the job. First days of this job was a bit of a learning curve, but after a week I felt confident. I hadn't seen the women who hired me for more then about 5 minutes a day. One day she pulls me aside and starts telling me what an awful job I was doing. I was very upset, but also confused, since she had never been around. When I asked how she had heard this, she said she's been watching me (False, she's rarely around). As I contiuned, I started noticing things, like how she would hire emyploees for days they said that they cannot do, and she would often make mistakes that we would have to deal with the burden of. The computers did not work, even after someone "fixed" them.
Crowley The Snake 4 years ago
Cont: When we told her this, she told us that it was fine (it's not, becuase when I quit, we had 37 backed up files). I had to bargin for my already paid for vaction. I spoke to her about my vacation a month in advance, and she was upset, but when she posts the schedule for the month the day before your scheduled its fine. She posted month schedules half way through the month, so knowing what days you were working was touch and go. The final straw was when she called the store when I was working on a saturday. My co-worker, who has been working there for 4 to 5 years, answered while I bagged up a toy. I couldn't hear my boss, but I could see my co-workers anger. She had called to tell us we would be working tomorrow, the sunday. This may sound like a normal request, but my co-worker, Mary, had planned a lovely afternoon with her daughter, since that was the day she went to college. Mary had also made it clear to our boss that she was only to work one of the weekends and thats all.
Load More Replies... Bobert Robertson 4 years ago
For some situations I still think regardless of the salary, it doesn't matter you don't want to deal with them. I make a good income, yet I still wish I didn't have to deal with the employee who decided to do LSD at work, or the employee who snuck out the side door presumably stealing parts, and end up chasing him through a gas station and a parking lot. Or have people cursing and hurling insults at me. Or claiming harassment simply because I expect them to adhere to our code of conduct, taking me to court (several times, each time same result - I was found to have been acting in line with my responsibility and the law). Or have my boss suggest I hang myself. Or go off on sick leave for 2 weeks to come back to being put on a performance review because of my lack of dedication. I know a lot of people will say "you should quit" but those are just the negative things. There are a lot of positives at work for me too, and I love what I do aside from all those things
Biba Little 4 years ago
Not at job, but usually in relationship. Who dates a guy who won't commit after more than 10 years of dating and then says he "can't really plan future"? Losers like me.
Viviane 4 years ago (edited)
From the term "dating", it sounds as if he doesn't live with you, so you're probably not financially dependent on him. You might also feel that you don't deserve better, that you can't find anyone else and that being single is worse than being jerked around. Just because you invested 10 years of your life does not mean that you must continue dating him. Don't invest any more time in something that makes you unhappy. You might grieve the loss, you may feel sadness at what you lost and relief that it's over and you might feel a bit lost as a single person -- this is normal. One advantage of being single is that you give yourself a chance to meet someone else.
Load More Replies... Patti Vance 4 years ago
had surgery that didn't go well & resulted in having to have revision followed by an infection that dr couldn't identify. was off work for about 6 wks but returned w/a brace on my leg & open wound because...i was dedicated. worked w/leg elevated on desk to try to keep pus from flowing out. finally dr demanded i stop working until this was rectified. my superiors didn't like this & the fact that some very caring co workers had stormed into their offices to verify that i literally did have pus/blood coming out & they needed to listen to my dr. decided to resign but was told that due to my history i was eligible for early retirement due to disability. superiors told everyone i was fired for non compliance. imagine their surprise when i popped up in my wheelchair at a meeting re: med insurance which i still had w/retirement & showed everyone about the depth of their deception. even HR was pissed when they found out that they were trying to cover the lie by attempting to edit my records.
Natalie Kreutz 4 years ago
I worked at a martial arts studio from the age of sixteen til the age of 19 as a day camp counselor. This job had a pretty high rate of turnover for people who weren't also black belts/ instructors, so I was the only person who had been there longer than a year. My boss was rude, condescending, and overworked us. I would get yelled at for not cleaning fast enough to clock out on time, and then when I did clock out on time he would yell at me for the studio not being clean enough. He once told me that I would be a bad mother because I was so focused on watching 17 children by myself that I didn't pick up a sock and two paper towels until the kids had gone home. I found a better job, put in a month's notice, and my coworker, who had been there about a year at that point, asked my boss for a raise. He berated her, insulted her, and made her cry, so she put in her two weeks. He told her not to come back for her two weeks.
Natalie Kreutz 4 years ago
Cont: about a week later I come in and one of the two lead instructors told me that the other one had quit all of a sudden after almost a decade of working there. So our all-ready incredibly short-staffed studio was now down two people. The manager, Miss N, was the only person keeping that place afloat. She did all of the work that my boss thought was beneath him, and did the work of five people while always maintaining a cheery attitude. Once my time at that job was up and I moved to another state, my coworker who had quit told me that Miss N had been offered a much higher paying job at a trampoline park as a manager. And she would be just that, a manager, not a manager as well as a bus driver, counselor, secretary, saleswoman, and janitor. She gave my boss the chance to meet her new pay. He refused, then apparently tried to sue her for working for the "competition." Everyone who quit is doing so much better now. Rip to my boss tho. Pretty sure they'll close down soon.
Load More Replies... Jodi Hartley 4 years ago
I worked for a handbag manufacturer, and had worked my way up to designer/pattern-maker/sample-maker. Except the new owner wanted me on production during paid hours. It was like I was supposed to design for free as 'homework' to prove myself to her. The final straw was when I worked on a collaborative project with a stylist (friend of the owner). I turned her sketches into patterns, made construction decisions, problem-solved and hand-made sample bags. When they were ready there was a full-page colour newspaper feature on these new bags - naming the stylist and the business owner as the designers! I handed in my notice a few days later. the factory closed 8 months after I left.
Lucy Skinner 4 years ago
I’d like to share as well. Mine isn’t terrible, but this shouldn’t be tolerated. A bit of background, the company I work for teaches little kids to play a sport (I won’t say which one) and then when you are a teen you can join the competition team. I am on this and recently started working for money. However, every time I try to train one of my coaches/bosses makes me teach others or babysit his son, which is his job, while he watches LOUD and inappropriate music videos on his phone. I have confronted him and he said he just wants me to get “teaching experience” so I can teach professionally. I hate teaching and only want to save the money so I can go pro. My other coach/boss is perfect and like a father to me, so I only train with him now. It isn’t toxic to cut narcissists out of your life, y’all.
Sarah Prudhomme 3 years ago
I worked at dry cleaner at a strip mall for my first job at 16. My first night by myself I got robbed at gunpoint. The robber left and I called my boss in a panic. He told me not to call the police because this has happened before and asked me how much was stolen. I didn't know. I hung up and looked at the dark parking lot I had to go through to get to my car. I called the police. I got home safely and immediately called and quit. He was upset because he had spent money training me. To this day the smell of a laundry mat brings me back to the horror of being robbed at gunpoint so young.
Lauren Christie 3 years ago (edited)
How about my stint at a theme park restaurant that was so bad, my 5 months there was actually used as a case study in a PhD paper about OHS violations? I think the worst bit was in the middle of summer, massive heatwave. I've already guzzled about 2L of water and have dropped half a cup of ice cubes down the back of my shirt by the time I'm allowed to go on my break, I attempt to eat lunch and promptly throw it all up because I'm feeling so sick from the heat. I tell my manager and ask if the fans in the restaurant could be turned on - he said no, told me if I was hot to just drink more water. I told him I was throwing up all the water I was drinking, which is NOT a good sign, and he literally just laughed in my face and walked off. Spent the next day recovering from borderline heat stroke.
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