'Lou was let go': Coworker gets fired, comes back to beg for free food and steal tips, gets banned

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Brad Dickson • Managing Editor
Jul 17, 2023 6:00 PM EDT

Going back to an old job is always awkward, especially when you were fired from that job… especially when you're coming back as a customer to beg for free things—and especially when you go back to beg for free things and steal from your ex-coworkers' tip jar. Like, this guy actually managed to get himself demoted from line cook to customer and then somehow managed to get himself demoted even further from the position of being a customer too.

In the end, it's incredibly fitting… since you can't spell "lousy coworker" without "Lou." So it really shouldn't be all that surprising to us that this guy was a proverbial, metaphorical, and literal waste of space.

Lou's former coworker shared an account of their infuriating and bewildering experience dealing with him on Reddit's fittingly named r/EntitledPeople, where members share their stories of the entitled people they encounter in their daily lives in order to vent, decompress, and share in amazement at people's sheer audacity. Read on for their account of events; when you're done here, check out this worker who refused to indulge their mooching coworker.

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    Font - Posted by u/Sabrinasockz 06 hours ago Former coworker got himself banned M I don't normally post on here, and I'm in mobile, but this happened today and I feel like I've got to tell somebody. I work at the bar attached to a bowling alley. A few months back I had a coworker named Lou (fake name) who was a bit of a problem. He'd call out sick at the last minute with insane excuses, fall asleep on the clock when he was there, leave early most other nights, but the most frustrating thing he w
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    Font - Lou was let go and although he'd show up on the occasional league night, he wasn't a big problem, even though he'd still beg for a free drink or something. Today, he comes in, very happy to be there for someone's bday party, and asks me to ring him up a pizza, which he complains about the price of, and asks me to slide him a cup of tea. I'm feeling generous, so I go ahead and decide to let him have the tea (my manager is laid back and usually won't mind if we things like that within reaso
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    Font - While I have my back turned I hear some clanging change in the tip jar. I turn around and notice the only thing in it is a single dollar bill. I look at Lou and say, "I know there was a $5 in that jar, Lou" and just stare at him.(the five is the only thing I knew for certain was there bc I remember the kind dude who dropped it in there) He drops a five from the wad of money he had in his hands and said sorry and walked away.
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    Font - Ten minutes later he comes back and has the nerve to ask me for a free refill on the tea I gave him! Told him to f*ck off and he literally stood there pouting for three or four minutes before saying he'd pay for the drink and I sold it to him while he complained about his lack of gas money now bc he had to pay $2.46 for a cup of iced tea. Decided I was done and texted my boss about the whole thing and he went ahead and told us that Lou's gone for good. I'll never stop being surprised by s
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    Font - dataslinger 5 hr. ago Should have a camera on the register. If you had video of him stealing from the tip jar, why not report him? He was stealing from you and the rest of the staff. Just a ban is going very lightly on a thief. 41 Reply Share Sabrinasockz OP. 5 hr. ago 26 ●●● We do have a camera and definitely could, but honestly he's just kind of pathetic. He's not worth the effort, imo, but who knows what the boss'll do. I'm sure if he plans on reporting it he'll let us jnow Reply Share
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    Font - stretchpadawan - 4 hr. ago FUO Lou. He stole from all of you. 16 Reply Share Sabrinasockz OP 4 hr. ago Yeah. Just me and the cook today, but that doesn't make it right. He's a prick and I'm glad he's gone 15 Reply Share ●●●
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