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Advice on what to do about employers not handling a coworker throwing things at me

Okay i feel like i should preface this really quick; i am NOT looking to sue or any major legal actions. This sub tends to choose more extreme answers sometimes, and im really only looking on advice on whether or not I should quit. If the situation is something I should suck up and deal with, advice on how to quit, things like that. I just started a new job a few weeks ago in a kitchen. One day while the kitchen was particularly busy I was rushing to get dishes done in time for my shift to be over. I have very bad hearing and even though i havent been working very long its pretty obvious from how often I have to get people to repeat things or how often i misunderstand things. I was apparently being too loud with dishes because I was so focused on getting it…


Okay i feel like i should preface this really quick; i am NOT looking to sue or any major legal actions. This sub tends to choose more extreme answers sometimes, and im really only looking on advice on whether or not I should quit. If the situation is something I should suck up and deal with, advice on how to quit, things like that.

I just started a new job a few weeks ago in a kitchen. One day while the kitchen was particularly busy I was rushing to get dishes done in time for my shift to be over. I have very bad hearing and even though i havent been working very long its pretty obvious from how often I have to get people to repeat things or how often i misunderstand things. I was apparently being too loud with dishes because I was so focused on getting it done, but nobody was saying anything to me so I didnt realize I was being loud. The people I work with the most have gotten used to coming up next to me when I dont hear me, yelling (not in an angry way and I take no offense, it's very much appreciated lol) or tapping me on my shoulder.

In the middle of this i'm brought out of my focus by a size-able metal bowl slamming against the wall 2 inches from my head. Like, not to the sink next to me, i mean the exact same sink i was working in and with a decent amount of force. I look over and the person just smiles and says something sarcastically. I was taken aback but just continued what i was doing because i wasnt told i was doing anything wrong. I figured i just misunderstood them or something, idk. They immediately started screaming about how I was ignoring them on purpose. Had no idea what they meant or what I was ignoring.

The next day i set up a meeting with my manager over it and I'm really not sure that it was handled properly. It felt mostly like they were more focused on lecturing me about moving too slow in the kitchen. Its fair, but not what I wanted to talk about. They drilled in a lot of 'they've been working here longer than you', 'you just misunderstood the situation', 'sometimes we need to be more aware of our surroundings' and 'we're sorry that you felt that way'. The people i was meeting with didnt see the bowl thrown at me but talked to the person who did it and said that the person 'was just tossing it' to me. They told me that tossing dishes into the sink was normal and that no harm was meant by it.

I feel like that shouldnt be normal? Even if it was, i should have been given some warning right? I'm not sure if this is normal or how big of a deal it really is. It wasnt like I was injured. I cant expect major action like that person being fired, and they're unlikely to fire me because they're understaffed. They say they talked to the person but i dont really feel satisfied with how that seemed to go. They offered to let me talk to them myself for an apology but I was too scared to accept the offer.

I dont need this job, i just need to be out of the house and to be doing something that will look good on a resume down the line. I've had a few other peoples opinions given but i want more input before i do anything because i feel like i dont know enough in this situation to make a proper call. Should I keep working and see how it goes? Force myself to talk to this person? Is quitting something I really should consider?

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