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Manager wouldn’t let me trade a day, so I got the rest of the week off

This is kind of short and happened a few years back. I worked as a deli clerk at a chain grocery store and had been there about 12 years when I slipped on one of my kids' toys at home and hurt my knee. It wasn't serious but it was really sore and working on my feet all day was making it worse. I talked one of my coworkers into trading a day with me so I could rest it up a little more. She said no problem! But when I went to clear it with my manager she told me “no, I need you to make pot pies tomorrow.” I wasn't the only person capable of making these stupid chicken pot pies, but they always had me do it because mine were the prettiest. So the next day I went to the local walk-in clinic to have my knee…


This is kind of short and happened a few years back.

I worked as a deli clerk at a chain grocery store and had been there about 12 years when I slipped on one of my kids' toys at home and hurt my knee. It wasn't serious but it was really sore and working on my feet all day was making it worse. I talked one of my coworkers into trading a day with me so I could rest it up a little more. She said no problem!

But when I went to clear it with my manager she told me “no, I need you to make pot pies tomorrow.” I wasn't the only person capable of making these stupid chicken pot pies, but they always had me do it because mine were the prettiest.

So the next day I went to the local walk-in clinic to have my knee looked at, and wouldn't you know it, I had to take the rest of the week off to rest it!

By that point I was beyond quiet quitting that place and was actively trying to get fired, and i ended up finally getting a new job a few months later. The look on my bosses face the priceless when I brought in my doctors note.

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