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Not only did they accuse Emily of taking advantage of someone, they also assumed that someone they never met had dementia and must be dealing with memory issues despite not knowing the age or the woman in question. They just seem jealous that they didnt get the $100 tip.
They seem awfully concerned about this apparently dependent old lady while also making weird implications about an adult having their parents still looking out for them
It's even worse than jealousy. It's a matter of the wealthier bosses/owners of the business thinking that their low wage employee does not "deserve" such a large tip for doing such a "simple" job. Emily probably made more on that one tip than she did the whole rest of her shift that day, wages and tips combined. The boss can't have their "generosity" in the form of what they think is a fair wage br upstaged by an actually generous person.
@@leahreiss2943 She could've been a passenger that just walked up and away but it's irrelevant since they don't seem to know anything about the tipper. Maybe it was a well off teenager who knows?
I think the owner is so cheap and selfish that the idea of someone leaving a huge tip is unfathomable to them so they thought "must be an old lady with dementia"
@@patback1001she is young and trying to do what she was told. She didn’t deserve to be fired because an old woman left a massive tip 😂 next time she’ll probably just take the tip and pocket it.
@@sarablack4542 I'd be she wouldn't take it next time either, good people usually have it engrained in them as people and I bet even though she got fired she'd do the same thing again.
I work as a cashier at a small market, we don’t accept tips, there is a guy who always gets a coffee for $2 and gives a five and rushes out the door saying thank you keep it! When my boss sees this she say “that was nice!” And she is happy for me. That is how it should be
Right? I had a boss steal the tip jar from some younger employees working the night shift at a coffee shop in a grocery store. Had to raise hell to get them their tips back, like what is the animosity about? I’ll never understand
@@fungi5350 it’s so messed up! I had a boss that always took all the tips from the tip jar because he made the pizzas and we were just cashiers and he said the people were coming to see him so they were his tips 🙄
@@sarahmellinger3335 I agree! Not surprisingly he’s been working by himself since last winter, it’s a small town and his reputation precedes him now. He got his finger broken on opening day when he flipped off his gf…
Everywhere I have worked that didn't allow tips had the policy that if a customers leaves a tip, it's put in a charity box. I think that's a decent policy.
So, what is the employee supposed to do if the customer leaves the tip despite being asked not to? Are they supposed to put it in the drawer, throw it in the trash, give it to another customer, call the police?.. what option is not "taking advantage of the elderly?"
That's the best part: if the boss makes it into a problem it goes to them instead. I would be gobsmacked if freez let that girl go home with that $100. They pocketed that for themself and fired her in an attempt to cover their tracks since it's at will employment. They likely didn't expect it to go viral like this.
Obviously she was supposed to tackle the lady and make sure that she took her money back. It’s probably in their training Emily just didn’t pay attention that day .
The Freez needs to understand that nowadays pulling shit like that may put you on the internet and The Freez will be looked down on as a place that shits on their employees.
@@alisaishere I don't think this is the case when it comes to small local businesses in small towns. People will remember this for YEARS since now the Freeze is the only thing Morehead is known for outside of that small town.
As a barista, I had people tipping me 3 times the bill amount. One time I comforted a girl over a breakup for 1.5 hours. She wanted to pay me for a meal at a restaurant but I had to make a double shipt so she tipped me 50 dollars over one hot cocoa. Costumers are wild sometimes.
this is such a weird story because Emily did NOT ACCEPT the tip! What was she supposed to do? Grab the money out of the jar, jump out the drive thru window, run after the car like the guy from terminator, and dunk the bill through her car window, breathlessly telling the customer "oh you must have dementia or something, no one in their right mind would leave me this tip" WTF?
I went there before all this and put $100 bill in the jar as well. A white panel van pulled up and men in white coats put me in a strait jacket and I was in a hospital for several weeks until they learned I was safe to go buy ice cream again.
I owned a tea shop for a while and we had one regular customer whose philosophy was to always tip 100% when he was able. I can say with absolute certainty that he was not elderly and did not have dementia, he was just an awesome guy.
That’s awesome, I can’t wait until I’m at a place in life where I can drop a massive tip on a friendly twenty-something and watch their face change. I would have thought “wow she must have just got a promotion or won the lottery!” not “unnecessary generosity? She’s clearly dangerously unstable” 😤
I used to work at Jewel-Osco and there was a rule that if you found money or got tipped you had to turn it in to the front desk and if it went unclaimed in 10 days it would just go into the register and would go to the company. I never turned in any of my tips or money I found
I used to work at a spa and we were not allowed to accept any tips but all of us did anyways (obviously). There was one day where I had to completely pull out my cash drawer (I don't remember the reason) and found a 20€ bill stuck in the back. We pulled out the other three as well and found another 30€. Split the money between the two of us working that shift and went home happy :) On another day a colleague of mine swept the floor under the vending machine in the foyer with a long, flat wood thing and found a bunch of coins that he pocketed.
A place I used to work at added up all the tips and it all went towards the Christmas party... Was what we were told, but we never once had a Christmas party. So eventually, we all just sort of started turning a blind eye when each other got tips and 'forgot' to add them to the tip jar.
That was where I worked before I was disabled. Before I ever started my shift, my manager told me if I got tipped, tell no one and put it in my pocket. There was only one time I turned it into the desk and surprisingly, I did get it back...after two years. But hey, I got lunch. Was retail.
working at jewel sucked, i remember the old ladies that knew our tip policy would hand us the bills in a sly drug deal motion which always made me chuckle.
That's why I just started to leave lost money on the floor. That and the increasing cheapstakery from corporate. The sent out a letter. "we got a massive tax break, so we are giving you all raises." Only to see them cut hours later to the point where yeah you were making more per hour but less because you worked less. Not to mention they expected everyone to do the job of 3 people. Yeah if lost money that no one is going to end up claiming goes back to them, it's staying where it lays and I didn't see it
My grandmother used to drive herself to Fruth's daily and give out 20 dollar bills when she was in the beginning stages of dementia. It didn't take long for the employees to give us a call and let us know this was happening. The only reason it was obvious that she had dementia was because she was going daily and because she started trying to give the money to other customers, and that's when the Fruth's employees called us. There's no way I would ever look down on those employees for "taking advantage" of my grandmother for accepting a tip, especially if it only happened once. Firing an employee for receiving ONE very generous tip is absolutely insane.
There could be a million reasons why someone would give that big a tip. Maybe they were feeling down and wanted to make someone's day, maybe they just got a raise or huge bonus and felt like sharing the wealth, maybe they just got a cancer diagnosis and decided they were going to give their money away. There could be so many reasons
when I worked at a large corporate company with a strict “no tipping” policy, I was trained to accept a tip if it meant not taking it would upset a customer or if they “forced” tips upon us. It’s unreasonable enough that a world wide company wouldn’t even do this.
They make it seem like this girl went to her parents and asked them to make a Facebook post to get the business in trouble. Maybe she did. But I think the more likely scenario is that she came home, told her parents she got fired (maybe she pays rent, or they would've asked why she hadn't been going to work so it would've gotten out eventually) and the parents were flabbergasted and made a post themselves.
Yes, that's probably what happened. The owner shaming her was completely uncalled for; we don't know she *actively* wanted her mom to act on it like the owner implies. She likely didn't expect her mom to do such a thing-- and even if she did or knew she was going to, she probably didn't expect it to gain such huge traction.
One of the big problems with small, local businesses is that they are often run by people who know nothing about business. They make dumb mistakes that turn into huge errors and everyone suffers, not just the business. They don't have a team of advisors helping them to make good choices.
This is very true. Every small business I've worked for, the owner has been some brand of crazy. I have a theory that a lot of people start businesses because their personalities are incompatible with working for other people. They have to be in charge because no employer is going to tolerate their eccentricities.
A prime example of not having proper PR or HR skills can destroy a business. If they had just explained the story properly from the start this could have been avoided.
@@MrPsyren99 Well dude if your ice cream shack is getting absolutely flamed on the internet and is on national news for bad reasons, you better hire someone for HR/PR.
i got tipped 40$ once (working at freindlys on the east coast lol) it was two twenties, my then "boss" told me it was unfair that i wasnt splitting it with other staff that worked that day. even tho i did the prep for the two days i worked, in addition to doing the dishes and re-prepping, taking tables and orders because the wait staff was LAZY, cooking their meals, and everything. i said "nah" and took that shit home. i worked there for a year and a half and two months after i left, the store closed. now its an empty lot with a red building that has every window smashed in
🤔🤔🤔 must be CT 😂😂😂😂 I tipped $30 on a $3 drink. It was late and dead at the bar and I only could drink soda. I had thought I was gonna send $50 but I ended up sending $3. So I said what the heck let's just give it to her and tipped $30. 🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️ Sometimes people just wanna leave a big tip. I saw her confused reaction to the tip and she went in the back. She never came up to ask why. And the tip wasn't taken until a few days later. Idk if it helped her out a lot or what, but I'm glad I gave it to someone.
I tipped $40 on takeout at Friendly's once and the girl behind the counter was overjoyed because one of her coworkers stole all of her tips. Food industry is always the toughest imo.
If they aren’t going to pay their employees a full wage, then that employee is entitled to whatever tip a customer gives them. Other coworkers are jealous? Oh well, maybe they’ll get that customer on another day
Dude there's something up with managers at small town ice cream shops. My sister used to come home complaining about how her manager was uptight about when and how she accepted tips. I genuinely think there's an element of plain ol' petty jealousy.
Something about the “adult child” gave me same feeling. This is another adult (ice cream shop owner) being petty. I bet Emily is like freshly 19, has only ever worked at this ice cream shop so has no concept of other workplace norms, and has had one too many (15 cent?) raises after working there for 5 years
@@bonnie1303I mean you’re right, but I don’t know many adults who have their parents fight their battles for them. Emily is an adult with a voice yet we NEVER heard from her
@@stevendemayo3631you're operating under the assumption that she has an obligation to make a public statement. Her parents decided to make that post not her.
@@stevendemayo3631 that’s what you’re not understanding which makes me believe that you might not have parents that actually care about you and I don’t mean that in a mean way I’m mean that she probably just told her parents about the situation and then the parents decided to do this from their own volition No one was fighting anybody’s battles. I hate to break it to you, but when you care about someone you have this desire to protect them I’m sorry that you’ve never felt that. Haven’t heard from Emily because it’s clear for her, and because she’s probably under younger said she understands how the Internet works
I worked at Subway, where almost every menu item used to be(rip) under $12. One time, this very generous dude came in, got a $3.99 six inch, and tipped $100. He had to be under 30, so I'd be very surprised if he was suffering from dementia...
I almost always side with the employee unless there's clear evidence that they're in the wrong. Yes some people are mobbing against the company for the heck of it, but companies have gotten too comfortable shitting on workers and I'm down for any means that'll make them think twice before doing something like this.
it’s so so common for companies to start writing people up for every little thing so they can “legally” fire them ‘for cause’ and avoid any liability. i guess silver lining is hopefully this whole situation will shine a light on that bs
@@a.rae.people aren't supposed to have assistance when they're injured at work or have employment benefits when they're let go? What about food? Rent? Medical bills?
@a.rae. So what, they're not supposed to accept unemployment? The system specifically set in place for people that get fired?? What about food, rent, bills? If you meet the criterias, you get it, simple as that
I’ve never seen a creator say “I was gonna do a clickbait title but I didn’t wanna lie to you guys!” I know that was such a small part of the video but I thought it was worth noting. Scott is a rare gem ❤
I love when Scott gives us updates on the Fargo area, because I get to tell my friend (who is from Fargo) about it, so I then get to act like an informed member of the Fargo community
My friend worked at Papa John's and when she delivered around Christmas time she would always get tipped $100 or more in the wealthy part of town. I do art commissions and I have a 'pay what you want' feature in my shop which is pretty much a tipping system. Maybe someday someone will kindly give a $100 tip, but I've gotten tipped $20-$30 a couple times. So tipping kindness is definitely not unheard of and does happen.
Especially after being there for 5 years?? If she started there at, say, 15 and is now 20, she is an adult, but it’s also the only job she has ever worked. Not to mention growing up in a small town without moving for at least half a decade… she may be of the age of majority, but they’re acting like she’s 55 or something
I was in the exact same situation with a job i had a few years ago. I was buying myself lunch and i was in line and one of my regular customers came up and gave me $100 from his lottery earnings that day and i told him i could not accept tips. He puts it in my apron and walks away. A few days later i got called into the office and was accused of taking money from a customer by my boss. I explained the situation and that i still had the money and was more than happy putting it in the register. I was told to hold onto it because since i broke the company policy there would be a hearing at a later date. I was put on a suspension pending termination type of leave (basically no pay) and had the hearing, explained my story and how i still have the money, and then was promptly fired for breaking a rule. 🙄 it was ridiculous
I don't understand, service workers need tips to have a livable wage, but when you're tipped too much you get fired? That is insane. I'm so sorry that happened to you.
@@MrPsyren99there are pros and cons, but imo the cons outweigh the pros. We should just have proper union representation and work that way, imo. Both have their advantages and disadvantages, but there’s a reason why guilds and unions exist and have existed for centuries upon centuries. There’s at least something to be learned from there
Did anyone confirm if the girl was allowed to keep the tip, or if the boss pocketed it/took it out of her earnings after making it into a problem? Because if they did, there's your answer there. At will employment, small shack that doesn't see a ton of business let alone tax free tips, plenty of teenagers to hire to replace the one they fired... this would've worked perfectly too if it weren't for the internet and us meddling kids 💀
"at will employee" translates to "We didn't do anything illegal." Oh, there's more to the story. That's not what you put in the Employee Warning form. Oh, the irony. This could ruin our reputation! Uh, about that... That Dairy Queen should totally have trolled with that sign. What was the employee supposed to do? Call the cops on the customer?
Some people definitely tip that much. My grandparents grew up dirt poor but in their old age, they have a good bit of money. They always leave good tips, and when service is especially good, they tip VERY well. And they're completely sound of mind btw😂
I see $100 tips a lot in the restaurant industry, it's just something wealthy people do when they're grateful for the service. This shop has no brainzzz
Absolutely facts!! I was homeless in a mostly affluent city for a while a few years ago, and people willing to give away $50 and $100 bills to people on the street were easy to find if you were pleasant enough (i got blessed big time at christmas one year by people who had seen me cleaning the street every week for fun)
It's becoming disturbingly common for businesses that do something shitty and get backlash to cry "bullying" or "harassment". A company is not a person! You can't bully a company!
I was at an Olive Garden and had the sweetest waitress, but the table of 4 next to us were so rude (made her cry) and didn’t tip her. Me and my friend tipped $100 because she was so sweet and it we felt so bad at how she was treated for no tip.
On sharing details of employee separation: it's probably legal in a literal sense but opens you up to a host of legal issues. It's a great way to catch a wrongful termination suit.
It probably is legal since they are a private business and aren't under HIPAA oath (or something similar, to my knowledge)-- if you notice, most companies usually phrase it as "*company* policy" that they can't do so, which is likely true, but only because they know it's best to not divulge any details just in case, not because it's illegal to do so. What IS probably illegal to divulge is an employee's personal private information like phone number and address without their consent, but talking about the exact reason they were let go and leaving it at that? That's probably fair game under law, if a company decided to ever do so but none really do to my knowledge.
I spent a season bartending at a local pumpkin farm/haunted Halloween attraction that also has a wedding barn (I bartended the weddings). Now… not to toot my own horn here, but I am kinda cute, pretty charming, and a damn good bartender (fast, engaging, yummy drinks). So one wedding I worked, the bride’s family left me a $1,000 tip.. when the owner of this small business found out, he told me I had to split it with all the other employees that day, when I refused to do that (it was not a team oriented environment), I was fired.
I used to work for a small burger shop that had prices like this place. I got a $100 tip off a $20 order. It only happened once in my 2 years there but it still happened. and they were not old dementia ridden people it was just some guy.
I come from a small town with 2 beloved ice cream places right down the street of each other. The debates are PASSIONATE about which is better, and I kid you not, one of them burned to the ground, and rumors spread that it was an employee of the other place (it wasn’t btw). I live for small town drama bs, thank you for this
I used to work at a hotel serving breakfast. FREE breakfast, mind you. I once got an, I kid you not, 800 dollar tip. I assure this company, it does not matter how much the food costs, some people just have extra cash and are kind hearted enough to give it to hard workers
So surprising when mom & pop shops have the audacity of a fine establishment. 🙄 If she's a teenage adult working there for years, this was probably the 1st job she had! I hope she gets to go somewhere where she's respected & appreciated.
Emily could be as young as 20 years old, we don't know. the new owner hasn't been there a year (according to you) and he does this to a tenured employee. absolutely wild
Could potentially be younger given that it’s the middle of nowhere. Especially if she had a relative working there in the past. So dumb to continually refer to her as an adult daughter as if turning 18 or 19 or 20 means that your loved ones stop looking out for you
I worked at mcdonalds and we werent allowed to accept tips, but if the customer insisted- rather than fight back, we would donate the money to the ronald mcdonald house once they had left.
i bet the person who left that tip _definitely_ doesn't want to reveal themself now LOL.... very cringe to assume anyone who'd leave a large tip has dementia or brain problems tho. i'd be furious if i was that customer having this assumed of me for passing something nice to someone 😶
Man, if it was me I would be shouting from the rooftops trying to protect this ex employee and equally loudly denouncing the shop owners and their ableism and condescension
what’s absolutely fucking nuts is that the public would’ve literally never known about the tip if they hadn’t made such a big deal out of the situation. like i’m sure at leas once a day some tiny shop in some random town in america is getting $100 tip & that shit doesn’t ever make the news
Not to defend the owner, but it's true that a significant symptom of dementia is giving away too much money/items. A relative of mine, who was in early/middle stages at the time, used to go to great lengths to try and pay me wild amounts for quick chores. It was heartbreaking to have to go behind her back trying to return the money without her noticing. For the owner's letter to speak of this issue so condescendingly, and look down on their customers (hypothetical!) mental well being- is INSANE. Especially in order to use it as a personal attack against an employee.
It’s so weird that I think there’s a possibility the customer in question might be a regular already known to the staff to have dementia or other cognitive decline who’s tried to leave really large tips before. Would explain the “more to the story” and why the tipper themselves hasn’t spoken out. Would also make the write up a little less wild if it’s not just random speculation and actually based on the fact that everyone originally involved knows the tipper is a vulnerable adult, although that wouldn’t need to be explicitly stated in the write up. That being said, I still don’t think it’s write up worthy. What is anyone realistically expected to do in that situation? I’ve never worked a job where you can accept any tips, but people would try to tip us a few dollars every now and then. You really can’t force someone to take their cash back if they’re intent on leaving it. I think forcibly stuffing cash into elderly people’s pockets and shoving them off the property is also probably not the look the business is trying to achieve.
@@alext7194 She didn't even accept the tip though. If the customer was a well known regular with dementia, you'd think the owner would be able to track down them or their family to give it back. I strongly suspect the business owner just pocketed the $100.
I agree with Dylan. I worked at a pizza shop and I never once was late or missed my shift. The one day I misread the schedule (and this was when we were getting new management) and they fired me for missing my shift. No one called me to say I was late or even check on me. I had worked there for about 4-5 months. Tbh the owner was a piece of work. He called and cursed me out, then my dad talked to him and he cursed him out too. It was horrible
I loved that place, the Tutti Frutti has nepotism up the wazoo in Moorhead too. The Heat Transfer Warehouse fired an employee for not telling the Right manager that they wouldn't be able to work that day due to big family issues. Then the CEOs father sold his business to his son so the business wouldn't go under, right after the CEO fired his father. Midwest is greedy as heck!
@GnarlyRaePepsi The Tea is Hot, so quiet up and listen down, the CEO is named Kirk, and during covid, his business was booming, and obviously, now a lot of businesses are failing because of that same reason. I know he lost a million but don't quote me on exactly how much more, That company would rather keep an employee that takes literal hours of company time pooping and has a record of prison time for breaking his child's skull in 2009. They fired 1 employee (who did call out at an appropriate time) that had a partner with appendicitis and was dealing with severe depression from a loved ones recent death which was even talked about with Kirk himself. The day they fired that employee, the manager of the employee also quit the same morning because she knew that was wrong of the company. That company also fired 2 different locations and told the original locations employees not to tell anyone that those locations were getting layed off a month prior and right before the Holidays. The year before he talked about family and gave away a car, big flat screen smart tvs, and promised a school that he'd keep funding them. Let's not forget that Kirk also cheated on his business partner and now Ex wife with a younger employee who they hired together.
To a wealthy person $100 is to them the same as a $2 tip from us regular folks. It’s just as likely this lady was wealthy than a dementia patient. I once posted on a social media page about a tough time I was going through, a lady in a Range Rover drove up my drive way rolled down her window and handed my husband a $100 bill and told him to tell me that they hope things get better for me soon. Then she drove away, no name no note no way to identify her.
I adore niche local news controversies so thank you 🤣 What is even better is the fact the Strugglrs and Troublemakers (possibly Boogies) have combined for some Midwest commentary is amazing. 10/10 content
I tipped $20 on a $2 ice cream cone to my local ice cream truck man when I was going to be moving out of the area. He had been my guy for the last 6 summers. Funny thing, before I had even handed him the extra money I brought with me, he handed me my cone and it had an extra scoop.
During covid, about once a month, a man would come into the fast food restaurant I managed at the time. He would order $10-20 worth of food. He would then ask how many employees I had on staff that day (making a point that I include myself) and hand me a $20 bill each person, as much as $200. He was elderly, but seemed completely aware of what he was doing. People offer large tips on small orders all the time, not every day but often enough. And for her to state that it doesn't suggests to me that she's a very pessimistic person who hasn't been in food service very long, and unless she fixes her mindset, she won't be for very much longer.
Everyone's framing it like the mom posted to try and gain attention and support, but she might have just wanted to share it with friends and family on facebook but because she doesn't have a privare account it spread.
Right?? I highly doubt Emily's parents were influences with 50K followers on facebook. they were definitely just pissed off and sharing an update about Emily with their friends.
My belief as a moorhead citizen and as a freind of several employees The Freez. Is that emily put in her two weeks after having been written up, and was fired after doing so. I also believe that the owner of The Freez told the employees to not say anything about the situation when asked and aren't thus aren't saying anything over fear of being fired. AND THEY KEEP NOT LISTENING TO ME WHEN I TELL THEM TO LEAVE THE PLACE
I had a similar situation at work once where employees all thought a lead got fired. When really they put in their two weeks and HR just decided to give them paid leave for the last two weeks because they weren't getting along with their new supervisor. Firing is usually more messy than someone resigning (even if employment is at will) so if someone put in their two weeks most HR/bosses would rather wait it out or pay out the time over firing them. If the freez managerment wrote that write-up, got a 2 week notice and then fired her it makes them seem even worse. For me the most damning evidence is the write-up itself. It sounds so unprofessional.
I worked at a vacation ski school for toddlers and preschoolers, they told us we had to turn in all tips to the office and at the end of the season they'd split it between the instructors 'to be fair.' Well we got an email the last weekend of the season like "We're closing up ski school this week due to low enrollment! Have a great summer!" Never saw any of those tips ❤️ and I know a lot of people weren't turning theirs in, but I'm too afraid to get in trouble. Still salty about it 6 years later.
We had a similar story locally a few months back. A customer left a 10k tip at a local restaurant and the waitress accepted and split it among everyone working that day, and then she was fired within the week. Crazy.
I was the only pregnant woman out of 7 working at chick-fil-a who had the financial security to say NO to the director’s dangerous asks. Pregnant women should not be working out in the heat for more than 20 minutes at a time, and should not carry anything over 20 pounds. We were all expected to perform as normal. Unfortunately my morning sickness was among the worst of us. It made me late for work several times, and made me too sick to be that overly happy chick-fil-a character. I still maintained a proper work ethic and was warm with customers. I had several regulars who loved me, and I improved the speed of service in every position I worked. Not to mention this was during the mask mandate. Outside for HOURS sprinting after a giant line of cars. Carrying heavy boxes of shit CONSTANTLY. Having to brew and carry 50 lb containers of tea at least once an hour. One of us pregnant women passed out and hit her head on the concrete. Another woman’s baby wasn’t growing at the pace it should have been, likely from too much heat exposure. I started putting my foot down. My husband had a job that could support our family, I only worked to make some pocket change. I was the director’s favorite new hire for several months, and I was on the fast track to get a managerial position. I learned every job quickly, and engineered improved ways for several of their stations to function. But then I started saying no. And I stopped forcing myself to smile while WEARING A MASK. I did overtime for my first time on a Friday afternoon. The director begged me to stay, since we were so understaffed. It was raining, so not only did I have to bag the orders and make the drinks I also had to handle payment. Not a big deal right? But the high school kids who received no training before being thrust out to take the orders, punched in almost EVERY single one incorrectly. I’d never seen the screen so in the red before, a 10 minute lag?? NEVER, we were the fastest chick-fil-a in the state, and we held national RECORDS in certain product sales. I was panicking, and the back-of-house manager had too much to deal with to help me for a while, nor did she even realize I was the ONLY one in front of house. I’m so nauseous and tired, but the customers are all very understanding, no one was mad at me, I figured it out, and finally the manager came and helped finish it off. Monday rolls around and the director tries to fire me. He said I’d gotten lazy, I didn’t smile anymore, etc. so I explained what happened until he understood. I bring up the fact that every time I’ve been late I called in and got approval. Every time I was sent home was because I was vomiting in the bathroom. Even with it all, I functioned nearly just as well as before I was pregnant. The pregnant girl who passed out was outside for only half an hour, and I was the one to push for shorter outdoor shifts. The girl whose baby wasn’t growing was too afraid to say no, since her family needed the money. I said all of that and he realized he couldn’t fire me for it. I was so pissed off, being seen as lazy, weak, or uncaring is easily my biggest insecurity. I handled it professionally, though it was hard to rein in my hormonal af emotions. But then I made the mistake of venting to a friend in my shock about how I could have sued him if he’d went through with firing me, and the directors daughter overheard me. The NEXT DAY. They bring me outside where no one can hear. An assistant is there recording the interaction and typing everything on her laptop. The director VERY carefully worded his firing, to make it out that I’d created a “negative work environment” by venting. I was tired, nauseous, and I didn’t feel like fighting it. So I signed the papers and left. He literally escorted me out as if I was going to cut a fit. My husband and brother-in law who’s a lawyer gave me a hard core *face palm* cause I still could have sued if I didn’t sign the papers. The director simply wanted me gone, because my coworkers were starting to take my side and demand better. The turnover rate at that place was EXTREME, the moment anyone expressed dissent or emotion they were GONE the next day. INSANE
Scott this little series you’re doing is my fave thing you’ve done on either of your channels………… i love when you explain your small town drama😭 pls make more
When I worked at Baskin-Robbins, we had a communal tip jar. Any tip received was supposed to be split amongst the front-workers. Our manager would demand that she be included in the tip split, even though she worked in the back office all day and took 2 hour lunches on the clock. One day I was working the counter by myself and a customer tipped me $10 and told me specifically that the tip was for me. Manager saw this happen and, on her way out to lunch, made a comment that "our tips" were going to be good today. Once she left, I pocketed the bill because I was sick of splitting my tips and I hated her (she also had us *gross-out warning* wash and reuse the sample spoons whenever she was present in the store). I got let go shortly after that day only for her to text me the next week begging me to come back because three other people had quit after I'd been fired. I've worked a lot of places, ice cream shops are the most miserable by a longshot. Something about them just brings out the worst in people.
I think this speaks to a larger issue. People are annoyed when they get bosses that don't value their contributions or are threatened by them (for stupid reasons). Most of us have worked jobs where our bosses don't like us and try to get rid of us. Enough is enough. If someone is doing a good job at work, meeting expectations, and not violating policies repeatedly, they should be able to keep their job. We need better bosses and better work environments in this world. There's no evidence that the woman who got fired deserved to get fired (if so, the boss could have cited that in the termination instead). Therefore, the world stares at the owner, whom with a teensy bit of power, shows the manner in which she would exert her power if she had more of it, and the world responds.
There's no shortage of people being fired from "invented " reasons. It truly is horrible regardless of who you are. Its one of the main reasons some of us give up working for someone else. Unless you can jump through the hurdles and prove you've been discriminated, you really have NO protections from being singled out. I should know, worked for one company for over 9 years and all because i needed time off for my deathly ill mom, i got fired. They needed time to "approve " it, i didnt have time to wait, she needed me. But thats how companies are, like some people, cold, self-centered and worship money. This story reminded me of my own distasteful encounter, but yeah Emily didn't deserve that.
The fact that they told news mediums that "whatever that's on media is wrong and incomplete" but refused to correct it. It is literally what politicians say about their scandals. 👎
After my first handful of jobs, that happened to be at corporate chains, I decided I just wanted to work for small businesses. Now, a couple decades after my first few jobs (started working at 13), while I still prefer to work at small businesses (mostly restaurants and one hydroponic supply shop), but it’s not the noble, less stressful option I once thought it was as an idealistic young person. Every single business owner I’ve met wants as much as possible out of their employees while simultaneously paying as little as humanly possible. I understand that this also applies to corporate jobs, I’m just no longer under the illusion that it doesn’t happen at small businesses. But, honestly, it just feels a bit more personal at a small business. The owner sees you working your ass off and actively decides you deserve as little pay as humanly possible. I decided to go back to college after I was fired from a place I worked at for 6-7 years because, get this, I asked my boss if we could come up with a solution to the problem of me vomiting after each shift because the AC was broken, causing it to be over 100 degrees (F) indoors. Probably even hotter near the 500 degree (F) oven. I would drink probably 2-3 gallons of water during a 7 hour shift, and I wouldn’t even have to pee once. But I would end up vomiting in the bathroom usually around the 6 hour mark. I allowed this to go on for a couple weeks before I finally contacted the boss about it. He did not respond. And the next week I wasn’t on the schedule. They didn’t even “fire” me, they just stopped scheduling me. I called OSHA and am still waiting for that investigation to complete.
The only people I feel sorry for in the situation is the employee who got fired and the original owner of the ice cream shop. I bet that person never thought that they would see the day that their shop would be in the media for something so petty and ignorant… this is why none of these businesses can keep employees…. I bet they won’t even last through the summer.
The only thing that would've made this firing justified was if the employee was stealing money from the register, putting it in the tip jar, and lying about it. But if that was the case, why wouldn't the business say that??
Nah, people with dementia are still out there doing things.. especially when it’s things they’ve done for decades. (But they often think a small tip is a great one because it’s like their memory is from decades ago.) That’s how my grandparents were, at least. It was scary for us sometimes worrying if they’d get home, but they lived in/near the same town for their whole lives so they had those memories locked in. Sometimes my grandma would write the wrong year on a check (off by SEVERAL) and be so confused by it when corrected 😔 but she could get home just fine.
I wanted to comment as someone who has worked with people with Dementia regarding the comment about an Elderly person having dementia having "no chance" of going there alone. Just because someone has Dementia there are different stages. You often see people with early to mid stage Dementia before protective services or family get involved still going to places they know. They will still operate vehicles or walk to these places. To be a devil's advocate there is a high likely hood that someone with dementia could go to the ice cream shop without a person with them and still manage to get home.
in my hometown, a guy who runs an auto repair service verbally assaulted and threatened our financial minister. his business is still going strong, small town forgive and forget :/
I think the reason that this took off is because everyone who has worked retail for any length of time (which is a lot of people) has had a boss similar to how this employer is coming off, so all of these people are mentally filling in the blanks to other awful shit they've probably done based on things that were done to them, and then saying to themselves 'You know what, the thing I wish someone had done to MY shitty boss who took advantage of the power imbalance between us... I'm gonna do it to THIS shitty boss.' The fact is that this person does really come off as completely taking advantage of the power imbalance of 'I can fire you' and is coming off as having so normalized that behavior that they don't even see what's wrong with it.
