This happened a year ago but I think about it often. I worked at shoprite in the shop from home department. I would go pick out all the items (and then do everything else too) and scan them with my little scanner thing.
One of the perks of this job is if you have to go potty, you can, and I had to go potty. So I wheeled over to the bathroom, tucked my cart by the doors that lead into the back of produce and put my scanner under a bunch of chip bags in my cart. I didn’t want to bring it into the bathroom as I feel that is gross. I’m touching everyone’s produce. I saw the store manger across the room and I just had this feeling he was watching me, he liked to cause problems. I used the bathroom really fast, seriously fast. I came out and tried to find my scanner. it was gone. I immediately knew he took it. there was no way a customer took it.
I remember it so clear. I walked over and tried to play cool, “hey my scanner is missing from my cart”. He got dramatically wide eyed, “your scanner is missing?! Where was it?”.
I explained to him where I had left it, while I grew increasingly more agitated.
“You should NEVER leave your scanner somewhere, they’re basically computers and people will steal them, they’re very expensive,” he went on and I literally felt like I was going to scream. I put my hand out.
“But lucky FOR YOU, I happened to find it first,” and he plopped it in my hand.
He continued to try to speak to me but I walked as fast as possible to my department. It took every ounce of self control I had not to smash that little computer on the ground right there. I furiously explained to my coworkers & department manager what happened. Luckily they were always very nice and appreciative.
He took up way more time then my potty break, and fucked with me for no reason, I think really just to see me squirm. Our department was always understaffed and I was producing top numbers so I don’t know why.
He also told me I had to get back to work when I was not participating in the BBQ (vegetarian). Cause I’m not eating your almost bad meat via the power being out I have to go work? No one else was!
Told me I couldn’t wear black tights under (barely) ripped black jeans on casual day even though multiple male employees always did.
He fired the disabled kid because he called him fat. Sorry but like that comes with hiring him, he won’t be able to help it sometimes. I really liked that kid too I was going to give him a switch, really pissed me off.
My car broke and he told me to get an Uber. I told him to pay for it. He said no. I didn’t show up.
They had a LIE of a rewards system, if a customer complimented you to customer service you got a $3 gift card. I know for a fact I was not given one every single time.
Had to rant. Who wants to work when you literally just get bullied for trying to do your job.