'Have fun being unemployed': New manager tries to take a cut of servers' tips, servers band together to get her fired

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Nov 28, 2023 8:00 AM EST

Rule number one of being a manager should be to never become the enemy of your team. Of course, it's nearly impossible to be the best friend of your team members. There will always be a power dynamic there and a sense of authority and professionalism that you cannot shake (nor should you, in many cases). However, what you do need to do is create a sense of approachability and to lead with empathy and understanding. This is, of course, easier said than done, and there are certain work environments that do not lend themselves well to these important facets of managing a team. A restaurant, for instance, is not the easiest work environment to be a team leader.

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    "She's getting fired as soon as she gets back from vacation" TTC
    via Petr Sevcovic

  • This thread was posted to Reddit's r/pettyrevenge subreddit, and while it certainly is not easy to step into a managerial role at a restaurant, demanding to take a cut from your servers' tips when you're the one who is salaried is no way to lead. In fact, this act only led to the manager's downfall. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. When you're finished, check out this post about a professor's malicious compliance.

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    r/pettyrevenge Posted by u/Hotdogwater88888 10 hours ago New hire at my boyfriends job thinks she's going to run things and talk about me? Have fun being unemployed.
    via u/Hotdogwater88888
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    My boyfriend saw this one through and I'm so glad he did. This chick was hired onto the management team with my boyfriend and has been a problem from the start. As soon as she was hired she came in trying to change things and run the restaurant. Turned the employees against my boyfriend,
    via u/Hotdogwater88888
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    and started causing issue with the schedule demanding certain days off and us over because now he has to work the worst days and she gets all the weekends off. She also talked about me for some reason, because I apparently had too much clOvage. There was no reason whatsoever for my name be in her mouth,
    via u/Hotdogwater88888
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    then we have been silently waiting for her to mess up. There was always little things, like messing up the employee schedule, or getting complaints about her from customers. But she finally did something big enough to report.
    via u/Hotdogwater88888
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    An employee was irritated with her, and vented to my boyfriend about it. And they spilled all the tea about a night where she demanded money from the servers as a "tip" for her. She's a salaried manager. She doesn't need tips from employees. And it's probably illegal too. She literally demanded $25 from each of them,
    via u/Hotdogwater88888
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    then when they gave her that, she said that wasn't enough and asked for $50 each. The ones who didn't give her the other $25 mysteriously got scheduled less the week after. Seriously messed up. Then, my boyfriend heard from another manager and from the customers themselves of a huge wedding party that she was extremely unprofessional and difficult to work with. The guests complained about her 4 separate times.
    via u/Hotdogwater88888
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    So, my boyfriend decided to first tell the kitchen manager, the highest under the owner, who then told him to immediately bring it to the owner's attention. Owner compiled a list of dates and employee names. She's getting fired as soon as she gets back from vacation this Wednesday lol.
    via u/Hotdogwater88888
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    Justbored2much 11 hr. ago Geez how stupid some people are ! Please update us about her reaction too!! 979 Reply Share
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    Analysis-Klutzy. 3 hr. ago It's more a matter of consequence. If you don't give people consequences then they see no reason to stop doing what there doing 106 Reply Share
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    kaenneth 10 hr. ago And it's probably illegal too. In the US, very illegal. HUGE liability for the owner. 711 Reply Share
    via u/Hotdogwater88888
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    TheGrimReader1888 11 hr. ago Please post an update later. 272 Reply Share
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    Gracelandrocks. 10 hr. ago So eager to see how she justifies the tip grabbing. Some people should have been swallowed at conception! T151 Reply Share
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    nerdgirl71 10 hr. ago Hope she has to pay the employees back. 108 B Reply Share
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    Hotdogwater88888 OP. 10 hr. ago. edited 6 hr. ago Prolly not, but the owner has compiled enough on her that they don't have to worry about paying unemployment lol.
    via u/Hotdogwater88888
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    Edit because I was typing in a rush: some of that info includes statements she made to EMPLOYEES saying "if they don't like what I'm doing they can fire me so I can collect unemployment" apparently multiple employees heard it more than once. 194 Reply Share
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    DublinCheezie 9 hr. ago Yep. If the owner has half a brain, he will immediately, like within five minutes, reimburse every server she stole from plus the lost wages for those who lost shifts cause she's such a thieving I.
    via u/Hotdogwater88888
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    Owner is liable for lawsuit which he will 100% lose until he makes everyone " whole "again. Whole being a legal term for no longer having any damages. Since damages are required for a lawsuit, for $800 $1000 he can eliminate any chance of a lawsuit that will cost him over 10x that amount just in lawyer fees since he will lose, he would also have to pay attorneys for the victims.
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    Oh, btw, what she did was legally considered theft; taking other people's property against their will. They can and should report her to the police after they give the owner a chance to make them whole. Owner's mistake was hiring a toxic thief, but as long as he cooperates and makes everyone whole or better, I say don't hurt him/her.
    via u/Hotdogwater88888
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    Just file a criminal complaint for theft against that .). Obviously, that's not the first time she's done that and it won't be the last of all that happens is she moves to a new restaurant.
    via u/Hotdogwater88888

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