It's mainly that the dude was a jerk even when op offered to correct their mistake and they got covered in coffee since it got thrown dude was just so wrong.
You really should be...sorry, but this guy obviously had a history of being an asshole, or they wouldn't ask someone new to report if his behavior was off!
He realized he still had the change so he gave it back but he was already told that the guy was on thin ice anyway so it actually wasn't his fault that the guy got fired. The guy should of just drank the coffee instead of wasting it. If it were me, I'd be thanking the person who got me the coffee since they did go out of their way to get it for me. Just would remind them how I like it next time. It's better to be respectful and on good terms with the bosses, not to be throwing the coffee only to throw fits and complain only to turn the person down when they offer to get another one. Maybe he didn't know. I understand what your saying but I'm on OPs side. He realized he still had the change even after he offered to get the guy another coffee who declined it so he gave the change back and called the boss to tell him what happened. The grump was the one in the wrong with the boss before OP even got there which means he's had to have gotten into trouble with his behavior before.
@@j0j0thefan It has to be because he explicitly read the part where OP went and gave him back his change, yet assumed OP stole it. And I think he forgot the part where OP offered to get him a new coffee, got the offer turned down, then the guy continued to complain about it.
Coffee story: Keep in mind that throwing temper tantrums while operating heavy machinery kills people. He was a Bobcat operator, one of the most demanding jobs when it comes to snow removal, big machine with poor visibility and a huge bucket if it's loading snow. If he loses it enough to throw coffee because it wasn't what he wanted, he's a danger to himself and others when operating heavy machinery.
@@done3417 It's not a stretch. He was already on thin ice w/ the company due his track record of bad behavior. Someone like that shouldn't be *anywhere* near heavy machinery. You need to be cool, calm and collected for that type of work. 3 things he's *never* been and *never* will be
@@Marco_El_Afro-Latino 1 (for the last sentence) you just assumed he's a bad person who's always angry just because of one incident after a long day of working in the cold. 2 we can assume because he landed the job and became an operator that he's atleast decent with heavy machinery
@@done3417 We aren't assuming he's always angry because of one incident. The fact that he is known as the "company grump" and was on thin ice with management is what makes us think he's angry all the time.
Coffee Story: I think you missed the part where he literally offered to get the guy another coffee and he declined. Also, he literally went to give the guy his money back because he realized he forgot to give him his change. So that's why nobody is taking the guy who threw the coffee's side.
OP was taking the blame for the coffee being wrong when the blame could be on the coffee shop he got it from. Not to mention coffee blends differ from one chain to another chain so it likely tasted different again. Even then that guy's attitude also explained why OP was told he was on thin ice and to keep an eye on him
And speaking from experience there is a possibility that the coffee wasn't even wrong to begin with. I used to work at Dunkin Donuts and sometimes someone would stomp in already with a big chip on their shoulder. They would yell at you that their coffee was made wrong, sometimes without looking at or tasting because "you idiots ALWAYS make it wrong the first time!". If I knew a mistake wasn't made I would take the coffee back, pretend to make a new one and give it back and they would exaggerate that THIS was better. Some people just wake up and choose to not be happy and make it everyone else's problem. It's very obvious that that guy has major anger issues and was probably on thin ice already.
I wonder if Rslash sometimes adds these shit takes deliberately to drum up discussion in the chat section under his videos. If that's the case, I'm disappointed in Rslash and thought he was better. If he actually believes his shit take, I'm disappointed and thought he was better.
@@RiveroftheWither I do not understand how people can be like that. The one time I told Dunkin I ordered it without ice, we both looked at the sticker and they said “no you didn’t”, and I took the drink I ordered and apologized because I oops-ed this morning. Even if it hadn’t been my fault and they HAD prepared it wrong, a simple, “excuse me, could you please fix this? Thank you!” is all that you need; people make mistakes and a drink is a small thing to make a mistake with
Rslash, I was listening to you read the coffee story and did a backtake when you defended the guy who threw the coffee. You literally read the guy offering to buy a new coffee for the man baby and went back to give him the change he forgot about, probably because he was trying to register the rudeness of the guy. No one's defending the guy who threw his coffee because OP DID try to make up for their mistake
Maybe r/slash is the kind of person who would assault someone for talking to him before he's had his coffee, so he strongly empathizes with the response of the guy to receiving the wrong coffee order.
The coffee guy story: RSLASH, they literally said that this guy was on "Thin ice" that means he probably did already a ton of things awful in the past, the guy offered him to fix his coffee and he rudely declined, and his boss instructed him that IF there was problems to let him know, he was literally FOLLOWING ORDERS
Exactly it's not right. Poor op got swore and shouted at, had coffee thrown on him then was spoken to again like trash. He followed orders by telling the guys boss. I hope he reads them too he's been slipping up a bit lately. He does do a vid everyday maybe it's just taking its toll idk
I stated this in another comment, but coffee story probably hit close to home. R/Slash gets hot over his mocha-frap with two pumps caramel one pump vanilla, dash of cinnamon. Oatmilk instead of cream, of course.
Coffee story: Yeah, definitely going to have to disagree with you, R/slash. People make mistakes, which means they make mistakes on coffee orders. It can be inconvenient, sure, but not "throw hot coffee in a temper tantrum" inconvenient. OP offered to buy the guy another coffee AND he gave the guy his money back. OP didn't steal. This guy also had a pattern of bad behavior, so OP reporting this newest incident to the guy's boss (which he was instructed to do) was the straw that broke the camel's back. The only thing OP did wrong was forget something.
Plus, you can't even fully say that OP was the one that got the order wrong. It's very possible he gave the correct order, and the person preparing it could have made a mistake. Everyone under the sun has had a screwed up take out order.
@done341 And that he was already being watched for being a hostile turd to all the other employees, and OP was explicitly told that if he acts a fool, AGAIN, no notify the boss.
The guy: "I offered to buy him another coffee and wanted to give his change back but he yelled at me" Rslash: "You stole his money and couldn't even get a simple order right!"
@@j_castle9893 Plus we don't even know if OP was the one that got the order wrong. Depending on the place they bought the coffee, it is possible the coffee place got it wrong, it had the correct label, but OP didn't realize it was wrong (not like OP could taste it) until the jerk tried it and realized it was wrong.
I think you missed the part in the coffee grump story where OP gave the money back. That was the last interaction where he told the guy if he did it again, there would be problems. And then he went and "did what he was told", as the grump demanded. After all, their mutual boss had told OP to call him if the guy was a peen. I see no problems.
I can see where someone could come to the conclusion that OP realized that they had the change, walked back, told the guy off, then stormed back to his truck angrily after the altercation without having actually handed said change back to the guy since he doesn't mention having handed it over just noticing it and planning to.
@@teleporter777 Then again, if OP tried to give the change back, but couldn't because the Grump decided to argue with him and then OP forgot to give it back, I can't say I'd put the blame on OP or call it stealing, since he did try.
Coffee story: he didn't steal nor get him fired. He went to give back change he had left over from buying the coffees. He called the guys boss to tell him how he overreacted and could have injured someone with throwing hot coffee to the wind.
Everyone has already pointed out the money situation in the coffee story, but I think theres another issue, he threw coffee in the wind that blasted back at the OP, if that was fresh scalding hot coffee wind or not that could cause burns, worse if it landed in his eyes. I'm shocked the OP was level headed enough to just warn him not to do it again.
@@ralfvandeven3155 depends on how cold it is. There is lots of videos online of people taking boiling hot water and throwing it into below freezing air to watch it lose its temp quickly
Rslash doesn't always have a bad take, but when he does it's really bad. Seriously Dabney? Getting the order wrong deserves coffee in the face? He didn't even steal the money, he tried to give it back. Man, it's oddly satisfying to see everyone jump to OP's defense.
He didn't steal the coffee money. He stated that he realized he had the change and went to give it back. Once he realized it was wrong he even offered to get a new one. Seems like a normal response because mistakes happen.
Facts, I don’t know what rSlash is saying. OP is not in the wrong. Besides, I think other incidents have occurred with this guy because I highly doubt that the would just fire the guy over something like this. I would think they would give him a warning first but since they immediately fired him, I suspect other problems happened in the past and this was the last straw
I agree. It said that the guy was already on thin ice and the boss wanted to know if there was any trouble so something had to have happened before. Some people unfortunately never grow up.
It wasn't just this one incident that got him fired. It was the last straw. Some managers don't like drama queens, and maybe they were looking for any excuse to let him go at this point. Also, I don't drink coffee, but isn't it the case that when you order from Starbucks or something like that, THEY make the order and not you? So if this is the case, OP didn't get the order wrong; the coffee shop got the order wrong.
It’s like that with every coffee shop you don’t work at. So yeah, the baristas could’ve gotten the order wrong themselves and OP got hot coffee thrown in his face for literally just being the messenger.
Literally any number of things could have been wrong as a former barista here. OP could have been wrong, the barista could have been wrong, the machines could need to be recalibrated, or the boss could be one of those dumbasses who doesn't know how to order their own coffee. I once had a lady get huffy with me for repeatedly making her coffee wrong, but put me in a situation where I was forced to guess and prod about what the problem was before realizing on my own that she did not want me to mix her coffee, but to leave the milk and syrup sitting on the bottom.
@@LilChuunosuke Ew. As a former barista as well, that sounds disgusting. Depending on if it's hot or cold, you're getting dregs of pure sugar at some point.
RSlash, OP in the coffee story DID acknowledge his fault, offered to get the guy a new coffee, which he declined, and then DID return the change, hence why he had the interaction where he told the guy to not throw coffee at him then complain even when a solution was offered.
You do realize they were doing a job right? You can't just go back and get coffee while in the middle of a job? Also they probably get paid per job not per hour
You said that OP got coffee guy fired but you missed the part where coffee guy’s boss asked OP to report his behavior to the boss because he was already on thin ice. So apparently he had a history of bad behavior and this incident was just the last straw!
@@aduckofsomesort tbh imo it's just a scummy way to drive discussion and engagement of comments. Like it feels like a deliberate bad take/read on it just for longer user retention for analytics.
@@myrixica4222 honestly wouldn’t be surprised if that’s the case. Rslash has been having some really bad takes recently. Previously, it’s been maybe 1-2 bad takes a month but now it seems like 1-2 every week or so.
@@myrixica4222he tends to have bad takes. Increasingly so after having a daughter but he doesn’t also tend to edit out his bad takes if the comments roast him enough or he changes his opinion
@@alexandermccalla5098 Yeah but he has been having bad takes on very similar stories. It's like he picks and chooses when to have certain morals. In another video he straight up victim-blamed a woman for callung out her absusive husband in front of his family (after said husband called her fat and ugly in front of his family) But in stories before and after that he'd cheer on men and women for doing something similar for smaller reasons. These bad takes are either intentional or a result of having a baby to help care for added onto posting everyday. He needs to take a break.
Last story: CEO wasn't speaking during people's lunches for an hour; their boss just decided to _take away_ their lunch time instead of having them do over time, which is why the CEO yelled at the boss. If it was over the lunch break, I'm pretty certain this CEO would've splashed out for lunch for them.
Exactly! The boss thought he could “look good” by them not having to pay overtime by telling them this meeting was to be their lunch break, and instead it backfired on him when the CEO learned what he did. Clearly the CEO doesn’t mind paying the overtime, and clearly the boss knew what he was doing was wrong because he tried to backpedal when the CEO questioned him on it.
Not to be devil's advocate but he made it sound like he didn't actually give the money back so technically it is stealing. The guy was being a jack ass so OP didn't end up giving him the change.
@@amberlindsey7112 he didn't write the words "handed" or "gave" him "his money back " so you're going to assume he didn't.? Why is that? Because he said he warned him there would be consequences if he did that again? And that they had words ending with the guy threatening op;so op goes back to his truck and called the boss? Assumptions get innocent people killed; be careful.
@@marylynnbirtciel5539 You're also assuming he DID give the money back... so I can't understand your argument. I think it's likely that the guy did, but since the guy never said that in the story people are left drawing assumptions. That's how it works when nobody knows what actually happened.
@@marylynnbirtciel5539 you are also assuming. Generally people don't start arguments when someone is returning their change. So it made it sound like the argument started when he walked over to him.
Oh Rslash here we go again. He realized he had the change, went to give it back and he even offered to get him another coffee out of his OWN money. Not to mention coffee order mistakes happen all the time there is NO reason to freak out over them. Plus he didn't only get this guy a coffee he got several others coffee too at least one mistake was bound to happen.
True even if he didn't make a mistake whilst ordering the barrister could've made a mistake whilst making them. I made quite a few mistakes, especially when I was new, sometimes you forget or get stuff mixed up when you have to make multiple drinks at once.
The story where OP got the company grump fired wasn't about the coffee being thrown, it was the grump's attitude and what he said that OP likely reported to the grump's boss about. OP did say he returned the change and let the grump know not to throw the coffee in a way that hits OP if he got the coffee order wrong again, and the grump's response was to tell OP to shut up and do as he was told.
y'know what also is pretty standard? That if someone gives you their money to buy something, and you know you're unable to remember their order without writing it down, *you write it the f*** down instead of getting it wrong* IMO OP did it on purpose and just is attention-seeking on the internet for sympathy.
Like other comments are saying, OP didn't steal the money. He gave it back. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if the barista got the order wrong and OP didn't know because... who would drink someone else's coffee?
This needs to be higher on the comment list, if I'm getting everyone's coffee; I tell them how the coffee is I expect the coffee to be made right, I'm not tasting everyone's coffee.
It was likely from Tim Hortons, so calling an over worked teenager a barista is a stretch. And those staff get abused so often, I wouldn't be surprised if the order was wrong from being under-staffed ☹️
Coffee: Not just that OP offered to get him a new one and his change back but for the boss to tell OP to report anything untoward within the day, means this has happened before and sudden outbursts of anger like that in a workplace will make it hostile environment but also stressful.
1st story: It's because narcissistic bosses always think they are the smartest people who ever lived, and don't look at a system and try and figure out how to improve on it to make easy transitions, but rather they'll replace it altogether with their own system, resulting in them crashing and burning.
Right. GOD forbid the new manager simply TALK to the staff and ask about the existing process before making radical changes! How about not assuming everybody else is a moron? Crazy how common this kind of arrogance is.
I'm a senior industrial engineering student so have learned a lot about business operations, especially in manufacturing. When I heard that they have a 30 minute cleanup period at the end of the shift, I immediately started thinking, "That's pretty reasonable. Don't tell me he's gonna try to shorten it and worsen the condition of the shop floor." Nope, it was something else entirely that ended up being much worse.
Heck, a lot of those types could save themselves so much trouble by just looking at how things are and asking "Is this working like it should?" and leaving it alone if it is. If ain't broke, don't fix it!
I had a similar experience with Sears about a $0.00 bill. The second month I got it I went to the local Sears and they said: "Oops, our mistake, we'll fix it." Of course I kept getting bills for $0.00 and progressively nasty letters from Sears about my outstanding debit. I made phone calls, I wrote letters, I even cancelled my Sears card. Nothing worked (I didn't think to send them a check). Finally it went to collections and I got a phone call from the debt collector. "You owe Sears money." "How much?" "Ah...$0.00." "Yeah and you folks get 40% of that." I then explained the situation to the guy and he said he'd take care of it. I never heard from Sears again.
Story 1; A manager at an oilfield company I worked for was just like that. We had to be there 30 minutes before and 30 minutes after the time you work. We did not mind. We were getting an hour of overtime a day. They were mad because of the overtime that they had to pay out 😂😂😂
Other than what everyone else is saying about op giving the coffee money back, I do think it's relevant that the guy's boss specifically said to tell him if there were any issues and fired him pretty quickly, so this can't have been the first outburst.
What's crazy is that he's said the opposite in previous somewhat similar stories. He's said stuff like "You didn't get them fired, you simply reported the incident and then the superiors decided to terminate their employment". It's so weird to have him changing his mind in this story.
Coffee story: OP returned the money and offered to get the guy a new coffee. The guy cursed him out and refused the new correct coffee and came over to complain about the mistake even more. You really missed the mark there RSlash. The normal human response is to accept the apology and appreciate that OP realized he got the order wrong. Plus we don't even know what the order was. Maybe OP mixed up ONE thing wrong. that's no reason to curse OP out and throw what could ahve been HOT SCALDING COFFEE. Like... really?
Coffee guy: I don't think he specifically got the order wrong, even if you say it right the workers might have gotten it wrong and he just didn't realize until he got back to the job site. My Dunkin always gets my order wrong even though they know me by now, it always has to be remade. I don't think OP purposely got the wrong coffee.
Coffee story: OP went to return the money. He also tried offering to get another coffee. The only reason other dude's not the PoS in this story is if OP was just like "Oh shit. Wellllll gimmee more money I'll go fix it" but I DOUBT that was the case.
Coffee story: as a Canadian, most of the time there is an error is coffee 9/10 times it was given to the Tim’s worker but they sometimes just make the coffee wrong especially with those big orders.. still won’t deter us getting a coffee from them
As for the last story: it was the supervisor who said to take the meeting as their lunch break, so while I agree that the CEO could have brought them lunch, I don’t think he was too upset about the bit of OT the company would have to pay out to his employees. To him, this wasn’t a lunch meeting, so that’s why he was caught off guard by the department having their food during his talk.
Okay, let's talk about the coffee story. That guy had the most childish reaction to a simple mistake, ever! "I didn't get the right coffee, so I'm gonna throw it and yell, that'll show you!! 😭I can get you another coffee, if you like... No, I don't want a new coffee, I want my coffee!!!" 😫 He didn't have his money stolen, he was too busy throwing a baby fit to realize it was being returned. He decided to give insults rather than basic human decency.
Coffee story: from my understanding of how it was written, stating he was on “thin ice” I’d reason to believe that this guy is often the source of company drama and they were looking for a reason to get him out their hair. Just what I’m picking up from it though
With the coffee story, the guy complained about his order being wrong after OP offered to get a replacement. It also doesn’t specify clearly whether the mistake was on OP’s end (ordering wrong) or the coffee shop’s (with him not realizing their mistake). And he didn’t steal because he went and gave the change back.
Rslash, you may wish to reread that coffee one again. The guy tried to make it right and the guy got pissy. Also, I'd like to point out that the guy getting fired was the result of multiple instances of bad behavior. Hence the guy being on thin ice. Management doesn't usually give that kind of directive unless they've had multiple similar issues. I had a guy like that at a prior job and he'd been doing that kind of stuff for YEARS until management put him on notice. Incidentally, he decided to try his antics with me literally a week before retiring. He did end up apologizing after. Luckily for him, I have ridiculously thick skin and opted not to make a formal complaint despite management heavily encouraging me to. I'm fairly certain anyone else probably would have run him over. Last I heard, he's enjoying his retirement and lighted up considerably. Almost a new person really.
Okay I think rslash is forgetting that even if you put in the right order, sometimes the person making the order gets it wrong so my understanding is that OP put in the order as he was told and the person making the coffee got it wrong not OP
The Grump was on thin ice anyway, you only end up that way when you have made multiple incidents that drove his Boss to contact the OP and aske him to notify him of any issues with the Grump.
So if you get a bunch of coffee for an entire team of people, it not unreasonable to expect someone to get one wrong. Especially I they were complicated orders. And once he realized it was wrong he offered to go get him a new one. OP made a mistake and tried to correct it, but that guy decided to throw his coffee and yell like he's a child instead of a grown ass man. And OP tried to give him back his money. Whether he took it back or not because he was being tring to be a big tough man child is his own problem.
He didn’t steal the coffee money intentionally he went to give it back after he noticed. He also offered to buy him an entirely new cup of coffee even after he threw it in the wind and got OP some probably minor coffee burns after it hits him.
Regarding The Coffee Story, the grump was already on thin ice with the boss so it's clear that they wanted to avoid more behavior like this. The OP also didn't steal. I also don't know the whole coffee situation? Like maybe OP got the order wrong or maybe someone else made it, messed up, and how would OP know until the grump mentioned it?
Coffee story: We don't even know if Grump paid for OPs coffee, maybe OP just went to get coffee and Grump gave him some cash to get him one as well. We also don't know if OP got the order wrong or if the barista made a mistake. Also yeah, OP wanted to correct those mistakes by getting him new coffee/giving back the change
First Story: Man, why does new managers show up and try to change things. Maybe he probably should’ve just left things alone Second Story and comment: A check for two pennies...that manager should’ve just listen to OP and laughed it off. How can someone be late on a payment that is literally $0. How are u suppose to pay for a bill that has no value on it Third Story: Gotta love loopholes. This is a great boss though not going to lie. People who have good senses of humor are the best Fourth Story: He got exactly what he deserved. I wouldn’t have taken that kind of disrespect. I disagree rSlash. OP said that this guy was like this often. I highly doubt that they fired this guy over this. Its obvious there have been previous incidents with this guy. Mind u rSlash, OP was trying to return his money and offered to get another coffee but this guy started to be a dick Fifth Story and comment: Lmao, I think Ginger thinks that he can come and go whenever he pleases. If u quit, u quit plain and simple. Same with this story, u said u quit, quit Sixth Story: Some poor choices were made lmao
Coffee story. 1. Been said, yes he gave the change back, and offered replacement. 2. Depending on how cold out and how far away coffee pickup was it might not have been scalding into OPs face. 3. BIGGEST THING. The bosses knew of the grump’s issues so badly that they warned the new guy to tell them if the grump started anything. And they fired him over the incident that’s the bosses choice not OP. I’ve started jobs and been warned about certain co-workers but never with instructions to report back about them.
R/slash has clearly never worked in construction. It's pretty common to get guys with past criminal records, serious anger issues, and a general unwillingness to forgive. Coffee guy sounded like one. If he hadn't delt with it then, it's likely that guy would've made his life uncomfortable until it escalated to an even more problematic situation.
I’m amused how preemptively defensive rSlash got about his coffee story opinion. No matter if he was right or wrong about that, it was kind of funny. 😅
Coffee story: Having the wrong order doesn't necessarily mean OP got it wrong. Likely the coffee shop got it wrong. I order the same vanilla latte several times a week from a barista who knows me, an still on occasion I get the wrong thing
Hey R/Slash there was a part in the coffee story where OP was trying to give the gentleman's change back and even offered to buy him another coffee to which he declined. OP in the exchange with the company grump forgot to return the change only to realize he had forgotten to. Yet he still managed to give back the change. Either way he should not have thrown a tantrum like a child especially with hot coffee as that could have seriously injured OP. Hot coffee can leave second or even third degree burns depending on the temperature. The guy needs anger management courses if you ask me.
Everyone is making good points about the coffee story, I also want to point it that OP never said they were the one that messed the order up, it could have just been made wrong. Coffee shop employees mess up sometimes.
Coffee story: How do we know OP got the order wrong? I ask for no onion on my burgers all the time but occasionally I get onion; mistakes happen (especially with large orders). Also, OP offered to return Grump's money. Lastly, this wasn't an isolated innocent as Grump was "on thin ice".
Coffee story: there's a lot of places where a coffee order can get messed up between placing the order, the person delivering it, and the people making it. I used to be a barista and while we prided ourselves on getting the order correct we did have errors from orders lost in translation, especially ones placed over the phone. My interpretation of the story here is that it's not OP who messed up the order and considering that they offered to make it right and the overly hostile response, I think the logic is that keeping the change (probably $5 or less) is just charging asshole tax. It wouldn't hold up in a court of law but maybe in the court of public opinion. I also think it's unlikely that OP got the other guy fired on purpose. It sounded like this guy had a pattern of behavior with his inability to regulate his emotions in the workplace creating a hostile work environment for his coworkers. It may seem as though OP lodging a complaint with the boss was what got the guy fired but it was probably just the straw that broke the camel's back so to speak. Just because it broke the back doesn't make that straw any more significant than the many others, it just had timing.
That zero dollars and zero cents story happened to my mother years ago and they actually sent her to collections over it. She closed her account at the store in question and never shopped there again because she was so angry.
For the coffee story he wasn't fired just because of that incident as op was told to watch out for him and this shows he had been a problem before, also op didn't purposely get the order wrong and offered to get a new one and when they realised they had his money they went to give it back
Sorry, Slashy, you missed the mark on the coffee story! First, maybe OP screwed up the coffee order, or maybe he got it right and the barista/store got it wrong. Either way, the adult thing to do is not to throw hot coffee into the wind, but to discuss it with the person who put in the order. Like, “hey, this coffee is wrong, are you sure you put in the order correctly?” Second, OP offered to get him another coffee, but Mr. Grump declined, probably not with a lot of grace. Third, Mr. Grump, after passing up the opportunity to get another, correct coffee, Mr. Grump can’t let it go and continues bitching about it in front of other workers. Fourth, *OP did not “steal” Mr. Grump’s change,* he just forgot to give it to him right away. He went back over to his truck expressly to give it back when he remembered, only to be subjected to Mr. Grump continuing to throw his weight around. Fifth, nobody gets fired for being grumpy for one day, or even all the time. There’s a difference between just being in a grumpy mood all the time, and constantly throwing your weight around and being toxic to your coworkers. That drives off good workers and is usually frowned upon by management. Mr. Grumpy wasn’t fired over coffee, he was fired for being a toxic worker. I’d bet folding money that he had a pile of infractions and the coffee incident was just the one that pushed him over the edge.
It is only a one sided story but it sounds like angry coffee guy has been a problem like this for a while and basically at this point, they were waiting for an excuse to fire him
About the coffee story: this is not the first time I’ve heard that story on Reddit YT, and you are definitely in the minority, RSlash. Not only are you being roasted in your own comments, but the other Reddit YT’ers agreed with the OP, and their commenters did as well. The guy wanted some coffee, yes, and the order maybe got made incorrectly, yes. But the OP offered to get him a new one, and was trying to give him back his change. If the guy is freaking out over coffee, then he definitely needs to relax, and just let OP get him a new one. Additionally, as others have pointed out, he was already on thin ice (both literally and figuratively), so him being fired is not on the OP. That’s on management. OP just did what they were told to do.
Does rSlash even read the comments? I've never once seen him actually respond to one. Either way, coffee guy did apologize and offered to get the man a new coffee. He said no and acted like a baby about it though. OP didn't do anything wrong.
Sometimes he does when he knows something he said is controversial. He's said something like this before where everyone was saying the opposite and had an apology on the next video. However I don't think he replies in the comments anymore.
@@lovelywolv Well, I don't think he needs to apologize for his opinions even if they are controversial sometimes. Having a bad take on a probably fake reddit story isn't really something worth apologizing for.
Coffee money was returned per the conversation. He offered to get a new coffee to fix it. The fault of the wrong coffee could be at 3 points to which we will never know: -Grump giving the coffee instructions wrong/not liking the coffee -OP ordering the coffee wrong -Barista making the coffee wrong Only in one of these will anyone ever to be at fault, but because we don't know who failed here, we cannot fairly assume OP was at fault. He could have been, but maybe he thought he was right because he misheard. We won't know. The man acting like a child like that is not excusable. He bought the team coffee, and his got made wrong. This happens. His action of throwing it is fine. The coffee being blown into OP's face is unfortunate due to the wind and I doubt it was intentional, or Grump would have thrown it AT OP instead. Him bitching about the coffee is understandable as well, but the blame on OP isn't fair. Overall, Grump gets MOST of a pass by the wind being out of his control, and unknown coffee instructions, but his outrage while understandable, should not be pointed towards OP, unless he knew for sure at a 100% guarantee that it was OP at fault.
Coffee Story... they never clarified if it was OP who messed up Taking the order or if it was the person making the coffee at the shop. (in canada the 2 main places to get coffee are Tim Hortons and McDonalds... and they make the coffee to order adding cream and sugar ect. as ordered, not the customer) Also.. OP gave back the money... OP was new and didnt know what the guy normally tool in his coffee. And if you've never worked a blue collar job you really dont know that this is very common. one dude offers to buy coffee and usually the new guy or a runner who normally is leaving the site will get the coffee. the order can be several cups of coffee like 8 or more that all have to be relayed to the (probably minimum wage) employee at the store to make all 8 cups and keep track of all 8 variations. and it gets even more complicated when you ask for a double double, but add 'with milk' which instead of 2 cream you get 2 milk. so if the person making the coffee only hears one half of that, either youre gonna get just 2 cream 2 sugar, or a coffee with just 1 milk and NO sugar. This kind of thing happens quite offten especially if you oder several coffees and one tea... the tea ends up being made as coffee because again the employees are rushing to get orders out. r/slash YOU read the story and either parts never registered with you of it or just had a massive rush of crap to the brain when you sat down to do the commentary section after recording the read. also it was stated several times that the Grump was basically already on the cusp of getting fired anyway and that incident was the straw that broke the camels back. soo yeah... the guy didnt get fired for that ONE incident... but for several
I think with the coffee story the grump gave the guy money to get the grump coffee, not everyone coffee, kinda like "go get me coffee, here's the money for it" type thing, at least that's what I understood from the story
OP never said that they got everyone coffee, just the Grump. I wonder if the Grump didn't give them the wrong order just to be an even bigger ass then he already was.
@@dudeorduuude5211 oh my bad, I had to re-watch/listen/read it and saw that part. I wonder if OP went to a different coffee shop then what the Grump was used to? That would explain why the Grump thought that it was wrong. Or if OP went to a gas station instead of a coffee shop. Now THAT would make the coffee taste different.
@@SerenaSilverMoon sometimes baristas just make mistakes, even on small orders. It sounded like he bought coffee for several of them, then threw a bitch fit over absolutely nothing, then dabney is here calling the op a thief and blaming him. Like, do you taste other people's coffee to make sure its correct? Because i sure as shit don't. Hell we don't even know if it was incorrect!
It doesn't matter if he bought coffee for everyone, you can't use money to cover up verbal abuse. Op could have still given the guy his money back. It doesn't take words to hand someone money. Other guy has no right to take his anger and frustration out on others. People make mistakes, intentions matter more. As long as OP offered to fix it, there is no point screaming and cussing about coffee. This is one of those everyone sucks moments, because no one is completely in the right. I can see where r/slash is coming from, but there is never an excuse to verbally abuse others.
In the coffee story: op tried to give the money back but the guy just cussed him out and he basically threw hot coffee at op and op stated that he wanted to give the money back but the guy was just rude.
For the coffee story it’s not necessarily OP’s fault the coffee was wrong. I work at a Dunkin and sometimes you accidentally get an order wrong (example someone ordered a latte with whole milk in the drive through, however oat milk and whole milk sound very similar over the speaker so we thought he said oat milk and put that in) if OP placed an order for the whole crew than it’s likely there were a lot of drinks and the more drinks that need to get made the higher the chances of a mistake happening are. Accidents happen and if op didn’t realize that they made it wrong it’s not his fault whatsoever. And even had op done it on purpose throwing you hot coffee into the wind and it getting on someone is never the proper response nor is getting angry because accidents happen because people are human.
Good morning R/Slash, another banger first thing in the morning 🌄 😎 thanks for the company Also, I assume that the mistake in the coffee wasn't OPs fault, mix ups happen at coffee shops. He should have checked before he left, but the way the guy responded was not work appropriate. Plus, it wouldn't have gotten him fired if he wasn't already on thin ice for doing similar in other cases.
Your whole take on the coffee thing was a disaster and I'm glad people are saying it. 1. He offered to get the guy another coffee, he declined 2. He gave the change back THEN warned him that if he pulled stuff like that, it'd be an issue 3. It's stated the guy was on thin ice, this wasn't his first temper tantrum that caused problems. 4. I feel something no-ones bringing up is how dangerous hot drinks can be, there was that whole 'boiling water' challenge where idiots threw boiling water into the snow, and people got some serious burns. Not to mention the Mcdonalds incident when that pour elderly woman got THIRD DEGREE BURNS over her 'privates.' She nearly freaking died because of those injuries. If that coffee was hot enough, it could've really hurt OP.
The grump was basically a a-hole, you can bet his coffee wasn’t wrong and just wanted to ruin ops day and most likely get him into trouble , and the grump was most likely on thin ice due to his attitude but since you think hes a Bhole lets just agree their both Bholes
Leaving aside the fact that OP did offer to get him a new coffee, the guy was already on thin ice for a reason. OP was told to tell his boss if he had ANOTHER outburst like that, meaning that he had done that kind of stuff before.
I replayed the coffee story twice just to be sure and I can see from the comments that i missed nothing. OP made a mistake in the coffee order, which happens. The normal thing to say is : "Oh, actually, I asked for my coffee to be made ". I doubt he'd even have to ask OP for a new cup, undoubtedly OP will just respond with "Sorry man, let me get you a new cup", which is kind of what OP offered to do. I am a caffeine addict myself, but I doubt even if i was completely caffeine-less would I go flinging my coffee. 1 if you NEED coffee, than any coffee will do, unless you are lactose intolerant and this is a milk latte, in which case fair play (to ask for a new coffee, not to fling it obv.) 2. OP didn't steal the money, he forgot to return the change and then when he remembered, he tried to give it back. 3. This guy didn't get sacked because of the coffee incident. He got sacked because of this PLUS all the previous incidents that had occurred. Hence why he was "on thin ice". If this was unusual behaviour, then the boss of coffee guy would have been surprised or promised to talk to him or whatever. 4. @Dabney are you ok, pal?
OP didn’t have “weight”, sounds like he and the coffee thrower were on the same level. It also sounds like the coffee thrower has been making life hard for their bosses by chasing away good employees with his shit attitude. If one employee’s attitude makes a HARD HAT WORK SITE too toxic, they’ve gotta go.
@Iris Tinsley fair. They both sound like self important "nothing gets done without me. If it does you know they will eventually call me in to fix it" guys. The way op describes how everyone knows him or his name (because big small town😉) and he was begged to come back after other guy was fired. Over yelling(industry standard in construction from my experience. Not a lot of huggy how are you today types) and coffee. 🤷♀️ not great but definitely not worth a r/malicious compliance post imo.
@@RedOnly "Just do what you're told!" On phone: "Hey big boss, remember when you told me to call if that guy continued to be a massive prick because he's been causing trouble for everyone? Yeah, apparently I got his coffee wrong, so he threw it at me. When I apologized and offered to fix it, he just kept yelling at me. When I tried to give him his change back, he continued to get in my face and scream and harrass me."
Coffee story: you literally read _out loud_ that the OP tried to fix the problem and give the change back but the guy was just being an unreasonable bastard. If this got him fired then that means he has been pulling stuff like this for a while and this was the last straw.
8:53 OP is Not the Butthole! OP offered to get him another one and fix the problem. 8:56 He "DECLINED"! 9:09 OP realized that he had the grumps change and was repaired to give it back to him. 9:22 We had a few words before he told me to "SHUT the Fuck UP"! and get back in my truck and DO what I was TOLD! 9:34 Little did the GRUMP know he was on "THIN ICE". Moral of the story is that when someone tries to do something nice or tries to fix a wrong and you aren't willing to listen to you, you don't deserve Sympathy or empathy when you are not willing to think about what someone else was trying to say. If the grump hadn't flown off of the handle OP wouldn't had any reason to call his boss and mention the situation. OP "Attempted" to fix his wrong and then OP attempted to give back his change but on "REDDIT" it's normal for Reddit to twist a person's intentions to blame the person telling the story. 9:56 Come on RSLASH you are really going to take the low road here? On any of your other videos in any situation of someone who has thrown their drink at someone, you would have given them a Butthole score. In this situation the GRUMP = KAREN thrown coffee into the wind and you make the excuse that the coffee was thrown into the wind not directly at OP that OP is the Butthole, not the Grump? Yes, the grump bought coffee but OP tried to make it right but you call OP the KEN/KAREN are you sure you are not being the KEN RSLASH? You already DID "DEFEND" this GRUMP'sS behavior by what you said!!!!!
Right and the way he went until he found a comment proving his point? AND IT WAS ONLY ONE COMMENT? C'mon man take the L your opinion was clearly wrong.
last story, the CEO reprimanded the guy because it wasnt supposed to be a speech over their lunch. it was supposed to be just like a work meeting. They were supposed to still get their lunch break
Also I totally agree with you on the last story, if I were that CEO I'd spend the 30 bucks for a simple cheese, crackers, little sandwiches with coffee. If we have a really good month or quarter buy a Gucci lunch from a nice deli while I go over everything. Though also I'd prefer to run meetings where everyone gets to talk and go over there areas and actually coordinate things and address issues instead of just blabber for an hour. But I guess I am gonna have to make a company first lol
Coffee story. He said that he gave him money to get coffee, but he did not specifically say he gave him money for everybody to have coffee. It is still possible that he gave him money to cover his own cup of coffee as OP was making a coffee run paid for him by each person themselves.
Smoke breaks for smokers only is workplace discrimination. It also isn't actually a thing, technically speaking, they are just breaks. People just call it an break after what it's most commonly used for, but it is everyone's break or no one's break. That's like calling it a coffee break and expecting everyone who'd rather have tea to just keep working. Oh wait, NO ONE DOES THAT!
"Knowing him, I'd better give his change back to him. We had some choice words and he told me to STFU." Gave the money back. "They told me that he was already on thin ice-" Already deserving of being fired. "-And to call them if we had any problems with him." Complied with the command to do as he was told. Also the coffee place got the order wrong, not OP.
Coffee Story: 1: There's every chance the barista screwed up the order, not OP. Especially likely if it was a large order. OP would have no way of knowing if the coffee was wrong because he's not the one drinking it. 2: OP didn't steal his change. OP specifically said they went to bring it back, which is when the final altercation happened. 3: OP didn't get the guy fired. The guy who threw an adult temper tantrum, threw around hot liquid, stormed over to his coworkers while on the job to bitch, and threatened OP got himself fired, as the bosses had clearly had enough of his bullshit. Dude. Come on.
Third Story: I think rSlash must've been tired while he was reading, because that's really the only logical case I see with him missing the "offering to get a new coffee" and "oh let me return the guy's change", because outside of that, wtf dude?
Yeah, sorry, I don't agree on the coffee story for 5 reasons: 1. OP never said that they got the order wrong, just that it was wrong. Who's to say that the Barrista after making 5-10 coffees *for the crew alone, not to mention the other customers looking for coffee on a snowy day* made a mistake with the grumps drink by accident. 2. Instead of going 'Well that sucks.' and just drinking the coffee or simply throwing the coffee away he throws it into the wind like a child cursing out OP and spraying them with at best Luke warm coffee and at worst close to boiling hot coffee which could possibly do some damage depending on whether it was a mist of coffee or a full on splash of coffee and again they are working with snow which means either way *mist or splash* OP is now going to be working with freezing coffee clothes all day. 3. OP offered to go back and get a new cup of coffee to make it right, but it was the grump who declined and then proceeded to berate OP about the coffee even though the grump himself declined a replacement. If the grump had accepted and gotten another incorrect coffee that's one thing, but not accepting the offer at all negates his right to so vehemently complain, grumbling under your breath about your lost coffee is one thing and going out of your way to humiliate some in front of another coworker is another. 4. OP did return the change even after being treated so terribly by the grump and even tried to warn him about the behavior, to which the grump completely disregarded the advice and even doubled down on his behavior. 5. This is a pattern of behavior which is why the Boss asked OP to tell them if the grump acted poorly, you don't get to that point by having 1 bad day, you get to that point after months possibly years of consistent inconsiderate and/or hostile behavior. Contract work is highly social so having someone with such a terrible attitude can highly effect the morale of the entire team and make them not only less productive, but can push out productive workers in favor of better environments. The truth is that even if OP didn't tell the Boss someone else would have made a complaint sooner rather than later and the grump would have been let go anyway. This is a case where the grump got himself fired, OP was just the straw that broke the camel's back. Edit: notations
Coffee story. 1: Throwing a temper tantrum and throwing “HOT” coffee into the air is COMPLETELY childish and uncalled for. Period. No excuses. 2: OP forgot to return the change and gave it back in the end, and the guy was STILL butt hurt with no remorse for his actions. 3: let’s not forget the fact that this guy was already on thin ice with his boss. OP said he was told to keep an eye out on this guy due to his behavior, which tells us this employee is prone to acting out like an A-hole in the past. This wasn’t his first offense, it was his last straw.
Here’s the other thing that baffles me about the coffee story: why are we blaming OP for getting the coffee order wrong? Nowhere in the story does he say he gave the order wrong. For all we know, the person at the Timmy’s (cause it was probably a Timmy’s lol) didn’t hear OP right or gave him someone else’s order or any number of other mistakes that were not OP’s fault. Also OP didn’t fire the guy! The guy was already on thin ice with the company, THEY were the ones who decided this incident was the straw that broke the camel’s back, not OP.
R/Slash He tried to offer to fix the coffee. He tried to give him his money back. Why would you side with the asshole who denied both offers. He then continues to complain, demonstrates unprofessional behavior, and verbally abuses someone lower than him. Guess the coffee order being wrong hit close to home huh?
Coffee: Yeah, sorry rslash, but I'm with OP and the people in the comments both here and on reddit. Also, the guy had been on thin ice which shows it was a pattern. Having worked with people like this, it is never just one overreacting. It's dozens of overreactions. He was positioning himself over OP and deserved to get fired.
