Long post, new to posting, and on mobile- Here's my story!
I (21F) have been working in a popular pizza chain for about 4-5 months. For the most part, it's a decent job, my co-workers are friendly, tasks throughout the day is easy, and pay matches the work. However, our manager (let's call him Kev, 22M) is extremely incompetent. Kev is unprofessional, talks way too fast, jokes inappropriately, and screams in the store thinking it is the funniest thing on planet Earth.
Kev has also violated many OSHA guidelines, including:
Using bleach cleaners with various other cleaning chemicals combined.
Leaving pizza racks for hours out in the open with approximately 120 pizzas on those racks, causing the dough to bloat and come up to dangerous temperatures.
And my favorite:
Selling pizza with plastic in it.
I am currently working on documenting all of these violations as a C.Y.A, and will eventually report it to his higher ups or the state health department. It's going slow due to how small the store is, I don't want to potentially find myself in trouble for my phone being out, or my co-workers getting the wrong idea.
Anyway, recently I had come into work on an opening shift and started the usual tasks, one including setting up a cold table. This cold table has a trough for topping containers, it also has doors located on the front containing product for easy reach. On this day, the cold table had been unplugged. I had asked Kev if there was a reason for it being unplugged, and he didn't have a clue. Worrying about the product, I opened the front facing doors and touched the cheese bags (also, no thermometer inside) and they were ALL at room temperature.
This is a major problem, anything perishable or temp sensitive needs to be below 40°F or at freezing temperatures to be safe for consumption. I express my concerns to Kev, knowing this now spoiled food could seriously harm someone and needed to be disposed of- here is the following short conversation:
Me: “hey, all of this stuff is bad Kev, we need to get rid of it”
Kev: “No, it's still safe, this has happened before. Just keep working”
I didn't say anything else after this interaction I immediately took a needle thermometer nearby, and temped some ham I had in the trough before knowing the cold table was unplugged. IT WAS 58°F YA'LL I was beyond horrified and began to panic. I took a quick photo of the thermometer inside the container while Kev was up front counting registers, and began looking around for a number I could call. When I couldn't, I walked over to Kev and told him I felt super sick (fib I know, but I had to do research and find someone I could call)
When I arrived home, I got onto the application we use for clocking in/ out and for checking the schedule. I found a page within the app containing reporting managers and who reports to who. I found the district manager's number and called him, explaining all of the problems and recent debacle. He was super polite, and understandably disturbed by this information. He told me he would handle it and that was that.
On the following morning, Kev wasn't there and everything in the cold table had been replaced. I felt relieved that I potentially saved multiple people, and continued work. After my shift, I clocked out and began to leave..when Kev walked in. He looked absolutely miffed, and asked where I was going, I just looked at him blankly and said “home” before walking out.
Things hadn't really changed since that day, aside from a shift change that meant I wouldn't be seeing him often ( a win honestly) but it felt good knowing I did something right, and stood up for myself in my own way for the first time.
I have other whacky stories from past jobs, so expect new posts from this Reddit newbie!
(TLDR: Manager tries to poison people with warm ham, I reported him to a higher up, and now he's mad at me)