This Boss Needs Work
(I’ve submitted my notice on December 1 that my last day will be December 21st. On the 21st, I come by to turn in my uniform and collect my paycheck. As I do so, I happen to glance at the work schedule for the next week.)
Me: “Hey, [Boss], why do you have me scheduled to work Christmas Eve? And Christmas Day? And…” *flips page* “…New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day?!”
Boss: “You didn’t ask off!”
Me: “You’re right, I didn’t. Because I quit.”
Boss: “Hey, if you don’t want to work a holiday, you have to submit your off-time requests EARLY. You KNOW this.”
Me: “No I don’t… because I don’t work here anymore.”
Boss: “Look, if you don’t want to work your shifts, you need to find someone to cover for you!”
Me: “Or what? You’ll fire me?”
Boss: “You bet your butt!”
Me: “I DO NOT WORK HERE ANYMORE!”
Boss: “Find someone to cover your shifts if you want to skip work on a holiday. Good luck!”
(I turn to a customer who has been listening.)
Me: “Excuse me, sir, will you cover my shift on Christmas Eve?”
Boss: “He doesn’t work here!”
Me: “NEITHER DO I!”
(I then left. She called me, furious, each and every day I was supposed to work, and she ended up forcing one of her assistant managers to work the store alone on New Year’s Eve, promising I would be there. The assistant manager called me in tears and begged me to come in. That three hours of work screwed up my taxes for two years because the store manager reported it wrong.)
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