‘Who do they expect to put up with that for mere pennies?’: Drugstore employee gets reprimanded for taking 3-minute bathroom break, quits on the spot

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Nov 11, 2023 12:00 PM EST

Have you or a loved one experienced audacity? You may be entitled to financial compensation—act now! For real though, real real talk, where do these people get this amount of audacity? A Redditor recently posted about working a minimum wage job and getting in trouble for taking a 3-minute bathroom break. This feels like audacity on a whole different level. 

Apparently, the were working at a drugstore that rhymes with fall-beans, at the register. The had to use the restroom, so they asked a coworker to watch their register as they popped in really quickly. They were in and out in a max of 5 minutes, but probably less. And yet, the entitled manager came marching towards them rage-filled and gave them trouble for taking a bathroom break. For doing a basic human need that you can only control for so long… Like, come on! So, he went to lunch and clocked tf out. Hopefully that manager got taken down a peg and learned that people would stand to be treated that way for mere pennies. 

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    "Where are companies MAHER Tolen Frame getting this much audacity?" eds
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    Posted by u/doctoryiff 11 hours ago got in trouble for peting at a job that pays me minimum wage. where are companies getting this much audacity? 8
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    (20) worked at [undisclosed drugstore that starts with a W] for a month. I worked at the registers in the pharmacy. The first two weeks that I "worked" there, they told me to come in multiple times,
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    and then immediately sent me home because the manager couldn't figure out how to put me in the computer system. So, it wasn't off to a great start. But I didn't mind the job in general.
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    Then, one day, I got in trouble for going to the bathroom when I wasn't on my break. Mind you, I was in the bathroom for 3ish minutes, 5 absolute tops. I wasn't just farting around in there for half an hour. I've worked in fast food/retail for years I've for going haven't gotten to the bathroom before.
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    I stayed at that job for another hour. Then, I clocked out for my lunch, I went home, and I never returned. Quite bold for a store that is severely understaffed already. Genuinely who do they expect to put up with that for mere pennies?
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    RDJ1000 10 hr. ago Depending on your state they may owe you a couple of hours of pay for every time they had you show up and then immediately sent you home. You might look into your state's labor laws and file a wage claim.
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    Brilliant Various5995. 4 hr. ago Yeah, in my state they have to pay you for two hours, regardless of how long you were there under two hours.
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    dontburnitaslay. 9 hr. ago Good for you for just walking out. The audacity of those f rs is wild.
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    LocalLiBEARian · 5 hr. ago You mean nobody showed you where they keep the company catheters? They're right next to the sticks that seem to be permanently shoved up the managers' backsides. /s
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    JustanOldBabyBoomer. 7 hr. ago I don't blame you for walking out!!!! I have medical issues that REQUIRE bathroom breaks when my body says GO! The boss doesn't like that? He can screw himself!
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    PrimeScreamer 4 hr. ago ● Yeah they won't let you leave at Walmart. You must wait until the CSM decides its slow enough for you to go or they find someone to cover you.
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    Then they'll itch that you didnt go on your break. Total bulls it is what that is. When my bladder decides it's time, it's time. I will be going home to change clothes if you don't let me go.
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    Greenmanssky. 7 hr. ago Doesn't matter. Employers are required to let employees use the bathroom at any time. We're not legally bound to hold our iss in at work for minimum wage. If they were worried about the register they should have stood in front of it for 5 minutes themselves.
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    BaronVonKeyser. 5 hr. ago The reason you got yelled at is you didnt get enough gullible elderly folk to sign up for that ridiculous credit card
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    21 ImANatural Red 2 hr. ago ● Oh ell no. Not being able to use the bathroom at work is the reason I have horrible bladder problems to the point where it affects my daily life. Don't k around with the bathroom.
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    BlameTag 58 min. ago ● I admire you for sticking around until your lunch break. You'd have been justified walking out then and there.
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