I was working a large corporation retail job where I handled meat and seafood. I always came in with the mindset, “Im here to work and maybe some chitchatter- No drama too”. I'm the type of guy that you'd see and ask yourself, “Is he stoned or did he go through some displinary shit..”; I'm very difficult to read. So whenever I'm working, I look miserable. But in reality Im just working and mostly nuetral.
There was one worker here who has been with the company for over 15+ years and had an insane payrate. Whereas my payrate was literally bare minimum. Anyway. They had “Powers”- they can tell you anything their heart desires and you HAD to listen, basically a Manager position but without the title.
Before this blowout, do remind yourself I had no FUCKING CLUE they had this sacred secret. Nobody informed me, hinted at me, nothing. So on multiple occasions, they asked me to do some tasks that were out of the ordinary. Me being me. I said, “Ill think about it”. But never did it.
Now for the juice. The fateful day. The day that surpised me harder than seeing MoistCriticals biceps buldge up when flexed. In the middle of my shift there was a brand new guy with me and this Karen Sheep next to me. And while CUSTOMER'S ARE WATCHING US AND WITHIN EAR SHOT, she makes all of these claims , “X Why dont you respect me!?, I know you hate me and YOU wont admit it. You disrespect the elderly so much here.” Following a, “you wanna know something? If I wanted to get you outa here, I COULD fire YOU.” (Me responding with , ” I dont get paid enough to hear this X” – in a calm voice whereas they were literally screaming)
Then the cherry on top, ” if you were my daughter, by the way shes 39, I'd slap you”.
She fucking went off. I asked higher management, got it written as to what happened and the store owner 15mins later after hearing their side of the story told me this, “Listen X, whenever they tell you to do something, you do it, ok?”. (All in a subtle smiley tone as if nothing wrong happend)
1 day later. I put in my two week notice, my boss came to ask the situation to me about what happened. Yea. I was just not having it. There's more to the lore in terms of relationships between me and my co-workers (Which is completely healthy btw) but I think I've covered the juicy parts. Thanks for reading.