Dude Gets Sent Home For Showing Up to His New Job Two Minutes Late

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
Jan 12, 2023 11:00 AM EST

There is an art and science to being late to things. As somebody who is chronically early to nearly everything I do, even I know that to be true. When I did theatre as a child, we were taught that to be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be late, and if you're late, don't bother showing up. Those words gave me highly unrealistic expectations for other people's punctuality. Since then, I've learned there is a big difference between being a couple of minutes late and being unacceptably late. Being a couple of minutes late to most events is standard for most people. Lateness is especially understandable when someone shows up late to a place they've never been where they are unfamiliar with the layout. Unfortunately, not everyone is empathetic enough to give people the benefit of the doubt when they're slightly late. One Redditor shared his story of being sent home from his job after showing up to his first day a couple of minutes late, and it's clear that he is entering into a toxic workplace. 

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    Font - r/antiwork u/iLift ToGift 15h Started a new job today, got sent home for being 2 minutes late... So I started a new job or I guess didn't start a new job at a dealership. I was sent home because I was 2 minutes late.
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    Font - Literally in the parking lot 2 mins before the time I was verbally told to come in at. trying to figure out where employee parking was only to find out it was locked behind a gate which I didn't know the password to as it required one and this manager that sent me home did not think to even tell me what it was after I did some onboarding last week.
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    Font - Called my phone and ask where I was saying I was supposed to be here at 9 meanwhile I explained to him that I was in the parking lot needing assistance with getting into employee parking. He goes left field about me being late and that I can go home and whatever else he was saying that I tuned out.
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    Font - Parked in customer parking and went in and waited for him to get off the phone, and ofcourse once he does he goes into the spill about me being late telling me I can go home for the day and try again tomorrow. It's so bizarre that he lashed out at me like that over 2 mins when in the corporate world and any professional job a grace period of 6 min is always given.
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    Font - It took alot in me to not go OFF on him cause boyyyy did I want to go off, I felt he was being petty and the tone he was talking to me in was off putting to me. But I stayed cool and kept my composure. So he rubbed me the wrong way with his actions today and talking to me in a demeaning, chastising way. So I more than likely will be taking this to HR... I'm not even talking to the GM about this situation as he was right there when this played out so I'm not inclined to believe he cared an
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    Font - P.S. during my onboarding day last week HR highly suggested I start on Tuesday so that they could get me my logins and accounts and password to clock in the system. I told him this that same day and he insisted I come in on Monday at 9am instead of Tuesday knowing I wouldn't be able to clock in that day.
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    Font - oh-no-its-back • 15h Any ways I can get back at this manager? Dont go back and let them figure out how to deal with understaffing. If this is how they treat you on the first day imagine what the next year will look like. Yikes. Reply 1.4k
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    Rectangle - eggheadslut 11h ● Also tell him you'll be there and just don't show up ... 203
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    Font - charlie2135 - 13h Also post it on LinkedIn. Prevent others from making the same mistake. ... 364
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    Rectangle - DevelopedDevelopment. 6h Wasn't even supposed to be their first day. THis is day zero. 423 +
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    Smile - Whane17. 4h Yeah this really sets a tone for what they expect and what they will be doing going forwards. G 413 +
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    Font - khaos_kyle 10h 6mins? I must have missed that memo. Reply 72 ↓
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    Font - OnatawaBakades. 8h Even Amazon has a five minute grace period, on the sixth you are late and they will deduct an hour of your unpaid time off if you don't use a minute of your paid time off. ... 421 21
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    Font - Dark_Jak92. 1h Where I work the time clock rounds to the nearest 15 minute interval. If you work at 7 and clock in at 7:06 you don't lose any pay. If you come in at 7:08 you start getting paid at 7:15 Vote
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    Handwriting - jargonexpert 13h Nah don't even bother. You're not the first he's done this to, and won't be the last either. Car dealers are cutthroat and will throw you under any chance they get. ... Reply 328
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    Font - No_Case_6854 - 9h The hell they acting like they are out here saving the world? The almighty car salesmen and treat people this way? When you do decide to leave, please post up where this place is so we know to steer clear! If they can treat one of their own that way I can only imagine how they view their customers. 47
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    Font - Remarkable-Nerve1472. 12h Exactly all dealerships are like this. Business is toxic as hell. 39
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    Font - Accurate-Hawk9322 • 15h Officially resign with HR and reference his irrational behavior. Reply 508
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    Font - Vargenwulf ● 12h This will definitely get that manager in hot water. He cost them a lot of time and effort onboarding you. They won't be happy. ... 4222 222
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    Font - Remarkable-Nerve1472 12h . It won't. All dealerships are like this. 95 95
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    Font - Apprehensive_Way870 • 11h Sometimes people in this sub confuse 'this is what SHOULD happen' with 'this is what WILL happen.' 4 94 + ...
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    Font - Foundmy Reasons. 1h Yup dealerships have as much turnover as a Waffle House. ... Vote
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    Font - Material-Crab-633 14h ● This is bad, leave this job Reply 482 82
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    Font - MissAnthropoid. 10h I worked in a BMW Mini dealership and it absolutely was not like this. At all. The place I buy my own cars is not like this at all. My cousin's dealership was not like this.* Even if dealerships that aren't managed by overgrown toddlers who can't control their temper are the norm, it should still be possible to find a respectful workplace run by adults in the industry. *Granted I'm Canadian and Canadians are not generally prone to throwing hair trigger temper tantrums
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    Font - Not-Today-Satan666 - 14h Car dealerships are the worst. And forget HR. They're basically only there because the lawyers make them have HR. Car sales is incredibly hard, and your new boss just showed you what he's like. If you're ready to ho to HR over this he's going to make your life miserable and you're not going to make a dime while he does it. Reply 61
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    Rectangle - iLiftToGift OP 14h . Yeah and my position isn't even sales I'm just a "head porter" if anything. 35
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    Font - Not-Today-Satan666 - 13h dude, there's way better out there. You don't even have to put this on your resume at this point. Keep your dignity. Ghost him. 22
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    Font - Cmor1787. 12h OP don't go back and let them figure out how to replace you. If they are this demeaning to you about being two minutes late (and not even helping you with your employee parking spot), then how will future conversations go when you need dealership assistance on a customer's car because something broke or was missed? Also, I highly doubt HR will take your complaints seriously and nothing will happen to the Service Manager. HR's primary role, especially at a dealership, is to p
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    Font - iLiftToGift OP 12h ● Makes sense... I have already fired off a dozen more applications on indeed already today 19
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