January 7, 2025 at 12:35 pm

Her Horrible Manager Wouldn’t Let Her Stay Home Even Though She Was Sick, So She Prevented The Manager From Going On Vacation

by Sarrah Murtaza

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Not all bosses or managers good! This girl had to deal with the worst boss!

She couldn’t even take a day off when she was feeling extremely sick.

She was not about to let her boss get away with making her work when she was sick!

Find out how she gets revenge via malicious compliance!

Want to threaten my job for being sick and “ruining” your day? Enjoy having your weekend ruined as well!

Many years ago I worked at a gas station on a college campus, mainly the evening shift Thursday through Sunday nights.

The manager, I’ll call her Wanda, was useless.

She was constantly failing at her responsibilities, then blaming the employees when the owner would mention something.

This is where it gets really bad…

I had been working there for about 4 years when one morning I wasn’t feeling well.

I called around to see if anyone could come in for my shift (4-12), but no one was available.

I called Wanda to let her know I was sick and unable to come in, since part of her job was to cover shifts when others cannot.

She told me to be at work and on time, or else I would be fired.

That’s so bad!

So I took my sick self up to work and within an hour I was throwing up.

I even threw up behind the counter when I couldn’t make it to the bathroom in time.

I called Wanda and told her I had to leave, as I was throwing up constantly.

She got an attitude, but said she would come in anyway.

UH OH…

An hour later, she showed up, complaining that I ruined her day because she and her boyfriend were planning to leave to go on vacation that evening.

I started to gather my things and she asked me what I was doing.

I said, “I’m sick and throwing up. I’m going home.”

She replied, “I’m just here to watch the store while you get yourself together. If you leave, don’t bother coming back.”

So I left.

She wasn’t done yet!

Around 8:00 Wanda called to ask me where I was.

I told her I was at home, in bed, still throwing up.

She told me I needed to come back to work so she could leave for her vacation.

I reminded her of what she said before she left and said I was more than happy to comply. I hung up the phone and unplugged it (this was when land lines were still popular).

I plugged the phone back in at 11:45 and called the store.

Wanda answered after a minute of ringing, so the store had to be busy (usually there’s a ton of college kids wanting to get alcohol before the midnight cutoff).

The final blow!

I said something like, “Wanda, it’s Christine. I just wanted to let you know that I’ll be coming by Monday to get my last check and also, I agreed to work doubles tomorrow and Sunday so EmployeeX could go home for the weekend. Goodnight”, and unplugged the phone again after hanging up.

I had a cell phone at this point, but Wanda didn’t have the number, so I didn’t plug my phone back in until Monday.

I went up to the office around 3 to get my last check and Wanda was furious.

The manager lost her job!

She had worked an entire extra week’s worth of hours in one weekend and she was salaried, so no extra pay.

She also got in a lot of trouble when the owner found out what she did and I was rehired immediately.

She was fired within a year of that incident.

YIKES! That sounds painful!

Her boss really needed to find someone else to cover the shift.

Let’s find out what the Reddit community has to say about this one.

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If the manager had been kinder, things wouldn’t have escalated like that!

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