r/mildlyinfuriating • u/ToastingFrench_ • 3h ago
frist of all how DARE yu o Store manager called out then asked me to find someone to work.
For context, I worked anyways from 2-10. She was supposed to be in from 4-12. She texts me around 3 asking if I can close, I assumed that she meant she just needed to be home earlier and would work 4-10 instead, so I said yes. 4 pm comes, then 4:15 I text her asking if she's still coming in because she's never been this late. She says she's not gonna make it and I can call someone else to come in. SHES the store manager. Not me. I get paid minimum wage.
So I called our GM, explained, and then learned that she didn't tell out GM she was calling out either. Just me. So she's rushing to find one of the three people listed to come in. Its a busy rainy night, at an escape room, on a Friday. We are packed. I was lucky the rush didn't start until around 6, which by then the calvary had already arrived and the night went smoothly. Still irritating though.
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u/BluMqqse_ 2h ago
I would've assumed first text meant they could not show up period. What does ortr mean?
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u/thirtychirps 48m ago
I read it the way OP did. Manager didn’t get coverage for their whole shift, only the last 2 hrs from someone who was already working.
OP assumed they’d be there, because if they were going to be gone all day, a reasonable person would get coverage for that whole day.
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u/MrShinyNinja 42m ago edited 37m ago
There's no time included on any of this. So how can you "assume" such? The cover would be the last 2 hours.
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u/thirtychirps 35m ago
Read the paragraphs. OP was scheduled 2 to 10. Manager was scheduled 4 to 12. The business closes at 12.
“Can you close?” means “can you work until 12 tonight instead of 10?”
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u/Dan_flashes480 2h ago
I had a manager at Wendys that would leave to bang his girlfriend and leave me their till he showed up to close the registers. I called in 2 hours before a shift saying my wife (girlfriend at the time) found out her mom has stage 3 cancer and is going to go see her so I can't come in and need to watch my kids. He said I was the only one that could speak English and needed me on the drive through. I said he could can speak English and could do it but he told me I could be fired over this. I said I quit I don't need this job. ( It was a second job I was going for my electrical license in like 6 months and wanted extra cash for Christmas). He told my I still had to come in I just said bye and ignored the calls.
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u/Bad-Luck-Guy 2h ago
Yeah I definitely read this as she won’t be in at all.
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u/McNalienBro 2h ago
Me too, she asked the person to close for her, meaning she’s not coming back.
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u/thirtychirps 45m ago
…As if she couldn’t stay late that night. Not as if she wouldn’t be there at all.
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u/PuddingMent 2h ago
She asked you to cover for her because she’s needed at home. How else could you interpret that?
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u/thirtychirps 29m ago
“I am needed at home at 10:30pm so I can’t be the one that closes, can you?”
Not “hey instead of 16hrs of employees working between 2 people, today is going to be just 10h of employees working, and those hours are all going to be you because I gotta go. I know you may need help, but I didn’t think to address that until 4:15pm after you texted me. Hope you figure it out though!”
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u/PM_YOUR__BUBBLE_BUTT 26m ago
I’m shocked how many people are saying this here. Did every single person miss the detail that OP was ALREADY WORKING A SHIFT the same day? It’s like people never worked these type of jobs like retail or restaurants or similar.
If you are already on a shift and someone asks you a question about closing, they are asking if you can stay later. You don’t magically become two people if someone says they’re going to be off. The only way the managers question makes sense is staying later that night. I’m baffled how anyone could take it any other way. If OP wasn’t working a shift, then I would take it as they wanted you to cover their whole shift but that’s the only way it makes sense.
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u/thirtychirps 11m ago
I’m baffled too. Apparently everyone is just cool with coworkers leaving and letting them handle everything. Payroll has 16h of work between two people today? We’ll just let one person do it all in 10h.
Do people realize that understaffing makes work suck way more? If working at understaffed locations paid you higher proportionally then maybe it’d be aokay. But that never happens.
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u/ToastingFrench_ 2h ago
Update: Literally moments after I posted this I got this text form our GM.
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u/AI-is-infinite 2h ago
Why do you say yes to these things lol
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u/FutureLarge8833 2h ago
Money. Obviously. OP isn't doing it for free lol
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u/ToastingFrench_ 2h ago
Correct. Minimum wage here is 15 bucks, I'm not giving that up. 😭😭
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u/Dependent-Trip-5991 2h ago
To be honest seems if gm said that they talked to the person and wasn’t so nice and wants to make sure store is covered since they held that person responsible.
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u/GoodishCoder 1h ago
That seems like a reach. It could just as easily be the gm reached out to check on the manager and just asked if they would be able to make it in the next day and got an "I'm not sure" in response so they reached out to people to make sure they were covered.
Most leaders are reasonable people that understand humans get sick sometimes.
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u/AI-is-infinite 2h ago
I’m confused. If minimum wage is $15 couldn’t you get that anywhere that doesn’t treat you like crap?
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u/vertical-luau-pig 2h ago
The job market is terrible, friend.
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u/Connect-Idea-1944 RED 1h ago
People don’t realize we’re not in 2013 anymore where you can just quit at 10am and find a new job by 2pm
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u/j4schum1 2h ago
But it's an escape room. Your customers are all there to have fun. Probably a relatively enjoyable job compared to the other alternatives at that pay.
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u/ToastingFrench_ 2h ago
It is such an easy job. I actually love it.
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u/countrymud 2h ago
Take the initiative and go for Amanda's position 😂
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u/ToastingFrench_ 2h ago
She got ten years under her belt here, so while I don't think I'll be usurping her, it makes this situation a fair bit more frustrating.
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u/P4TY 1h ago
Not that I have life figured out, but I mentor people sometimes and I would advise you to stop telling yourself no, and make other people do it.
In other words, ten years doesn’t mean shit. Sounds like this person sucks at their job, and you’re consistently stepping up.
Email this GM person directly and say you’d like to take on more responsibility and grow at the company. Don’t ask to replace this person, but show initiative.
The GM is unlikely to tell you “no.”
But never take on more responsibility for the same pay, of course.
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u/BackgroundParsnip837 1h ago
Don't sell yourself short. If you are already covering for them then you are already doing at least part of the job
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u/lungonion 2h ago
this. sometimes competitive pay isn’t worth dreading going in every day. at my current workplace a 16 hour shift feels is a breeze and feels far shorter than every 6-8 hr retail shift i’ve had the displeasure of working because im not miserable while working there.
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u/lI-Norte-Il 2h ago
How are they treating OP like crap? They're asking OP to work and OP said yes. Communication could be better but that's it
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u/berriesnbball_17 1h ago
Job market sucks and they might not be able to get as many hours elsewhere. We also have no idea if they’re treated like crap with this little context lol their supervisor could be having a family crisis or issue and this is just a wonky week while they’re figuring it out. Shit happens
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u/aruby727 2h ago
Someone who understands the value of hard work. Kudos to you for digging in and hustling. You've got a bright future, I can tell.
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u/kyrakitty21 2h ago
Why are you complaining about the behavior if you're enabling it? 💀
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u/BluMqqse_ 2h ago
I assume you have zero complaints on a daily basis at work then? You continue showing up and enabling it!
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u/aruby727 2h ago
I complain about cleaning giant messes every night in my home but do it anyways. People can complain about things without demanding solutions. Minor grievances are often a byproduct of hard work.
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u/NEOscav9 2h ago
The better question is why the hell would you give management your cell number, that's a big ol no no
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u/hundopdeftotes 2h ago
I’m pretty sure that’s a common thing now since no one has a landline.
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u/NEOscav9 2h ago
Having it on file for hr if you need to get called in, yeah, sure. But having your manager in your contacts so they have a direct line to you at all times? Yeah thats a big ass no no where i work. I learned the hard way its a horrible idea with my last manager where I work now, only to find out after he left that its explicitly not allowed at all where I work. Figures I'd find that out after the fact when he's gone already.
Would have saved me a hell of a lot of stress had I known that earlier
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u/ToastingFrench_ 2h ago
This isn't like a corporate chain store. It's family owned and we have less than 20 employees. It just makes life easier if my GM can call me and let me know something urgent instead of texting through group me.
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u/lungonion 2h ago
idk why people set hard lines about this because it literally just depends on where you work. i work at a museum and we don’t have enough walkies so everyone stays in contact through a group chat set up every morning. literally every issue is solved through texts or calls on our personal phones. it’s not an issue though because there’s a ridiculous amount of mutual respect across the board so situations like this just don’t exist. makes its far easier to do… everything.
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u/NEOscav9 2h ago
On paper thats fine, especially in your situation where theres mutual respect between most people in question. In some cases it is legitimately just straight up not allowed (definitely for good reason). I work retail, and having management phone number just doesn't make sense unless you're also management.
I can think of one manager I'd maybe be okay with having my number, but I don't directly work for them so there'd be no point anyway. My direct manager is kind of a useless pos who literally talks to no one in my department so no one has his number, and my store director is kind of a snake so I'd never want her number either.
Other than having a coworker who you're cool withs phone number, there's just absolutely no reason for anyone to be directly talking to management in that way where I work. It actually actively hindered my work when I had my ex managers number
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u/lungonion 2h ago
“idk why people set hard lines about this because it literally just depends on where you work”
im actually gonna backtrack on my take a bit because I have worked about half a dozen retail jobs in my life and I had managers and coworkers numbers at each place. it just made things easier for picking up and offering up shifts, giving notice about attendance etc. maybe it’s some sort of regional thing because where im at in the south it would be weird to not have direct contact information for your coworkers and bosses. come to think of it I don’t know a single person in my life that isn’t directly connected to their coworkers and bosses through their cellphone for the absolute convenience of it. truly don’t understand the hard line but i guess i’ve never had managers that overstep basic boundaries with that shit. the only place I have ever worked where i didn’t have the cell numbers of people at my work (and vice versa) was an amazon warehouse (which, like, obviously)
i’m not trying to be rude or even respond to your take directly here, but honestly, i don’t know what the big deal is about getting a text from a manager asking you to come in? people must really hate their jobs or coworkers or something. my girlfriend works retail and is in a massive group chat with her coworkers where they yap all the time. boundaries will sometimes be crossed at a workplace regardless of the means or method but if you have a solid team people like that don’t last long.
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u/MagnetHype 1h ago
I text my employees all the time to let them know they aren't needed and can stay home if they want. You're saying you would prefer to have to drive all the way in to work, just to get sent home?
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u/hundopdeftotes 2h ago
Ah that makes sense then. It’s normal where I work as it’s a restaurant. So it works both ways. People call in sick through texts, management asks why you’re late, asks if you can work etc.
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u/NEOscav9 2h ago
Shit I wish we cold do that haha. It's pretty hard to get legitimately in trouble for anything where I work, but if you called off through text to someone, that's a good way to guarantee you get murdered on your next shift 😂
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u/Sufficient_Energy_32 2h ago
How else are they supposed to contact you?
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u/NEOscav9 2h ago
Already said in another comment it makes sense to have it on file for hr, so they can attempt to call you in if extra help is needed, but contact me for what? My responsibilities for work start when i go in and stop when I leave. Anything that needs to be relayed to me should be relayed to me while I'm actively there. If I'm not on the clock, what work needs from me means jack diddly to me
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u/mr_glide 1h ago
I can't see that she gave you any reason to assume what you assumed
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u/thirtychirps 44m ago
Because she didn’t get coverage for the rest of the day she skipped out on. That is a reasonable expectation, so OP assumed that they were just asking for help in letting them leave early.
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u/MakeMeDrink 2h ago
They are literally telling you they need to call out and therefore are asking you to work. Then you agreed to work. Next time say “no” if it is an issue.
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u/ToastingFrench_ 2h ago edited 2h ago
I already worked. There is no "I agreed to work" because when she sent the first message I was already sitting clocked in. I agreed to work an extra TWO HOURS.
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u/GaiaMoore 42m ago
If I'm understanding correctly, this isn't about the extra two hours.
This is about the fact that you were supposed to have overlapping shifts with your manager, and you thought she would be there for most of the shift but would head out early while you closed up.
You didn't realize she intended to leave you as the only person working what is supposed to be a two-person job during the bulk of the escape room work when guests are there.
And she also made no effort to get someone else to cover her shift so that you wouldn't be the only person there, and made no effort to let anyone else or her manager know, either
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u/thirtychirps 19m ago
100%
Op was happy to cover a quarter of the managers shift.
OP is mildly infuriated that their manager abandoned the other three quarters of their shift completely without finding coverage. That’s super reasonable.
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u/gerber411420 1h ago
If you close at ten and she asked you to close, wouldn't you work until well, close ?
People work doubles, not a crazy concept, but you're probably 16.
Where are you agreeing to an additional TWO HOURS.
If these questions are upsetting, look around, I'm not the only one thinking this.
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u/GaiaMoore 39m ago
People work doubles, not a crazy concept, but you're probably 16.
Wild that you think this is a remotely reasonable take if OP actually is that young.
Forcing a 16 year old underage girl to work a double shift at an escape room by herself around a bunch of strangers in the middle of the night sounds like a terrible idea.
All of you guys lack reading comprehension. It's really not that hard to read the facts that OP's boss left OP completely alone.
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u/ToastingFrench_ 1h ago
We don't close at 10, we close at 12. So, I went from not closing to closing. If it was a normal shift I would've left at 10 while the other person stayed until 12 to, well, close.
Edit: For clarification. That means the last room books at 12. Each room is an hour, so now you're here until at the very least 1-1:30 am.
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u/UnkyjayJ 1h ago
You agree to close though wtf are you on about. Don't say yes when asked to do something if you don't wanna do it. You're the worst kind of college I hope you know that
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u/LOIL99 1h ago
It’s really not that difficult. Job takes 2 people during core hours. OP was already at work. Manager calls and asks if they can close. They said yes. So they now work until 12 instead of 10. But manager didn’t call someone to work the rest of their shift so OP now working alone all day.
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u/ToastingFrench_ 1h ago
I didn't say I didn't want to do it. I'm confused at the disconnect. The post is labeled "Store manager called out and asked me to find someone to work." The frustrating part is the store MANAGER asking ME to find someone else to work when it's her job to do so as a manager, and because she called out. I agreed because I was already there, and like my original post mentions, thought she was just going to leave early instead of me.
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u/Munster19 1h ago
they responded to your text asking ~'if they'd be in' suggesting people who could come in because you sounded like you might need help
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u/ToastingFrench_ 1h ago
Yes, and I'm the wrong person to suggest this too considering if she's calling out she needs to talk to HER manager, in this case, GM. Not me.
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u/thirtychirps 24m ago
Yeah sounds like the manager knew they’d need help and didn’t arrange it and put it on OP at 4:15pm after the shift already started.
Why would the manager suggest help randomly like they did?
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u/babarambo 56m ago
You’re missing the whole part where it’s a Friday night packed and 1 employee couldn’t handle everyone by themselves. The complaint isn’t that the manager asked her to close, it’s that the MANAGER called out and left OP all alone to either find help or deal with the situation herself.
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u/thirtychirps 26m ago
Bro come on now. Between her and the manager they are doing 16 total hours of work. The manager leaving and not finding coverage for their whole 8h means OP is doing 16h worth of work, but only in 10h.
That’s shitty.
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u/UnkyjayJ 12m ago
Sure but don't say you can If you can't
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u/thirtychirps 7m ago
Can or can’t what? Op was happy to work 10pm to 12pm. Op never had any say in working from 4pm to 10pm down a staff member because their manager decided not to get coverage for that part of their shift.
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u/Ill_Veterinarian_172 1h ago
I'm sorry people's reading comprehension is poor.
You got asked to close, an extra 2 hours.
"Needed at home" wasn't specified right at that moment.
So, it is safe to insinuate that the manager was needed after 10 and before 12.
The manager should have been more clear.
This follow up sounds like something bad happened, which is why they were unclear.
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u/thirtychirps 22m ago
I’m surprised at OPs downvotes lol. Say OP was already closing — would the manager just have no showed and not have said anything, since the only reason she texted was to make sure someone was there to close?
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u/Delver_Razade GREEN 55m ago
You still agreed to work. She said she couldn't cover her shift, she was giving you her shift. It was on you to point out you already had a shift if you thought she was unaware. Come on. Is this your first job?
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u/thirtychirps 20m ago
The manager gave OP a quarter of her shift. She never found coverage for the remaining 3/4ths of it.
Manager knew OP was working. She didn’t ask “hey can you work today” she asked “hey can you close”.
Also lol you think it’s reasonable for a manager to be unaware of their employees shifts?
I feel like I’m taking crazy pills with these comments I’m seeing. wtf.
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u/Delver_Razade GREEN 10m ago
I've had managers ask me that very thing, using those exact words in that exact phrase knowing I was off that day. That's not an unusual or unclear meaning of those words.
Also I don't know your work history but a middle manager in a minimum wage job not knowing everyone on the schedule especially if they don't have it right in front of them? It doesn't matter if I think it's reasonable or not, the reality is that that's so common that you asking me if it's reasonable is unreasonable. If I had a dollar for every mid-level manager at a minimum wage job who didn't have a clue who was on shift without the schedule stapled to their face I wouldn't have had to work at least two of those jobs.
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u/thirtychirps 2m ago
Ok so what you’re suggesting is that this manager could have been saying “hey I don’t know if you’re working today but can you close? I don’t think it’s necessary for me to discuss a start time of your shift if you’re not working, I just need to discuss when it would end, and that’s at close.”
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u/thirtychirps 46m ago
I don’t understand why you’re getting downvoted. You’re not wrong, and this sub is called “mildly infuriating”, which it’s not like you’re having some huge reaction. It’s just mildly infuriating that your manager ditched you the day of without a plan.
They even knew you’d likely need help—since they were the one to suggest who to call.
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u/Fabulous_Witness_935 1h ago
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Little know fact coming... The terms "big dipper" and "little dipper" come from the the shapes of actual gourds, the aboriginals looked up and saw similar shapes to their water jugs... It's pumpkin season, here and small Gourd facts can prossibly be helpful
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u/squishypoo91 1h ago
It was really obvious they were asking for coverage and you agreed bro
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u/thirtychirps 43m ago
Only in the last 2 hours. They did not arrange coverage for the rest of their shift.
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u/MrShinyNinja 44m ago edited 40m ago
The poster is an absolute gas lighter. The texts are clear. The ask was to cover till close
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u/Appropriate_Donut590 1h ago
“I’m needed at home” what about them saying they’ll be home is telling you they’ll be coming in. What a terrible lack of literacy
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u/Snoo-69774 27m ago
“I need you to close” close. Close.
Not “you’ll be alone all shift” But instead “you’ll be the person closing up”
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u/BoiledFrogs 17m ago
Why would they text them about it if they're going to see them at work shortly and can ask them then? They're only going to text if they're not coming in.
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u/thirtychirps 40m ago
“I need to be home early” was my initial read.
Manager is the one that suggested people to call for help. Manager knew needing help may be necessary. They didn’t cover their own shift anyway.
Imagine if OP was already closing this day. Manager presumably would have just never said anything (since the only thing they asked about was closing) and not come in when scheduled. Is that reasonable?
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u/GoodishCoder 1h ago
I don't really understand the issue. They asked you to cover -> you agreed -> you clarified they wouldn't be in at all -> they confirmed and offered additional resources you could reach out to if you need help.
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u/thirtychirps 58m ago
Nonsense. The manager left this person to fend for themselves.
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u/GoodishCoder 49m ago
They didn't though. OP agreed to cover for their manager and their manager gave them names of people to contact if they needed help.
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u/thirtychirps 38m ago
Op agreed to cover the last 2 hours, they never discussed covering the rest of the managers day. Op couldn’t cover that shift, they were already working.
The manager is the one that told them who to call for help, unprompted. The manager knew help would be needed and didn’t even address that proactively.
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u/GoodishCoder 31m ago
They asked OP to close which was an extra 2 hours on their shift. Logically the expectation would be that should OP agree, they stay for that time instead of leaving and coming back. OP objectively agreed to cover the shift.
The manager might not have known help would be needed. Have you ever worked retail? Sometimes it's super slow and you don't need additional coverage. If that happens on days when everyone is there, you just send people home. If it's a slow day and you call someone in only to send them home, you suck.
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u/thirtychirps 15m ago
This isn’t retail this is an escape room on a Friday night.
Idk what you’re on about with “leaving and coming back”
The manager got coverage for a quarter of their scheduled shift (10-12), and didn’t get coverage for the other three quarters. That’s shitty.
Apparently didn’t even tell their own boss. How is that defensible?
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u/GoodishCoder 2m ago
Escape rooms would be in the broad category of retail. Having worked at an arcade early on in my work history and eventually becoming a manager I can confirm sometimes the nights you expect to be busy aren't and the days you expect to be dead are swamped.
The manager got coverage for the part of their shift that would have been a gap on the schedule and provided resources to reach out to if anything beyond that was needed.
Whether or not they made the right call in failing to notify the district manager depends on the expectations the district manager has for their employees. Some managers take the stance that they don't care as long as business hours are covered. If they didn't make the right call, that's something for the manager and district manager to work out when the manager returns.
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u/ValarielAmarette 1h ago
They did. It was OP. They just misunderstood and assumed they would be finishing and then coming back at the end of the managers shift
A text is not the correct way to have this conversation from either side
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u/GoodishCoder 1h ago
The manager got their shift covered but was not present to know if an additional resource was needed. They empowered OP to make that call and ask people to come in.
Some of you get way too fixated on exact job descriptions. In my experience people hyper fixated on their job description are the same people complaining that they're being passed over for promotions.
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u/Albedo0001 1h ago
Despite you already working and having a schedule, they're asking you to close their shift which appears to be a few more hours. You said yes and then pikachu face when they said they're not coming in?
Shitty manager to ask you (I assume you're not in management at all) to find extra help, but this one is pretty cut in dry imo. You somehow read that and severely misinterpreted it. Oh well.
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u/Affectionate_Dot2643 1h ago
I understood this to mean they would still be working but finishing earlier as you had overlapping shifts and they just wanted to go home earlier.
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u/dego_frank 26m ago
Damn you misread the text then ratted them out to the GM. Good luck at your next job
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u/Lazy-Interests 2h ago
You say she’s never usually late, does she ever do anything like this, like does she have a history of things like this?
If not it could be something really serious going on at home and she’s just not got the time or emotional capacity to handle work things right now
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u/ToastingFrench_ 1h ago
Shes a typical manager. Doesn't really help out, always on her phone, etc. Not a BAD manager. Which was why this was mild.
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u/Lazy-Interests 1h ago
These type of managers piss me off, but again if she’s not usually skipping out on the actual shifts and getting overs to cover, this could be a real emergency scenario so I’d give her the benefit of the doubt
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u/italwaysworksoot 1h ago
That’s not a typical manager. That’s just what you think is what is a typical manager
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u/Intelligent-Whole366 1h ago
Yeah they said they’ll be at home….You kinda tattled on your manager going to the GM. I dunno your guys dynamic and I know it’s not your job but my philosophy is just figure it out on your own. Then your manager owes you and it shows you have manager potential. Next time just text coworkers if they wanna come in, some like you, just want extra hours. But I get it, retail/service sucks ass.
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u/Mrsmyrke 4m ago
That's a load of rubbish, it doesn't show management potential at all lol. It shows that you are a push over for a slacker. Manager should sort her own cover out
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u/ToastingFrench_ 1h ago
I didn't mean to tattle. I was just as surprised to know she didn't tell the GM before coming to me, because I thought that was just a given. Here's to hoping I didn't get her in trouble 😬
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u/ADelusionalStudent 1h ago
It's really crazy how you didn't seem to have a single thought in your head during this entire process.
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u/DipschitzContinuous 36m ago
Na fuck that, if the staff manager didn’t tell the GM that she wasn’t there and she was supposed to, that’s on her, not OP. Don’t pull shady shit with chain of command, it’s not fair to the staff under her who make minimum wage. It’s not OP’s responsibility to cover for the SM shirking her responsibilities and trying to hide it from the GM.
OP is just trying to make it through their shift.
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u/ADelusionalStudent 31m ago
Right sure agreed manager should've told the GM. But OP just said she hopes she didn't get her manager in trouble, and stated she didn't think that first message was the manager calling out. It's a genuinely insane to me that someone can just shut off their brain to that level. It really seems like zero thoughts were had by OP. Head full of air
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u/GrapeChoice4010 1h ago edited 57m ago
I was way more confused by the context, then the texts. What do you think close tonight means. Do you close at 4pm. How is that confusing. To be fair, if the shift usually has two people then yeah dick move. After the GM call, Sounds like your equal now though. He ain't doing that shit again.
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u/Mcpops1618 42m ago
If my boss texted me with those emojis or emojis at all I’d know I’m out.
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u/ToastingFrench_ 40m ago
LMFAO i didn't even realize how odd those emojis look esp coming from a manager. 😭✌🏾
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u/slimricc 24m ago
Why did you think they were coming in? Lol they literally got you to cover their shift
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u/Simsima494 8m ago
Guys, they didnt ask to be covered, they asked if they could close. As in stay late enough to close because it was my job to close. Nowhere does it say "i cant come in/can you COVER my shift, you cant cover a shift you were already working. She didnt ask if they would be okay by themselves AND can close. Asking someone to close implies "you stay late, i go early," not "im not coming at all."
because then you would say I cant make it in and also formally call out, which they didnt because the GM didnt know. You cant just, not show up to work and only notify one person.
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u/Wronghand_tactician 1h ago
Op posted this to r/mildlyinfuriating because they knew we’d be the ones mildly infuriated by their lack of reading comprehension skills and efforts to double down.
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u/chungusamongos 58m ago
Am I the only one who read it the same way as OP? If OP has the first cut then I would assume the manager asking them to close means they want to swap shifts, not that they’re not coming in at all.
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u/GaiaMoore 35m ago
I'm with you.
Most people ITT are blasting OP because how dare she think it's unreasonable to be left completely alone to handle multiple escape rooms parties by herself until 1:30-2 in the morning
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u/Top_Stretch_2340 14m ago
As a scheduling manager, I prefer the precovid "quiet quiting" over the "ill be there when I can even though I'm scheduled".
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u/codesine 9m ago
It reads that they will be out, and if OP could do the two extra hours. And if OP realizes it’s rather busy, that maybe one of the three could come in based on OPs judgment call.
Sounds like OP was just given more control of the situation and shoulda communicated back with the SM but then went to the GM instead of contacting back oof.
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u/Help_Anon_27 2h ago
Well you see, the problem behind this is that you work at an escape room
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u/thelagopure 1h ago
Why talk down to someone because of the job they have? Job market sucks, gotta take what you can get.
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u/Help_Anon_27 42m ago
More meant that’s why the manager is the way they are. The manager probably doesn’t give a shit about that job and is just doing it because they have to. No one is working there because their dream is to work at an escape room
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u/linklen2000 2h ago
The text does read like they won't be in at all, at least to me