'Restaurants like that don't deserve to work': Worker claims to be wrongly fired, reports restaurant to the feds

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Jan 27, 2023 3:00 PM EST

A young person in the food industry experienced poor treatment from their boss, and took some extreme measures to ensure it wouldn't happen again. As they shared to r/pettyrevenge, this worker shared that they were a 19 year old working in a pizza place. After a while of working in a nice environment with coworkers they liked, the place changed management, and that's when the s*** hit the fan. 

The OP says they trained the new people, yet the new management still made some inflammatory remarks against the OP. As the OP writes, they had to take a medical leave from their job, but since it was the first week since the new management started, that didn't look good for the OP. To discover what happened next, scroll down and read this pizza drama yourself. 

Up next, get inspired by another revenge story. This guy took down an entire HOA organization in an incredible stroke of genius (and legal methods, of course). 

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    Font - 'They were also not listening to me when I told them they weren't following the OHS (occupational health and safety) rules, working without a hairnet, not washing hands...'
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    Font - r/pettyrevenge Posted by u/SmileNorth 13 hours ago I reported my old workplace to the tax office because they fired me.
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    Font - Context: I was the only white person, everyone else was Punjabi/Pakistani. I am also 19f and am completely self reliant on putting myself through university/college and don't get any help from my family. Also ATO = Australian Taxation Office. So I worked for a local pizza place for 10 months before the owner sold the business and changed ownership. It was only a small place, you only needed 4 staff for a busy night and I was the pizza chef. During the transition phase i trained the new ow
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    Font - Unfortunately on the first week they took over I got sick from tonsillitis and couldn't work, but when i came back their attitude towards me changed completely. They were rude, gave me less shifts and dismissed me completely when i tried to help and refused to give me more responsibilities when before hand they told me that when they took over id be learning how to make pastas and not just pizzas, they were also not listening to me when i told them they weren't following the OHS (occupati
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    Font - During this time i saw one of my coworkers without a hairnet on, she has butt length hair and it was down in a braid, i told her in front of the owner that she needed to wear a hairnet as its a breach of our OHS rules and that if someone gets a hair in their food or gets sick then the company will be liable and we could get in trouble, she told me no and the owner agreed with her. 10 minutes later i found a ball of her hair sitting right where I make pizza, i grabbed it and took it to her
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    Font - A month or so later I had a 2 week holiday to the US that they knew about and approved of and when I came back I asked about my shifts and they told me they don't need me anymore. When I asked why they couldn't give me a proper reason, some reasons they gave me were that I was rude and racist to coworkers, that i refused to work in the kitchen, i messed up paperwork and that they were over staffed.
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    Font - All of which is false, I'm literally a chef and i texted my now ex-coworkers asking if I was rude or racist to them, they said I'm not and the only paperwork was my employee form which i didn't mess up. They then hung up on me and then sent me abusive texts saying that im racist to my coworkers (again i asked them this and they said im not) and when I responded they told me they would get a lawyer involved if i contacted them again. Just to reiterate, under the old ownership who i worked
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    Font - Anyway so here is where my petty revenge comes in, while i worked there I saw them do a lot of cash in hand payments to staff along with some other sketchy stuff with money (its been 3 months and i don't have my super/ retirement fund payment). So I called the ATO (Australian Tax Office) and told them about everything, about all of the cash in hand payments, about the absence of my super payment, not paying staff fairly, etc. The person on the phone told me that my information was more th
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    Font - Catacombs3 An ATO audit is something law- abiding businesses fear. If you are dodgy, they Will End You +3 13 hr. ago 2.2k . SmileNorth OP Reply Share • 12 hr. ago Lol yeah thats why i reported them, they also paid me less than what they were paying their other employees even though i have more koalafications. And yeah they're definitely gonna get audited. At least I hope.
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    Rectangle - captain_redballs. 9 hr. ago I worked in Australia for 3 months and had to deal with ATO for one tax return ..... I fear them too
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    Font - darthpimpin69 - 12 hr. ago Should have also reported them to OHS, and food safety. I can't remember the name of the department, but you working in food, you'd know it.
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    Organism - MaryCone1 . 6 hr. ago What about laws against wrongful dismissal. Do you have these in Australia where the labour board will pursue?
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    Font - SmileNorth OP 10 hr. ago I thought about it but at the same time I was also the pizza chef so that could have gone bad for me as well. Plus I think it would be too late now
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    Font - sutherland92 21 min. ago I bet part of the reason they were paid under the table was that it meant they could hire people on student visas. c I've seen it happen way too often. Unfortunately it doesn't just f the business.
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    Font - Eris-Ares 12 hr. ago Let us know if there's any update on the report. Restaurants like that don't deserve to work. 59 Reply Share SmileNorth OP 12 hr. ago The ATO has a tip off line and I asked them about getting updates but they said that both the business and myself are protected by the privacy act, so they won't know who reported them and no one outside of the business will know they're being investigated. But I walk past there often to go shopping so I'll definitely update when/if I d
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    Font - fisher2321 7 hr. ago Good for you, I was like you working as a chef in hospitality in Australia in many little restaurants, cafes, and pizza joints the amount of illegal practices both OHS and Stolen, wages and miss super payments is one of the main reasons I left the industry ↑ 16 Reply Share . 7 hr. ago Yep, I've jumped into retail now. All i get now is annoying customers. SmileNorth OP
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    Font - o lol_camis 7 hr. ago edited 6 hr. ago I worked at a local bakery that was operating for decades. It was always super popular. Lineup out the door several times a day. During my employment there I experienced a few sketchy things, like food being dropped on the floor and served to customers. Once I was prepping bacon and I informed my manager that it was moldy. I was instructed to prep and serve it anyway. I worked there a few months and one day I missed a training session on how to make
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    Organism - SmileNorth OP. 7 hr. ago Eww that sounds so gross. Ik what its like being stuck in that situation tho. That must have felt so good seeing it closed down!
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    Font - Consistent-Annual268 13 hr. ago Well done you! Were you even fairly and rightfully dismissed though? I thought Australia had strong labor laws, or am I wrong? 63 Reply Share SmileNorth OPO - 12 hr. ago No, i was away for 2 weeks and then they refused to give me shifts. They kept giving me different reasons, like they said they were overstaffed but then i read their reviews and in a reply they said they were understaffed. Unfortunately I got held up with my new job + some family stuff and
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    Human body - mi_esposa_me_espia - 6 hr. ago I would be going for them through the labor board or a lawyer for calling you racist.
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    Hair - unknown-damage 10 hr. ago by Hallmark Movies & Mysteries via GIPHY that's one heck of a revenge OP, I am glad that you did it.
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    Product - Mike20878 7 hr. ago Did you also report them on the OSH violations? 8 Reply Share SmileNorth OP 7 hr. ago Ill probably do that sometime in the next two weeks.
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