'He was the type to always blame us': Store greeter caught on camera giving his coworkers orders

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    'After about an hour on the clock... we got a few complaining customers'
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    Hypocrite lied so he wouldn't have to mop 3 This story of malicious compliance happened during last winter, so I remember it vividly.
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    For context I work as a Utility worker for a local super market, If you dont know what a Utility worker is, we are a mix of cart pusher, Janitor and Emergency Cashier, we are called for anything anyone needs help on, such as carryouts and the such.
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    We had a nasty Greeter there. he was an old geezer who, from his demeanor, seem to hate his job, He was also the type to always blaime us utility workers for "Slacking on the Job" when the carts get low indoors...not empty... Low, even though we have other responsibilities to do, it was very clear that he hated our guts.
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    One day I go to work and It is snowing like no Tomorrow, The parking lot was covered in just mere minutes, and the snow plows just got here. I go inside the store and I immediately see the Old Greeter.
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    Greeter: "You guys cant bring in any carts that have any snow on them(Even if they had the smallest of snowflakes he would reject the cart and force it outside), We cant have customers slip on the water that melts off of it. Order from Boss" (for the
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    record, the greeters are given wet floor signs and a mop with a bucket to clean up any of our messes Involving carts with snow on them during the winter, plus we are required to clean off most of the snow off the carts before coming in)
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    Me, knowing that were were gonna run out of carts fast and have none to bring in because of this rule, I decided not to talk back and instead just shrugged and clocked in. I told a Coworker about what the Greeter said to me and it turns out the coworker was told the same thing by the same Greeter eariler in the day when he came in, we both decided to humor him and do as he says and see what happens.
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    After about an hour on the clock, the indoor carts are completely empty and we got a few complaining customers. Both me and the Coworker were called into Boss's office, when we went in there and saw an angry Boss, and an annoyed Greeter, all the while Greeter was making a comment on how lazy we were about this whole thing. Boss looked at us as soon as we walked in
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    Boss: "Hey guys...uhh. why are the carts empty indoors? we need carts in here" Me: "We were told thay we couldn't bring in any carts that had any snow on them, Couldn't have any customers slip on the puddles, and you have probably have seen the weather outside"
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    Boss, Looking very confused: "Who told you that you couldn't do that" Coworker: "Well. OG told us this as soon as we came in."
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    The Greeter, Looking smug, like he had won: "they are lying to get out of trouble because they are lazy, they never keep the carts full, I was on break during when they came in"
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    Boss: "Well. why dont we check the cameras then." while the cameras didn't record sound they could see that OG did indeed told us something and that he lied about being on break. furthermore Me and CW arrived an hour apart and the longest you can take a break here is the 30 minute lunch breaks.
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    Greeter, now realising that he was caught admited to the whole thing. turns out he didn't want to mop up any water from the snow that day, Yep.
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    Long story short. Greeter got fired and was replaced by a much nicer greeter. Moral of the story? Dont lie to coworkers, especially if they know that you hate them, It can backfire.
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    Edit: I asked my boss today about why he was in the office to begin with. Apparently he went in there to complain about us not doing work and to report us being lazy on the job.
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    Toxic Troublemaker · Imagine being so bad of a worker that you get fired from a GREETER position
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    MattAmoroso yep, that seems to be the way. We'll make the meanest old 1 the greeter and the slowest cashier we have can run the express aisle.
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    AMonkeyAndALavaLamp. We don't have greeters in my country, but from what I've read here on Reddit, I always thought that being educated and attentive were required to be one. How can a guy with such personality become a greeter?
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    grauenwolf Moral of the story? Dont lie to coworkers, especially if they know that you hate them, It can backfire. Yea, everyone knows that you lie to your underlings when you want to be lazy, never your equals.

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