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'Supervisor [...] fired her staff for obeying the rules': Receptionist follows boss's rules, refuses to make coffee for salesman, gets fired but asked to stay until replacement starts

In case it hasn't been clear, workplace culture is undergoing a serious facelift these days. The question is how everyone responds to these (in some cases, very necessary and long overdue) changes. 

Here, we have a supervisor who specifically told the receptionist staff to never fetch coffee for salesmen at the office, as they are more than capable of making their own beverages. However, you can't enforce these policies and then not have your employees' backs when they follow through. That's what happened when this Redditor's wife was fired simply for refusing to make this dude's coffee… per the orders of her very own boss. 

Not only was OP's wife unjustly fired, but they also had the audacity to request that she stick around until they find a suitable replacement. Thankfully, she was able to find a much better position at a far more progressive company that actually put its money where its mouth was. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions in the comments section. For more content like this, check out this post about a horrendous interview.

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