'As I handed her the coffee I told her I quit': Manager demands that employee makes her coffee at the end of every shift, employee finally snaps

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
May 15, 2024 8:00 AM EDT

Some managers make such ridiculous demands that one has to wonder if they are trying to make their employees quit. Sometimes, that is the case, and other times, it's just that these managers have egos and enjoy engaging in power dynamics. If this description fits your manager, our advice would be to get out while you still can.

Here, we have a barista whose manager would insist on having a coffee made for her at the end of every shift after everything in the store had been cleaned up and finished for the day. She did this repeatedly and without fail just to see if she could keep getting away with it. Finally, this Redditor had a job lined up elsewhere and was unable to take this audacity anymore.

Keep scrolling below to see what happened when, like clockwork, the barista's manager asked for a coffee at the most inopportune time. For more stories like this, check out this post about an employee who got some stinky petty revenge after getting fired.

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  • 01
    I worked at a cafe in a big shopping centre for a few months between jobs I actually liked. The manager was a nut and liked to throw her weight around.
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  • 02
    Every evening she'd tell me to clean the coffee machine and get ready to close up. Every evening once I was done, she'd ask me to make her a coffee 'for the road.' I'd have to make it and then clean everything again.
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    I offered to make it for her before I cleaned the machine but she complained that it wouldn't be hot enough.
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  • 04
    I received a better job offer and was looking forward to one more week before leaving. However, the next night she wanted her coffee after we'd already had to stay back and I definitely wasn't getting paid overtime. Everyone had left 30 minutes before. I had had enough.
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  • 05
    I took care to spill coffee grounds everywhere, use as many utensils and jugs as I could and just make a huge mess. As I handed her the coffee I told her 'I quit.' The look on her face was priceless as she realised she'd be the one cleaning up. Worth being poor for a week!
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    PN_Guin 11 hr. ago If she made you work unpaid overtime this would have been wage theft. Depending on where you live this can be rather expensive for the owners. Expensive enough that the manager would have gotten sacked immediately and you could have had a paid vacation.
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    The Truthkeeper. 12 hr. ago However, the next night she wanted her coffee after we'd already had to stay back and I definitely wasn't getting paid overtime Then you shouldn't have been doing any work outside of your scheduled hours. Ever.
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  • 08
    Dripping Snarkasm 5 hr. ago Serves her right. After all, you were the one with... (wait for it) ... grounds for complaint.
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    Adventurous-Skirt-61 10 hr. ago It's mandatory for employers to pay overtime. I recommend getting an attorney
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    Wotmate01 6 hr. ago The use of shopping centre says to me that this is in Australia. If so, making you work overtime without pay is wage theft, and in some Australian states it's a criminal offence punishable by up to ten years in prison.
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  • 11
    Master-Breath-821. 4 hr. ago Should threw the coffee at the ground infront of her feet too
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  • 12
    21_Mushroom_Cupcakes. 32 min. ago You didn't have to do anything for her.
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    Reasonable Ruin_3760. 3 hr. ago Love it! Brilliant revenge !
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  • 14
    Equivalent-Salary357 2 hr. ago And soon half the workforce isn't paying union dues, and the union can't afford legal representation. Eventually, the union is ineffective and more members drop out.
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  • 15
    I sincerely doubt either of us will change the other's opinions here. I'm too old to 'argue'.
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  • 16
    I worked in the factory in the 60s with men who told me what they went through to get the union and why. There's a reason they exist. Best wishes.
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  • 17
    "One coffee coming right up!"
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