‘They begged me to come back’: After getting suspended for being a minute late for work, employee drops all major projects and causes office chaos

Nobody likes being late for work. First of all, because it is extremely stressful. The entire way to work is a race against time, you keep glancing at the clock like it might make time move slower, and once you get to work you need an extra 10 minutes to relax enough so you'll be able to properly work. Then you also have the impression you want to make on your boss, and being late is never a good look on you.

Even so, it happens to everyone and a lot of the time it happens because of things you can't really control. For example, I was late today for work because the bus had a flat tire, and the driver had to stop and replace it. It had nothing to do with me or my time management, but still, it happened and I had to deal with it. Luckily my boss is super understanding and I didn't have to give a lot of explanations.

The person who wrote this Reddit story wasn't as lucky as me, as he had to deal with an unreasonable and strict HR manager on a daily basis. This manager came up with a rule that if an employee is even a minute late for 3 days in a month, they would be suspended. OP, who had the misfortune of being a minute late 3 times, decided he would not give up without a fight, and proved to the manager how bad it would be if she really did suspend him.

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