I need some advice, I'll make it as short and sweet as possible but it's still probably long lol
Basically I was overworked and underpaid and my boss disagreed so I went and found a better job. Valid.
I work at a restaurant and my boss usually runs the register while I run the kitchen… by myself
I put in my 2 weeks one Friday morning and he seemed chill about it..
But 2 hours into our lunch rush, I was a little behind on an order ( it had less than 3 minutes left)
He. Was. PISSED about it. I honestly thought he was joking because it was literally almost ready. I apologized for falling a little behind, but knew it wasn't really about the order.
He proceeded to flip TF out.
He paced up to me and GRABBED me on my shoulders, shoved me around and started yelling about how terrible and lazy I am. He then paced across the kitchen and grabbed a few dishes to throw them across the kitchen towards me, not AT me but still. most notable one being one of our giant 15 lb pans. All this while whining (loudly) about how bad i am at my job.
He then threw a little table across the kitchen, still yelling at me about how lazy and worthless I am.
While he's doing this, I'm just buzzing through all these orders, apologizing.
After he threw a giant pan is when I kind of stop remembering what happened so I'm sorry if this is a patchy story.
Apparently while I was panicking in the back, he had called someone to cover the register so he could leave.
The closing cashier told me my bosses version of what happened and pretty much, according to my boss, what actually happened was I'm just a lazy fuck. What i got from that was that my boss feels fully justified in the way he acted.
So I quit the next day, no more 2 weeks notice for you mf.
But really, should I have been more understanding? I still feel kind of guilty for just leaving but I've been having nightmares since. I'm very conflicted about this whole thing…