'I made the mistake of assuming he was telling the truth': Boss tells employee he'll drive her home from work before a snowstorm hit, ends up ghosting her and left her stranded

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Isabella Penn
Nov 12, 2023 7:00 PM EST

Doesn't matter whether it's a boss/employee, parent/child, or friend/friend relationship, this story is pretty messed up. So, our OP doesn't have a car (not sure how she was planning to get home from work originally, but that's beside the point). Her and the boss are the only ones working at her job on this particular day. Once they got word that a pretty big snowstorm was coming, her boss said he'd close up work early and drive her home. He had an hour-long break midday, but when he got back, he promised he'd close up. As you guys already know, this wasn't the case. 

HOURS go by, and the storm starts getting really bad. Our OP tries calling her boss multiple times, and it ends up going to voicemail every time. What is she supposed to do? She has no way home, no taxis/cabs are taking rides atm, and everyone who she's tried to call for a ride says it's too far or too bad out to drive. To make matters worse, it's getting dark out and she's afraid the old building might lose power. So, she's stuck. 

Now at this point of the story, I was a little concerned about her boss's safety. Why wasn't he answering? Was he okay? Did he get in a bad accident on the way? But then, the OP shared that one of her coworkers called her boss, and he picked up right away. He even had the audacity to say that he closed the shop up early because of the storm, but FAILED to mention that there was still an employee there. Yikes. Keep reading to see what our OP did next. 

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    Posted by u/Plunky-juju 15 hours ago My boss lied that he would come back to drive me home and has left me in the middle of this snow storm at work that's expected to get worse. Will no longer answer his phone!
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    (Original post>) I went into work today replacing the morning shift, when we got news of the possibility (not confirmation yet) that there may be worse weather than previously anticipated. Within 30 minutes of clocking in it started to snow sporadic and lightly. My boss assured me
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    (since I don't have a car atm) that he will return from break (he gets an hour break) early and will close shop and drive me home before things get worse if the snow picked up. I made the mistake of assuming he was telling the truth.
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    I've been here at the store waiting, power flickering as the snow gets worse, my cell coverage diminishing, and looking at other stores and folk in general getting the heck out of here as now the forecast is calling for increasing intensity. In a couple hours or less there will
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    be a huge wave of snow (and ice from earlier melted snow due to the temperature drop) that will make things incredibly difficult. But my boss never came back. I gave him a call when things first started picking up and he said he would call me back in about 15
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    minutes, that was long ago, he never f called back. I called him twice after with no answer, then when I tried calling him again after that? He either turned off his phone off or blocked my number because it went to voicemail.
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    It has now been hours since then and he still hasn't returned or given me a call back, and I'm the only one here, the snow has gotten worse and we are approaching that time in the forecast soon where the snow will start falling at a heavier rate with a major drop in
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    temperatures, which is already gradually happening. The snow is starting to stick more and more. Almost everything around is already closed, there is a Hotel close nearby but they only take paying customers. They closed
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    the lobby with that orange wire stuff that restaurants used to block people from using the dining areas of restaurants during covid, because they have employees still worried about it. I saw a few people try to go in over an hour ago, but they were turned down by the staff unless
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    they got a room, they went up the street and eventually caught a ride, but now? No one is driving up here on any rideshare or Taxi service (which would have had inflated prices anyway) as the weather got worse since then. The hotel wants $122 for a room
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    likely due to the weather. That puts me in a bad situation because I barely get paid much as is and won't get paid until Friday leaving me no way to get a room. My main concern is that if this
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    shoddy stores power goes out I'm screwed. We are talking 20's (temperature) and dropping soon, I've tried calling some contacts related to the job on the stores landline, but they refer me back to my boss or are too far to get here. I called the local
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    emergency response but they are splitting resources already in main areas that are suffering from snowfall, and trying to prepare the main roads in lighter affected areas before the brunt of the storm blows in within a couple hours. They said it could take several hours to get
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    someone up here, and by then the situation will be much worse. Still even now, I've received no response from my boss, the f completely cut me off despite making his false promise to return, and I have no idea what else to do. At this point my
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    phone has no data and barely can hold a call, so I'm using the stores wifi for internet, and had to already result to the store landline for recent calls. I don't know why he would do this knowing that a worker is stuck here, I'm just left to sit here
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    Update: Getting dark, low visibility after about 20 feet, snow starting to gradually get higher, video below: https://imgur.com/zKqjsy.p (Btw there is no access to the cash container, addressing some of the comments assuming I have access)
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    Update 2: I am now going out to get to the hotel. You should hear an update once I am there hopefully within 10-15 minutes. Thanks everyone.
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    Update 3: I have gone through the snow and have made it to the Hotel, I am now at the Hotel safe.
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    (I would like to also mention while quitting the job should be an obvious thought, I do not have a safety net to do so, unfortunately I'll have to stick with the job, and can only hope my boss is fired as some sort of compensation until I explore any legal options.)
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    Update 4: Just got a text from another manager who managed to call my boss (not mentioning my name) and he picked up the phone. He lied and said he closed early because there was snow piled up on the road at a time it hadn't happened yet, not even
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    mentioning that any employee (me) was still there at the store. I have no words to describe how fu mad I am right now but I'm trying to remain calm so I can get some rest. I wish he did end up in a ditch like some users theorized, piece of s
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