Story 3: he worked an 8 hour shift and had a 6 hour one ahead of him. If he went back to work with the wrong amount of stock he could have been fired for attempting to defraud the restaurant. He had every right to get angry with all that and then being told to f off. Being 50 is no excuse for rude behaviour and taking something out of someone's stuff at the checkout
Also, 50 is not old. If he was 80 or 90 maybe you could assume that he was confused due to dementia or something, but at 50 he almost certainly knew what he was doing and that he was stealing.
Stories like Story 2 always depress me. That kid already knew that he needed to try and calm his dad down and be the adult in the situation. That's a kid who is growing up way too fast.
Story 5: Upon the 2nd call I would have informed him I would be contacting the authorities to report them for Deceitful Practices concerning charities...highly illegal!
I would have started called him at 2am and demanding to know why he wasn't at the warehouse for his night shift, and when he objected, I'd say if he could call me about a job I didn't work at, I could call him about a job he didn't work at.
@@aduckofsomesortalso, that interviewer might had faked OP's documents and possibly signature to convince their company that OP is working for them. I think OP could sue for maybe plagiarism...
I think you should give the op in the third story a break. He told the old man that the items were paid for, and the old man was being an entitled A-hole about it. He was effectively stealing from the restaurant at that point.
But that doesn't mean you then get into a screaming match with an old man. Especially when you were about to fight. Sorry you don't get to act out because the other party sucked.
@@KazeShikamaru Age doesn't give you a pass to be an asshole. Not backing down from confronting an arrogant thief is not 'acting out'. That man has been on alive long enough to know how to behave, but chose to continue acting like an entitled brat.
Story 1 - I was a McDonalds employee in 2004 and when we went on break to eat we could eat either in the back or at the tables like everyone else, and no one made a big deal about it. Also if McDonalds employees are below this Karen, then why is she eating there?
I worked in McDonald's in 1999 and we were told if we wanted to eat out front that we should wear a jacket or something over our uniform so we wouldn't be bothered on break. Probably had an encounter like the one in the video. I didn't know Karens went back that far.
Call CPS, and then as you report it to the store, inform them you reported to CPS, and it's on them whether they want to cooperate with CPS for the sake of the child. That will put hella smiles on the staffs faces, knowing they won't be responsible for, but will still have aided, the child going to a better situation.
the guy in story 3 had already worked 8 hours and still had 6 more hours to go, so I don't think he was wrong at all for going off on the old guy the way he did, plus the old guy was stealing something he didn't pay for
Worse than that. The guy isn't stealing something he didn't pay for, he's stealing something the restaurant that OP works for has already paid for. Is the store going to give him an extra case or is he going to show up at the restaurant with a partial order? Either way he's the one who is going to suffer.
As a customer iv seen people try this at the self checkouts they will go to the one next to you and take stuff out of your bag while you are paying for your stuff. I hate self checkouts so much because of the theft that surrounds them but they won't get more cashiers.
Story 3: I think he went aggressive because after hearing as many entitled people and IDWHL stories, the kinds of people that dig their heels in when they're wrong don't respond to any sort of deescalation. Might as well try to put them in their pace if politeness is doomed to fail.
Story 4, typical that the brat starts crying when she's called out and gets fired. Plus walk out screaming and cursing op. It's on her, she was even given one last chance to apologize and be better. But instead she had an attitude and says whatever. She's just mad that she's not getting her way anymore and was fired.
She should never have been allowed to get that far, but as the manager was also being replaced, it would appear he wasn't much better than she was since he let her get that far. Her boyfriend could have been robbing the place blind.
The parents in these stories always remind me of something my grandfather used to say: "You have to have a license to own a dog, but *anyone* can have a child."
@@wmdkittyno, you don't, not everywhere. I've owned dogs my whole life, and I've never once heard that I needed a license for it. The only dogs I'd need a license for where I live are wolf dogs and bully breeds.
@@transsnack may I ask what country you live in? In North America licenses are required for ALL DOGS and in some jurisdictions, CATS. Oh you can own an animal but if you get caught without a license then you pay for the license plus fines.
I live in the US and am a dog groomer by trade for 10 years, you don't need a license. Unless it's a bully breed in the city in my state, which is Delaware
That 4th story reminds me of that time a new assistant manager had her boyfriend in the manager/boss's room in a convenience store. Since she was a lazy b*tch on top of it, I naturally told the manager. The assistant manager lasted one week.
Kids under 10-12 going to gyms should be illegal. I like how she said that, but I would’ve said “So he wouldn’t fall off of it because someone isn’t being a good parent to him!”
the idiocy in story 1 is that most places don't allow employees to eat in the back. usually because there isn't a designated place for them to actually sit and eat. managers have their desk but that's about it. at Arby's we had to go and eat out in the lobby like any other customer.
Story 2: Gyms aren't free babysitting. That kid could've gotten hurt had OP done nothing. F-ing Dave, man. If he isn't trying to get an excuse to sue someone, it sure does FEEL like it.
My gym has a daycare that is open solely for people working out and its only open 3 hours a day. Parent’s pay $10 per kid per month for them to be able to go there while you work out
Hurt? Hell, the kid could've been bloody KILLED on some of the equipment while "daddy" was trying to pick up women on the side. I wonder where the kid's mother was at the time...
Years ago when my youngest son was just starting to work he started at a company who cold called people to convince them to buy some rubbish product/service. He lasted just over 1.5 shifts before he got up and just walked out. Sold nothing and people would abuse him or just hang up. Employees wold quuit faster than they could be replaced. He then found out that the company had been in the papers, on TV and radio for their bad products and questionable methods.
Story 4: So Carly is late all the time, violates dress code, pawns off work to a non-employee, and speaks with an unprofessional language. And apparently she does all that because she believes that because of low staff, the store can't afford to fire her. Sorry, but if you're that bad of an employee, the store DEFINITELY is better off without you. Better to leave it with a more worthy person
Yeah, she's just mad that she's not getting her way anymore and got fired. I'm not surprised that she walked out screaming and cursing op. She was even given one last chance but blew it by having an attitude and saying whatever to op when she was being called out. It's on her that she got fired, but of course she has to blame op for her misfortune.
Yeah the whole "they can't fire me because they are understaffed" argument is for employees who do a good job. The people who are their because they are effectively a warm body get laid off as soon as they start hiring.
@@onepieceisking5493 Screaming to her coworkers that the boss is horrible for firing her likely became an endorsement to said employees that they now had a great boss that got rid of a lazy and annoying coworker.
@@meh2510 Right! I wonder how many times other employees had to pick up her slack because putting the movies back was "below her"! They are probably super thankful to see her go! Plus with that attitude, I doubt she got along with others very well! It would have been super funny if all the other employees cheered as she left!
My MLM story: I tried working for Tupperware when I was around 19/20. And I went to the biweekly meetings a couple of times. The first couple of times were really cool and new, but it quickly became too cult-like for me. The way they praised the people who made the most money in the past week and how they gave out "presents"... It was weird. I quit about a month later. I just felt so awkward and I was a broke kid who just wanted to make some money, but since I had no money to invest into the company there wasn't even a way for me to actually "make some" money anyway.
When my son was a toddler I was being driven crazy by a Tupperware agent who was trying to get me to become a distributor - I didn't even like Tupperware! I kept telling her that I had no-one to look after my son while I did parties; her response was to bring him with me - clearly she had no children of her own... Then she invited me to a meeting of agents. I brought my son, made sure I sat on a seat on the centre aisle, about ten rows from the front. And I let him loose. Every few minutes I jumped up, fetched him back, smiled apologetically at everyone, rinse, repeat. I never heard from her again.
For story 3 after reading so many like it and knowing what people like that can be like I wouldn't say that OP is wrong in how they acted. There was never going to be any de escalation there and the guy had came in and stole something that wasn't his in the first place. So it likely was going to be meet his energy or let himself be trampled over by someone who obviously wasn't going to be reasonable.
*Story 4-* My hubby worked for a Roofing Supply Warehouse, and the manager wanted him to get a college degree. So, they said they’d hold his job for him while he went to college. *But,* while he was there, they fired him! He didn’t want to go to college anyway, so he dropped out and looked for other work. After a while, he was able to find a job for the competitor. Once in a while, he’ll run into someone from his old job because of where we live. And you can tell they want him back, because he’s a better worker than all the other guys there! 😉 *I love my hubby!!!* 🥰😘❤️❤️❤️
@@Flash33c I don’t know… But the best part is a lot of people that used to work there, now work for the company he works for! 🤭 So, *a lot* of them have quit and changed 😉 lol
Last story, OP definitely dodged a bullet. I worked for an MLM with a similar description (Sparq Promotions UK, I'll name and shame) because it was the only job I could get. Commission only. It was absolute hell, door to door from 9 to 9 every day all weather all neighbourhoods. Mentor guilt tripped me for not making enough, eventually when I thought about self-oofing on the way to work I decided then and there to quit.
First Story: When I did my time at the golden arches, we ate in the lobby. At another place I worked at, they told us it was a health code violation of us to "eat in the back".
As a fifty year old guy, I think that OP was justified. We have lived l9ng enough to know how to behave. And as any young person can tell you, there is a certain kind of blue collar 50 year old that you should not take lightly. Youth and enthusiasm is no match for old age and treachery
I want to be that treacherous old person able to, just because of how old they are, tell some A-hole to move tf along before they find my cane up their butt... just to see the smile on the cashiers face as they help me. The tit-for-tat, so to speak, customer service employees and kind seniors enjoy
True. My husband has done some seriously hard physical work as a contractor his whole life. His young guys who he'd train were always horrified how he would grab bundles of shingles and *run* up 2 flights of ladders. He also has built up one heck of a pain tolerance. He doesn't even look that strong, but the dude is strong as an ox. He could pick up most younger men and fling them across the room like a gorilla. (His hands are also crazy-strong) Exercises at the gym, especially on machines, don't work all of those stabilizing muscles. I remember a trainer talking about this, how to get really crazy strong like that you have to do things like stand on a wobbly surface while you lift as a circuit training rate. But that still won't do the same as decades of hard work. It also helps that he is of good, sturdy, Irish ancestral stock.
@JamesDavy2009 never going to call myself wise. And what you said is very true, but there is more to it. The more stupid you do, the law of averages kick in. If you survive all that stupid, you become very clever about your stupid. The more clever you are with your stupid, it gets back into old age and treachery.
21:06 I got as far as the interview process with an MLM. It was supposed to be a group interview. There were several people waiting with me, and the interviewer was running late due to a weekly meeting going over. The office was open air cubicle style, so we all could hear it. Some of the employees and the branch manager were attending via phone, and suddenly one of the other phone attendees’s kids went screeching through the room they were in. Branch manager lost his shit. It’s understandable to mention that home offices should be closed, professional spaces and ask not to have that happen again. If we had heard the branch manager give that response and then move on with the meeting, I imagine things would have gone a lot differently. I think the branch manager may have actually invented some new swears, the invective coming out of him was insane. Most of the people there for the interview left within 30 seconds of it the volley of garbage spewing out of that person’s mouth. I stayed, it’s only because I wanted to ask if this was a normal occurrence at this place of business. The interviewer admitted that it did happen on a fairly regular basis, and that the branch manager was just ‘very passionate.’ O.o I told the interviewer that nobody should have to be subjected to that kind of abuse for a paycheck, including them, thank them for the opportunity and walked out.
McDonald's story: Last I checked, most fast food places don't actually have a break room "in the back". The employees find a corner in the dining room and usually don't take breaks when it's "slammed". Gym story: Why would members even be able to access the gym if there's no staff on hand? This would seem to me to be a HUGE liability issue should someone be injured during a workout and no one available to aid them. Video store story: Some rules are minor, some are not. When you essentially violate all of them, understaffed or not you're getting fired.
Gym story: seconded on the reply. There are plenty of gyms that are not staffed but open to members on nights and weekends, even in the US. Planet Fitness as an example. As long as you have a membership card key, you can enter the gym when it is convenient. Members sign a waiver acknowledging they understand that if staff is not available when they choose to work out, they are solely responsible for any injuries they sustain, and in the event of injury, they are responsible for contacting emergency services as they require. Further, the member assumes all liability for destruction of property if the equipment breaks as a direct result of the members' negligence.
Story 4: The store might have been a Blockbuster. The things I saw there as a kid 🙄 Story 5: OP didn’t just dodge a bullet, they dodged a freaking torpedo 😂
The worst part about Amway is not the fact that it was originally less scammy MLM, but the fact that the products were always better than the sales process and focus on recruitment over sales.
In Australia, a court ruled that any scheme where the majority of expected earnings came from recruiting rather than from sales was an illegal pyramid scheme. A particular company (gee... its name starts with A) was ordered to offer a full refund to every person who had been recruited under their MLM scheme.
@@timothyjamieson1282 I think the last Kirby store in my town finally closed right before the pandemic. That was a staple landmark when I was a kid. My grandma loved her Kirby.
Since the last health scare? I'm pretty sure spitting on someone will get you prison time for biological attack. Not only that, but you may lose the ability to chew properly again
If someone verbally accosted me whilst I was eating, I'd politely ask, "I'm sorry, did you need me to get you some water with which to take your anti-psychotic meds...?"
I get it. But while your line of thinking sounds logical, it’s not necessarily true IF he was doing it as a fun hobby he enjoyed. I’m just saying… It’s not like he was making bank from DJ-ing one night each month. 🎤💃🏼🕺🪩
Regarding the 1st story: I cruise at least once or twice a year, and almost every time I will see on the cruise forums someone complaining about the crew eating out in the buffet areas--like they shouldn't be seen in public. There are plenty of Karens out there.
I think OP had every right to go off on that “older” man. He admitted to taking the case but lied about paying for it. The shouting only started when OP called him on it which means, he very well knew what he was doing. He was cognizant enough to know OP was talking to the cashier in a more than professional fashion. There was nothing wrong with this man except that he was a thief.
I had both an uncle and an old teacher try to get me to sell Amway. I had no desire to do so. Years later, I did try to sell Tupperware. But, while I was good at doing the parties, I wasn't pushy about getting people to sign up for them. So, I eventually ran out of parties to do. I did lose money, but not a lot and still have some Tupperware around. I couldn't tell you the last time I was invited to any type of party. The big ones were Tupperware, Home Interiors, the Pampered Chef and one that sold crystal. They seem to have been replaced by essential oils.
Last story: I had the same situation when I was 20. I got offer for "marketing" position (first job offer after school) only to find out we were going around the city and selling business some cr*p like "a special dinner at high end restaurant voucher" which when you checked the menu was as expensive as what we sold. I just stayed with two people going around with me the morning and when we sat at lunch they looked at me and said "Guess it's not what you want to do?" - clearly I was annoyed but let them do their job without storming out. The company was sh*t but at least those people I walked with for 4 hours were nice and paid for my lunch that day.
The funny in this story is that now OP's girlfriend comes in to see him & bring him food too! I think they should have done a cash audit before OP took over the store. Bet she was short changing customers & not charging friends for movies or late fees!
Cue in the gym one. I was on the stairmaster and getting a really good workout when this woman walks up to me and says " you're only allowed on this machine for 30 minutes". There were other machines available and when I said that, she exclaimed " I want the one by the window and you're on it!!! " I had seen her in ladies locker room previously and noticed the key around her neck. So, I got off, not wanting to make a scene and left to lift some free weights. The gym got busier in the time I went to lift the free weights, and all the strairmasters were taken, and a woman walked up to her and said the same line she gave me. She was on it for more than thirty minutes. She told the woman to EFF OFF.. The woman left shocked. Anyway, I left my workout, went into the ladies locker room and for some reason, the crazy glue I had purchased at home hardware, suddenly fell out of my gym bag and magically squirted into the woman's lock where she would have needed to put her key in. I decided to continue my workout for whatever reasons, and was shocked when I stopped at the same time the horrible woman did and she couldnt fit her key into the locker where all her stuff was. She was raging. She looked at me and asked for help, well, demanded I help her. I said "Sorry, I can't. I have to be home in 30 minutes"
I was part of Cutco for a few weeks. They pitch you a minimum wage for time worked plus commission with an upline bonus system. I worked my ass off for three weeks, having multiple meetings per day (with no car) to sell knives and shit, and my first paycheck came out to $41.89. Because “the majority of your meetings were unqualified, so you will not be compensated for them.” Got a job at a golf course a week later and made that much daily in tips.
I had a job once that I quit, told my supervisor and everything... And his response was "you don't get to quit this job". He called me about a dozen times the next morning asking where I was... I ended up blocking his number, so he decided to show up AT MY HOUSE demanding I come work my shift. When I refused, he started SITTING IN HIS CAR DOWN THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE every day. After the 3rd day I called the cops on him. I had to do that TWICE MORE before he finally fucked off.
Honestly I think Fluff jumps to the being old=possibly having dementia reasoning a lot. Some people are just assholes. That guy seemed plenty aware and was just trying to pull a fast one. OP was well within reason to scream at him.
I used to work at a McDonalds that had a break room. Employees had a choice to either take their breaks in there or in the lobby. Also worked over a decade at assorted Whataburger locations. There was no break room in the ones I worked at, so we took breaks in the lobby. Fortunately we never had to deal with and Karen types regarding breaks… though I did get one to quickly shut up when I threatened to hire them so they could show us how it was supposedly done.
Story 3. I don't know where you get that 50 is an old man. It may be old to you but that is middle aged and nowhere near old and I'm sure that if confronted with a fist fight, the "old" man would have held his own. But all that aside, the older guy was wrong to talk to the younger guy like that and deserved his dressing down. I'm glad OP took him down to be honest. Most of these stories, the OPs don't give back as good as they get and it's good that he stood up for himself.
Story 1: With all due respect ma'am, which is none since you're terribly rude, I AM a customer, so I advise you to mind your own business before *I* report you to the manager. Story 2: "Why did I help your son turn down the speed of the stair stepper? Well, firstly, in spite of his obvious lack of parenting, he seems like a nice kid and secondly, I didn't want him to fall, get hurt and splatter blood all over my clothing. Now, I suggest you go eff off before I ring the police for both the boy's and my benefit." Third story: No, the OP wasn't overly aggressive. The man was a thief and the young man would have been held liable for the missing stock Amway is a pyramid scheme created to benefit the DeVoss family.
I’d just like to amend what you said at the end of the fourth story. Employees are replaceable, but some are not. There’s a few people at the place I work - me included - that cannot be easily replaced as we know everything about the place and know how to do 90% of the things there (even more than the managers in some cases). Losing anyone in our little group is devastating because it means the average “skill” of the place goes down, as training is very lax (despite our group’s efforts)
Why is it everyone in this generation is always trying to be polite. Like in story 3 he says oh he could have handled it better thats why she didnt give you her number. Honestly being too nice to everyone is why most people like that try and walk over you. When someone is stealing your stuff getting yelled at is rather minor consequence.
To anyone experiencing the MLM nightmare at the end today... it takes like 25 to 100 bucks to file a cease and desist on them with a court. Yes, you can file your own without a paid attorney and it be legally recorded. I suggest you consult your local court secretary for more information.
What has always amazed me is the people who insult those who are working for a fast food restaurant are insulted by those who support their paychecks by eating there.
The way you handle the old man is to tell him "I'm sorry sir, you've obviously mistaken me for someone that won't slap the shit out of a decrepit old geezer. You might want to reconsider." Some dinosaurs think they can do and say anything they want just because they've roamed the earth longer than everyone else. It never hurts to remind them that their best days are behind them and all they have to look forward to is slowly wasting away until the end. ***This advice is only for the old roosters that still think they rule the roost.***
I had an experience with an MLM that rhymed with "today". At first they're approaching me by setting up a meeting in a random coffee shop with "an opportunity". Skipping all the details, I decided to attend their weekly seminar with some caution, as I didn't even know it's AW (they keep it ambiguous throughout the meeting and talking about their child company or something). But once I know I nope'd the f out the very next day with "not interested anymore". There're some more weird signs too but just knowing it's MLM is enough for me.
Oh I have MLM just to have their Employee Card to scare off people who asked me to do another MLM. It was bad experienced, I resent it, but to have a protection from another company is always worth it.
Story 1. Years ago went to a work Xmas party, it was a staff & client combined event. A family member of a client was chatting to me, was very nice & friendly until she found out I was actually a worker, & not a family member like she was. She looked so annoyed, & didn't acknowledge me or my family the rest of the night, despite being stuck on the same table.
I ALMOST joined an MLM once. What had stopped me was I was filling out a survey and it showed a page of some useless product I MUST PAY with my own money with also asking for my SS. I noped right out of it and blocked the person who was my "mentor". Never looked back.
My uncle got caught up in an MLM. He kept trying to recruit everyone in the family into his downline, and eventually quit because he was $20,000 in debt.
My ex-husband got me into Amway over 30 years ago. I was never completely sold on the idea. I remember one of the higher-ups telling us that it didn’t matter if we believed in the product or not, use it anyway. I completely disagree with that, and will not use products that I didn’t like. My ex got me into this but pretty soon managed to foist the paperwork off on me, and this was pre-computer time. We were in a year or two, we never bought any of the books or tapes that they wanted us to buy that would supposedly help our business grow. We were never allowed to make decisions about our own “company”. Years later, I was watching a video about MLM’s and heard the phrase, “toxic positivity“. Never has a phrase been so accurate.
I once interviewed for a job in insurance, which was advertised as salary plus commission, but when I got there I found it was commission only. I told him I was expecting a salary, as it was advertised and he got angry and called me a loser and to get out. Some months later I was working as office manager for a computer company and one day he called, trying to sell insurance to the company. I recognized his voice immediately and was very happy to tell him that we didn't need his insurance. He didn't recognise me and I didn't bother enlightening him.
As a very young adult, I once went to a job offering where other applicants were put together in one room and after a short while it turned out to be a pyramid scheme and I just never came back. Another time, a prior classmate contacted me all buddy-buddy like. After meeting and hearing him promoting yet another pyramid scheme, I just left. He kept nagging me about why I wasn't interested but after telling him I know, this is a pyramid scheme, he fortunately stopped his efforts. Quite a shame, he was one of the best in class back then and I thought he'd come far in life.
story 5 reminds me of one time when I was out job hunting and agreed to interview for what I thought was a marketing position. that too was some guy trying to con people into doing door to door sales for free as a job "trial". I knew it was a red flag when I saw we were doing a group interview. as soon as I found out what was going on I straight up told the interviewer "I thought i was applying for a real job". and walked right out the door. the look on his face when I left was so satisfying. almost worth wasting my afternoon interviewing for this guy.
I lost a few 1000 to an MLM. They are a full-on scam. If the first thing out of their mouths are "this is not a pyramid scheme " RUN FOR YOUR LIFE. Just because it is portrayed sideways does not make it less of one.
The MLM I worked for had job listings on indeed. They called me after I applied, scheduled an interview with me. Told me it was a group interview, gave us the run down on how to talk to customers and sent us out the door to go to predetermined spots. It was awful.
Honestly it wouldn't have been the sigh that told me the dude had done something like this before. It would have been when the other staff members said effing Dave. Sounds like the staff is already very acquainted with Mr roid rage dad. Too bad the next day Dave's not here
I had story one happened to me, and I actually worked at McDonald's at that time, and she was freaking out at me while I was eating in view of everybody and I told her to go pound sand and shove (f**k) off, and she tried getting me in trouble. My manager's adored me so they just basically told her to f**k off as well. The beauty of Montana everyone 🥰 Also, she was visiting from Florida. Idk if that means anything but it's the fact that she wasn't from Montana 🤣
I got pushed into going to an Amway meeting. I looked through their catalog, and looked at the ingredients of their products. After their pitch, I gave them my most "annoying teacher" persona and explained, in GREAT detail, which of their products have known carcinogens and cancer causing stuff, and told them about MY product line of hand made REAL soap (not detergent like their "soap" actually is). After about half hour of lecturing them at my impromptu ted talk, they never bothered me again. Side note, they actually told me "it's not about the product, it's about the downline". I laughed in their face at that and said "you mean PYRAMID"? they hate that term
I can’t count the number of times that I went for job interviews that were supposed to be for graphic design or graphic production, only to get there and it was a similar thing to the last story. They weren’t actually hiring for the position they listed. They were hiring people to go door to door selling stuff. And like the last story here, it paid in commission. Like OP, I noped out every single time.
I'll admit, if it was me in the first story I'd be sorely tempted to say, "what's your excuse? After all animals aren't supposed to eat at the table either."
Please don’t say anything about automatic “respect” for elderly people. F$%k that 😡🤬😡! I’m 66, and I believe I need to give respect to receive respect! That’s how you get respect 😊.
