Category: Antiwork

I pulled in to the Hardee's drive through behind another car. They placed their order, pulled up to the window, and I waited. No one came over the speaker for me. No big deal, I'm still trying to figure out how to change my car clock for daylight saving time, so I fuck around with that while. After several minutes, a panicked voice came over the speaker. “I'm so so so sorry! How long have you been waiting?” I said, “It's totally fine” and placed my order, and she again apologized for the wait. When I got to the window, she again apologized profusely. I told her, “On behalf of all the people who have been shitty to you today, I promise I'm not one of them and I'm sorry you have to deal with that.” I saw her wipe a couple tears away as she ran my card. When…

Perhaps this isn't the place to ask, but I thought that r/antiwork would at the very least appreciate the situation that my coworkers and I are in. To put things simply, company expects us to complete tasks that take >15 minutes within 15 minutes. If we have don't finish all of the tasks or stay past the 15 minutes there is the implicit threat that it would be considered a “performance issue.” Our site manager has stated that she has no problem with us staying past the 15 minutes, but every time we have to provide an explanation of extenuating circumstances for why we had to stay late. As a result, a lot of us will clock out at the 15 minute mark and finish completing the tasks. Management has stated that if we are having difficulty completing all of the tasks, we can work on our (already short) 15…