‘I was their “Cinderella"’: 19-year-old spa receptionist finally quits on the spot and walks out after finding a preemptive ‘write-up’ slip about herself

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Apr 25, 2024 6:00 PM EDT

You're never too young to stand up for yourself. 

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  • Seriously, just because it's someone's first job and they are young give no excuse to treat them poorly. However, some older entitled Karens and Kyles will take advantage of any naivety that they come across. Take example this 19-year-old Redditor u/icare-melapple, she finally had enough and quit on the spot!

    She got hired as a receptionist at a spa. She was only contracted to do receptionist duties like greeting the customers, etc. However, many of her co-workers and managers decided to see what else they could squeeze out of her. Eventually, she was doing so many other co-workers' duties and work chores that they started jokingly calling her “Cinderella” behind her back. She had been miserable for months, but it was what she stumbled upon one day that had her decide enough was enough. The managers and a few co-workers got together to start preemptively writing her up for unfair things that weren't even in her job description. Ridiculous, good thing she quit on the spot. Read the entire situation below! 

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    Spa & Massage On top of the literal bullying from my 50-year-old boss and being overworked, finding the write up was my last straw.
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    i walked out of my job today (with explanation as to why) hi reddit! i've been lurking on this subreddit for awhile, and i'm a first time poster. to make a long story a bit shorter, i walked out today. and it was the most peaceful feeling i've felt in a long, long time.
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    i'm 19, and started working at a spa at the top of this year (i was the receptionist.) i was hired on to greet customers, make them coffee/tea/snacks, take phone calls, and schedule appointments. not even a week in, i was given a lot of jobs that were not in my job description, which i was fine. with at the time because i wanted to be helpful. these included IT maintenance, software updates/fixes for our computers and online systems, and lots of fixing our fancy spa machines. i remember having t
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    knowledge or education in those areas, so i often found myself on the phone for hours on end with customer service and relied pretty heavily on youtube. (my boss did not want to pay for someone in the field to do it). i also did laundry, everyone's dirty dishes, made coffee runs for everyone, grocery runs, maintained inventory of everything in our spa, made supply orders, made advertisements and brochures, cleaned the spa every day, as well as taking out the trash every single day in the dark an
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    tended to the multitude of plants. if one died, or turned a little yellow, i got in trouble. again, i was fine with it for awhile. it became overwhelming, as these tasks were given to me daily/weekly. all of this was done on top of my original job duties. it went well for the first couple of months, but then i began to realize how toxic the work environment became. i was the youngest one in the spa.
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    everyone else ranges from 30-50. i guess there was an inside joke between the other employees that i was their "cinderella." but not as pretty. i just recently found out how much they talked poorly about me. i wasn't efficient enough, i was full of myself, cheap, etc. i could go on, but it makes me a bit sad to talk about. i've been crying, or disheartened, for the past month pretty much every day. they simply don't like me i guess, which is okay, but don't talk behind someone's back.
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    today, after accidentally stumbling upon my own write up, i just walked out. the reasons were ridiculous. there were 7 reasons. 1. i was in the emergency room on a day i wasn't supposed even supposed to work, but was called in. i couldn't make it, being in the E.R. and all. "absenteeism" was the first reason. 2. "tardiness." i arrived 30 minutes late last week. i took my puppy out to use the restroom before i left. my dog got spooked by some nearby construction and hid under our deck. it took me
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    3. a customer dropped a coffee, and i took too long to clean it up. (it burned both the customer and i, so i went to clean up myself before starting on the floor.) 4. i didn't clean the makeup brushes. (i forgot one time.) 5. i used my phone while working. (i was called by my university, and i answered. on the bright side, i was accepted!) 6. i didn't check the voicemails last week. (i do check them, and call back every morning. i just didn't delete them at the end of the week.)
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    7. i don't complete assigned tasks without reminders and not enough efficiency. (i do everything for these people. basically all of their dirty work. i'm sorry if i missed something on the mile long to-do list.) it was phrased much ruder than this, and i have a picture, but im afraid to get too specific. so on top of the literal bullying from my 50 year old boss and being overworked, finding the write up was my last straw. i found the write up after being on word. i was told to type out what the
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    reading the phrasing of it all felt petty, mean, and unkind. my boss was in the middle of a facial at the time i found it. what's crazy is, it was a shared document between my boss and two other employees. they seriously collabed on a write up. i left the write up pulled up on the front desk computer, packed my things, and walked out the door. i knew i had to leave while she was busy, so i got out of there with ten minutes to spare.
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    the funny thing is, i left about an hour and a half ago now. my boss has not called, texted, or emailed. she's been done with the facial for awhile according to the schedule i made. so we'll she what she says, if anything at all.
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    feverblue22 · 18h ago • Good for you! Hope you can find something better soon! O 18 ⇓ Reply ↑ Share icare-melapple OP. 18h ago thank you so much! i hope so as well. there's a lot of opportunities out there and i'm excited to see where i end up. + 9 ↓ Reply ↑ Share ...
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    Callan_LXIX • 18h ago please post the follow up.. and make sure that you get every cent; check your state laws regarding payment of what's due, and be ready to file grievance if you're not paid on time. (don't threaten/warn them) -- also: consider any other filings that could apply: you're not a maintenance technician or electrician; that may be a violation to work on that equipment if it requires a qualified person. mis-wiring or electrical shortage with a client in a wet mechanical equipment s
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    icare-melapple OP • 18h ago this is the advice i didn't even know i needed, thank you very much. i made sure to take pictures of the write up, and i have screenshots between my boss and i that are going to be helpful. (helpful for me anyway.) i'll work on those things tonight. and payday is tomorrow! i always write down my hours so i can calculate my paychecks for bills and such, so if the numbers aren't adding up, i'll know! 443 Reply ↑ Share ...
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    sjmme66 18h ago They were totally using you. But making fun of you while taking from you? That it deserves them a visit from the Karma Fairy. You are so much better off now and they will be just a distant memory some day. ↑ Share ☆ 5 Reply + 2 more replies strawtrash 18h ago I'm sorry that happened. It's never fun to work with people who don't like you and gossip about you. It's even worse when you found out they collabed on the write up. Personally I think you're better off. Good luck finding s
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    Porcel2019 18h ago • Sounds like they were trying to get you to quit. + 3 ↓ Reply ↑ Share icare-melapple OP. 18h ago another employee let me know that the it talk" has been going on for months at this point. i don't understand the reasoning behind hiring me just to get me to quit. regardless, im outta there! Reply ↑ Share 43
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    Such-Background4972 • 16h ago This type of treatment is quite common in the beauty industry. I worked in a nail salon for a few years, and know people who work in other parts of yhr industry. like this is part of the reason why I left. Your problely not the first person to walk out, and won't be the last. They will fill your spot with someone else soon, and probably run her out also. Reply ↑ Share +3⇓
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    MyTransResearch 18h ago They were probably salty because you have potential and they don't. A lot of people who work entry level jobs aren't particularly bright, functional or mature. Controversial take, but it's probably true. Navigating the pettiness of others is probably going to be one of your unspoken work task in every job you do. 423 Reply ↑ Share icare-melapple OP. 18h ago well thank you :') i'd like to think i'm pretty smart and mature for my age, but im sure a few years down the line i
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    00 TornadoEF5 17h ago this is the way. i walked out of a job with no notice when my boss went on holiday, had a huge grin on my face when another employee told me how he was and that i ruined his holiday aborad :) 42 33 + 1 more reply Reply ↑ Share Upper-Science-3035 Amen. It's a miracle +233 • 17h ago Reply ↑ Share
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    Commercial_Back_8777 17h ago • First, as someone coming up on 50 I am so sorry you were treated that way. Regardless of age, you deserved respect and it's disappointing to hear someone who should be old enough to know better was such an Second, I am super proud of you for sticking up for yourself. I remember how intimidating it can be being the youngest person at a workplace. But you have shown yourself and others that you won't be treated unfairly. Unfortunately, most people have to work for mo
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    icare-melapple OP • 13h ago this made me tear up. thank you so much. i know there's a lot of kind people in the world, and im sure just the right thing will open up. i'm prepared for jobs i don't like very much, since i am young without much experience outside of entry jobs. however, like you were saying, no one deserves to be treated like that, especially in a professional setting. and yes they're documented! i have pictures and screenshots of everything ive found noteworthy just in case i need
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