r/Maliciouscompliance Karen Told Me to Stop Being Deaf!

[@ameliawinget9229]

The hearing aids - worker could sue for them not letting her wear them, they have a disability and are legally protected for things like that

[@ShadowReignhart]

They could, but it wouldn't be worth it. Best case scenario, OP ends up fired and gets a ton of money and closes the Workplace. Worst case scenario, they lose and lose a lot. I think their MC was perfect to make the Karen Realize that she shouldn't always Assume.

[@missluciddreams3472]

True...ADA

[@sherylcascadden4988]

Teaching an over controlling AH a lesson is preferable to ruining a business.

[@MmeHyraelle]

Yup, they could. But the ada is as worth as it is enforced. And you need money for that, which is usually little when disabled.

[@missluciddreams3472]

@@MmeHyraelle I know plenty of disability attorneys who would take the case for free because it's a guaranteed win. They don't get paid unless you do. My mother hired one on an ADA case.

[@rSlash]

Me: 10 minutes late publishing My email inbox: OMG RSLASH ARE YOU DEAD?

[@ajelly00]

Only answer duh

[@plasticsalt4270]

Must be

[@datfoxgurllaura]

Lol

[@cannonmallanon2264]

People chill

[@meganmelder6535]

Exactly

[@yourmother9834]

That idiotic store could hire literally ONE more person and fix their overtime problem.

[@thepretzel2]

This kind of sounds like it might be Wally World. If that is the case, those managers could forfeit a bonus by hiring another person. I think I recall those bonuses being in the multiple THOUSANDS of dollars, so it's unlikely most managers would ever do that.

[@Nirakolov]

That sounds like a common scam business owners do... hire dozens of people for the same job but give none of them hours, and rely on asking them for free overtime for them to work at all.

[@megatroll2590]

@@Nirakolov Sadly I worked for McDonald's and one of the managers would schedule me with no days off but only 3 hours per day (not even enough to cover my gas for the round trip) and yeah one of the reasons I finally quit was being forced to work 48 hours because 90% of the shifts, INCLUDING MANGERS refused to show up for work. I was written up for the 24 hours of overtime at double time because of holiday pay, after the managers including the head manager had approved it, then went back on it.

[@apensalesman]

Sometimes it depends on the store. I worked at a store where we were always understaffed but the people who rarely applied either failed the online ethics test (ex: True or false - You wouldn't steal 1/5/10 dollars) or REALLY weren't a good fit based off of their interviews. Occasionally we got someone but they were always seasonal or just left. It wasn't even a hard job, but they would just quit without any notice and make us juggle around to figure out the sudden schedule change

[@Nerobyrne]

@@thepretzel2 The amount of companies that incentivise managers to hurt their business really is amazing. Also love those places that give managers more pay if they reduce operating costs. Because that's not going to incentivise them to cut as many corners as they can find -.,-

[@TheWolfHound7777]

Honestly, it's a major red flag for anyone who demands someone have their camera on during any meeting. Either an overly authoritarian, insecure manager, or someone who might need to be on a watch list.

[@cannonmallanon2264]

“Everyone liked that.”

[@ThatWrangler]

FRR

[@meatkirbo]

Probably one of the former in this story based on the reaction

[@adamb89]

Not in this case, because it was training. A lot of people don't want to admit they don't understand something, and won't speak up if they're confused. If they're on camera, that affords the trainer an opportunity to notice their body language, and address the situation accordingly. Plus, while you would HOPE adults can be responsible, many aren't. And a camera requirement ensures they don't just fuck off for an hour playing video games, instead of paying attention. I work in corporate training, and yeah...that kind of thing happens. A lot. Hell we had one person THINK they turned their camera off, only to start rubbing out a manual batch right there in full view of everyone. The trainer for that session force-booted him, and he was fired minutes later.

[@jasonepstein8746]

It’s usually bc of a power trip

[@justicedunham4088]

Other compliance for the hearing aid story is “ask me to take them off one more time and I’ll be contacting the EEOC”. Government agencies love when they get to use their power

[@shinymainespoon]

Judging on the government's actions in general, this is accurate

[@Soken50]

Absolutely, weaponise petty officers from agencies against petty store managers, their battle shall be legendary.

[@harryboyes2812]

Stop being deaf? That makes about as much sense as when - earlier today - I was pretty much told "stop being autistic." Yeah, that's right, I was told - by a disability services provider - to stop being autistic. I'm like, "It's permanent. I can't be less autistic." I may as well have been talking to the freight train passing by. Smh

[@damionlee7658]

If you are able, initiate a formal complaint about the issue. Completely unacceptable situation.

[@imaghost2961]

I’m really sorry someone said that to you.. as someone else with autism I can relate to this.

[@harryboyes2812]

@@imaghost2961 Don't be. It's not your fault. I would say it's their ignorance, but ignorance can be cured. Stupidity is forever.

[@hurrigame]

@@harryboyes2812 And sadly, stupidity can be passed on from one generation to the next.

[@harryboyes2812]

@@hurrigame You got that right.

[@brie1162]

The OT story: A similar thing happened to me at my old job at the hospital. We were under the ”management” of a really terrible trio of terror. The director, manager and the directors “desk pet” were constantly telling us to “flex hours” to reduce overtime, (leaving early or taking longer lunches) but to do all the work we had with minimum staff. I had been out all night on one of my side jobs, got home around 8am (there was a traffic accident with a fatality that we were on scene for) and the directors desk pet texted me asking if I could come in for a morning shift and work until 3pm. I asked if they would be “flexing” my hours the rest of the week to remove the overtime, she said yes! I did the only logical thing, I sent a text back saying that I would have to decline the request. I got settled into bed and about 15 minutes she texted me again saying if I came I wouldn’t be asked to flex hours. I told her I’d be in as soon as I was ready, got a nap, showered and showed up at 11. It was only 4 hours extra but, she had to smile and be nice to me while I was there and she couldn’t make me take longer lunches or leave early. It was one of the most satisfying shifts I had worked.

[@johannam5833]

I think it's so comical that showing boobs is on one hand sexy and acceptable when it's in porn, but when a woman is breastfeeding in public it's disgusting and inappropriate? C'mon people! Edit: Well geez, didn't think that my comment would get so many likes and comments, I guess thanks for that? Also to clarify my reason behind this comment was to point out how effed up our society nowadays sometimes is. Seriously, I can't count the times I have been told by people that ,,a woman's body is holy and should never be 'used' any other way than to reproduce" but some of those people openly talked about the last porn movie that they saw and enjoyed to their buddies.... The hipocrisy always dumbfounds me. Also I've literally seen people walk past a gigantic lingerie/ dessous ad, right towards a woman breastfeeding and tell her that it was inappropriate to do in public. Don't tell me you see reason in this, cause I don't.

[@franl155]

lol breasts weren't put there to serve a functional purpose! they're there to please men.

[@Spencer-wc6ew]

Imagine if we used these people's logic for everything. "Well some people have a foot fetish, so walking barefoot in public is now illegal"

[@harryboyes2812]

Doesn't worry me. Got too many female relatives for that. Sure I allow the lady privacy by looking away but I'm not bothered.

[@bdpickett]

I mean, generally one isn't expected to be watching porn in public (hense why NSFW is a thing) for basically the same reason, so it's not really a double standard. It's just a bit rude to apply that standard to a woman feeding her baby, especially when these same people are usually the ones insisting that they have the baby in the first place.

[@myestre8008]

you know I completely agree with this !!!!! every women should be breast feeding their child. As a man you've got my side !!!!!

[@bradleybarnett1469]

Story One: He may have thought she was going to cover up with that breastfeeding in public blanket or whatever. Who knows, he is an idiot

[@richewilson6394]

He probably thought she would wear blanket or the breast milk was in a bottle.

[@missluciddreams3472]

Yep...that's what I was thinking...

[@bragnir]

Or, move the camera so it'd only catch the face.

[@annika5893]

Maybe he wanted to have a peek and then pretended to be caught off guard to save face. I know, I'm not one to think well of people.

[@missluciddreams3472]

@@annika5893 I wondered that too

[@honeybelle1203]

The hearing aid story sounds illegal- I can't say for sure obviously, but it sure sounds like something OP could complain about on the grounds of discrimination.

[@fdm2155]

Definitely. Many countries have ADA like laws that governed these situations.

[@Zxceelxuz]

100 percent.

[@sherylcascadden4988]

Definitely illegal, but OP handled it nicely without involving lawyers. In the long run a win for everyone.

[@MilesProwerTailsFox]

it is ilegal on almost all countries, enougth to take it as always ilegal

[@fdm2155]

@@MilesProwerTailsFox Yeah, I can't imagine that it wouldn't be a legal problem if an employer denied an employee access to their necessary accommodation in this way. It's the same as denying someone the use of crutches or a wheelchair or eyeglasses that they need to function.

[@jimmyrossmeissl6644]

Boss: “Be more punctual with your time.” Workers: “Paid overtime for everyone!😆”

[@orcatheartist9928]

Nah I didn't picture Josh flirting with anyone. I pictured him trying to PHYSICALLY hit a dishwasher appliance and every time he tries uses it , it gets messed up

[@tovekauppi1616]

Yup same😂

[@orcatheartist9928]

@@tovekauppi1616 Aye

[@Robynhoodlum]

Had a coworker break the dishwasher like that, on a Friday night. We had no dishwasher for Saturday. 😣

[@julieb3996]

I just thought Josh was really dense and using the dishwasher appliance took all his focus!

[@corrupt1user]

Hearing aids: In the future, make absolutely sure you get that instruction in writing. Because if your supervisor is a sociopath, they could have written you up for not wearing your hearing aids that they told you not to wear. But if you have it in writing...

[@saladcartographer822]

That last story with the blockbuster. On one hand, I empathize with OP being annoyed that no one donated. On the other hand, I never donate when businesses ask me to, simply because I don't have the time, energy, or ability to make sure all that money is actually going where they claim its going. I can always give directly to these charities myself, after all

[@mariposa9506]

Exactly. Lots of people do planned giving as part of their budget. An extra dollar at video store, extra at each supermarket, etc, it adds up.

[@KendallM0219]

Not only that but when businesses collect donations it becomes a donation from them, not from the consumer. It’s a huge tax write off for them. Might as well donate on your own time to ensure it goes where it should be going.

[@mattiekarwin3667]

My guess for the first story is that he didn't believe she was actually breast feeding and just using it as an excuse. I don't know why but people seeming to not believe or accept people's reasoning for not having their camera is weirdly common. It's like the next era in entitled people

[@fdm2155]

Right? I seems to recall at least two stories of students being hospitalized and instructors insisting on having them appear on camera during class.

[@ArthurRex131]

My theory is that it's people overcompensating for the ones that ACTUALLY use things like that as an excuse and go too far the other way.

[@snake5solid]

My previous boss didn't understand that we don't go with our phones to the bathroom and would berate us when we didn't answer his call right that second.

[@Yumi_Jay]

Maybe he was expecting her to wear a blanket which is dumb as she is in the privacy of her home and usually blankets don't help.

[@jonathanconley8594]

That hearing aid story is an ADA lawsuit. Should have sued. It would have been a slam dunk easy win lawsuit.

[@draum8103]

I think it's hilarious how many of these comments are telling the hearing aid lady to sue the company.

[@jonathanconley8594]

@@draum8103 why

[@BeckyNosferatu]

@@jonathanconley8594 Probably because it's so common, especially in America. "Wanna get rich quick? Sue someone!"

[@jonathanconley8594]

@@BeckyNosferatu it's not a get rich quick thing, it's a "my job broke the law and violated my rights" thing.

[@BeckyNosferatu]

@@jonathanconley8594 I know, it was a joke.

[@allisonharris1319]

They people who got calls from people thinking they're a restaurant missed an amazing opportunity. 'Is this restaurant?' 'No this is patrick' and just keep it going 🤣

[@zrspangle]

@@daviddavidson3871 USSS would like to know your location

[@jeswainston]

That’s awesome! No, this is Patrick! Lol

[@tinydancer7426]

Is this restaurant xyz? No, this is "House of ABC. Tonight's specials are deep fried PBJ and Mrs. Paul's fish sticks."

[@KellyLoom1s]

As a former dishwasher, it never entered my mind that Josh would be flirting with a dishwashing machine.

[@fanfictiondreamer7836]

Maybe not, but it would be a funny visual to imagine, it's probably the only kind of "chick" that he would ever be able to get on with.

[@KellyLoom1s]

@@fanfictiondreamer7836 oh I’m imagining it *now* and it’s great!

[@eyal01245]

As a current dishwasher if someone kept bothering me while I'm doing my job I'd report them to hr and the higher ups

[@fanfictiondreamer7836]

@@eyal01245 As you should

[@betsyadams9670]

Same. I just thought he was an idiot that couldn’t figure out how it worked.

[@jeffr5552]

I've never understood how companies balk at paying a single hour of overtime. If an extra $10-20 has that much impact, maybe they need to examine some other financial aspects of the business.

[@draum8103]

Well, it's simple. They want the employees to work overtime, but they don't want to pay them for it and get shocked when they are expected to.

[@TheTrexOfficial]

Just here to compliment on the comedic timing of the "now we know why blockbuster went out of business *IT WAS BECAUSE OF YOU* " that got me really good

[@neffyg35]

I'm pretty sure telling a hearing aid user they cant use the hearing aid is a Ada violation

[@Ikajo]

Well, it is probably the reason she didn't get fired.

[@rizkiramadhan9266]

Ada?

[@rizkiramadhan9266]

@Sunrise Media oh ok. Weird to assume they'd have power outside America tho

[@lillithherondale1972]

The hearing aid story reminded me of my friend. He's a type 1 diabetic. A teacher had a strict no electronics rule. His pump made a noise and she tried telling him to turn it into her. The look on her face when he disconnected the pumps wire from his arm lmfao. I wish I could've seen it but he said her face drained of all color. She never once scolded him even if it was his phone making the noise instead of his pump

[@BeckyNosferatu]

I'll bet she had a deer in headlights kind of response. That would have been glorious to see.

[@alexanderhenby1362]

The teacher expected the breastfeeding mom to use a cover. One, she shouldnt have to ANYWHERE ,but she is in her own home so she definitely shouldn't have to. (I like my cover, but some people dont and that's up to them.)

[@asportnoy]

Last story: the reason corporations collect donations like that is because it contributes to their tax deductions. So OP might not have been helping as much as they thought.

[@bretsheeley4034]

Yeah, but a deduction is always just a fraction of the donation. In the end, it still helped send money to the charity. So the company was getting a small deduction, but with a larger loss in business. In the end, the company and the feds were still effectively donating to the cause.

[@matthew9326]

But at least OP got blockbuster to pay for it instead of the customers.

[@Wendy_O._Koopa]

I mean, even if it _were_ 1:1, there were 2 donations before and 'a few thousand' after they did the thing. So, I think you mean they weren't _hurting_ Blockbuster as much as they... or Rslash, seems to think. Also, it's pretty well documented that they failed because back when Netflix was new they approached Blockbuster, looking for a merger, since they had all the physical locations and the brand recognition; and they were all "Nah, the internet is just a fad, a year from now, nobody'll be downloading* videos anymore." (paraphrased) *by which they mean 'streaming' but they famously did not understand... well, _anything_ related to the internet.

[@OldsmobileCutlass1969Va]

I always decline those requests from cashiers... The store gets the tax deduction, not the person actually giving it. The store has actually donated $0, but can brag about donating $xxxx to a charity. You may think it's only $1... But what if 5,000+ people gave you $1 each for you to donate and you as a result gained a huge tax right off from it? If you want to donate to a charity do it on your own!

[@mariposa9506]

Ops goal was to help the charity get donations, goal was not to screw her employer, so yes she did help as much as she thought.

[@dracko158]

Manager: **Makes OP take a 2 hour lunch** Also Manager: **Asks him to take care of a customer** OP: **Refuses, as he's on break and off the clock** Also Also Manager: **Surprised Pikachu Face**

[@InevitableSecrets]

I would have said “okay” clocked back in and then an hour before I was off started packing up to go. When they asked what I was doing I would have said “well you had me come back from lunch an hour early and you needed me to get rid of that overtime, so I need to leave now. I can stay but that would make things hard for you since you were told I couldn’t have overtime.”

[@Robynhoodlum]

I don’t know why the guy didn’t just leave for lunch. Two hours is more than enough time to leave the building and go somewhere a lot nicer than the break room..

[@akl2k7]

@@Robynhoodlum Yeah, this. When I worked retail, I could leave to get lunch. Heck, he doesn't even have to eat out. He can just go to his car or take his car and drive to a nearby park (or walk there if he has no car). Of course, it could get too hot or cold outside for that.

[@doodlefox.0.5]

Josh: *walks up to a dishwasher* heeeeyyyyyy baby! Dishwasher: *opens door and a gun is on the top rack and shoots him* Josh: *falls down family guy stile*

[@NiennaFan1]

Newest asdfmovie?

[@mamabear7605]

Dabney, you might want to consider changing the title to "HoH" (Hard of Hearing) instead of "deaf". OP specifically said she was not deaf and for that community, the distinction can be important.

[@InevitableSecrets]

You are right that it’s an important distinction but he’s also dealing with the KZbin algorithm and HOH isn’t going to work well getting his video seen. He’s walking a fine line and his titles are often just shy of misleading because of how KZbin works. Also many people see HOH and think Head of Household before Hard of Hearing so it would be confusing. Again you make a good and valid point but I’m just pointing out why it might be hard for Dabney’s business model.

[@mamabear7605]

@@InevitableSecrets you make good points with the algorithm and his titles!

[@nicholasparnell8845]

For the story about the hearing aids you should have sue the store because they can't denied you your medical devices

[@ms.kuroitsu1633]

With a 2 hour lunch, I wouldn't spend it in the breakroom. I'd be visiting my grandmother who lives near my workplace.(visits with my grandmother tend to last at least an hour, and then there's the travel time between her house and my workplace) I'm sure the supervisor would be running around screaming "Where's Ms.Kuroitsu?! I know she's here today! A customer needs help, and no one else is available!"

[@Ahrpigi]

"Yes, I'm wearing these much more expensive hearing aids to dodge the ear buds rule"

[@pokemonslayer3345]

Story 6: I don't understand how some people can't take "the restaurant closed down" as an answer and leave it at that, they always act like you're the one who's wrong until you prove that they're wrong.

[@mskolendo]

I almost thought you weren't going to post. Phew dont scare me like that haha

[@Eggstillstanding]

Same lol

[@peggymwanza4000]

I know, right?🤣🤣

[@rorydrummond280]

He films a lot of stories so even if he’s busy or away from his set up like on a trip he still can post ☺️

[@TheRealPhilG]

Looked at my watch and was like "hmmm.... rslash is late"

[@mskolendo]

@@TheRealPhilG I did the exact same thing

[@maieen2665]

*First OP:* I think OP's professor lowkey wanted to see OP's bobies. 😛 *Fifth OP:* Is "Josh" the official name for "male Karen"? Also, when OP said Josh "swung and missed" at the dishwasher, I interpreted it as josh fumbling with the dishes or something. I guess my mind is more wholesome than I thought. *Sixth OP:* I don't know when this story took place, but it's too bad OP didn't pull the "No, this is Patrick!" on Hangry Jerk and then hung up. *Seventh OP:* OP fought the system _and_ helped raise money for a good cause! GG, OP! I do kind of wish Blockbuster would rebrand as a streaming service

[@_desertork1839]

The male equivalent to a Karen is Kevin. A person who does unpredictable or stupid stuff with a dumb logic behind it is a Josh.

[@alec5803]

I dont know, why Op didn't get that in writing about not using their hearing aids. That could've went 2 other ways.

[@corrupt1user]

Closed Chinese Restaurant Yeah, when someone doesn't take no for an answer, if you can get away with it, make them suffer for not taking no. Maybe 45 minutes sitting in an empty parking lot waiting for food that never arrives will teach them. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[@Positivekitten]

For the Chinese restaurant phone number story, my ex’s mother had just moved to a new town and was accidentally given The phone number that was in the Yellow Pages for a pizza place. This was over 30 years ago so no caller ID and everyone used the Yellow Pages. So, needless to say, the phone was constantly ringing with people trying to order pizza. Like Opie said, most of the people were cool when they were told they had the wrong number, but they were always a fair share of idiots that didn’t get it and kept demanding their pizza. I can’t remember how long it took or what they did to get it resolved but it was at least a couple of months.

[@OldsmobileCutlass1969Va]

How to fix it after you tell them you are not said pizza place. Tell them you are no longer able to deliver and only have pick up. Take the order and tell them 30 minutes it will be ready. 1. You will have lots of people showing up to the correct place with no orders. 2. If people call back and want to make a complaint... Tell them to call the corporate number. 3. The actual pizza place will want to resolve the number issue or go out of business due to all the complaints.

[@BeckyNosferatu]

@@OldsmobileCutlass1969Va all of this is fucking gold, and a perfect way to deal with this situation!

[@tenhirankei]

Or for 2. Tell them to come down and file a complaint in person!

[@ramadaxl]

I'm totally deaf on my right side...and just to make things more "interesting"...I also have tinnitus on my left side. What REALLY annoys me is when people say ( and FAR to often ) is 'Then get a hearing aid' ! They never seem to understand when I ask. 'If you had somebody who was blind in one eye...would getting them reading glasses help them see better? When they obviously say. 'No of course not'. I reply with 'Then why would a hearing aid help somebody who is DEAF...NOT hard of hearing...DEAF'. There's a lot of people who just don't get it :-/

[@Robynhoodlum]

Maybe they’re thinking of cochlear implant’s? Too bad there’s no cure for stupidity.

[@RabblesTheBinx]

To be fair, part of the problem is a lack of education about the difference between deaf and Deaf and a lot of HoH people identify as the latter, as well, and also most hearing people don't really think or understand how hearing aids _work,_ so hearing people don't always get that hearing aids or even cochlear implants aren't always an option, or even always wanted, when they are.

[@BeckyNosferatu]

A lot of people who are hard at hearing claim to be "deaf" as well, when it's an incorrect use of the word. But it's also easier, as someone with multiple medical disorders to just say I "I have a nerve disorder," than say "I have Fibromaylgia, Patella Tendonitis, Plantar fasciitis etc." (Which, kudos to you for knowing any of those words, and I'm sorry if you know what they are because you have them,) Because the general public ISN'T going to know what most of those words are, and then I have to spend an extra 20 or so minutes explaining to them what it is. I use this as the same thing because FM hasn't actually been PROVEN it's a nerve disorder, it's just one of the leading theories behind it. So... rather than just say "I'm actually really hard at hearing, can you shout into my good ear, or do x and y for me to hear you," it's easier to understand "I'm deaf."

[@katashworth41]

The first story reminded me of when I worked in my local supermarket, one week I did 33 hours in 3 days (13 hours on Monday and 10 on Tuesday and Wednesday). So when I was next in on the Friday I told the manager that I’d need to finish early that day and Saturday cos I was almost at my hours and we weren’t allowed overtime then. Eventually I got sent home half an hour early on Friday. Joke was on the manager though, I got sent home after 3 hours on Saturday and even got half an hour overtime when he checked the clocking records.

[@Crow_Smith]

Man for that second story, I remember when I worked fast food, I constantly heard my management getting chewed out for how much over time we all had. ESPECIALLY me since I was one person they could constantly rely on and was on the schedule most often. [I'm talking while their lazier staff was getting 3 days off a week, I'd rarely get more than 1 day off and sometimes didn't even get that]. But we were understaffed as it was so the manager was like "What do you want me to do? I can't schedule people when they're NOT available, they won't show up and then I'll be even more understaffed. I have crew that are willing to show up, so I'm putting them on." He got written up but repeatedly we had managers who would stand up to the District Manager because people who would show up, deserved hours. And they deserved at least a skeleton crew, if not bigger. Not even more barebones. Legitimately, if they removed all the overtime [without doing bs "long lunches" stuff] staff once they hit their max allotted hours, it'd be a manager and maybe 2 people - which in a store that takes a minimum of 5 just to shut down, is no bueno. Though when we got a new GM who REALLY didn't care what the DM said, that was even better. He basically told the guy "You want overtime to drop, start getting crews from other shops to work here [no one wanted to, we were the busiest shop in the area] OR you can go ahead and clock in and help us out. OR you can talk to corporate about allowing me to hire people with a record." [Most people who applied were turned down for petty theft charges. You could be hired with a record so long as it didn't involve theft or robbery, sadly almost everyone who applied for a while had at least a petty theft charge on their record.] Now ... granted the majority of over time came from the night crew because people LOVED to skip out before we closed, knowing full well they wouldn't get fired because we NEEDED people so badly that they could get away with it. So often it was the manager and me closing the store, so we closed at 11:30 and I'd get to go home around 3 am ... I was scheduled to work for 5.5 hrs every shift ... I regularly went over 40 hrs a week even with a day or two off. Though the pay and the awesome regulars are all I miss from that job.

[@Celestial-Skyys]

Story 1: I would have kept that camera on "Sir you were right. I'm being disrespectful and breast feeding us a natural and beautiful part of motherhood"

[@JayeEllis]

Retail: You know you're not required to stay on premises during your break, right? It's personal time, so treat it as such. You've got a two hour lunch? Go run errands or something. I work close enough, I'd go home. They cannot ask you to work if you're not there.

[@mando9364]

I gotta love some people in retail who become supervisors or managers. As soon as they get that promotion they A) Become extremely lazy, B) Become extremely authoritarian, and/or C) Seem to mentally regress to the age of a preschooler. "Associate! I know I can cover this department but it's too hard for me now that I'm a supervisor! You need to do it for me daddy! Waaah!" Also that manager in the hearing aid story is a walking lawsuit just waiting to happen.

[@suralos]

Isn't amazing that no company has yet to enact a NO KAREN POLICY! Karen relented after only repeating herself 5 times? Usually they do that without any hearing impediments.

[@matthew9326]

Hearing aids are covered under ADA. OP could have owned that place after an ADA lawsuit. Those are easy wins.

[@rizkiramadhan9266]

Why would an American government organization have anything to do with labour laws in another country?

[@gannicusfinch7068]

Dabny: "I don't know why they just wouldn't accept that this wasn't the pizza place. What, do they expect some random person to just fire up their oven and cook up some pizzas?" Having met multiple examples of this personality type before, I can tell you that is literally EXACTLY what they expect.

[@c.b.barlow]

It's a medical device, not 'ear buds'. Mind your own business lady.

[@redcomix97]

I always love watching these videos in the morning, they always help me get into the mood drawing. Otherwise I don't think I can propperly draw without a nice story being voiced over by the one and only.

[@Josh_the_jester]

8:21 I can imagine that conversation, "OP, I need you to get the step stool and-" "What?" "I said I need you to" "WHAT?!" "I NEED YOU GET THE STEP LADDER TO-" "WHAT? YOU NEED TO SET THE EGG BATTER?!"

[@viko1326]

isn't the girl in the thumbnail rose from 90 day fiance? poor girl she didn't deserve what happened, and she doesn't deserve her face to be put as a mocking thumbnail either...

[@itsnicole11]

Hearing aids one, I’m looking at getting some but they’re so expensive. When I tell people I have hearing problems (born half deaf in my left ear) they say “oh you don’t look like you do. How long have you had it?” I always say “well I was born with it so at least a year”. Technically the truth and a bit of confusion on their part

[@Caladian]

Story One. IMO, this whole thing that breastfeeding needs to be done out of sight needs to stop. Just get over it, let them breastfeed whereever and if you have problems with it, then you go see a counselor.

[@LauraFromMarkerQuest]

"Was anyone else picturing Josh trying to make out with a dishwashing machine and getting shot down?" Well, I am NOW, thanks for that! XD

[@shibbygirl98]

I worked in my previous retail job for ten years. It was SUPER common for managers to ask people to stay late then tell them to take a long lunch the next day. I once got told on a Friday that I needed to take a long lunch to wipe out the overtime I'd gotten throughout the week. That resulted in me taking a 3.5hr lunch. Then the manager yelled at me for not having enough time to finish all my tasks for that day. Never again.

[@EdBurke37]

A friend of mine in college had the phone number of a closed business in his dorm. Specifically a gynecologists office. You can imagine a dirty minded college boy having fun with the people who couldn't accept that he wouldn't look at their vajayjay.

[@Wendy_O._Koopa]

Now _that_ sounds interesting. The people who had my number before were a paint shop, so for the first 10-20 years or so we'd randomly get calls asking about... paint. Since you only paint your house every decade or so, it seemed like it lingered forever.

[@sarge2115]

I remember my time at Home Depot, store manager called me to cut 5 minutes out of my day and leave early. But Lumber gets busy and nobody wants to work the saws, but boss lady said cut my time so I did. I learned the next day there were over 10 people who needed cuts done and none of them got help (even though management is trained on the equipment)

[@strikeforce1500]

3rd story: "But we need you, everyone else said no." Gee, I can't imagine why, it can't be because she tries to scam people's OT, nah, that can't be, everyone knows retail employees love to work for free /s

[@sbatou87]

On the hearing aids, I would've told the daughter that she was breaking ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), and that they would be heavily fined for not allowing hearing aids.

[@troberts1]

Does anyone else think it's weird that rSlash changed the gender of the supervisor in the third story, about overtime? She and herself became he and himself when he read it. Did he do it to spare his throat, so he didn't have to do a female supervisor voice?

[@Firroth]

As a person named Josh, who has met maybe 3 or 4 other Joshes in my 34 years of life, I never knew there was a stereotype to the name and I can't say that it's accurate.

[@Leo-wh1st]

Here's a fun fact about (most, not all) retail store charity funds: they've already donated. They calculated roughly how much money people would donate, donated that amount, and anything you donate to them is just going back to them. It's _technically_ you donating, since your donation was theoretically factored in, but any extra they get just goes to their pocket. If you're going to donate, then donate to the cause, not to the middleman.

[@Scottsteaux63]

I worked for five years at a company where, depending on the work load, it swung from "How late can you stay?" to "NO Overtime" without warning.

[@MuttonTheDragon]

First story, I’m guessing the professor wasn’t paying attention and thought that OP meant that she was feeding the baby milk from a bottle.

[@OldsmobileCutlass1969Va]

I used to work a retail job that didn't allow any OT. Any time accidentally accrued during the week had to be cut on Fridays. It got so bad that I was only working 3-4 hour Fridays. Management said no. You need to cut your OT on Thursdays now... No more leaving early on Friday. I said ok. I started working short Thursdays, but when Friday rolled around... We had a bunch of no shows and I was forced to help customers (technically I was not supposed to help as per my job description). It was so bad some days... Customers would follow me to the bathroom and break room. Management pretty much gave up on me not getting any OT. And I was then allowed to keep my OT in a position that wasn't supposed to have any! It was all because I was out on the floor actually doing my job when others would just hangout in the break room and pretend to actually count items for an accurate inventory. I could never understand how anyone could get away with that... But those people didn't get any OT, so I guess management was just happy about that.

[@SesshouFan22]

Hearing aid lady should’ve went straight to an ADA lawyer. People like that need to be taught a lesson

[@chrisp.kernel9155]

I thought "chatting up the dishwasher" just meant generally fucking around in the kitchen and not doing anything. Like "hanging around the water cooler" but for kitchen people.

[@furiousgeorge5395]

Closed Chinese Restaurant Same kind of thing happened to me, apparently my number was one digit off from a bridal boutique. I'd keep getting calls, most were "Oops sorry" when I said they had the wrong number. Except one. She kept calling back over and over one day asking about her dress. Towards the afternoon she was getting really mad and would not accept that she was dialing the wrong number. So finally fed up, I asked her name, waited a few seconds and went "Oh that dress. Yeah we decided to sell it to someone else, it looked better on them. Have a nice day" and hung up. From caller ID could tell she called back a few more times, but I just picked up the phone and hung up immediately. I do sometimes regret not listening to her response though, it could have been entertaining

[@bluestreak711]

Could you imagine arguing with somebody that you are not said restaurant and in a moment of heated malicious compliance you actually fire up your own oven, make their food and way overcharge them. Then they become so satisfied that they tell all their friends, so that is how you got your start to your very own billion dollar food franchise. LOL

[@beeziebubs2756]

When supervisors and managers say they want you to clock in/out on time but still want all the work done by the end of the day, they don’t mean that you get over time. What they ACTUALLY mean is they want you to keep working but for free.

[@Nebraska60]

Insane manager: you don’t need hearing aids because you’re not completely deaf. Me: Ummmm, hearing aids don’t help completely deaf people. They’re hearing aids, not cybernetic ears.

[@someguy7629]

Should be legal to handle all Karens and racists with neccesary force.

[@jessicacarter3220]

I have a feeling those people who insist they don't have the wrong number just have that mentally of they CAN'T be wrong, no matter what. I know a couple people like that and they're... let's say not very popular at family gatherings.

[@erniewilliamstone8254]

To the one where she she said op didn't need their hearing aids cause they weren't fully deaf. I think that's why they have hearing aids. I'm not sure they work for someone who is completely deaf...

[@wingeddrake4227]

Re: The Josh Story... As a former washer of dishes, myself - nope, I had NO trouble identifying that Josh was flirting with a person, not a machine.

[@RainbowCleft]

Story 6:Take the order and send them to a closed restaurant? Please tell me that you're doing that with ALL of the idiots who won't accept the truth! Awesome!!!

[@David_Quinn_Photography]

Josh sounds like our assistant store manager Josh, he wouldn't hit on girls but he would stand around and talk to you all shift while doing nothing in the middle of lunch rush.

[@jsmith1291]

Story 1: Lecturer brought that one on themselves Story 3: They screw people out of overtime pay and get shocked that people don't want to work overtime?

[@waka_wallgaming3181]

The best malicious compliance I've ever seen: "tell the world Johnny"

[@FutureBereaAlumn]

“Hearing deficiency” sounds like an ableist doctor tiptoed around saying deaf.

[@Grygus_Triss]

So… what these supervisors REALLY want are people who are always on time to work, take the minimum break time, and then work overtime for free, but they can’t legally say that, so they get annoyed when people refuse to to that.

[@luvkkimoneypennie5131]

I had a guild leader in a game I play who at an "officer's meeting" said how the voice service we used was a requirement of being a guild leader. I asked him, what if the person is Deaf or Mute or both of them. HIs reaction PISSED ME OFF!!!! (about what he said) "We want to make sure we have proof, they fake it a lot so a medical record is important. I was fuming sitting in that meeting. The guy also railed against people with mental health issues, which I have. BTW That was also the day they gave me a VERY SHORT notice that I was no longer going to be leading one of the multipole guilds throughout many games... I left shortly thereafter because there is NO WAY I could be a part of a group that discriminated against people with disabilities (though I call them their "special abilities)

[@lissachocolate]

Lol, went through similar experience when I was a teen and we kept getting calls for a fried chicken restaurant. Multiple callers refused to believe they had the wrong number and kept calling back so I started taking their orders. Put an end to those calls fast.

[@kaytenn1]

For the first story I can almost guarantee that dude was expecting her to have a blanket covering the baby’s face while she fed

[@johnp.2267]

When I was 19 (many moons ago), I ended up with a landline that used to belong to a local Mexican restaurant a year before. I'd get these annoying calls from drunk people all the time wanting Mexican food, so I got sick of it pretty quickly. I changed my answering machine message to "You've reached Paco's Taco House. Our normal hours are Monday through Friday, noon to 8pm, Saturdays 11am to 9pm. If you got this answering machine during normal hours, it means we're really busy. Please leave your order and address, and we'll get your food to you as soon as possible. Oh, and *we* *don't* *take* *food* *stamps* so don't ask." I got a minimum of three messages waiting for me every night when I got home from work, all with orders for Mexican food and the addresses they needed to go to. I had to change my answering machine message within two weeks, as it got ridiculous. At least I had a few laughs after work, for a while.

[@hero0fcanton190]

I'm the assistant manager at a busy gas station. I always wonder if people in these stories are lying. I can't imagine doing any of the stuff these supervisors do.

[@AuntLoopy123]

"A long lunch will be great! You'll still be in the building if we need to interrupt your off-the-clock time, and still expect you to work for free!" "A long lunch, you say? Seems to me like it's time to try lunch at that fancy sit-down restaurant waaaaaaaay over there! BYE!" Back when I was still working, if I did not LEAVE CAMPUS, they would find me. Even if I went to another building... they would find me. "Oh, this will only take five minutes." Thirty minutes later, I'm done, and now I have a meeting, and can't finish my lunch. Four hours later, and the dried up dregs of my sandwich are sitting there, lurking at me. Sigh. One day, I took lunch at 3:30, came back at 4:30, and left at 5:00, because I made the mistake of staying in the building, and they caught me for "It will only take five minutes" before I left my desk. Of course, it was a whole long line of "It will only take five minutes" requests, until finally, at 3:30, I just picked up and went out to eat. Of course, I missed the lunch special, and had to pay dinner prices, but I didn't care. Yeah, if you have the right, according to your employment contract, to say, "No, I'm not working during my break," then don't do it. Also, they really need to PAY overtime, if they tell you they need you to work overtime.

[@bland9876]

Where I worked I noticed that the dishwashers we're using the newest/youngest employees so most of the time they were underage. Once one was even 14.

[@deisisase]

Actually Blockbuster went out of business because they tried to offer streaming before high-speed Internet was affordable to everyday people. Then when the Internet could keep up, they were using they Pay-Per-View method and people weren't interested.

[@munchie3909]

Would of been funny if every time op spoke to a customer he said “sorry I can’t hear you properly the manager made me give up my hearing aids.”

[@Martynde]

Say something like that you're eating their pizza because you're hungry and that they are paying for it. And if they object, just insist that you have their pizza in front of you right now, and that you're already eating it.

[@Hybrid301]

What did the guy in the first story think he was going to see?! Did he think it would be like the Cam Girls he pays for?

[@crazeeaz]

I was envisioning the dishwasher from when I was a cook in college. A 60 something hippie burnout pot head. Good dude, much better dishwasher than I was a cook but not exactly a catch.

[@random_hime]

i remember back in 8th grade for my graduation one of my school teachers gave me a gift card to blockbusters. it was something like 30 dollars and i was thrilled. so when my father took me i was excited to get one of the new movies that came out only to find out for whatever stupid reason i couldn't get any movies without getting some kind of bs membership or whatever. so as a 14 year old i was forced to get 30 dollars worth of overpriced candy. it was sweet.

[@bubbaj007]

Story 4: the exact same thing happened to me. I worked for a movie theater. We have starbucks, Ben & Jerry's, Sbarro's and Nathan's Hot dogs. This one kid Khalil kept cooking the crap out of the burgers then put them in the steamer and by time people order them they were hockey pucks. I would grill them they were basically raw when I threw them and steamer he's like you can't do that. I asked him what a steam do? You couldn't answer me. So I told him why are there in the steam box they're going to cook if you fully cook it it's going to cook dry if you cook it where the outside just colored it Cooks it so when someone orders it if it needs to be cooked we can throw on the grill just for a couple of seconds otherwise it'll be done when we pull it out.

[@rhijones382]

Pretty sure OP from the Hearing Aid story can report Karen for discrimination and breaching the Disability Act. Karen can lose her job for what she did but I'm glad OP got a kick out of the MC

[@zombieguy4444]

Why argue with the guy telling you he's not a Chinese restaurant? Would you really expect a restaurant to pretend to be closed?

[@Gashnaw]

Pizza one made my think of a story from my past. One of my old friends would make Pizza for a daycare (His wife ran it and on the last friday of each month they would have a pizza party. However with around 30 or 40 kids, ordering pizza was not exactly an option. So instead her husband (My friend) would actually prepare pizzas the night before, everything was done and all they had to do was pop them in the oven. (They also did this not just to cut costs but also because some parents were sticklers for what was in the pizza and store bought was not an option, plus my buddy liked making pizzas) Now here in Quebec we have a Holiday called Sainte-Jean Batiste (June 24th) and this time i fell on a Thursday. (Usually we use it as an excuse to get drunk. and most people start celebrating the night before suing the end of the day to nurse back a hangover before work the following day. It is Thursday night and he has his pizzas being prepped. He gets a call. Now this is normal as his number is literally a number away form the pizza place, and usually he just corrects them. This time however, a drunk guy calls him asking to place an order. My friend corrects him and hangs up, going back to prep the pizzas. A minute later his phone rings again, he once again corrects them. the third time the guy starts yelling at my friend over the phone. i am drinking a beer as we are talking. He sighs and I smile as he says. "Sure what can i get you?" The grin on his faces he is writing down the order. He says it will be about an hour, and then asks if it will be cash or credit. Usually he would leave it at that, but they said cash. He looks at me, looks at his dough and smiles. he tosses a few prepped pizzas in the oven, and grabs some pizza boxes. (He had blank white ones to store the pizzas overnight before they are cooked.) The pizzas are cooked and we head out to this drunk guy's house. (No uniform, but that is normal. Most drivers around here (Except for dominos) don't wear a uniform.) Je approaches the door. now I am in the car so i don't hear the conversation, but he a teh doro fro about ten minutes before finally returning, no Pizzas and about three hundred dollars in hand. (Mind you, this was for about 4 pizzas, that cost him very little to make.) His wife still runs the daycare, he owns a chain of pizza joints. (Not like a big chain, just local here in Quebec. i think five) Good pizza too, whenever i go in i usually get a free pizza. Hoi employees know me pretty well and also know that i am entitle to one free pizza. So i usually give them a good tip. About half what the pizza would have costed, which they like. So end of the day, he started a pizza chain because of one rude drunk guy. (And yes, 300 dollars is FAR more than he would have paid had he actually gotten the pizza place and not my friend)

[@CaptBackwards]

Deaf people: who knew it was THAT SIMPLE? I'll just stop being deaf

[@tcsam73]

A fly by night call center opened up in my area, it was one of those call centers that are doing illegal things, but keep moving before they get caught. They had a call in line for their employees that was close to my phone number. Inevitably I'd get calls from people calling in sick for that call center. At first, I politely told them they had the wrong number. However, after a few weeks, the problem only got worse. I was working nights at the time, so I'd get to sleep and they'd be calling in sick. Finally, I had enough. A person called in, I told them that they should take the next day off too, just to be safe. I never got a call from a sick employee again. That call center closed down about 3 months later.

[@billy9144]

I don't understand the whole, "Just take a long lunch BS." If you are on lunch it's the same as not working, it doesn't make up for the person working OVERTIME. These greedy assholes need to pay people for their work and stop being dishonest with their employees. If you don't want to pay them for their extra work, you can't expect them to do it. End of story.

[@JayeEllis]

Wrong Number: Once when I was babysitting (in the days before cell phones), I needed to get ahold of the parents, so I called the number they left. For some reason, it didn't occur to the teen answering the phone to check their parents' party for the people I kept insisting where at that number. Took me FIVE tries before I finally convinced them they had guests.