About six years ago I worked at a a small French cafe. When the owner had hired me he had asked if I would be able to commit to at least 6 months. That didn’t seem like a problem at the time, so I said yes. Fast forward a few weeks later, and he decided that I would replace the main cashier/waitress when she left. He seemed to like me, and even decided that I would be the person speaking for the store voicemail. I would usually do morning shift, which for the first hour or so was just he and I. We would prepare the place, and have some regulars pop in for there insanely early morning coffee.
Pretty early on he decided that he would comment on how “beautiful” I was, and say other things that obviously where inappropriate. He was about 40, and had a wife and kids. I was 21 at the time. It was strange, and definitely unprofessional. A couple months in, I had enough of the early morning, rude costumers, and boundary pushing boss. I told him that I was quitting, and could only stay on another week.
Boy he did not like that. You would have though that I had broken up with him. He said some terrible things, told me I was basically horrible and that I betrayed him ( that was the gist, it’s been a while so I don’t remember it verbatim). He also told me not to come in again at all.
I had always felt bad about that and guilty before I found this sub. But now I realize he was creepy and I didn’t owe him anything.