A lot of bosses just want you to follow their instructions. It doesn’t matter if those instructions make sense or if they will have the opposite of the desired effect.

See how this worker knew his boss made a bad decision.

“You have to eat it on your break for it to be free”? Fine by me.

I never take a break from work, save for a number 1 visit to the bathroom.

Nearly Everyone else in my fast food establishment takes 20 minutes plus smoke breaks or sit down breaks to eat their meals.

I have a wife and three kids at home who love eating food I bring home, so I skip my break and take the food home at closing, along with the occasional food that’s gonna be tossed anyway.

Not everyone saw it that way.

I got into the system of making sandwiches for myself ahead of time and heat lamp them so I can just leave without leaving a mess.

All of a sudden one of my managers gets happy and says “I’m gonna have to start charging you for all this…”

I thought he was kidding.

Either way, just in case, I said “I never take a break and you know that, so when else am I gonna eat it?”

The next evening he rung up the items for me to pay for at the end of the night. I paid.

I knew my mid shift break was crunch time.

That’s why I never took those breaks.

Way too busy.

It was hard because I knew it was going to mess up our day part numbers because my manager counts on my skills during the rush.

So I decided to start taking my twenty minute break, eating my food for free, now that we’re slammed.

I still saved some for my kids.

I could get used to this.

Here’s how it went:

I got a text 17 minutes ago. Loosely translated from Spanish, “What happened last night? Worst numbers since before the holiday” I was hired in November.

The impact was instant.

I didn’t have time to write all of this last night but here are some comments overheard whilst typing:

“Jesus, where’s the mobile order!” “Which one?” “Ala pinche ventana!”

“When’s OP off break we’re dying?“

“Yeah cuz “David” smells and doesn’t know the menu.”

“David” – at least I don’t wear that stupid deodorant he does like Wolf Thorn or Dragon tits or some nonsense”

All the while every customer has an audible disappointment/anger in their voice waiting for food.

It was entertaining as it was hard to listen to and not jump in.

Here is what people are saying.

It’s all survival mode, I think.

Ew, no.

Yes. You don’t get farther in life by letting people exploit you.

That’s a lot of work and the food would be gross.

I agree. This kind of thing is never going to get better.

I hope things improve for this worker soon.

They probably won’t, though.

If you liked this post, check out this story about an employee who got revenge on a co-worker who kept grading their work suspiciously low.