The Boss Is A Tough Nut But You’re Tougher

When my boyfriend was nineteen, he had a job at a smoothie shop. He worked with three other people and his boss. My boyfriend’s one stipulation before getting his job was that he not work with peanut butter since he is allergic. He’ll break out in hives, and if ingested, his throat will swell. Not bad enough for an EpiPen, but bad enough to need Benadryl. 

At this job, they made protein balls, and they were made with peanut butter.

One day, during a rush, my boyfriend was at the sink when the boss threw a big bowl of leftover peanut butter into the sink and told my boyfriend to wash it.

My Boyfriend: “I can’t touch that; I’ll have a breakout.”

Manager: “I need you to do it.”

After some arguing, my boyfriend, being the stubborn b***ard he is, said:

My Boyfriend: “Okay. Fine!”

Roughly five minutes later, his hands and arms are covered in hives. Once his arms and hands have visible hives, he takes a picture and sends it to the work group chat the owners are in, saying:

My Boyfriend: “Can someone cover my shift? I’m a tad under the weather.”

He walked out before anyone responded. Someone covered his shift, and the owners came in with the girl who covered the rest of his shift to yell at the boss.

The owners called my boyfriend and apologized for what happened.

Long story short, after that incident, along with stealing money from the registers and being creepy with the high school girls, the boss was fired.

Was it stupid to get an allergic reaction to make a point? Yes, he’s well aware. He was a spiteful teen with no sense of self-preservation, just pettiness. 

The owners liked him and gave him an espresso machine when he left, so he says, “it was worth it”. No. He wouldn’t and won’t do it again.