Some jobs run on outdated systems, yet still have the audacity to expect modern solutions.

One employee worked a strictly in-person office job, no remote access, no way to check anything unless she was physically at her desk, which made it all the more baffling when her boss kept texting her after hours with work questions.

The core conflict was almost absurd: this employee was being asked to answer things she had zero physical ability to answer from home, over and over, for issues that weren’t even emergencies at all.

So after the third round of boundary-crossing texts, something had to give, and eventually it did.

Keep reading for the full scoop.

I’m Not Remote Do Not Text Me

I work an office job in a physical building. I don’t engage with or do work outside of office hours.

But somehow her boss hasn’t gotten the memo.

This is the 3rd time my office manager has texted me off the clock with non-emergency questions.

My company functions in 1998, there is no remote option or access to any information without being in office.

The boss isn’t the most independent person, and it’s starting to drive this employee up the wall.

What sends me over the edge is that this time she asked me specifics about crap she could have easily looked up AT WORK or simply asked the customer she talked to without bothering me at all.

Not only is this annoying, but it’s also logistically impossible since the company has taken such a hard line about remote work.

I don’t engage with or track work things when I’m not physically there.

How the heck would I know what specific items a delivery driver failed to drop off if I can’t look at the freaking information.

The employee knows she needs to make some kind of change.

I’m muting her number going forward, I don’t give a care if there’s a work emergency. There’s no reason to do this to people.

My company ships supplies to businesses, there is absolutely nothing so extremely important that it needs to be texted about off the clock.

When you’re the boss, you have to choose your emergencies wisely.

If it was my boss asking about the $35k shipment where I am point of contact, fine, I’ll answer that. But a lightweight customer service question? Screw all the way off.

BTW I’m absolutely talking to my boss about adding billable hours for being asked to perform labor off the clock. 10 minutes is 10 minutes. Pay me.

Sounds like this employee is over all this nonsense.

Redditors are sure to have some strong opinions about all this.

Many employers’ rigidity comes back to bite them in times like these.

Force employees back into the office? Then don’t be surprised if the office is the only place work gets done.

It’s called a personal phone for a reason.

Employees are often a lot smarter than their toxic bosses give them credit for.

What makes this situation particularly infuriating is how little sense the requests actually make given the nature of the job.

In addition to the wider issue of overworking your employees when they’re off the clock, this boss seems to fundamentally underestimate the barriers to barring your employees from working remotely.

How is this employee supposed to answer questions she is physically unable to find the answer to?

Ultimately, something has to give here. If the job requires her attention outside office hours, that time deserves to be paid, just like any other task.