'They think they're too good to do a menial job': New hire gets belittled for her inexperience then retaliates by making tenured specialists do their own dirty work

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Jan 24, 2024 6:00 PM EST

Being a new hire at a new job can be a bit intimidating. Not only are you the new grunt in the workplace, but you're surviving the workday with basically no experience and a lot of questions. Usually, your manager recognizes your liability, but in some cases, new hires are punished for their inexperience– even though it's a direct reflection of their training efficacy… or lack thereof. 

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  • It's hard enough being the new lackey at work, but when the more experienced coworkers around are consistently rubbing it in your face, it's only a matter of time before something's going to give. Besides, whether you're holding a mop, a phone, or a crisp cashier's check in the workplace, everyone has very clear roles to play that are vital to the success of the entire machine.

  • For example, without the janitors in the building, we'd run out of toilet paper. Without the front desk attendants, we'd have clients rushing up to the sales team at all hours of the day. And without a vital new hire answering the phones at a tattoo/piercing shop, oh boy, do we have a problem. 

  • Scroll for a tantalizing tale of how one woman got instant payback against a snarky, belittling coworker by making him do his own dirty work in the workplace, making him beg for forgiveness and quickly shove his foot in his mouth. 

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    "Okay, bet"
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    r/r/Malicious Compliance Posted by u/lala_lovemuffin It's not your job to answer the phone? Well I guess it's not my job to answer questions on your behalf.... S OC
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    So I work at a tattoo/ piercing shop. I'm brand new to this shop and the following happened between my other two coworkers one who is an artist and the other is the piercer. On this particular day it's only the three of us at the shop, it's also my first week so I'm just meeting my coworkers. For
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    a long time the shop ran with out a front desk person, they eventually hired someone and just recently decided to only have someone during the weekend. This is all new to everyone (apparently) and I'm also new to the shop so I'm just going with the flow. Unbeknownst to me the
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    piercer and artist had a conversation first thing in the morning (I think I was in my booth and heard of this story later on in the week) Went along the lines of; p: it's bs that we don't have a front desk person A: yeah, buts it's fine we are capable of attending people as they come in P: well it's not my job to greet people or answer the phone. Don't expect me to take any calls A: okay, bet. Then don't.
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    The rest of the day the artist took the phone and answered every. Single. Call. Now this is a busy street shop, particularly for piercings so majority of the calls are questions related to piercings. So every call the artist took
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    about piercings he'd say " well that's a piercer questions and I don't answer those so I guess you have to come in and find out". All day long. At some point he had to leave for 15 mins and handed me the phone giving me specific introductions to not answer anything about piercings. I was like
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    "okay???" but did what I was told.lol I found it strange but also didn't question it. The piercer just sat in his station the entire day and sulked. The next day, the owner was in and the piercer had a 180 change in attitude about answering the phone and not having a receptionist. He started answering calls lol
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    binkacat4 4 days ago The compliance is that the piercer didn't have to answer any phones. The malicious bit is that nobody else answered those questions, which presumably I off enough customers that the owner heard about it, and he came in and had a serious discussion with the piercer.
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    Lumpy_Marsupial_1559. 5 days ago That was short, sharp, and delightful. Thank you! 288 288 Reply Share Waifer2016 4 days ago I see what you did there
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    WeatherKat32621. 4 days ago I despise people like that!!! They think they're too good to do what they deem is a menial job. I worked with someone like that once. At the time, I was still working on my Masters and she had hers so she thought that was beneath her and I should
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    do it. My boss got fed up and told her she had to do it. Then my boss took me aside and said if the phone rings and you're busy, don't go running to get it. Let her do it. So 15 minutes later there goes the phone. It rings. And rings. And rings. Finally I heard her cuss and go pick it up.
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    coffee-weed-win. 4 days ago This was a good one to start my day with while I enjoyed my coffee. Thank you!
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    ladyelenawf 4 days ago It honestly reminds me of when something had gone wrong and it's really not my kids' fault. However, they'll spend more time explaining why they are not involved than it would have taken to fix whatever is jacked up.
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    Zoreb14 days ago I'm guessing that the piercer lost business since less people came in for piercing (which why he was sulking). They probably get paid in commission like stylists in some beauty salons. Reply Share 54 CowTipping2020. 1 day ago They more likely rent the booth.
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