In September of 2020 I started working at a non-chain restaurant. They were pretty good to me st first, but I was a college graduate and wanted a more stable income with benefits, so in Jan 2021 I started working on a certification. I talked to them a lot throughout the process, the owner seemed really happy and excited for me.
Come August 2021 I had completed my certification and had a job offer. The owner started to get really combative with me. They would try to argue that I could make more money waiting tables, which while that may be true from an hourly perspective, my new job offered PTO, sick days, continued education, health insurance, and a 401k. Not to mention the lack of stress from not having to kiss ass all day and shifts that end at a reasonable hour.
The only other waitress that worked there at the time had to leave the country to officially get her residency she was supposed to return the 17th. I agreed to stay on until that day, and had arranged this with my future employer. Unfortunately she was unable to make it back on time due to covid complications. I left anyways to start my new job. My old boss called me every day, multiple times a day. I blocked their number on the third day.
I've been very happy at my new job, and hadn't thought about it until mid Jan 2022 when I didnt recieve my tax form in the mail. I waited longer, and longer, and longer. Until today 2/24/22 I picked it up. Almost a month after he was legally supposed to mail it. Heres how it went:
I called the restaurant and ordered some food (despite everything the food is pretty good and as a show of good faith). I told the person on the phone that I also needed my W2. While I waited I went to the bar next door and had a beer for liquid courage. After my beer I picked up the food, the owners son checked me out, and was very reasonable, but did not have my tax form I had to talk to the owner.
I go over there and the owner says to me: “what you did was really fucked up”
I said: I was going through a lot, I need my W2
Owner: Oh, so THATS why your here. (And pulls my W2 out of a STACK of them he hasnt mailed)
Me: thanks
Owner: you know you cost the restaurant 15 thousand dollars because we had to close for a week
Me: mumbles
Owner: we were just worried about you, you could've picked up the phone
Me: I was going through a lot
Owner: silence
Me: ok, bye
Like what the fuck, you withhold my tax document so I have to come in, so you can attempt to bully and try to gaslight me, and have the AUDACITY act surprised when I come pick it up? It's not my fault you ran off every server you tried to hire in the EIGHT MONTHS OF WARNING you had for my departure. It's not my fault you had to close when I left, exactly when i said i was going to leave. Fuck you, fuck your restaurant, fuck the service industry, no wonder nobody wants to work in restaurants anymore. I'm reporting you to the IRS so you cant do this to anyone else, I'm not even putting you on my resume because honestly nobody even cares anymore.
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