When you have a job, you need to do everything you can to show up for the shifts you are scheduled.

What would you do if you traded shifts with someone so you could make plans, but then they backed out the morning of and refused to come in?

That is what happened to the employee in this story.

She’s not sure if she made the right decision.

Let’s read the whole story.

AITAH for not showing up for a shift I was scheduled

My coworker, who is “sick” every other week and needs her shifts covered or switched around often, texted the work chat the other day that she was sick (yet again) and asked to switch.

She also complains about not getting enough hours even though she calls out.

That was nice.

I prefer to have a set schedule every week but I decided to switch with her this time.

She said hopefully she would feel better Saturday (today).

I worked her shift two days ago.

Yesterday I go into work and was surprised to see she had worked her morning shift.

Why am I not surprised?

After work she came up to the bar, got herself a stiff drink and sat down to eat her meal/drink a beer.

She looked/sounded fine.

Afterward she asked to take a shot with our other coworker who was off as well.

They discussed hanging out and if they should buy beer or not.

Nope, not her problem.

Today, just a few hours before the shift I was scheduled for but had given to her, she texts the work chat saying she is still sick and I needed to work my shift as originally scheduled.

I got extremely annoyed because I made other plans today.

I told her in the work chat, that no I was not going to work today because I assumed she was feeling better because the day before she was taking shots/drinking and had been working.

She asked if anyone else wanted to work, and no one responded.

She then messaged the manager to tell them she wasn’t working my shift and that I had to.

The manager should be mad at the one who is always sick.

The manager is now mad at me because I refused to come in after my coworkers behavior and making other plans.

AITAH for not showing up to my shift?

AITAH?

She got someone to cover, it isn’t her problem to work that shift anymore. This is a management problem in the end.

Let’s see what the people in the comments on Reddit say about it.

This is a really good idea.

This is exactly how it should work.

You know she got herself sick.

Yes, never trade with her again.

I would think this is pretty standard.

Never trade with that girl again.

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