'That's not my job': Supervisor demands that a temp waiter unload heavy drink pallets from a truck, they maliciously comply by offloading each bottle one by one

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    "If you insist...”
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    That's not my job. Okay, I'll do it if you insist. SOC I am a part-time gastronomies service worker, I typically work
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    breakfast buffets or coffee service for something to do and a free breakfast while getting paid. The work is fairly easy and doable for someone a little bit
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    older with a bad back and bad knees. I actually work for a temp service, my boss sends me to different hotels or companies for specific events.
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    I was helping with breakfast service at a hotel and it was not very busy so they were trying to look around for something for me to do to get their money's
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    worth. They decided that they wanted me to unload pallets of cases of bottled drinks in glass bottles. I told them that it was not allowed because of the terms
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    of my contract and that they had requested service personnel not dock workers. Also completely impossible with my limited physical capabilities, but they
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    insisted. So I went to the first case and started taking out each bottle and setting it on the side. They asked me what I was doing, I said I was incapable of lifting a full case of glass bottle drinks so I
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    would have to unload each case bottle by bottle, move the case and then refill it with the bottles. It would have taken hours instead of about 15 minutes. They sent me back to the breakfast buffet, lol.
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    Error 404 Error420. 6 hr. ago Pure definition of MC, good job! (or bad job I guess? lol) ✰ Vote Reply Share Amoghawesome. 5 hr. ago Kudos, on a job...done.
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    blackdragon1387. 5 hr. ago . edited 5 hr. ago If you had a contract with them, why not tell them to go .... themselves?
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    Kyra Heiker OP. 5 hr. ago My contract is with my firm, I was only at this location for one day. Because I am representing my firm while working at these locations I do try to remain polite.
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    simply_not_edible . 5 hr. ago "To the most highly esteemed sir and/or madam, It is with great honour and pleasure that I have received thine missive. After great deliberation, I have sadly come to the conclusion that my best advice to thee in thine situation, is to go forth and multiply thyself. Sincerely yours,
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    TinyNiceWolf 2 hr. ago "I don't want to be a bother, and hesitate to ask, but if it's not too much trouble, could you possibly see your way clear to do me the very great favor of yourself, madam?"
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    BearLindsay 4 hr. ago "Kindly please call my boss to discuss the changes to the contract between our companies so that he may tell you yourselves and I get to be the to polite one."
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    Just thought of a new one "I'm sorry but you hired wait staff. If you wanted a day laborer I'd suggest heading down to the local Home Depot parking lot for a helping hand."

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