r/Maliciouscompliance Steal My Phone? I'll Get You Fired! 

Yeah telling someone who has been going above and beyond expectations "Do your job" is THE FASTEST way to make them not care and destroy a business.

I wonder if the store could get into any sort of legal trouble when they do their inventory and find out that 10 cases of high end ammo is unaccounted for?

"I've never worked retail." -rSlash You should be very thankful for that. Karens are a daily occurrence at pretty much any place that sells a thing.

Why would OP's boss tell them to literally describe their sickness in full detail? OP isn't in highschool anymore.

The ammo story...yea,somebody got an ass chewing. $1,000 of product missing heads will roll. On the flip OP probably sold that ammo for what he paid & got his money back.

Once again pro Tipp: If your Business is set up in a way that one person is that integral to your success - never, ever, EVER piss of that person.

On the AT&T phone story - I think Alan probably wasn't out for a commission. I think what he could've done is if OP had gone through with the sale, Alan then marks that the phone has been "picked up", then erases the record of the "selling" transaction and pockets the full difference.

Allan wanted commission, he wanted the sale. So, he was trying to fraud both the customer and At@t and that's a swift kick boot out the door or what we in retail call it, "Demoted to Customer!" Along with being reported to the authorities and sued by the company for comitting fraud. Allan was so stupidly willing to comit comission fraud instead of following through with proper procedures, that it ended up costing him his job. You have to watch your back, protect yourself, protect your coworkers and protect your job. there are a ton of new policies coming out in retail where if you see or hear the possibility of fraud being committed, REPORT IT!! "See something, say something." Many jobs are willing to reward the person for reporting instances of fruad.

Malicious compliance is one of my favorite subreddits! Nothing like stupid people getting exactly what they asked for!

$1000 worth of ammo for $80? This is going to be fun when they check their inventory and sales...

One of my favorite storytelling channels, easily

Last Story: "Why not pay him more" Its not about the money its about the message. "We would rather burn our Company to the Ground than pay you more." This message seems stupid at first but its not. What what would come next? Free HealthCare and Paid Sick-leave?

A $20k payout and your shitty boss also gets fired. Great start to this video, imo

Second story...I've suffered from IBS for more years than I care to think about. One time while at work I got hit with stomach cramps...I knew what was coming so I quickly...VERY quickly excused myself from the customer I had at the time...and literally ran for the Loo...almost knocking the manager and a member of staff flying as I barged past them. On emerging from the loo I was stopped by the manager...who flatly refused to believe that such a thing as IBS even EXISTED. So ( like OP in the story ) I volunteered to save him some and present it to him. Then on my lunch break I went out and used a public phone ( before mobile phone days ) and called the staff dept. at head office. Two hours later the staff director arrived and verbally flayed the manager alive in front of all the staff and a couple of startled customers. It must have worked...he never tried that again on anyone !

Truly, retail sucks. Not enough pay, treated like crap by entitled people and/or bad bosses, and always understaffed

I wonder how AT&T guy thought his little hustle would go in his favour. Of course OP would google the right number when his number didn't work. Of course he would complain about what happened and get his money back. Of course the company would go after the idiot worker for his scam. There's no happy ending for that dude here. This was simply the fastest way to getting fired

Corporations would rather hire than promote. And it’s complete BS.

Reminder: Don't tell a store they are undercharging. Let them figure it out the hard way.

*Story 2:* To quote rSlash, what a terrible day to be literate. Especially after eating breakfast. :/

I wouldn't give Amazon a single pretty penny for obvious reasons, and would rather see them boycotted en masse, but knowing that they get screwed over by their own unprofessional customer service and sales errors is almost equally as satisfying.

As a former sales person, I say this happens alot. I never tried it, 3 minutes giving a customer their phone is no big deal. I can always sell accessories to this customer. I never seen more kids fired than a phone store

Let me put it in perspective, it's like if you, in Subway, took an order over the phone for a Meatball Marinara and when the customer comes in you try to sell that same order they ordered to them again...

Fifth story: Rlash, you are thinking small, what that dude pnanned to do was sell OP the phone, don't register the sell and keep all the money. The phone was already paid off, he couldn't care less if OP got it or not, but tried to outsmart someone smarter than him.

That phone story makes me furious. Almost reminds me of the time when I ordered a book online but my order got cancelled. I went to the bookstore but they told me I couldn't do anything and had to go online to get my refund. This will be the last time I buy off line. I'm not angry at them, just wish I knew that

Worked in phone retail for 3 years in the UK. rSlash explained exactly what was happening. The store gets nothing, or very little. Selling a phone instore though...

I worked at subway and a customer came in yelling that we gave him good poisoning we gave him corporates number but that wasn't good enough. He came in with a tuppaware of his dierrhea and slammed it on the counter and told us to have it tested to prove it was from us.. 🤮

The AT&T story is all too familiar. I used to work for their home security service and this shit happened all the time. If we could prove what the caller was saying like this guy did we would kick that sales reps ass, but it's how the work was incentivized for them so it kept happening

Concerning the story about needing more information when not working because of sickness: I had a very micro-managing supervisor that you would swear was paying for sick leave out of their own pocket, but when they were sick, no one should question them. I once had very severe diarrhea and needed to be close to a bathroom. The second day I called in, the supervisor insisted I come to work for an important project. I explained the situation but was threatened with being 'written up' or even fired if I didn't go to work. I got dressed and went to work. Within minutes, I was called to my supervisor's office to 'talk about the situation'. About three minutes into the lecture, I said I hated to interrupt but really needed to use the restroom. The supervisor ordered me to sit down and be quiet. About 60 seconds later the unavoidable happened and the small office immediately smelled like a dirty diaper storeroom. I was allowed to go home until I felt better but...was threatened with disciplinary action if I ever pulled another stunt like that! I am so glad I no longer work for that micromanaging monster.

I was eating my lunch when the 'sickness description' part played at 5mins in. Instant regret! 😣

Describing illness? Isn't that illegal in the US?? I know it definitely is in a lot of European countries for an employer to ask about what ails someone.

The first story leaves a lot to be desired, but I can relate with the whole “being let go without telling your side of the story” situation. I think the $20k asked for was a missed opportunity by the OP; they could have asked for a LOT more, and been justified.

As for describing to the employer the details for being sick, I'm glad I'm living in a country where that is not something an employer can even ask about. They get a piece of paper from the doctor stating "unfit to work" without any further reasons given.

I'm planning on becoming a business owner, and after watching RSlash for a good year or so I promise to do the following: A. Monitor all higher-ups and make the complaint process easy for employees B. Treat all with respect and expect employees to do the same. C. I will teach all employees how to keep track of their hours in case payroll messes up or embellishes funds E. My business will be run very profitably so that I can always afford to pay employees the exact amount they are owed

For the last story, RSlash's response doesn't make any sense. The issue has nothing to do with pay. They offered OP the job and they didn't take it so that company had no choice but to hire somebody else. They have a position that needs filled, it isn't their fault that OP couldn't / wouldn't take the job. Moving past that the issue here was that their new supervisor tried to show dominance and told OP that they are to do their job when on the clock. So OP started doing only their job. That has nothing to do with pay, that is their supervisor being an asshole.

I’d never do work I wasn’t paid to do, if these stories have taught me anything it’s that company loyalty doesn’t get you anywhere anymore

Why give a few extra bucks to an employee when some CEO needs a holiday bonus?

I can't believe that salesman tried to sell OP the same phone twice. Incredibly scummy

In response to that last story…you absolutely should not EVER, strive for excellence in retail. Never! The only thing that will get you is more responsibility, more work while your coworkers do less. You’ll get all of the work, none of the credit. No pay raise, less hours, and zero thanks.

From story 2: I was a stock clerk in a grocery store. One morning a lady got sick and they told me to clean it up. They added if I didn't I would be fired. I was like "game on". I grabbed the mop and luckily it was near the front. As I was mopping it up I made sure everyone could hear me. I would say stuff like "I always wondered what the lady ate would smell like afterwards". I added more just like that. Later I found out that most of the staff had to go home because the image I put into their mind made them sick. They never asked me to clean up anything like that again and warned other managers if they ask me they will fire them. From the last story: I hope Karen got discovered and fired.

Also about the shotgun shell story…I understand trying to be a decent person and stuff, but enjoy profiting from their mistake. Lol.

The last one really hit home. I actually sent a screenshot to someone because when he started describing Karen, it made me 100% think of my current manager. Only problem is, I have anxiety, and just being around her triggers panic attacks. I'm actually on leave for said panic attacks and am trying desperately to find something else. I actually already wanted to find something new, like more inline with my actual interests. But I wanted to look for it slowly. And now I'm desperate to get away from this really obnoxious Karen. Worst part is, I was the one with the most experience as a cashier where I was. I was even to the point where I was like kind of a supervisor, just without the title. She kept trying to stop me from doing my job. LIke, I could go get change in the drawer we have for the cashiers, do reports for each cash, etc. Nothing I would do was right. And I'll admit I did something I was not really suppose to. I was on my tablet in back register one day because there was literally no one around. Here's the thing, I work in a hardware store. And I live in Canada, and it's winter. So there is no one. Plus, I have ADD, so just standing there and doing nothing is agony. So Karen saw, and went off on me. And I'm looking at her like "what am I suppose to do then? I'm just trying hard to keep as calm as possible. (She already knew I was having a hard time because of my anxiety, and it didn't register with her that what she was pulling was not helping) So she said, than maybe we will put you in the front so you have more to do. That's when I lost it. Not because of having more to do. But because she's like in the front 90% of the time. Having to be around her so much, I started freaking out and started crying pretty much till the end of my shift. The upper management thinks for some reason that all the other cashiers who left that had any experience was because she is not letting anyone on their cellphones, and that the manager we had before was too soft. They say that a lot. And even though it affected them at some level, they can't seem to process that having a manager with the personality of a cactus might have something to do with it. On top of which that day I had contacted my doctors office for an appointment. They asked if I wanted it over the phone or in person. I wanted in person but at that point I wasn't sure if I would be working the next day or not so I said on the phone. So she said ok, but then saw my hesitation, and said to call back if there were any changes.. When I got home, I actually called a mental health hotline we have here, and was on the phone with them for like an hour. After talking with them, I realized I needed at least one day to go see my doctor and see what he thinks. I had been telling a coworker about this, and she told me I should text Karen as a curtesy. Even even Karen 100% did not deserve that way it would cover my butt, and no one could not say I did not try. Well, she texted me back. She was not having it, and said that instead of coming to her, I went behind her back, talked to another coworker about it, and said coworker that it would be over the phone so I will be coming, no excuses. That is when I lost it. I started crying hysterically. I used speech to text to say I know you are mad, but I was on the phone with a mental health hotline for over an hour, and the conclusion we came with is that coming in was a bad idea. I told her that I was not doing well and that no matter what, whenever I go into work (and at this point I was not about to tell her I'm praying I find something else) I need to comeback as whole person, and that I wont be falling apart like that. So she never texted me back, but the other coworker told me that apparently she had texted her for a copy of the schedule of that week. I had also called another hotline to say what was up. Man they were good. It helped me tremendously. And I went to see my doctor and he gave me 2 months off starting immediately. But that it was a strict 2 months. I would have to go back to work after, but not necessarily there. I agreed. I have until March 14th. Man I hope I find the right thing. I can't go back there. If anyone has read this thank you, and man I need suggestions. I doubt anyone will have read this, but if anyone has, have any ideas?

Do not listen to the second story while eating. I usually listen while I have breakfast but todays story was a bad idea.

I really have to agree with the part about corporate America. I’ve run into some crazy issues because of pay raises. Basically I got two pay raises at the same time and instead of getting both of them, one overroad the other. It took my boss’s boss’s boss 6 months to fix it, and did so by giving me a new job title and no back pay. This happened again a few years later and once again took 6 months with no back pay and another title change. Oddly, when I walked in with a job offer from a rival company (and I was the -only- full time employee at my location) it took about 3 days (Friday to Sunday) to give me a pay raise to get me to stay. No title change required. Funny how that works out

Story 3. Rslash is dead on with his guess. I sold cell phones for several years, online orders don't usually net commissions for in-store salesman. He was trying to put the phone back into general inventory and sell it so that he would get his cut. We had a guy who would try to pull stuff like that at a store I worked at, got fired too.

About the last story, the reason why many businesses have that red tape, is exactly that, to not pay more. Less salary, means less cost for the company, even if it is a super duper quadruple-llion dls company. That is also why a lot of employees don't go 'over and beyond' their tasks, it is simply not worth it. Heck, even my school, unintentionally, taught me that. Why would I work my butt off for pure A's when my high school title is the exact same as my partner who pass with C's. (I know this may be specific to my school, but the point is there)

The AT&T rep was a 3rd party seller from an independent location. He was trying to scam OP so he would get a commission from the sale. Then it would be OP’s problem to get a refund of his original online purchase. He figured that OP wouldn’t have the brains to actually call in the store about his refund. That’s why he kicked him out. OP not only cost him his job, but the location owner probably lost their contract to sell AT&T’s products and plans. I had a sleazy jack wagon try to do this to me. So I drove the 30 miles to an actual AT&T store to upgrade my phone, which was free. However, the jack wagon told me I had to buy the new phone, and then corporate would refund me. When I told him he was full of it, he told me to leave. Once I got to the AT&T store and complained, they called him. He tried to play stupid and claimed that his way was what corporate had told him to handle upgrades this way. They ended up revoking his contract, and then sued him for fraud since he did this to over 1000 customers. He lost everything; his house, car, wife & kids, his entire business, and all his money. His parents also lost their retirement, home, and savings because they were co owners of the business.

I used to work retail phone sales. Can confirm on the fact that you get nothing by giving a phone to a customer that is pre-purchase, but commission if they buy in store. We were told to try and upscale the customer to a different unit when they come to pick up, and the phone company often had ways that the store could sweeten the deal through special plans that we could activate a certain number of times per month.

Illness story: In middle school, my daughter had a teacher's assistant in the gym who would never allow anyone to sit out because of illness. My daughter was just getting over being sick, and I gave her permission to sit out for today. My daughter said that the note wouldn't make a difference. So I added that if she isn't allowed to sit out, then she may barf, hurl chucks, projectile vomit, or up chuck. I told my daughter if she felt she was going to barf aim for the assistant shoes. Unfortunately the assistant wasn't there that day and she gave the note to the gym teacher she liked who just happened to be eating a yogurt . After reading the note, she threw out her yogurt and was told yo sit on the side. Felt bad for the teacher, but the assistant never ignored my daughter not feeling well again. Don't mess with cubs!

Last story: “why can’t they just pay their star employee a couple more bucks an hour to keep them happy?” Because their entire business model relies on low-level employee working beyond their job duties for no extra pay, for fear of losing their job if they don’t.

9:30 I can believe that the person one the phone got irate, because Amazon has had a history of price gouging essential products during the pandemic and they feel like they should censor anyone who tells them otherwise

Pro tip. Never interrupt your enemy when they're in the middle of making a mistake.

story 1: should have sued them on top of that for wrongful firing.

For the sleazy salesperson at the cell store threatening to call the cops. I would have absolutely said "Call them." and waited.

Story 1: Ah yes, the classical "let's call a guy at the office, trashtalk him and not give him the slightest chance to pronounce a single word, and then fire him because surely he got no defense as to why he's being chewed on, that sounds reasonable!"

Anyone who try to steal my my phone would be in for a little surprise lol My phone is paired with one of those Bluetooth trackers if the phone gets further than 10 feet from the tracker a alarm that can't be cancelled from the lock screen goes off at full volume

Re: The shotgun shells. I work at Lowe’s, and the cashiers are trained in several acronyms, including the relevant SAM: Scan All Merchandise. Because many things, like lumber, can have different grades or qualities, or packaging that looks similar except for the size label or whatnot, you always* scan each individual item instead of scanning one and putting in the quantity. Also stops unscrupulous people who would hand you a cheap version of an item like a bolt and say that the other dozen (much more expensive versions) are the same. *Yeah, sometimes a cashier will do a quantity anyway, but that’s often because they’re experienced enough to know what to look at to confirm the items are actually the same, and the training makes them aware of the risk they are taking by doing so.

The sleazy salesman story. What Alan is doing is basically scamming, basically selling the phone twice but only process it the once and pocketing the money. If someone says that you need to buy something again, theyre scamming you

I really feel the hate of corporate America. My husband has worked at the same company for over 30 years. He's bent over backwards, hardly been out ill, did work related stuff on his own time off the clock etc. A year ago the doctor found a growth on his spine in his neck area, it had grown so much and invaded discs so badly the doctors wouldn't release him from the hospital. They were amazed that he hadn't been paralyzed by this yet. The next day surgery was performed to remove the growth and my husband was out for 2 months and on light duty for a month after returning to work. Then BAM two months later the company decides his job is redundant and he's moved to another department, his salary is cancelled and he's put on hourly wage which means we lost almost $1000 per month in wages! The company knows their isn't anything my husband can do about it, his position isn't technical and younger people could take his place. There aren't any other places he could go that would pay him what he's making even with the cut! That's some fucked up way of rewarding a long-term loyal employee now isn't it!!!!!

To answer your final question rSlash. The people putting the red tape in place do no actually deal with those affected by it and likely have never held those positions. Thanks to COVID my managers had to start covering wagie shifts. I have never seen so many policies fall so quickly. Dress, code, no sitting, no lunch, etc. All gone in weeks because now those rules suddenly affect them. 90% of corporate policy are written by people who were grandfathered into their roles and have never even seen a customer, let alone helped one.

actually I think instead of trying to get a cut, Alan was going to pocket the money all together, he was going to sell the phone that had already been purchased and pocket the money, that way his bosses couldn't track it down because it had already been paid for

My store is changing prices currently & some things are are about $0.25 more. This guy wanted thin foil for the price that was stated which was $5.25 and I got my manger to take off the extra $0.25 cents. He bought to rolls and continued to complained about how in the state of Massachusetts this is ilegal and it's a law for customers to get any product free if the price stated is wrong. My manager and I laughed. She stated it wasn't a law and our company has our own rules and we would loose a lot of money if that was an actual law. He insisted that, that was the law in our state and he's bring in documents to prove us wrong. My manager said he does this all the time & I believed her because once he came up to me to pay he said "Let's see if they charge me right."

I worked for AT&T years ago, and your assessment of the phone store situation is 100% correct.

Last story: Management are some of the weirdest people I know. They have to be in charge and tell people off or they might as well not be in management but they cannot do that to everyone. In order to keep a place staffed you need to hire some people that just cannot handle actual responsibility. They need their hand held at every moment and cannot be yelled at for anything or they shut down(become unresponsive or mess up even worse) Management has to put up with them or they would have no staff. Instead of yelling at them, they yell at the competent employees, the ones that keep the business running. It allows them to feel like they are in charge while the competent employee just keeps doing their job properly and ignoring all of the stupid orders the manager gives. These malicious compliance stories highlight what would really happen if these managers were listened to instead of ignored by their competent employees.

On the AT&T story, I am happy that OP got to speak to a regional manager. And not to a lowly assistant to the regional manager.

Manager: "You bought it, it's yours. It's store policy." Me with very happy voice: "Oh. So, I wouldnt be in any trouble if I keep them? THANK YOU!" Close the phone. I m sure that would awake small panic on manager what went wrong.

The sad thing about the shotgun shells is they will probably charge it on the cashier and not the manager.

Back when I was Valet in Galveston, I got a severe case of food poisoning from a badly contaminated Monster Java. I had been out of work for food poisoning before that, because the food in Galveston can be a bit sketch during the off season. My boss, of course, didn't believe that I was sick again. He wanted me to come in. Cue malicious compliance. I physically couldn't leave the first day, but I managed to scrape together enough strength to go in on the second day. I stumble into work, looking like a zombie. My skin was gray, and I could barely stand up straight. Incredibly, my boss decided I was fine to work that day. So I went and stood outside, under the hot sun, and I waited. I was trained as an EMT previously, and I knew that I was in a pretty bad state. By the time the first Bugatti pulled up, I was sweating and had spiked a massive fever. By the time the second Mercedes pulled in, I was throwing up in a trashcan on my way back from the parking lot. Then, it happened. Someone complained to front desk that there was something wrong with one of the valets. By this point, it was all I could do to not throw up in the cars. Front desk called me up to see them, took one look at me, and called my boss. (They couldn't send me home because we were a contracted company.) They ripped my boss a new butt hole, and I got to go home. Unfortunately, that food poisoning actually caused me to get sick for the next 6ish months, and I did end up working through most of it. I lost nearly 20lbs the first 3 months, and still have complications from it. I no longer drink Monster Javas.

I have to shake my head when honest people try to help correct a discrepancy get treated like that

Honestly it sounds like Allan wasn't trying to gain commission, but scam OP. He gave OP a fake number that just went to an endless hold loop and was insistent on selling the phone that's already marked in their inventory as sold and ready for pickup in their system. He said it was canceled when it was not so there was no way he could earn commissionon selling it since it was already sold. To me it sounds like he was trying to pull a fast one on OP and swindle them into paying again so he could pocket the money.

Story 2: I'm always surprised when I hear stuff like that. In GErmany, the medical history and condition isn't of any concern to the employer. If I am sick, I call in sick. When I'm sick 3 days or longer, I provide a doctor's not. The note simply states: "My patient is unfit to work from until an estimate of . This was determined on ". If you are fit earlier, you may go to work at your own discretion. If not, you can go to the doctor again, and you'll recieve a continuation in form of another note. This includes duties for me as an employee, also. I am obligated to "do nothing that might prevent an efficient recovery", because my employer is entitled to my labour. That doen't mean I have to stay in bed for the whole time, it doen't even mean I may not go out. It just means it's unwise to, say, party all night. Once, I was excused from work for 1.5 weeks by my doctor due to extreme emotional stress (I was on the brink of burn-out, due to a mix personal and job related issues). He told me: Do everything you like to do. Relax, go swimming, play games, go to a party - but don't answer any calls from family or colleagues. That's the best way to recover. We'll keep an eye on the situation in the future - if necessary, we have to start a medication, but for now, let's hope we can get along without meds" - and we did. In this case, it was just like 1.5 weeks of prescribed holiday - my employer just got the note telling him I'd be unfit to work for one and a half weeks. Btw, German law also dictates that my employer has to continue paying my salary for up to 6 weeks of continuous illness (he gets money back from the obligatory health insurance), afterward you get sickness allowance from your insurance (it's somewhere in the ballpark of 70% of your salary). I never have to provide any information about the type of sickness I have to my employer, the doctor's note doesn't state that either (there is a second note for your insurance that does contain a code roughly indicating the diagnosis like "J06.9", meaning "acute infection of the upper respiratory tract", but this is never disclosed to the employer). I would ecpect HIPAA to prevent medical disclosure in the US, but seeing how messed up some laws (especially labour laws) are there, maybe employers can force employees to disclose their own medial history to employers, even if HIPAA prevents everyone else.

I remember when we were all called in for a large case and one of the Agents had family over and called out with imaginary diarrhea. None of us really cared. When he called in with that I joked the Supervisory SSA wanted the evidence on his desk.

I worked for AT&T retail for years until last September, but for a corporate location, not authorized retail (third-party). The seller that fulfills a pickup order, ie the seller that finalizes it and hands it to the customer, gets paid normal commission for the sale. Assuming it’s the same for AR then Alan screwed him out of a job for literally no reason LOL. I would love fulfilling online orders because it was easy money.

In the phone story. My thought is that it was worse than him trying to get comission. My guess is that he tried to sell it and then pocket the money.

I worked in the back room of a store for 12 years and saw a fellow employee damage a heater exhaust pipe, and I reported it to an assistant manager. 3 more assistants told over the next 4 months, I finally heard them announce a SAFETY TEAM meeting in the HR room and I went in there, told the Team and Manager of the store the tale of the 4 assistants who do nothing and he got it fixed the next day. Assistants are often useless.

Canadian here, I find it very odd that you need to file a form when you miss a day. Never was I required to sign anything but bring a doctor's note if I miss 3+ days. This is beyond breaching into your private life.

Story 2 (detailed sick note): Barfing on the new office carpet was good for ten years of no hassle when I called in sick with a migraine.

Story number 2 would have been an illegal request in most European countries. The type of illness you are suffering is sensible data and none of the employer's business. They can ask for a doctor's receipt, which testifies, you are sick, but won't state the nature of your sickness.

9:39 - One would wonder if they checked their monthly inventory and found a shortage and an overage, then checked the cash box and found a cash shortage.

I've worked for multiple phone companies in the retention department. Do not every go into a store to get help with a phone their only job is to upsell you however they can. Call into the actual company's support and they will help you.

Second story reminds me of the time I was with mum at Kmart that had just opened up in the 70s. A little old lady was being hassled by a very rude cashier as she dug into her purse for the correct cash, eye rolling and commenting on her being too slow. A loud mouth-I rule the roost knowitall. When we came up too the register mum got the same treatment with the cashier talking to her mates as she put the transaction through. Mum handed her a $20 and in the change she got a $50 note. Being honest, mum tried to draw her attention and was told to move on quite rudely. Okay... as she got to the exit a couple of managers walked in, mum turned around and yelled "To the rude cashier at reg 2, yeah, you! I tried to tell you gave me too much change and when you are out by $30 tonight, well, here it is!" waving the half c in the air and walked out the door giving the managers a big smile. As I looked back the two managers were B lining it to the registers to a deer in headlight cashier.

I wouldn't have been able to hold it together if someone was talking over me it's a criminal sin I would have screamed them out until they let me speak and trust me I can scream like no one else

Old manager for a third party wireless company for 6+ years here…what that rep tried to do was get the order cancelled so he can sell it out from the stores inventory and up charge making more money for the store/commission instead of making pennies from an online order. Some mangers, district and regional managers make them do it. Third party retailers do this all the time in order to get you to pay more. Word of advice, google your city’s tax percentage and find out how much the taxes are for whatever you are financing. If the number they tell you is more than what you calculated or saw online, they are definitely up charging you. Do your research before walking in a store and if anything, always order online especially preordering. Some third parties do it right and others scam you.

I'm immensely irritated by the whole "I couldn't get a word in" spiel some of these people talk about. You can easily get a word in and talk over someone to get their attention.

In that first story, op should have sued them. He got fired without any justification, as legally, he worked under the supervisor not the other department anymore. So that termination should be highly illegal.

The wrong shells story is so stupid. It’s common sense that “per visit” caps a limit that you can buy per day, especially when it comes to ammo. Forget the store, OP was being entitled from the start. Can’t blame the manager for being frustrated

Is it even legal for a boss to ask in details why you were gone from work? "Im sick" no more information is allowed to ask for in this country. If they ask they will be in trouble - since thats your private information.

I did the a similar thing to the vomit story about a doctor who insisted I needed a pregnancy test because my prescription on birth control lapses for 6 days. I have been on this same birth control for 6 years, never been told this before. Kept telling them I wasn’t pregnant but they insisted, until I threatened to bring them a cup of my period blood. They never made me take that pregnancy test.

Good morning Rslash! I hope you and your family have a good day.

Magic words in AT&T story, 3rd party dealer. Also, if you're a phone worker and they say you have to let them know before you go to the bathroom, call them each and every time you have to pee. Bonus point if you are pregnant or have a medical condition that makes you pee more often. 😜

I would have gone back to the shop the following day and told whoever served me about the ammo mix up. I guarantee it would be passed on to the manager and he'd be on the phone very quickly and be willing to ignore policy 'just this once'

I never understood why corporate America gives the little guys (CSA, cashiers, etc) the most legwork, but don't allow any permissions... Need to void a transaction? Call a shift leader. Need change for the drawer? Call a shift leader. Need a return without a receipt? Call a shift leader. It's like letting a pawn move infinite amount of spaces in chess, but you can't capture anyone; like, what's the point? XD

I’ve heard of scam phone calls, but scamming someone into buying back their own phone? And it almost seemed like AT&T was in on the scam too.

I really wanted to know how the store manager reacted when he found out the mistake they made with the different ammo prices.

First story: $20k? For high-impact consultant work? Bruh... You knew the value of the product, and how much they yield!! You could have easily asked for say $50k and they would have conceded eventually.

At my old job, if you needed a break, you had to get someone else to cover your position. There were no toilet facilities at any of the positions so throughout the shift people would request a break to “take care of business”. Think security type job. Well positions were scattered across several miles. So all communication was done via radio. Any radio communication was recorded and also monitored by our “regional office”. Usually it would sound something like, “Could I get relief from such and such position.” Then the lead would respond, “Sure I’ll be there in X amount of time.” Well we had a different supervisor working one day when I requested a break. Before anyone could respond the supervisor gets on the radio and asks WHY I need a break. Really? Ok. I respond, “I need to change my bloody tampon sir.” That supervisor never again asked why someone needed a break. 😂😂😂

6:00 This story happened to my parents when I was a toddler. They were visiting my dad's parents over a break and due to some mishap neither had gotten paid for that month so they had like 10$ in our local currency as spending money for the week until monday. As it happens I got sick and needed some cold medicine so dad went to the apothecary and paid like 4$ for a bottle of cold medicine. To his surprise he got 46$ back and when he tried to object that he was paid the wrong amount the staff just sighed and said "No sir. You paid with a 50$ bill. This is the correct amount" Disregarding that our bills for 10$ and 50$ don't look anything alike he continued objecting, trying to explain he was paid *too much* but they wouldn't hear it. So eventually he just gave up and took the change. They insisted and why turn down some extra spending money for your vacation.

the second story.. how is it even legal for employers to ask what you had? like "i was sick" should be enough they have no business in your health issues unless the employee is fine sharing

In the UK, our currency is (£) Pounds and (p) Pence like pennies. Not Cents. The countries in the EU use (€) Euros and (¢) Cents like he American/Canadian/Australian ones

When dealing with shitty managers (and I've had more managers than working years with my supermarket chain) they blame other people for not working or dance around seaming like their working, they don't last long!

3:47 In Austria it is Illegal to even ask why youre sick, because it is considered disclosure of medical Information. The only Info that he is allowed to get is if a Female Employee is pregnant, so the Boss can adjust the environment for her or give her paid leave on top of her Vacation.