'Come in on a Sunday? Fine, but I'm going to play Monopoly': Office workers throw a party after strict manager insists they work on the weekend

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Jun 3, 2024 3:00 PM EDT

For these office workers, spending a Sunday in the office felt like the last day of school before summer break. Remember how great the last week or two of school was? Chances are your teachers had a few tests or quizzes for you, but they were winding down their lessons for the end of the year. They'd let you bring in cards or board games, maybe let you watch TV for a while, and some would even bring in treats or let kids wander to other classrooms. It had this wonderful feeling of freedom. These workers had a similar sort of experience… although it did involve working over the weekend. 

As an adult, you really need those days off. You need at least one day for chores, errands, or catching up on cleaning. The other day, if you're lucky, can be spent chilling out or meeting up with some friends. Whatever you do with your days off, it's healthiest to keep work out of your brain so that you can go back on Monday as refreshed as possible. U/QueenieSimmer had a boss who recruited the workers into coming into the office on a Sunday, and no one was happy about that. Check out the positive way they managed to deal with the hand they'd been dealt down below.

Next, check out the update from the person who got an email invoice from her own wedding guest for £500!

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    Years ago, I worked in the office of a distribution centre for a builders merchant, full of very petty 'us vs. them' types. Every July, there was a summer stock take over the weekend, which was compulsory, but overtime was paid. This consisted of last orders being picked and sent
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    from the warehouse, outstanding errors etc being cleared off the system in the office on Thursday, count on Friday and Saturday (office staff would join in after a quick refresher on the warehouse management system) then Sunday would be a catch up order picking/sending day so branches would be running as usual on Monday morning. Office
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    staff were not trained/employed for picking, and we weren't needed on the floor. For several years we got away with not having to work on Sunday but one year, the pettiest of the petty women caught wind of us not working on Sunday and went to management to demand that we work it. If everyone has to work all weekend, that should be everyone.
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    The DC manager told us that we would have to work it, we asked what we were supposed to do. Our job was to answer calls from branches (closed on Sunday), and sort out issues from the day's deliveries (which didn't happen on Sunday). Manager insisted, so we said that we would come in but we were
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    bringing party food and playing Monopoly since there was no work to do. 'Fine, do what you want, as long as you're here and in the office'. Sunday comes, we stick to our word and have a lovely day playing Monopoly, eating treats, listening to music, I think I'd even brought a portable DVD player
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    and we watched a movie. The onsite HR manager came in at one point and asked us what we were doing so we explained, I could see her mentally calculating how much double time we were getting paid to play board games and she stalked off to shout at the DC manager whilst we were in the clear.
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    The following year we didn't have to go in on Sunday, and petty people who moaned were told to mind their own business!
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    Vox Popsicle I'm sure that the busybody felt better that she had insisted you come in to work, and getting paid just as much as she was for boardgames and snacking.
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    ApartHalf That is just terrible management. Because of one person's petty complaint they decided it would be a good idea to pay you double time to come in and do nothing. What a complete waste of money for the company. That person shouldn't be in a management position.
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    bean3194 This is the petty that I deal with on the regular. I'm the office manager, I don't work the production floor. We are on mandatory production overtime and I have adults crying about how the secretary isn't working overtime. Like what the is she supposed to do? Her work isn't behind. Smh.
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    Fiend2None one thing that manglement at every company needs to learn is to tell the busybody/tattletales who whine about other people's hours that they are NOT paid to track the hours of anyone who doesn't report to them, and that by doing so it is clear they are not doing their own jobs.
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    And that is all they should tell these people. Sure, investigate if it might be a major issue in regards to output or a legal liability, but otherwise tell the clock- watchers to MYOB and pay attention to their own work.
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    I would also note that in my experience anyone who tracks the attendance of others who do not report to them usually is very poor at their job and uses the tattling in an attempt to prevent manglement from noticing their failures.
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    dbrown100103 Ima call bs. No one's ever had a lovely day playing monopoly. Monopoly is where friendship goes to die
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    FLongis This is like that last day of school that's technically required for attendance.
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    Shoethrower123 malicious compliance, with all the snacks it sounds more like delicious complaiance
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