'You don't care? You can go not care at a different spot:' Restaurant manager fires server in front of coworkers, internet actually applauds him for it

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Nov 5, 2023 10:00 AM EST

Everyone should work in the service industry at least once in their life. It really puts things into perspective. If your ego is too big, it will for sure shut that down. If you're insecure and too shy, it will bring out a more assertive you. It might be painful and even traumatizing (I worked at a pizza place in college almost a decade ago and I STILL have nightmares that I'm accidentally missing a shift…), but it helps you understand how to function in a society a little better. Actually, a lot better. 

It's rare that you come across a Reddit story where you're siding with the manager and not the employee, but this time, it's clear who was in the wrong. A restaurant manager was making accommodations for their deaf dishwasher as… a manager should. He asked the servers not to leave hot plates in a certain area because the dishwasher cannot hear if you say it's hot or not, so leave them in a designated hot area so he knows. However, servers weren't following this rule too well, so he had to get stricter and said if a person slips up on that again, that's a write-up. This makes sense, because the poor dishwasher was getting burner. 

However, one server was talking to their coworker and didn't realize the manager was behind them. One server told her not to put the hot plate there because it could burn the dishwasher, and she could get written up for it. She responded by saying she didn't care. Well, that really set OP off and he marched right in there and told her off right in front of everyone. Do you think this was a warranted firing? Scroll on to read and form your own opinion. 

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    C "Was I wrong for firing a server in front of everyone?"
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    r/AmIThe BadApple Posted by u/Competitive-Rest-667 A AITBA for firing a server in front of everyone
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    I work at a restaurant as a general manager. We have been having this problem with our servers and our deaf dishwasher. Since he's deaf I tell everyone to not put any hot trays in the dish pit. Instead put them in the table next to the dish pit because he knows those are hot. I also taught them how
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    to sign hot so if they are in a hurry, at least sign hot to him so he knows. Well people haven't been doing it. It's not even that we get busy and they aren't paying attention. We can be slow and they will flat out ignore my sign and still put hot dishes in the dish pit instead of the table RIGHT NEXT to
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    the dish pit. One day he almost got burned but a cook stopped what they were doing to grab his hand. After that I was done. I told everyone this is their final warning. He has a disability and we have to accommodate him. Next
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    time I see people not putting hot dishes on the table, it's a write up. So one day I was in the storage room and I heard one of my servers tell a girl we will call Sally "You better put that plate on the table. It's still sizzling. If the manager sees that she's gonna write you up." Sally
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    says "I don't care. Maybe they need to fire him and get a new dish washer." I come out of that storage room and Sally is there on her phone and I see that plate still sizzling and I say "You don't care?" She looks at me and goes to get an oven mitten to move the plate since it was already off
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    the wooden part but I said "No! You don't care. You can go not care at a different drop!" She stared at me with her mouth opened and I pointed to the door and said "Bye! Go not care!" She stormed out and kicked down the trash can. I will add that this was not my only issue I had with Sally.
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    She's done many things before this, this was just the straw the broke the camels back. I don't think I was wrong. She was perfectly fine with not following rules that were put in place for the safety of our dishwasher. But some people do think I acted like a . So I'm just asking, am I the bad apple?
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    Ithrewallofitaway. 2 days ago No, not at all. She needs to learn accountability and not be a bad apple.
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    ● scythelover 1 day ago Man, this is where I wish we can teach people a lesson on empathy the hard way.. she doesnt care?? Let her touch that plate without mittens... while she's blindfolded. Let's see if she stills act like a brat afterwards. Professionally, you did the right thing to do.
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