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Advice on Quitting

So, I recently moved to Denver and was in desperate need for a job. I started working for this coffee shop that wasn’t yet opened but now it is. The owner quite literally admitted to me that he didn’t hire someone because they were non-binary and he “didn’t understand that kinda stuff.” He talks disgustingly about homeless people as well. He came into work with a FEVER and chuckled when I advised he should wear a mask. Besides being a bigot (he claims he’s liberal) and a weirdo, he’s a terrible boss. He works the morning shifts for now and refuses to do any of the work that’s needed to be done for the next person. He complains about people not wanting to work these days but doesn’t do the job himself. I’ve tracked it now, and he hasn’t once given me any positive reinforcement despite me having helped build…


So, I recently moved to Denver and was in desperate need for a job. I started working for this coffee shop that wasn’t yet opened but now it is. The owner quite literally admitted to me that he didn’t hire someone because they were non-binary and he “didn’t understand that kinda stuff.” He talks disgustingly about homeless people as well. He came into work with a FEVER and chuckled when I advised he should wear a mask. Besides being a bigot (he claims he’s liberal) and a weirdo, he’s a terrible boss. He works the morning shifts for now and refuses to do any of the work that’s needed to be done for the next person. He complains about people not wanting to work these days but doesn’t do the job himself. I’ve tracked it now, and he hasn’t once given me any positive reinforcement despite me having helped build the shop from the ground up and having trained everyone that he’s hired. every time I come to relieve him of his shift, he complains to me about things that I’m doing and he says– verbatim– “okay, make this happen today. We really need more reviews on google. You need to be PUSHING those google reviews.” I’ve gotten every one of the five reviews he has and he hasn’t acknowledged that at all. He’s obsessed with reviews. Every encounter he has with a customer, he says before he’s even handed them their coffee “and would you mind please writing us a very good review on google.” It comes off as uncomfortable and pushy. The culture is horrible at the shop. I’ve come home crying nearly everyday. I’m fucking miserable. I just wanted to know if it would be horrible if I texted them (he and his wife bc she kind of owns it too) after my last shift of the week on Saturday and told them I quit? It’ll give them two days to figure something out. Is that horrible of me? I can’t bare another two weeks if I were to put in a two week notice. I feel crazy and guilty for giving up so fast on this job. I don’t even want to go in tomorrow or the next day. Any advice is appreciated.

TLDR;
My boss is a micromanaging, neo-lib asshole and I’m wondering if it’s cool if I quit without much notice.

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