retail

‘He stole the CEO‘s lunch': Employees Share the Weirdest Reasons Coworkers Got Fired From Their Jobs

Bar Mor Hazut

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Manager bans employees from sitting on chairs while working, leading employees to constantly take “fatigue breaks” as issued by the handbook: ‘Chairs came back the next Monday’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'Toxic' manager sends employees groupchat messages at 6:39 AM after realizing there's no one to open the store: 'Every one of you should be answering your phone calls or texts in the morning'

Remy Millisky

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Boomer throws temper tantrum at retail store after fellow shopper tells her he's not an employee: 'People don't want to work anymore!'

Ben Weiss

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Cashier gets even with customer who demands to speak to a manager over a $2 purchase

Remy Millisky

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Manager's unreasonable response startles convenience store employee after they close the store when facing 16-hour shifts alone after coworkers' no-show and manager fails to respond: 'Why is it always my fault for not wanting to work 16 hours'

Brad Dickson

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Customer tries to report cashier because they didn't make conversation while 20 customers were in line

Remy Millisky

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19-year-old employee gets called to boss's office and told off for refusing to come in on a day off, employee holds his ground: ‘Why should I be expected to come in?’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee gets caught pretending to look busy with no actual work, now has a meeting scheduled with upper management about "role clarity"

Ben Weiss

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Boss cuts new hire's hours on her first shift, then yells at her for asking to work more, leading new employee to reconsider job: ‘I can't handle people raising their voices at me’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Retail worker reprimanded for working overtime, then gets reprimanded again for staying exactly on schedule: 'He’s threatening a write up. For doing exactly what he told me to do'

Ben Weiss

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Entitled customer demands a discount from a retail employee for a non-sale, undamaged product: ‘"Like, just take ten off. It's not hard"’

Lana DeGaetano

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Retail worker gets even with entitled customer by making it impossible for him to return the speaker he purchased: 'Enjoy your speaker, sir!'

Ben Weiss

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Micromanager who berates employees for silly little things like forgetting to put on a name tag gets fired for not focusing on the bigger picture: ‘Should have thought of that before…’

Elna McHilderson

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Retail worker cuts off their friend, Vanessa, from using their 30% employee discount after they spend $2800 and threaten their job: ‘My manager actually pulled me aside’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Deli worker schools entitled shopper when the mom mocks her as a “stay in school” lesson for her kids, and she reveals an impressive stack of degrees in response: ‘Don't use me for a life lesson then get mad when I prove you wrong’

Etai Eshet

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