That last story was epic. My husband refused to get a cellphone until I pointed out that he didn't have to tell anyone at work that he had one. That thought had never occurred to him. Only a handful of people (family and minister) knew about his new cellphone for nearly five years.
The IT guy that hated cell phones is exactly why I hate them. For years and years, every vacation I ever had was ruined by "emergency" calls because I was required to answer them. My revenge was they had a meeting where they wanted me to get a bunch of computers and monitors for the manufacturing floor to track production easier. I ordered the MOST EXPENSIVE equipment I could find and they bought it. I set it all up and then quit. EDIT: I was the IT guy for almost 22 years at that point, but I never worked IT again.
@@firesong7825 It made ME happy. They did call me back a month after I was gone and paid me a bunch of money and put me up in a nice hotel to get the new guy up to speed. The new guy wasn't the most competent IT guy. It made me even happier.
Remember: if you're working a set amount of hours and they drop your hours by a lot, you almost certainly qualify for unemployment. That'd called "constructive dismissal" and works even if you "quit" to go find a job with more hours. Bosses think it's a loophole but really it's not
Its the same here in Australia. Back when I worked full time they kept lowering the hours of another guy and giving them to another worker. Well, back then you could make around the $1250 per fortnight, every 2 weeks before you got nothing from unemployment. The guy didnt know that and I informed him he could go and get unemployment when his fortnightly waves hit the 1200 mark, his hourly rate was the same as mine so I knew how much he was making, plus they dropped his hours below the full time and it made him a part time worker, nothing he could do about it since he wasnt a manager or working midnight to dawn. So he goes and sees about getting unemployment, along with rent assistance, and went on from there. Well part of the conditions of keeping unemployment was to also be looking for work, since his hours were above 25 hours there really wasnt much he could get, until he got an interview where they wanted him to start immediately. Well, the worker which had been getting his hours suddenly just stopped turning up for work, we later found he'd been deported for working while on a visitors visa, but the workplace never got informed. Which meant that the manager had to go and up the hours of the guy they had been shafting, only to have him go "Oh, didnt I tell you, my last day is tomorrow." The manager went right off and I just said "He didnt need to tell you or warn the company, the moment you forced him to apply for unemployment because you kept cutting his hours, he had to start looking for work in order to keep his benefits. Which meant that he doesnt have to give any notice."
@@Ryanthusar Labour laws really need to be taught in high school. So many companies either don't know about workers rights, or worse do, and run right over them. If a company does that, they can become liable for a personal grievance, which is usually an extra payday for the employee. Something minor is usually only a few thousand, but major infractions can go past $20k. Well there's no official upper limit but it's rare to go past $50k but it does happen.
I think you qualify for unemployment if you make under something like $180 a week. Not positive on all The fine print or aspects of that but I’ve heard that is one of the requirements.
8:19 OP: "We were listening to RSlash." I was half expecting RSlash to pause and say, "Hey! That's Me!" Also, I almost thought the story would be about OP's grandmother being confronted by the store as a male instead of a female and not for shoplifting when OP mentioned the bulge.
It should be illegal to make someone be on call 24/7 without paying them any extra. Not necessarily for the whole time, but at least when they are called to do work after hours.
it is, but the idea is that, if they aren't called, they don't get paid. what should happen is that if OP is called, the company should go 'hey, you did some work, here's some pay for it' and it tends to be an hour mimimum they pay, even if the call is 5 minutes. if over, it's on the normal rate. this is a company trying to play an IT guy and not understanding the exact nature of what they're asking. once they realized that OP understood he wouldn't stop at 'put up and shut up' they realized he'd look into it and it'd go further along, he'd 'make someone pay one way or another'. a lot of companies rely on ignorance to do unethical and illegal practices like this.
Yup I think it is. My brother works IT for ATT and they have strict rotating on call hours for outside of work and he gets paid more if he's on call. Other than that he has a personal phone too with a different company for his private phone. Because att figures they have a right to know who's calling on any att registration phones my brother has. The work phone stays in the truck when he's not on call.
It definitely is, and it's a form of wage theft many don't even realize exists. Granted, some states have some sort of stipulation in that you're not actively working, so not the full wage, but yeah.
@@AmEv7fam if you can't do any hardcore recreation because you're on-call then it affects your work. Boss: "I need your help with this!" You: "I'm free-climbing up a sheer mountain face and I'm 1,000 ft above ground holding onto a cliff with one hand" Boss: "well rhubarb rhubarb blah blah 5 minutes later..." You: "have you turned it off and on again?" Boss: "...no"
Cellphone policy: Yeah, that policy is kinda wack. Probably even dangerous too if you're driving somewhere on the highway. Sure, it helps make sure that the boss gets SOMEONE that can fix a problem, but is it really worth the risk?
This is why you have a work phone and a personal phone. Once you're off work, the work phone goes off. (And you don't give your personal number to anyone work-related)
The problem is unreasonable expectations from managers and execs. You know damn well they are often calling with BS that could wait until office hours. 🙄 See also: This could have been an email. LOL
However if that guy went to the cops and complained, OP would have gotten into trouble and charged for theft. You can be charged for finding money if you dont take it to police and hand it in, no matter the amount, I know, stupid laws. More so when you have asshats like that.
People and politeness in the service industry is huge to me, whether you're the customer or the employee. I was in college buying a book from a used, off-hand book store that belonged to the college off-site. Books were easily half the price there. The cashier and I talked the whole time I was in the store, carrying a very friendly conversation. I ended up only purchasing a $4 book with a $10 bill. I was talking to the guy through the whole transaction. He handed me the change and book, I thanked him, and as I was walking to my car, I noticed I had more money in my hand than I had given him. I went back, showed him the change and receipt. He was slightly embarrassed, but thanked me for being honest and returning it, admitting he was distracted and thought it was $100, even showing he had put the bill in the high-bill location in the register. He gave me my correct change, and we parted again. Even though I could've gotten away with it, I have always felt better helping him out versus having the cash itself.
There was one time my sister and I went out to dinner and when the check came, I noticed that two items had been omitted. I flagged down the server, who arrived with manager in tow, and told them that they forgot to add on the two items. I think they were expecting something else from me😂. I got thanked for bringing it to their attention and they brought a new bill out, still not correct, but with a note saying that one item was complimentary for my honesty.
That last OP is my hero. I still don't have a cell phone in 2024. I hate the idea of being on call. I hate the idea of my peace and sanity being interrupted by impatient idiots or spam callers. However , I have said on the record to my employer that if they want to promote me and require a cell, they can pay for one for me.
Some of our employees rotate call and are paid extra for those nights whether they receive calls or not. They have to be availabe, near their laptop, so they are compensated. Also, a manager requested a cell phone allowance as she used her personal phone for work after hours and was told to simply not use her phone for work. She still answered calls from employees, but when a text cane from the director who refused to approve a phone allowance, manager ignored it until the next face-to-face meeting in office. Manager got a phone allowance, retroactive several months.
Not really. The company are morons in this story. They could and probably would just give him a company phone they picked and plan they use and the conversation ends. Then they would just have to pay him the legal overtime if he had to work after hours.
TV Story: Honestly i'm starting to think that our monkey brains have trouble dealing with the fact that every communal good is someone's personal or private property nowadays. It's like "this thing is on a communal space, so everybody is allowed to use it" and "I am using this thing, so it's my property" at the same time. Honestly if we had a system where we could each own the things that we use for ourselves, with the stuff that everybody uses belonging to the community, we'd be able to get along a lot better.
I can't tell if you're supporting OP or criticizing them. Would it be fair to say that, either way, OP should have never been generous as to put the TV in the communal space in the first place? I think insisting on some form of communal ownership will just mean that you own nothing, when those who have stuff get tired of being abused, as occurred in this story. I think OP had a pretty good system, providing an advanced schedule for his limited use - not like they randomly lay claim to it.
I cannot tell if you are making a joke or being serious here.... The only people who would naturally act with the "It's in the communal space" are the ignorant and entitled idiots who don't respect ANYONE's property regardless of communal or not. These are the people who have not earned a singular penny for themselves - have not bought anything of theirs - had not had anyone else break their stuff due to misuse - or are just absolute jerks who understand what personal property is but only cares about THEIR property and doesn't give a flip if someone has their own personal property in the same building. If it isn't THEIR's , it's shared. It's just entitled behavior. pure and simple. The same type of entitlement that ruins any and all forms of Commune: "I live here, I don't add anything to the group or community itself, but I live here. Therefore, I have a birth given right to use anything and everything you all share with each other as well. It doesn't matter I never give anything in return, you all said it was for everyone to use. You can't get mad at me cause you all do the work and i just sleep all day and use everything 90% of the time without any work or effort put in to maintain it all; that's YOUR job!" levels of entitlement.
@@nightdrivenen7909 I was being serious. I do think they are jerks, and basically my comment was theorizing what kinda conditions contribute to that jerk behaviour. Like a „If we all did this, we‘d be having less jerks running around in the long run“ kind of thing.
@@nightdrivenen7909 and on the entitlement thing: I honestly think they don‘t even register that they‘re being hypocritical. They probably even think they‘re being fair. Doesn‘t make it better but it changes how you would approach the whole thing. I honestly think a lot of this behaviour could be prevented if we taught people how to self-reflect and communicate better with others. I like thinking about these things, hopefully make the world a lil better yknow?
In south africa, the african ladies very commonly steal whole chickens and watermelons or cantaloups underneath their skirts. There has been incidents of these women also shoving alcohol up their you know what in order to smuggle out of bottle stores. So saying you can't smuggle something out of a shop in a skirt is not true at all. Whether the skirt is short or long, in this country it happens all the time.
A Malicious Compliance story that happened to me just a few months before the pandemic started: My state was arguing about whether or not they should install one of those idiotic bathroom bills and when I was at the local library, a random nosy lady decided that despite having a purse and boobs the size of watermelons I apparently looked "too manly" to be in the women's bathroom and while I was in my stall, demanded that I prove that I was actually a woman. Initially, I told her to F off but she kept banging on the door and screeching. Alrighty then. Guess who had entered the bathroom because Satans' Sacrificial Waterfall had come to visit and a new pad was needed? I put on a new pad, pulled up my pants, opened the door and shoved the bloody pad directly into her hands before saying "Proof enough for ya?" She screamed, threw the pad on the floor and bolted. I just picked up the pad, wrapped it and put it in the little trash cans in the stalls.
When I worked at Walmart a lady screamed at me over a literal penny. She was pissed that her total was like 87. 85. She had calculated it and it was supposed to be 87.86. Eventually she wrote it down beside the total she'd figured out and then apologized profusely. She felt really dumb so I felt vindicated but she was really rude until she realized it was literally just a penny and in her favour.
The IT guy and the cellphone hits very close to home for me. I refused to get a cell phone until I retired (I was an IT guy). The prospect of the expectation for me to answer at all times of the day and night, wherever I was and whatever I was doing just made me turn green. (At work they provided a company cell phone.) I was even expected to answer the damn thing when I was going to the bathroom. (After I left the help desk I didn't need the cell phone any longer - so I turned it in) People would seem aghast at the thought of me, a techie (and darn good one at that) would refuse to own a cell phone. I told everyone that I did not want to be on a leash for everyone else's convenience but mine. I do have a cell phone now that I'm retired, but it is on my terms. If I do not feel like answering I won't
Honestly my first thought with the ceo laptop story was "wow he must have almost sh*t himself when it clicked who he was talking to" For reading clarification It's the A version of the word not the normal i version of the word
You might as well use the full word if you gonna add a 2 line explanation about it after to clarify the censored version lol. Don't worry, youtube not gonna censored your comment because you used it in full.
@abiean222 precisely Given how RU-vid has been of late I ain't risking screwing his video over by swearing in the comment section Believe me when I say this but I'm usually fully willing to drop a proper f bomb if I feel like it but this is a case of me just not feeling like it
I would be calling the HR department of that chain sandwich shop and telling him hey I mean cut back on hours which was against my contract here what's going on? And tell them that this woman is playing favorites, They might want to check into her because there might be something else going on if you get my drift.
How not to be bother on the weekends in the military: Supervisor/leadership: "I keep calling you, don't you hear the phone ringing?" Me: [ringer on silent] "Nope, didn't hear it."
Context on the Haitian grandma story: period pads weren't really a thing before the late 1920s, and there was a major stigma around them. If the gaurd was a male that grew up in 1910-1930s, and this story takes place in the 40s-50s, this would be a very understandable lack of understanding.
About the comment said in the story about what could you hide under the dress, It really depends on a dress in the story it might have been shorter but there is a Finnish Romani dress that is common to see on Finnish Romani woman that has a wire frame. They have gotten a common stereotype about shoplifting since they are often found hiding products under there. I have heard of some that have made special frames that they could hang multiple 24-packs of bear under there and that someone even shoplifted a chainsaw that was hidden like this. More often there is a special layer/pocket that they throw stuff into then come to register with other stuff and happen to have forgotten wallets and say that they will go get it from the car and leaving all the products on to the register for cleanup as they flee the scene.
I mean it can happen, but I'm assuming this is a shorter, lighter likely more casual skirt as the average temp in the DR is pretty warm (roughly 25C/77F to 28C/82F, depending on season according to Google). Some people are just stupid
@@serenitysilvermoon Yeah I would have thought it to be a short also since they said that they noticed a bulge, which I would assume to be pretty hard with a longer dress without trying to go full perv and try to look under dress.
@@juhokaartoaho Sometimes lighter longer skirts can sit in a way looks like the person has a bulge of some sory when it's just the weird way the skirt's fabric naturally flows, but either way it's weird
Strory 1: a CEO that doesn’t follow his own company rules and belittles employees for doing so is an absolute bell end and doesn’t deserve their position
Calls from usually indicate that an issue is actually important in my workplace and as such are pretty rare, but if I get a text from a coworker (or even some of my managers, because mine are pretty cool), I usually answer it, but not always. The texts often include "if you have the chance" in them to make it clear that we shouldn't feel obligated to stop whatever we're doing to answer. We all know that those not on the clock have no obligation to be working, so we don't expect it of eachother. But we help each other out because it makes all of our jobs easier. Sometimes a coworker misplaced a set of keys. Instead of dragging down a manager to get a spare that we can use while they track it down and now I have to report back to a manger to get the spare put away safely, it makes more sense to text the last person who had them first to see if they remember where they went. Saves us all time. Wish more workplaces operated like that.
The second story reminds me of a time i was in A school with the navy for AECF, I already had an extensive knowledge of computers (this was in 1999), I was fixing a laptop for one of the commanders that was on post but not stationed there. My CO laid into me for probably 10 min straight until said commander walked in. Commander interrupted the LtJg that was laying into me and set him straight. Considering everyone in my class was just beginning to learn what a pc was, and I could actively run the IT dept during the first week, the Cmdr instantly took a liking to me. The LtJg never raised their voice to me again and I was issued orders to change my deployment after A school was done, and I would complete C school somewhere else. Turns out the Cmdr that I helped really liked me and personally had new orders for me to join him on his station instead of letting me get lost in the pool of other AECF personnel that didn't know where the power switch was (his words).
Yeah, as a former 1st Sergeant you can get someone to do something immediately without yelling in their face. But as I can guess, this is in a different service than I was, and had I needed to get involved with that type of task, I would’ve asked some questions first. But again, different service, different methods 😏
Story 1 reminds me of one of my first jobs at a fast food restaurant where the manager told an employee to do something but then one of the kitchen supervisors, who didn’t know the manager told him to do this, got angry at the employee and screamed at him for “doing extra work when I need you.” The manager was there when he said this and spoke up. One thing was different though, the supervisor didn’t back down. He started screaming at the manager, his own boss, saying he doesn’t care what his badge or the paperwork say, he knows nothing about the business and thus has no right to interfere. He got fired after he said, and I quote, “You’re lucky I’m in a good mood today, or your face would be on that grill right now!” At least the idiots in the first story and related comment were smart enough to know when to back down.
A friend of mine and me used to wear long voluminous skirts everytime we went to the cinema so we could smuggle crips and drinks. The personel in the cinema sometimes asked to look into bags to check for "contraband" but no one ever asked us to lift our skirts.
"There are 3 of us and 1 of you." Yeah, and the 3 of you are using MY TV!! If my roommates were like this, I'd grab one of my golf clubs and smash the TV. It's my property anyways.
I sort of feel a little bit like OP in the last story: My family members keep calling me like "Oh, hi JUMALATION1! I'll be by your house to come fetch XYZ and I also want to spend some time with your pets in... uhmm... about 10 minutes. See you then! [click]". Meanwhile, I have been awake for the exact 10 seconds that phone call took, without having a chance to even answer. This happens any time of day.
TV story - this happened to me. I supplied everything in the house that was communal. From the fridge and TV to every damn knife in the draw. I was using the TV once and they said they wanted to watch a show so I had to stop. Another time they complained about how I was using up "communal space" in the fridge... that I paid for and the item was shared (I just bought it because of course I did). Safe to say, I don't live with them anymore and I made SURE to take all my stuff a month before my lease ended so that they had to buy all new stuff of there own.
Yes, you are sharing a TV with someone who owns it, do you think it’s smart to pick them off the TV because of whatever reason? They’re just going to take the TV back.
Funny how my cellphone is either never charged, turned off after running out of juice, or upstairs when I'd spent the day downstairs where I couldn't hear it. When I don't want to be disturbed, I *will not* be disturbed, and will turn off my phone completely. People who want to get in touch with me know how.
Last Story: I call BS. Did it happen in the US? Every company that I've worked for since 1998 issued company phones (approved by IT and security) and using the company's mobile plan (approved by procurement and purchasing). I've never worked in the US.
gotta love windfalls from the asshole tax being paid! i had a similar thing happen at walmart. paid with a $20 and a $2 for a $21 item and ended up getting most of it back as change cuz they thought i handed them two twenties. i didn't even realize it myself until much later.
To be honest the manager in the first story was doing his job correctly. If there is a policy against fixing personal laptops during your work it doesn't matter if it's the CEO's personal laptop because it's just not allowed. The CEO is a hypocrite for expecting exeptions to be made just for him, when he would certainly reprimand if not fire anyone else who did the exact same thing.
Not really he's paying for work to be done. When someone else's personal stuff gets fixed on the clock he's paying for it instead of them. Also the laptop could be one he dose business for the company on as ceo he likely was able to chose what ever computer he wanted.
@@tatkkyo9911 Unless the CEO is also the owner of the company (which is not the case in many companies) he's an employee like anybody else and even if he was the owner employees work for and are paid by the company, not the owner. So if it's not in the company's interest to fix that laptop it should not be allowed. If the laptop was important for the CEO's work OP would have pointed that out instead of stressing that it was clearly his personal computer. Apart from that it is also morally wrong to hold yourself to lower standards just because you have more power and worsens morale among your employees.
@@tatkkyo9911 If that's the case the other points still apply. Another thing to consider is that employees don't sell their labor unconditionally. They sign a contract that entails what work they are getting paid for and I am willing to bet that personal repairs that the CEO/owner is too stingy to hire a repair person for don't fall under the typical employee's responsibilities. Therefore, this is not the kind of work they agreed to perform and get paid for. On top of this, if OP's actual work responsibilities suffered because of these side projects they would certainly catch the flack for it.
@Nioco2 those contacts have a terms like "any assigned work" and you have as much point as a volleyball. And like a said the ceo may have computers used for work that arnt the standard that everyone gets. Dude is salary or/and the owner that means work gets done from home. Just cause a computer dosnt look like a work computer dosnt mean work dosnt get done for the company on it. Some companies will let you use your own computer depending what your work is.
I would like the gaps between stories to be at least somewhat noticable. I notice myself loosing track many times when a new story is told (not because it is not anounced, but just because there is no breather)
Alternatively to simply not answering the phone, insist on a minute-for-minute application of after-hours phone time to be credited to your work hours. Spend 1.5hrs Monday evening? Knock off 1.5hrs early on Friday.
Story TV: how the boys knew the big TV was her and they bully her so she did what anyone would done it take her TV back and OP if I was you I would be plan to move and Story two week: you cut someone hours who open the store for you and when boss need OP that OP said nope I with OP I bet the boss try get the new hired to take OP place but the new hired probably live far and can't make it that early and since the other person alway can't open OP it the only one who can open the store since she live 5 min away what was the boss thinking
There was a cashier who I returned something to, they marked down the wrong one which was $5 more than the one we wanted to return. We also bought something else that was $1-2 more than the thing we wanted to return, so he gave us $3 back We didn’t realize the problem until halfway home and I felt bad because the guy was really nice
*Last Story:* I wish I'd come up with the same plan OP did when I worked IT. Not that any of my employers tried to screw me out of overtime for working off-hours but working for stock brokerages that handle _international_ trading meant there was no "down period" so I got plenty of calls in the middle of the night that couldn't wait.
10:38 thats why i would imply a off work call fee... or have a call text that if its work related ill hang up if they want something work related they can call the number that charges 2$ per minute then i would book taxes on it as IT Consulting... so thats my own business :) and if they book a physical appointment they get the call couponed and a 50$(100$ from 20:00 - 6:00) (with a minimum charge of 2hours) rate per hour when physical since im officially not at work and not contracted for that its my own business :D
#5 The cash drop story. Nice, You committed what is called larceny. A Class 1 Misdemeanor that carries a potential maximum sentence of 120 days in jail and fines of up to $1000 In my state and similar fines in others as well. Doesn't mater if he was a tollbag.
It's not easy for any Man to take care of someone else's child. My Father Married my Mother and adopted my then 3-year old half-sister. My parents Divorced when I was 10, to this day My Father still sends my sister Birthday and Christmas gifts, sends her money when she's in need and has been a Father to her all her life. She's 49 and he's in his 70's. He's taught me what it means to be a Father and I have 3 very well adjusted Grown children now myself. 18(f), 21(m), 23(f). He will never see this, but Thanks Dad!
That one cashier needs to be stocking shelves instead of working the registers. I SUCK at math. Seriously, I have a learning disability & have a 3rd grade math level as a result. I know enough to get by, but that's it. Math is my WORST subject & even I can tell the difference between change for $20 vs. $100. 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
Rslash you prob wont see this but you make my day. Im 13 and my mom just married a new guy who hates me, the best part of my day is putting my airpods in and listening to this when i wake up, so i have to say thank you. Thank you so mutch
i love/hate when you can tell someone above you is only there because they like having a job that lets them be a spoiled child with more power than they deserve
You would be amazed what women manage to shove up their skirts. I've seen videos with cases of booze and a TV. Somehow they still managed to walk normally
7th story. Getting called when you are not actually oncall is a big no no for me. My previous job I made it very clear and had it in writing that when I am not scheduled to work or not Oncall I will not respond to ANY calls/emails/texts/carrier pigeons etc... I don't care if the servers are on fire. If I'm not on the schedule not my problem. Found a better job with no Oncall duties about a year later.
@@Laura-gb1jv British - American English differences aside, unless she was wearing a skirt so short one might just call it a "sash" how would anyone even see the front part anyway... and who would wear a skirt that short when Aunt Flo was in town anyway? BTW, don't the Brits call "underpants" "knickers"?
This story right here at 5:23 is really relatable as I’ve had that happened to me quite a bit except for the part about training the person I’ve had my hours cut from 40 hours down to 15 or 10 hours
i had only worked at a place for two weeks when they started cutting my hours! at the end of it, i'd get there and work for an hour and then they'd send me home! lasted a month before i quit, didn't say anything, just never showed back up.
I was thinking "How on earth do you confuse a 20 with a 100?! They're completely different colors" Then realized American bills all look very similar 😂
My friend had this new lazy boss who forced him to be on 24/7 call on the stupidest thing that he should’ve been able to fix , they forced him to give up his iphone8 for their Chinese knockoff after he got it he found out his boss had them install a tracker it took one day for his boss to call and told him to come in and said whatever your doing at 123 street can wait , the next day he left the cell in his bosses desk with a note and gave his two weeks notice, his boss was furious And HR took the phone and noticed it wasn’t the ones they issued she called in the others and they all had the same Chinese knock off brand , this was major red flags and she called the ceo It turns out this guy plan was to micromanage these guys to quit and his brother was going to hire them to start their new IT They were promptly sued into oblivion
