'You won't get away with not paying me': New owner refuses to give employee his money's worth, employee finds a clever way to get paid anyway

Author image for Sienna Varady
Sienna Varady
Dec 13, 2023 12:00 PM EST

From roughly the age of 15 to 22 (fresh out of college), we are expected to accept any position, as long as someone will hire us, regardless of the duties and responsibilities. Hold your horses; what I mean to say is that every position, within 'normal bounds', is acceptable. As a result, I believe we can all agree that for nearly ten years, we have been changing jobs frequently in the hopes of finding one that won't be emotionally or physically taxing. The jobs differ according to age, preference, and availability, of course. As a result, one individual might be satisfied in retail, another in customer service, and so on. There are countless alternatives and countless stories to choose from. 

So, in honor of the difficult years we all had to overcome, check out an account of a frustrated, overworked, and underappreciated bartender! A quick run-down of the story, OP decides to beat the system as he treats himself to the majority of the produce in the vicinity, and therefore, single-handedly solves the compensation mess created by his reckless manager. After you're done scrolling, check out a thrilling petty revenge story about a man who refuses to wait his turn while waiting to purchase his refreshing beverage here!

Advertisement
  • 01
    "You won't get away with not paying me..."
    via Canva
  • 02
    Bar I worked at stopped paying us and changed owners. OHH we got paiddd
    via u/InstantBigSister
  • 03
    A recent post reminded me of this story so I will share. I'm old so... Picture it... Margate, FI... early 2000s. I have been waiting tables and bartending all over town and landed at a cool little hole in the wall next to a Gym.
    via u/InstantBigSister
  • 04
    The bar itself had a large group of regulars that would be waiting for me in the parking lot to open. I loved the regulars. I looked forward to the same cheesy flirty jokes in the morning and loved seeing the souls of these veterans light up when it was time to collect toys
    via u/InstantBigSister
  • 05
    for Xmas. All the booths in the restaurant would get a piece of plywood and get filled w toys in time to make Xmas special gor underprivileged kids. Seriously, good people, good vibes, I loved it.
    via u/InstantBigSister
  • 06
    Although the restaurant was big and could seat over 100, it rarely filled up and on our busy nights it would be just the chef and I. Most days no mgmt came by, we slipped money in a safe drop, closed up and left. This should have been a warning but I figured the owners would tell us if business was bad.
    via u/InstantBigSister
  • 07
    They didn't. They just stopped showing up and stopped paying us and one night the regulars and I were surprised to see over 100 people come into the bar asking about 25 cent wings.
    via u/InstantBigSister
  • 08
    There was a new owner. A professional football player and he had invited all his friends to his new spot. Were we told? No. Were we prepared? Also, no. So proceeds a horrible night of me (allIIl by myyyselfff *sing it) waitressing and bartending for 100.
    via u/InstantBigSister
  • 09
    The regulars were offput by the new vibe of screaming, cackling, breaking, and throwing hands so they left and didn't come back. I could see how this was going to end and we still had hours to go, so I asked the chef (whom had just become my roommate) how much payroll he was owed and calculated mine.
    via u/InstantBigSister
  • 10
    While I was scrambling in the front of the house I instructed chef to fill the thick garbage bags with alll the seafood and steaks in the house. I had him drop scoop fulls of ice into the bags and double bag them before placing them in our car's trunk.
    via u/InstantBigSister
  • 11
    The night ends. I produce a 2k check and this BALLLLER tipped me Fourteen Dollars. I called him out on his in front of his friends, threw the keys at him and both chef and I left him with a trashed restaurant.
    via u/InstantBigSister
  • 12
    We picked up a handle of Jack Daniels and called our friends and band mates to the house and had an epic surf and turf party. I had originally planned to take only what we were owed but after 14.00... I texted him to bag it all and throw the bag outside the door asap bc I was coming out and we were leaving.
    via u/InstantBigSister
  • 13
    Tbh, idk if he even figured it out. He bought the restaurant and had not even been inside it, much less taken food inventory. Only we knew what the restaurant had. All we left him was wings and fries I still make scallop, shrimp, and steak skewers from time to time and wash it down with some Jack.
    via u/InstantBigSister
  • 14
    noisyrob_666 3 days ago 100 people and the bill was only 2k? even for early 2000's money that's a stingy night for them.
    via u/noisyrob_666
  • 15
    Instant BigSister OP. 3 days ago Yeah.25 cent wings and owner was randomly filling buckets of beer up on his own so he gave out a lot of beer that I didn't charge for. But back then, they were also 5 dollar buckets
    via u/InstantBigSister
  • 16
    PoppyStaff. 3 days ago This is not so much revenge as righteous and justified.
    via u/PoppyStaff
  • 17
    LuLouProper - 3 days ago I might have taken the safe as well.
    via u/LuLouProper
  • 18
    rudbek-of-rudbek · 3 days ago Hopefully you're not using the same frozen scallops from the early 2000s, but that's not my business I guess
    via u/rudbek-of-rudbek
  • 19
    money Cdn Bison 2 days ago Reminds me of what happened to a guy I knew in university ... he was working a casual family- friendly type place (along the lines of Chilis, Applebee's etc). They got word that night that they wouldn't be re-opening,
    via u/CdnBison
  • 20
    thank you for your time. Most of the staff were college kids, with nothing to lose, so many of them stocked up - dishes, cutlery, boxes of steaks.... all walked out the door when they closed up for the night.
    via u/CdnBison
  • 21
    Instant BigSister OP- 2 days ago Lmao Good for them. I worked at a place on Palm Beach that was always in the red so the back of the house was often waiting to be paid. They got sick of the bs one night after the 3rd late
    via u/InstantBigSister
  • 22
    paycheck and they looted that place. I was only missing the hourly min for waiting tables so I just grabbed a couple bottles of the really high end stuff and walked.
    via u/InstantBigSister
  • 23
    krypton_krysa- 2 days ago When my moms corporate told her they were closing her village inns in the "bankruptcy" claim, we all went up there and emptied the walk in fridge and freezers into our cars and took it all to the local shelter that accepted fresh food it was prolly 2.5 cars full of food. Good on you
    via u/krypton_krysa
  • 24
    newbsta206 2 days ago I used to work at a pizza/pasta restaurant back in the day, I was the cook. It was a snowy day which someone everyone around us has no power but us so only restaurant open, was the only cook that could make it
    via u/newbsta206
  • 25
    while only one server. We were packed too the point there were people that couldn't be seated sense for some flipping reason we only place that has power...obviously the food orders were over an hour behind sense I was the only person so trying to make all the
    via u/newbsta206
  • 26
    dough, make the pizzas's/pastas and cook them. Which the people that asked for calzones made it farther behind. Was a hellish nightmare. Well the waitress only gave me 7 dollars in the tips she made while taking home hundreds!!! ( I saw it) I quit and never did a cook again. But made me think about other
    via u/newbsta206
  • 27
    servers out and I know it happens to them. It's a total system. All post I hear from servers I'm like f you the cook as it way worst because they make the same hourly, way worst, and don't for tips. Now I see you get said you two roommates but I guarantee you didn't share your tips fairly and still
    via u/newbsta206
  • 28
    demanded his fair share of rent. Whenever I go out I tip the cooks directly on my way out and let servers see I tipped them better. I'm ready for the hate mail!!!! XD
    via u/newbsta206

Want More? Follow Us and Add Us as a Preferred Source on Google.

Tags

bar malicious compliance weekends reddit story petty revenge satisfying quitting story happy ending overworked-employees Horrible Bosses bartender Reddit funny oddly satisfying
Scroll Down For The Next Article