"I am uilaterally deciding dinodino, I!"
Posted on 03/29/2014 11:23:49 AM PDT by lowbridge
When the manager of a Michigan gas station failed to show up for work on time, her third-shift employee did what any of us would do; he left an angry note on the door, locked up and went home.
Okay, most of us would never do it. But how awesome was it that he did?
The BP manager, who declined to be named, said she was running “30 minutes late” because she slept through her alarm.
The tardy manager also said she was surprised that “Joe” left the note on the door instead of calling her before leaving the store.
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Why?
Too late, the damage is already done and Joe is very likely to end up with the manager’s job.
If the manager can’t make it in on time how can he/she demand such of employees?
The employee writes on the note that the boss was 1+ hours late w/ no phone call.
The boss says 30 minutes.
The boss was "surprised" Joe left a note, instead of calling her.
Lets look at these things. Who's scamming who", Joe or the manager? Was it 1+ hour or a half hour?
Simple common sense tells us that if was simply 30 minutes, the manager would have called the store as soon as she got up realizing she was going to be late. The fact that she didn't, leads me to believe that she was more than the 30 minutes she stated. IF it was just 30 minutes, a phone call before leaving the house would have let the employee know that the manager was going to be a little late.
The fact that the manager was "surprised" that Joe left a note INSTEAD of calling her, tells me she didn't call Joe in the first place. A phone call from her BEFORE leaving her house would have stopped the employee from leaving, or if he did leave, wouldn't have written the note.
Lastly, if reporters or the owners really want to get to the truth, ask the person who took the picture if there is a time and date stamp on/with it. Most people are taking pictures with their phones. Phones record when pics are taken. Of course they could also just ask the person when they were at the store. Either way it would either verify Joe's 1+ hour statement, or the managers 30 minutes.
I lean closer to Joe's.
Since WHEN is the counter clerk the one whom decides whether or not the business will open that day? If the employee felt that the manager’s hours were causing problems, then the employee should have escalated the issue through the proper chain of command: to the district manager or owner, whichever it was in this case.
It is not the employee’s call to decide to close a business for a day. I would have fired him immediately, with prejudice.
If I owned this store, I would have fired the employee immediately, and then the manager, depending on how many times he had already been written up.
Agreed! Fire the irresponsible supervisor.
Heard that from a brandy-new third class Boatswain's Mate back in '61.
You have an ethical problem that is unresolvable if you would even consider retaining the manager.
Okay you might only have a lack of intellect, but either way you both have a problem and you are a problem.
The employee wrote the note.
The employee posted the note on the Internet timestamping the fact that the manager was already an hour late.
So we have established by way of the time the note was posted on the Internet that the manager was at least an hour late. There is no he said : she said about that fact. It is established and only someone stupid or intrinsically dishonest would try to deny this.
Even at this point, the manager is trying to claim she was only running a half hour late. If so, why don’t we see her hand ripping the note off of the door, as she has been there with the employee for the past half hour.
She (and you) both have and are problems.
There is no excuse for her. You, on the other hand should have read the article and thought about it before posting something stupid which you cannot defend.
And some employees are hair-trigger in their disgruntlement.
Which is why it is hard to judge this story without knowing more.
“Since WHEN is the counter clerk the one whom decides whether or not the business will open that day?”
Since the manager didn’t do it, the employee is not responsible to keep the store open. The employee does not have the authority to open the doors. Since when is it any responsibility of an employee to open or close a store as you suggest? The employee did the one thing he most likely is responsible to do and that is to secure the premises.
“depending on how many times he had already been written up.”
Times? Many? Once late like this and the sucker is a goner. Once.
If this was your business, would you have allowed your employee to shutter it? I am a business owner and I can tell you with 100% certainty that the employee should have called the owner to complain instead of unilaterally deciding to close the store, resulting in lost revenues.
You don’t see this because you are not a business owner.
It is a quite common occurrence for an establishment to open before the manager arrives.
"I am uilaterally deciding dinodino, I!"
The disgruntled employee took it upon himself to CLOSE THE BUSINESS without approval. He should be fired.
The manager whom was late should also be disciplined, up to and including termination.
“Amazing whats passing for news today.”
Dog poops in yard, news at 11:00.
His shift was over. You don’t know if the manager previous refused to authorize overtime.
Apparently this is the station in question:
He’s an employee, not a slave. He’s allowed to leave when his shift is over.
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