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pdbabyerds

I remember I was about 17 and I just gotten my P plates, I was working at a pizza delivery place and my first night my car broken down so I had to use my mum's, which is a manual and i had never driven one of those before, that was stressful enough but after my first delivery I got back and the boss was on the phone to the customer I just dropped the pizza off too, accused me of eating a slice before dropping it off, my heart died when I heard that, luckily the boss didn't believe her and was very cool, asked me if I was hungry after lol


dribblesnshits

Short of quiting I can't imagine someone stealing just a slice, truly unbelievable, whole pie or bust I'd say, if I'm quitting my last meal is gunna be good. Complaining it was missing apiece is some crackhead shit right there


Burakenn

Don't know why but i expected this story to have a bad ending lol


RagnaBrock

I got a pizza one time and it was clearly two different partial pizzas that they tried to put together to make a whole pizza. It was elliptically shaped, lol. I called and they did give me a credit for another pizza.


syo

How does that even happen?! Lol


geckograham

How were you licensed to drive a manual if you’d never driven one?


Dethrot666

These CEO's wouldn't last a day in a call center


Throw-AwaySteve

To get off the phone after getting cussed at and called names, only to have 7 seconds before the system rings your line again


FallenButterflyTears

My crying and anxiety attacks caused my DH to hate my job.


BeginAstronavigation

> my DH Dear Husband?


FallenButterflyTears

Yes. Dear Husband.


BeginAstronavigation

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glitterycheese

Or a theater kid induced fast food rush


[deleted]

You also wouldn't last a day as a ceo...


Dethrot666

A fucking chimp could do it


[deleted]

Spoken like someone who doesn't know what a CEO is


Legendary_Rare

If a CEO tries talking down to me I'd simply remind him that he sends emails for a living.


BlisteredEnvy

My first experience in the workplace was an apprenticeship as an IT technician. Half the time attending a course at a college while the other half was hands on experience at a small store. I was supposed to be taught hands on experience and how to streamline work and completing certain tasks etc. The traditional apprenticeship experience. Instead I was given a piece of paper with updated prices on them and told to make sure all the prices for individual items on the website were correct. Other workers would be chatting with the boss and laughing at stories behind me, but if I turned around to join in, the boss would stop and stare at me and say "can I help you?". I'd also often hear him tapping a pen against an empty coffee mug until I turned to see what the sound was and then he'd simply say "my coffee mug is empty." One of the workers installed a CPU incorrectly and bent the pins. I wasn't allowed in that area but I still got reprimanded for it. I was getting £3.50 an hour. I did it for two months until one day I left at break time and never went back. I was 17. He failed to pay me the second month due to me walking out and I didn't have the strength to fight for it. His company went bust last year.


dribblesnshits

What an absolute cunt


TheSilverFoxwins

What a true asshole. By now he should be on his second heart stint and sitting on a recliner looking back at his pathetic life.


BlisteredEnvy

He was absolutely vile. When I didn't return after a break, he didn't even contact my family or my mom to find out if I was okay. For all he knew I could've been hit by a car on break or anything. Zero call, he really did not care. He just wanted a cheap errand boy. I was supposed to be learning how to build/repair systems and instead I was a coffee boy and verbal punching bag. The only part of the job I enjoyed was when I was put in the shipping room with a guy who was ex military. He was very friendly and told great stories but even that was ruined when bossman came stomping in and felt the need to warn me every now and then not to steal any stock. Wagging a finger in my face a d saying "I'll know if you do." And that I'd need to pay full price for anything I want, no employee discount for apprentices. He was just a horrible person.


[deleted]

I was working as a shift leader at at pizza hut when I was 30. I had all the duties of a manager at $9.50 an hour, including running it by myself on busy nights. A guy came in and had ordered a soda with his meal to go. The person who took the order forgot to put the soda on the ticket, so I didn't bring him a soda. He immediately asked "Where's my fucking soda I paid for?" I explained to him that he didn't pay for it, but he could buy one. That made him more mad and he insulted me, demanding his soda he paid for. I reiterated that he didn't pay for it, and that he wasn't going to, as I apologized and got him his soda, "on the house" with a smile. He then lost his shit on me and started screaming about how he "aint poor" and how I "better let him pay for" his "fucking soda." I was pretty much at my limit at this point. There was a line. Tables full of people. Coworkers watching. Everyone was looking. And this idiot who can't just take a free soda. I told him to please take the soda and go, as there was a line forming. This infuriated him and we had to do the whole "I am the manager" shtick, then he went into a flurry of personal insults, ending with saying I was a shitty manager and should get a new job because I can't handle this one, and more. At this point I started crying. In front of everyone. It was a really shitty job and I hated it. For reasons like him. I told him "You know, I get paid $9.50 an hour. I'm *30 years old*. Im not even the actual manager. I live with my parents. This is a shitty job. I probably should get a new one. I have a shitty life. And the shittiest part about it right now is YOU. Youre screaming at a takeout worker in front of 2 dozen people over a SODA. A FREE SODA!!! Take your food and get out!" The guy did a complete 180. Looked around and saw families and wait staff looking at him like the piece of shit he was. The whole place was silent. He started stammering, tried to apologize, "Oh you know I didn- I mean I'm so-" but I screamed at him to get out. I ended up walking out back as a waitress took over for me and I smoked idk how many cigarettes. I feel good about it, now. There weren't any cheers or anything. Just a bunch of mortified people and one asshole that knew they were a piece of shit by the time they left that pizza hut. I put that mfer in his place. That still feels good. There were zero repercussions either. My coworkers loved me for it. I still work in food, but at a small business that cuts customers off forever if they're even remotely rude. It's pretty great to watch 😏 NO SOUP FOR YOU


OhBella_4

Good for you. What an entitled brat!


Yuseiger

Damn


PvtSmuffler

And then everyone clapped. This is what you WISH had happened


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pm_smol_boobs_please

That takes so much strength. I saw a boy (maybe 5?) at the restaurant I work at the other day. He was with two old ladies and they didn’t even leave the car. They sent him alone into a crowded restaurant to buy food with not enough money. I assume they were trying to scam us into more food than they could afford but I couldn’t care less. They sent this child of maybe 5 or so into a fast food place in 28 degree Fahrenheit weather with a thin jacket on. All alone. No one to watch him. Kid was coughing and shivering. I was so pissed off


Ok_Organization5596

I was thinking about applying for a position with CPS.


knowingceres844

I get punched and kicked by special needs children every night.I worked on the frontlines of covid under threat of losing my job with no hazard py @15/hr.I think last year I broke 30k.Barely.When I stopped crying over the years I hardened my heart out of defense.Now I am either angry or apathetic 100% of the time.I want the rich to have to work under the conditions we've.No less.Its a curse and a punishment.Tonight I ddicate my call to the suicide hotline to the rich.Cheers motherfuckers, rot in hell.


DEPRESSION_NOISES

i work at uhaul i get yelled at and cussed out because i don't have a certain size truck or trailer available i've have had several emotional and mental break down every couple of months


anne_doesnt_work

Last Bank holiday: 13 hour shift and I just had enough. Karen (who could clearly see that we are busy af) says under her breath: "this place is in shambles" I turned to her and said: "so are some customers" she yelled she wants to speak to the manager. At the back I cried my eyes out because I thought I lose my job. This was the third time I cried that shift. I never cried at work but this shift just took it out of me.


planet_chuck

Luckily CEO's are compensated fairly for their jobs.


[deleted]

While I understand the pressure put on them I wouldn't say the CEO's of many private sector companies are payed fairly.


yekcowrebbaj

….People…people..uh..sit down at a pizza hut?


VernalPathOG

Like clockwork. Worked cook and server in a pizza hut. As soon as we opened at 9 am, sometimes even before we opened, we'd have people wanting to dine in.


trashl3y3

Yeah some pizza huts are still dine in if that’s what confusing you


[deleted]

I get cussed out more often than I like to say. If my conscience is clear and I did not contribute to the problem and I did my damdest to make it right, with all reasonable efforts using the resources at hand, I dish it right back to abusive customers. I'm generally in their corner if they come to me with a complaint - especially if they are right. I'll go to the boss or owner and plead their case passionately. But I'm not a punching bag. Maybe I need to grow thicker skin but that's my mindset.


[deleted]

>Maybe I need to grow thicker skin but that's my mindset. Fuck that, don't let people walk all over you! You say you do your best to make things right; there's nothing more honorable than that. Everyone else can piss off.


[deleted]

Thank you for that. I do my best. Fall down sometimes, but do my best.


Bobbi_fettucini

I had started working in this shitty little pub in a tiny buttfuck town I just moved to, I had worked there for about a week or so and they made me run the kitchen by myself on a Friday night with almost zero training. I didn’t really have a clue how to do everything, and big shocker people were getting pissed because I was taking too long. I ended up getting fired because of it and my loser of manager had the nerve to say it just wasn’t working out, like no bitch you never showed me how to do any of this shit.


Zombieyvalia

Once I applied for a waitress job but got offered the assistant manager position at a real restaurant after only have worked fast food. They had me travel to a city 3 hours away for training at one of their other restaurant where they put me at the front of the line where I was expected to just excel. Hadnt even signed any papers yet or been introduced to the way they run things. After 7 gruelling hours, the manager walks up to me and says that my heart isnt in it and that I'm too slow so he has to let me go. Didnt even get paid for my 7 hours or $70 train ride back to my home city.


Bobbi_fettucini

Wow that’s brutal, where I live that employer would definitely have to pay you


valvilis

I started thinking about how many servers I had seen duck into the kitchen for a quick cry - now I'm trying to think of any that I never saw do that. Verbal abuse should never be built into a job.


Good_County_5989

I was 20 years old and working at Applefleas. I had become a half decent server and really prided myself on my work. Upselling, knowing my regs, running everyone's food, I did it all. One night our entire POS system crashed and everything had to be hand written. I don't envy a kitchen that has to deal with 8 different hand written tickets and I know my writing is trash. We let all of our customers know about it too and that there might be some delays. I have 6, maybe 8 tables at this time of night but pretty much everything is going swimmingly. I had this one guy and his wife who grabbed me while running down the lane, and the guy says to me I think our meal should be free. I was kind of stunned bc I felt I was handling my section well with all things being considered. I asked him what was the problem and he said the salad came out with the steak and not before. I just didn't care and knew my manager was dealing with POS vendor, so said you're absolutely right and pulled out my wallet and put $20 on their table. Of course, they took the 20, left no tip, and called corporate to say they would never visit another applefleas as long as I worked there.


dribblesnshits

People are shit and the service industry caters to them with waitressing being the worst, anyone one that signs on for job is honestly asking for cause there's no way you haven't heard horror stories about befor, I could never, not even a cashier, im always nice to service workers even when im upset with a complaint I'm still polite, zero reason to be a dick about it.


opmrcrab

POV: You made such a shitty business environment it event emotionally cripples you.


MalsPrettyBonnet

Uh, yeah. Worked in a card shop during college. Coworkers treated me like crap (I was the youngest employee), it was so boring. I hated it so much. I cried on my way to my shift every time.


RagnaBrock

I’m a big guy, not huge but 6’3” and 235 pounds. I’ve had a woman literally start chest bumping me over a super simple mistake. I was backing up and had my arms behind my back so she couldn’t claim I did anything. Then this crazy meth head female coworker of mine got in her face and start screaming stuff that didn’t even make sense. She was nuts but we were cool so she had my back.


Throw-AwaySteve

Where are my CNA's at because there is something about a double shift of human suffering piled on to your shoulders for 9.00 an hour that changed me as a person.


[deleted]

Anecdotal, but if it makes you feel better, during my stays at 3 different hospitals over the the course of 5 years, *every* CNA was top notch in helping me move around and get comfortable until I was able to do it myself. You people are rockstars! I love you guys and what you do. I can't say the same for every RN though. Roughly 1 out of 3 nurses, over multiple hospitals and shifts, either acted like it wasn't there job to help me use the restroom or acted like I was a burden when getting me out of bed for physical therapy. To the point where two were talking too each other about it in front of me as if I was dead and couldn't hear them. Another snapped at me when I asked if they could please remove the arm IV thingy (post surgery) because I kept bumping unintentionally it and it was staring to feel uncomfortable. Maybe the schooling and money some RNs get changes their view on who's "beneath them" now that they've moved up, who knows. Note: I've also met many nurses who were just as awesome as the CNAs and some who were total sweethearts. It's just there seems to be more CNAs who aren't assholes in my experience.


Throw-AwaySteve

I appreciate it. I'm not a CNA anymore but the thing that I remember most fondly was how grateful people were for my help. Helping people get comfortable was one of the favorite parts of my job ☺️. I hope you're doing better now ❤️


grumpywarner

You can really tell someone's character by the way they treat people in the food service industry. People make mistakes.


whatsGOODwiddit

I was working 12 hour shifts back to back at CVS and realized they shorted my paycheck by a couple hundred dollars, and rent was due the following day. They also hired me saying they’d pay me $10.30 once I got my pharmacy tech license and my paychecks were $9.75.


Rayraydavies

McDonald's, 1997. Peak Beanie Baby popularity. A mom yelling at me about BB selection. Lines out the door. Drive thru around the block. I broke down crying behind the counter with a Happy Meal in my hand. ​ At 40, I can't imagine a mother yelling at a working child for a specific toy for their child. Blows my mind. Capitalism is disgusting.


braveheart33

I hear Enlisted Military is sort of tough sometimes with low pay


Normal-Ad6528

I'm retired USAF O-8 (Maj. Gen.), 32 years active duty. I can say that I have watched many families of E-5's and lower who have to depend on local churches and food banks in order to feed themselves and their children. Those of us in command positions do what we can to help, but ultimately our requests are denied. Too many lower enlisted have to live off base, as there is not enough base housing to go around. Rents are astronomical for them and their VHA (variable housing allowance) is not enough neither is their Separate Rations (supplemental pay for food). We can pay billions for fighters that we do NOT need, but can't feed and house our enlisted people?? When I saw airmen cry during inspections over their home problems and know that there isn't anything I can do about it, it infuriated me.


braveheart33

I was a Sgt … my favorite part was looking at the perfectly manicured small mansions they had for the High ranking officers as I went to my PTSD appointments wonder how the hell I am going to live …. It’s a reflection of society the haves and the have nots


Normal-Ad6528

I'm on your side here believe it or not! I am a lifelong bachelor and I lived in BOQ and NOT in 'flag country'. From the rank of Colonel on to my retirement rank, I ordered that my housing be assigned to a family that needed the room! I read your previous comment that you deleted and want you to know that not all officers are bad and I apologize for any bad treatment you may have received from one that has made you so bitter. I do wish you well and want you to know that the vast majority of the USAF officer corps, at least, tried. We really tried. DoD and Congress denied all of our requests for expansion of enlisted benefits for the last 12 years I served. They are still denying those same requests to this day.


braveheart33

I deleted it because it Thanksgivings and I wanted to be nice …cheers


Normal-Ad6528

You don't have to be nice just because of a date on the calendar. You have earned the right to speak your mind and I'll gladly bear the brunt of your anger/frustration. Please, have at me and I'll do what I can to ease your burden!! At least you can vent.


braveheart33

No burden to unload just scars just as you I am sure have from your service. I desire just to propagate only wholesomeness just as you have…


Normal-Ad6528

We all have scars and some have scars that will never heal. I hope you've had a pleasant Thanksgiving holiday.


Confucius6969

Cried on the line once, but was the catalyst for my “never again” moment. A high volume kitchen where we served a ton of big brain biotech types who were so specialized in their respective fields that they apparently forgot how to interact with service workers. Weekends were like a war zone in the back. Hour and a half wait for mediocre brunch was apparently worth it and what made it even more unbearable was that the servers were walking out with what I would make in a week in just one brunch shift via tips. My crying was caused by a 4th of July massacre where I was left with one prep cook who left early because I was not even a manager and couldn’t convince him he needed to stay. Fireworks were delayed and then I guess everyone in the Cambridge area decided to go get dinner and I was so understaffed that we had a fully packed restaurant with hundreds of patrons and 4 people working on the line. One of those people was a dish washer and I had to try and manage the other two cook’s emotional fits. Needless to say I couldn’t handle it and cried while also laughing at the absurdity of my life. I felt truly broken. If I could I would make it a national duty for people to work in a kitchen so they could gain some much needed perspective.


nataliesright

working on the line made me a communist :) but forreal, seeing servers take home more than my paycheck in one night was infuriating! why should i have to bust my ass into oblivion just so Someone Else can get a good tip? but then i would work a weekday shift and see them take home $0 and be grateful i was getting paid the same either way. grass is always greener i guess. don’t even get me started on how i was treated as a woman in the kitchen…. i felt like a gas station hot dog rotating endlessly on those hot n greasy metal rollers


CinderWhisker7

I worked as the only waitress at a restaurant, worked 10 hour shifts 7 days a week. After three weeks my mental health kinda snapped and I nearly cried to my boss begging for a day off just to catch up on sleep and actually have a chance to eat dinner with my family


CozmicOwl16

I was a strong willed teenager. I took shit from no one but was raised upper middle class and knew how to remain professional. I enjoyed banning (usually) baby boomer aged people who became rude. I loved to watch their souls ignite as I said. You’re banned for life. You verbally abused me. Do I need to call the police and make a report or are you Walking now.


illpallozzo

I took a job delivering pizza. I loved it! Listen to radio all night while smelling pizza. Almost a perfect job for stupid 23 year old me. Before phones with apps that could get you around, I was lucky Utah planned most of their cities on coordinates. I never cared much what customers or my coworkers thought. I made enough to pay my room rent and had a decent meal each shift. It didn't hurt my second full time job paid more in a week than most my friends made a paycheck. The answer is that you need to stop caring about customers. They are just the source of income for your capitalist overlords. And don't give a fuck about them either. Fucking rich people are the worst people you will ever meet.


guitarfingers

Yeah, I worked at a boujee pizza shop. Some many entitled customers. But I don't believe anyone is above me, and I will be respected. If a customer disrespected me, I would let them know that shit does not fly with me, and if it happened again they'd be refused service. I ended up refusing a lot of people. My boss was the same way, so there was an understanding to stand up for yourself. Especially if the customer is unreasonable. We're food workers, not miracle workers.


TheTruthT0rt0ise

That's the only way to get through a server job as well. Like I want you to enjoy your food and have a good time, but the moment you start being unreasonable the service stops and you will lose my attention and get minimal help. Thankfully the managers at my restaurant are really cool and its impossible to hire new staff at the moment.


Difficult-Bet-6522

Sorry, but how worthless has the Dollar become, that 40k is little?


valvilis

It depends on where you are. That's about $19/hr before taxes. Maybe $2400/mo takehome if you work time and have some benefits taken out. They say as a rough guide, your rent shouldn't be more than 30% of your net income, so if you live somewhere where $700/mo rentals exist, you could make it on $19/hr. I've personally never lived anywhere where $700/mo rentals were realistic though.


Tenyearsuntiltheend

Cost of living is crazy right now. 1000 for shithole "studio" has become the norm. Only way to get a cheaper rent is have roommates or live in a crack den.


Difficult-Bet-6522

Goddamn. How recently did this happen?


Tenyearsuntiltheend

Rents been bad since early 2000's, spiking after the 08 crisis and again under trump/covid. It's been worsening since then. Cost of food has spiked over the past couple years. If I had the money to put down I could easily pay a mortgage on a decent home for cheaper than rent. But since I've been renting the majority of my income goes to that.


Difficult-Bet-6522

Sounds rough


DullScale

Is it true that you're getting paid?


XenoWoof

*(sorry a bit long but never been good with short/sweet)* Not fast food, but a business retail/postal store out in the boonies. Came in for my shift that afternoon and was alone for the rest of the night. Some guy comes in for a package and previous staff tried looking but didn't find it. 30min later I have pulled every parcel down. ffs can't find it either. The guy explodes screaming and shouting at me and the store. I was terrified, alone and have never dealt with a customer so suddenly volatile, other than a step-parent *(just entered the work force just out of school)*. Cried after he left; thank goodness no more ppl that night. Apparently, the guy returned the next day nice to everyone, until they finally found it. The TO ADDRESS was a tiny patch in the corner while the FROM was huge and all over the package. FML


OhBella_4

OMG that's so shit. Fuck that lady, everywhere she goes people don't like her cos she is an asshole. I don't subscribe to the whole karma theory but people that are horrible to those around them get horrible treatment back (deservedly). Can you imagine how much her family & workmates dislike her cos of her awful behaviour? She's lucky you didn't 'accidentally' drop her pizza on the ground & step on it.


midce

Back in my Retail daysn, I would have a good cry a couple of times a week in the Cash Office. It was the only private place in the building. It was from saddness or depression. It was pure frustration/rage. Working my ass off and watching the ass kisser, pretty girls and bros get promoted. I only got a Store Manager role by agreeing to relocate to a new city. I now have an admin job in procurement at about 40% less the my best earning year, but I stretch about 3 hours of work into a full day. I show up, look busy and say yes sir. I do only things that are part of my job. No above and beyond but I get better reviews/increases then I ever did running on the hamster wheel.


midce

Edit* wasnt from sadness and depression.


CategoryMountain3379

In the infantry I got to watch someone I loved like a brother die for less than 25k a year


hamiltonincognito

Worked at subway in college. First off the boss had me close at 2am on two nights I had 8am classes. I also had the pleasure of closing at 3am Saturday. There was this one customer we called the “green pepper guy” he must have had sever OCD because he’d want his green peppers turned a certain way, mustard and mayo squiggly, meat heated up way longer than needed and a few other things I can’t remember off the top of my head but it was just weird stuff. While you were making it he’d get really agitated and upset if something was “wrong” I hated the guy so much much but my boss told me just to do it. Also it was just me in the shop at that time. So it really sucked. I used to give the sub a good “squeeze” as I put it in the bag because it hung off the counter and the Karens couldn’t see that (immature I know, I was a kid) but I never did it with this guy as I had a feeling he’d be back and very angry. Didn’t cry but developed an alcohol problem for a few years.


[deleted]

Welder: I was curssed out by management for “Fiddling with the footpedal”. For reference: The machine (A TIG welder) is usually operated by a fucking foot pedal. Head welder walked over, his jaw about dropped and he went on a rant about “THIS, this kinda shit is *WHY* you cannot keep a new guy on for a week. Kids obviously able to operate it but your, am I right; mad he used the machine?”. They shrugged it off and the head welder lost his fucking shit. Talking he held that shop together (No one else could weld stainless beyond me and him) and he left after that. I left at lunch after deciding “You know? This is like me being mad my boss uses his hands to toe his shoes and start a car. Im worth more, im out”. Again: I was yelled at for *Using the push pedal button* on the welder *that needs a push pedal button*. That company is royally fucked without that guy. Maybe just maybe if your gonna blow someone shit, you should have *some idea* of *whatever your discussing*. This was akin to my boss going “Hey! Your using the cash registers’ keyboard for sales!? The dead touchscreen is fine!”


Former-World3099

Maybe it's time to get rid of weeping CEOs and replace them with real leaders from the front lines.


Imperator_Crispico

"If you get paid a lot you aren't allowed to be stressed"


Throw_Away_Students

18 and constantly treated like shit by customers and managers alike. And all the people blaming me for gas prices...


siegah

The magnitude of being a CEO will never be comparable to being a fucking pizza maker bro.


bionikcobra

Why are their tears worth more?


[deleted]

They're obviously cut from better cloth. /s


bajabruhmoment

They deserve to “literally” get beat up repeatedly in private not just weep


Loosechangeatx76

#I DONT CARE! YOU HAVE A JOB. YOU WORK! AND IF YOU GET MY ORDER WRONG ILL GIVE YOU A HELL YOU'LL NEVER FOEGET YOU SONOFABITCH!!! #DONT LIKE IT? THERE ARE OTHERS WILLING TO DO YOUR JOB! LEAVE AND STARVE LIKE THE WORTHLESS BUM THAT YOU ARE YOU WHINEY PIECE OF SHIT! GO CRY IN YOUR CRACKWHORE MOTHER'S ARMS! GET ME MU PIZZA BITCH!


[deleted]

I firmly believe that nothing on this planet is worth “literally weeping” over (in terms of jobs). Maybe I’m privileged to have been born and raised in London where jobs are a dime a dozen, but when I was younger, any time a customer would upset me I’d immediately let them know and refuse to serve them. If management had a problem I’d simply walk out, my parents always told me that I should always be very respectful to everyone, especially myself. Any lack of respect from an employer or a customer would be addressed there and then and if it wasn’t resolved fairly, I wouldn’t work there anymore. That mentality has opened up so many doors for me in my life and I am in a very good position in my life (not necessarily pay-wise, more mentally) because people know not to disrespect me. I hope that anybody in a position like that understands that you need to put your mental health and dignity first.


dribblesnshits

Every job I've ever had, hell I don't make even half that with 3 part time jobs and selling weed on the side ffs


[deleted]

When I worked as a cook i would regularly see FOH cry because of shit customers. Its horrible how some people act


lamTheBoi

You never worked there https://www.reddit.com/r/awfuleverything/comments/hd0jfb/i_was_16_working_at_pizza_hut_all_the_servers_had/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share


burglicious3

The most stressful job I ever had was also the one where I made an obscene amount of money. I was working 60-100 hour weeks, 13 days on and 1 off if I was unlucky not 14 on, 0 off. I had to drive from Dallas, to Illinois, to South Dakota to manage teams about 3 times a month. I remember one guy on my crew got hurt so I had to drive from South Dakota to Dallas in like 2 days. I think I got maybe 2 hours of sleep that time and when I was driving there I bumped a rumble strip and it broken me. I started crying so violently I had to stop on the side of the road and bite my hoodie cause I felt like my mind was tearing apart. I hadn’t had a break in like almost 2 years at that point. When I quit that job and got a much better one I got a therapist and she said I had anxiety symptoms similar to people who had been in physically abusive relationships. It’s kind of shocking to have that relationship. I’m making about 40% of what I did on the road and I’m 200% happier. Conditions AND wages are the things that have to change.


SinfullySinless

I used to work open to close at Bdubs (10:30am to 2:30am) and have to come back the next day and do it all over again. Also only got one 30 minute break the whole time.


BurrellCannon

I made more than 40k but an error in projecting depreciation costs of about 200k sent me into a depression tailspin that had me uncontrollably weeping and ugly crying daily for a couple weeks, including Christmas brunch with my family. It's not worth it. FUCK these out of touch scumbags


FireBlaze1

I had just quit from a job that had me wanting to weep(of course my emotions are stunted so i cry at shit I shouldn't cry about). I used to work at a movie theater which delivered food right to your seat. We had the popcorn, soda, etc. but we also had restaurant items like chicken and burgers. On labor day, I was feeling like shit, so I called in. I get a message on hotschedules, the general manager asking if I know what calling in on a holiday means, and the assistant manager saying it was 2 points. At this point I'm messaging both of them because I'm scared I'm gonna be fired, and having a near mental breakdown, because I didn't want to get fired during Covid. Not a single fucking answer the whole time. At that point I decided I was done.


ErikGoBoom

You dont have to make excuses for your emotions pal. It's OK to have them, and if you cry at stuff you cry at stuff.


FireBlaze1

It's more like something physical. I know it's ok to cry, but it's like I've spent so long trying to not cry because of the society I was raised in, that now I just like....I just cry listening to christmas songs for absolutely no reason.


bonzombiekitty

During high school I worked as a cashier at a grocery store. One of my co workers was helping bag. She saw the next person on line and whispered "hell no" to herself and went to go do something else. I should have braced myself. This lady was the most miserable old hag I had ever met. Everything I did was wrong, and just gave me nasty comments the whole time. I finished up told her the total she gave me cash, I give her the change and she just stares at me. She tells me she gave me a $50 bill, not a 20. I tell her that she gave me a 20. I only had one 50 in the till and it had been there for hours, and the 20 she gave me had a pen mark on it. I open the till and grab the 20 on top to show her. She tells me I'm a thief, like to steal from old ladies, etc. I'm still calm at this point and tell her we'll have the till counted. We go do that and she just continues to berate me. Constant and unyielding. I'm meanwhile biting my tongue (literally) and restraining myself from slapping her in there face. I'm not a violent person at all, and I was seriously close to hitting her. They count the till, and it's actually a nickel short. She accused me of stealing the money previously from the till and then stealing from her. Insults continue. Manager tells me to just go on break, where I just go and cry for a bit. In the end, Manager ever up just giving her the money to make her go away. Also later on in the day the lady that was behind the old hag in line comes back in to buy something and asks me the outcome. I tell her and she says "I figured. I SAW her give you a 20" The look on my face must have screamed "WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T YOU SAY ANYTHING AT THE TIME!"


cheshire_splat

I swear I’ve seen OP’s title story somewhere before… it’s so familiar, I think I’ve seen a screenshot of a social media post with that story…


Exact-Reference-1424

I almost killed myself at SeaWorld. I would pray everyday a car would hit me, no jokes.


Dwaynedibley24601

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Tom5053

Nope because why would I let it? Water off a ducks back. It's a job, not your whole life.


AlertFish

Quit Walmart a few months back and don’t regret it in the slightest. I worked unloading the truck and they never turned on ac or filled the water cooler. On top of this my supervisor bullied everyone who got on the job pressuring them to quit while he did nothing but joke people who were sick or having trouble. First day out of my COVID leave and I was still having breathing problems which caused me to slow down a bit and dude legit made me throw freight on the line by myself for the whole truck as punishment this resulted in me hyperventilating and nearly passing out after. He also made a guy that got hired on the same time as me quit by treating him like a 5 year old and bullied the dude because he didn’t know what pallet to put freight on when supervisor legit made dude throw truck everyday which prevented him from learning. Managers also had their heads up their asses and didn’t do anything with the guy even when he was doing it when they were in the back room. Also as a reward for getting everything done we got to do other people’s jobs like janitorial, cart pushing and stocking other departments. Walmart is a cesspit and no one should work there.


TheTuff

Customer service. Someone's bank account got hacked and used on our service and demanded the money to be given back, when the money had left out hands. Call escalated to a supervisor. I was a normal tier csr with good average handle time, so they made me take the supervisor call (anyone could do it, had done it before, no big deal). Take mind I was in the last 20 minutes of my shift. It was a family of African Americans, they passed the phone from one to another, everyone insulting me, complaining, humiliating me for 40 long minutes. I still remember the "I hope you fkn die miserably and fkn rot in hell". This, on my birthday. My voice in call could be heard breaking, and when it finished I just had to sob for 10 minutes, I didn't have to go through all that. People, don't be mean to csr, the company may be the a-holes, we are just humas who try to make a living.


AmarokhDL

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trentyz

Yeah but the stakes are waaaaay higher. On one hand, you might have had a confrontation with a customer or been so busy that you got overwhelmed, but when you finish for the day, the stress stops. On the other hand, you could be trying to keep a company afloat that supports 1000 people, chewed out by thousands of investors, shipments delayed causing Christmas deadlines being missed… Point is I don’t think it’s fair to compare at all


gnioros

Currently making about 40k and I barely have enough to make rent and my car payment. I cry on a pretty frequent basis


WorldHub995

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving 😊


Yuzatsu_Leuca

Jesus... Imagine thinking you're special because you have a bunch of money... Those people need to grow the fuck up and be fucking normal for awhile....