I’m sitting in class right, and my teacher is talking about how she likes the flavor of coconut, but not the texture. so I ask her “what about piña coladas?” she says “me and frozen alcoholic beverages are not a good idea.” so I go on to tell her about my trip to Florida, and I’m telling her about how I went to the Mai Kai and how I ordered a virgin Piña colada. and how it was in fact NOT virgin, but a bit slutty. and she bursts out laughing and the girl next to me thought it was so funny that she fell out of her seat.

Winter, 2022. I was 21, working at a chain grocery store.

I was still new, just beyond my 1st month, and while working there, i caught a stomach bug. Wasn't calling out, but i also didn't want to sh*t my pants, so whenever there was downtime, i asked to go, then made my way to the public restroom near our department. i wasn't spending a very long time in there, 3-4 minutes tops.

The department manager, let's say Amanda, had a great rapport with the other employees. Everyone agreed she was very reasonable. She was obviously relaxed and friendly with everyone there.... except for me. For some reason, unbeknownst to me, she was standoffish. i assumed this was because i was new and brushed it off as no big deal.

One night, i ran to the restroom, did my business, came back. She met me outside the department looking extremely angry, and raised her voice at me, yelling for me to "go clock out RIGHT NOW and don't come back!" without further explanation. I crossed my arms, and i asked her why, to which she replied "I followed you into the restroom just now, and i could see under the stall that you weren't on the toilet. You can't just take breaks whenever you want!"

"Uhhh, you can't fire me for that. Did you talk to the store manager about this?" to which she yelled, at the top of her lungs "YOU WANT ME TO GET THE STORE MANAGER? CAUSE I CAN DO THAT!"

"yes." She radio'd for the manager to come down to see us, and within moments, there she was. I allowed Amanda to speak; she told our boss everything that just happened. The manager asked me to tell her my side; i promptly did so.

The store manager literally just sighed, shook her head, and told us both to go back to work and forget about this.

2 weeks later, Amanda quit, and went to go work somewhere else. And to this very day, everyone who knew her back then has been extremely shocked to hear that story; citing her as "the nicest person i've ever met".

I'm still confused by this event.