Let me give you context right quick I work at a retail store. I get a text from my manager on my day off saying that we have an in store meeting the very next day at 8:00 am for a virtual call. We've had these meetings before, every single one of them have been virtual and not mandatory to be in store. The managers at the other locations said it was mandatory to be in store fore the call. So I wake up at 6:30 (2 hours earlier than usual) To eat breakfast and shower up etc. My store opens up an hour later (10, when the other stores open at 9) than the other stores in our region . So I get to work at 8. Meeting doesn't last longer than 30 minutes. 8:30 hits, the meeting is done. The thing that ticks me off is that the same managers who said it was mandatory to be in the store for the call were all chullin in their houses for it. So now basically for the next hour and 30 minutes I'm legit just wasting my time.
TLDR: forced to come into work 2 hours early for a virtual call that lasted 30 minutes because managers made it mandatory. But those same managers didn't come into their stores and were all chillin at home. It's an hour and 30 minutes before my shift starts and now I'm just wasting my time walking around in circles making this post because besides cleaning, there's nothing to do.
PS. Also I just want to say i have no problem going to the meetings and learning things. But don't force me to come into work 2 hours early to watch a power point presentation that I could've watched and listen to at home.