'It was worth it': Boss ignores teen employee's important workplace request, employee decides to prove his point with a bold move

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    Food - 'He took a picture and sent it in the work group chat the owners were in saying, "Can someone cover my shift. I'm a tad under the weather"
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    Font - r/r/MaliciousCompliance Posted by u/RussianAnnaB 13 hours ago My BF gave himself an allergic reaction to get rid of his boss S OC A Not my story but my BFs. He doesn't like writing but we've been listening to a lot of Reddit stories on YouTube (shout out to Markian and R/SLASH) and this story came up. His family confirmed this happened so it's not made up.
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    Font - When by BF (Jake) was 19 he had a job at a smoothie shop. He worked with three other people and his boss. (We'll call him Michael) Jake's one stipulation before getting his job was that he not work with peanut butter since he is allergic. He'll break out in hives and if ingested his throat will swell. Not bad enough for epiPen but bad enough to need Benadryl.
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    Font - At this job they made protein balls and it was made with peanut butter. One day during a rush Jake was at the sink when Michael threw a big bowl of left over peanut butter in it the sink and told Jake to wash it. Jake argued and told him he can't touch it and that he'd have a break out. Micheal argued with him and told him to do it. So. Jake being the stubborn bd he is, said ok. Fine!
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    Font - Roughly five minutes later Jakes hands and arms were covered in hives. So once his arms had visible hives he took a picture and sent it in the work group chat the owners were in saying "Can someone cover my shift. I'm a tad under the weather" with pictures of his hands.
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    Font - He walked out before anyone responded. Someone covered his shift and the owners came in with the girl who covered the rest of his shift to yell at Michael.
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    Font - The next day the girl told Jake about Micheal getting chewed out by the owners. The owners called Jake and apologized for what happened.
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    Font - Long story short that along with stealing money from the registers and being creepy with the high school girls Micheal was fired. Jake quit shortly after. Just because.
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    Font - For people commenting that was stupid and allergic reactions get worse yes he's well aware. He was a spiteful teen with no sense of self preservation just pettiness, it's just a little possible death.
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    Human body - The owners liked him and gave him an espresso machine when he left so he says "it was worth it". No. He wouldn't and won't do it again.
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    Font - +1 - 12 hr. ago If I got an espresso machine out of this situation, I'd do it. Love me an espresso. Bloodied Blues Vote Reply Share 12 hr. ago Life vs free espresso machine. Sometimes you gotta risk it. RussianAnnaB OP
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    Font - AppealEasy2128. 12 hr. ago But like... every time I get stung by a bee my reaction gets worse. The doctors tell you this. I mean, way to prove your point but dang, idk if the reward is worth the risk. Vote Reply Share 12 hr. ago I never said he was smart. Or cared for his life. Just a spiteful teen. He says he got an espresso machine out of it so it was worth it. RussianAnnaB OP
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    Bird - notyeezy1 +2. 13 hr. ago Sounds like an easy win in court lol. Stupid manager
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    Font - saucy_lindsey05 . 3 hr. ago It's important for employers to take their employees' health concerns seriously and to not put them in situations where their health is at risk. It's good to hear that the owners of the smoothie shop apologized and took action to address the situation.
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    Font - PatchEnd 4 hr. ago spiteful teens crack me up! i love them!
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    Organism - Snurffiboobear 18 min. ago This is the level of professional petty I aspire to.

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