Bartender puts in his notice, manager vows to make his last week a nightmare, bartender gets even by making him scramble: 'I've called in sick every day'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jul 23, 2024 8:00 AM EDT

Messing with a bartender is never a good idea. If you're a customer, befriending your local bartender can be a game changer (and considerably cheaper if you're playing things right). In this case, however, we have a restaurant manager who truly underestimated how valuable his top bartender was.

Firstly, the manager disregarded his commitment and dedication to the restaurant for years, so the bartender went off and got a promotion and pay raise at a busier establishment. He put in his one week notice per company policy and hoped for an amicable transition. Of course, the manager couldn't get over how blindsided he was and decided to vow to the bartender's face to make his last week a living nightmare for him. 

Unfortunately for the manager, he seemed to underestimate the Redditor yet again. This time, the bartender decided to use his remaining sick days as proper payback. For more stories, check out this post about some drama between law associates in the workplace.

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  • 01
    "One week notice became zero weeks notice"
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    I gave my one week notice. My line manager sat me down, belittled me, called me unprofessional and told me he was going to make my last week difficult.
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    I gave my one week notice after finding a job some where else. It may have been bad timing as it is his last week as well but my mental health and overall happiness has taken a hit lately and after everything I've been through I need to focus on myself as that is more important then a job.
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    My line manager sat me down for what I thought was going to be a productive conversation on why I am leaving. He instead proceeded to rip into me, calling me "unprofessional" trying to attack my character, saying I'm “stepping down to do less work" (I'm going
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  • 05
    from a head bartender role to a senior bartender however my new place is far busier and pays more), talked about my work ethic not being up to standard (despite having my 6 month probation chat the previous week and him saying I'm passing all standards and doing
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  • 06
    a good job), compared what I'm doing to being a “journeymen”. He also said he was pretty much going to make my last week of work and give me all the sł ty jobs to do.
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    I was shocked and taken back by this as the companies whole ethos is "Work hard and be nice to people" - which I now know is buit. The company is also in the UK's top companies to work for so even more surprising behaviour.
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    I complained to HR and to my GM. Now he has a disciplinary to go through and his new work (he's transferring restaurants in the company to a site in another city) will know. Someone who claims to live and breath the company will now have that on his record, that
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    he has bu ying and har sment allegations. I've called in sick everyday so I hope he's been overworked and stressed out. He wanted so bad to leave a good handover for whenever they hire a new bar manager, now he won't as he has to organise moving cities on
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    top of making sure everything is in order at work. The team is probably overworked and tired. That is his fault.
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  • 11
    In an unrelated conversation me and him had a few weeks ago he told me "Let stupid people talk" implying stupid people will keep
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    talking until they say even more stupid stuff. I did indeed let a stupid person talk.
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    Edit: Wow thanks for the response guys! Didn't expect this post to get this sort of response, you guys are great!
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    Sikmod 19 hr. ago Sounds like that 1 week notice became a zero week notice imo
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    ArchangelLBC. 19 hr. ago OP's line manager: I'm gonna make your last week OP calling in sick every day: Uno reverse.
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    Foxy_Foxness 19 hr. ago That's when my 1 week notice turns into a 1 minute notice.
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    Puzzleheaded-Ad-6530 20 hr. ago Notice is only a courtesy since he is acting like a ba ard just don't finish the rest. You can always get a friend to use as a reference for the place you worked at.
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    Hall Murky 18 hr. ago I love that you called in sick, there's nothing he can do about that and he just landed himself in the sh t. Bravo!
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    Critical Mastodon462 19 hr. ago Best line I've ever used when quitting "Hey so just letting you know I'm quitting" Boss okay so two weeks notice starts today?or when is your last day?
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    Two weeks notice is for a company and a boss I respect. Took off work shirt and left the building
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    ThePocketPanda 19 hr. ago "Okay great I'll also be taking a week vacation starting tomorrow"
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    TrekJaneway · 14 hr. ago I got laid off on a Wednesday, and they told me my last day was Friday. Ummm...that was dumb....
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    I wanted the PTO they owed me so I went in the next 2 days, BUT....I rolled in wearing jeans, T-shirt, sneakers, hair in a messy bun...the WORKS. Dress code was business casual. Then I spent two days at my desk updating my resume and applying for new jobs.
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    If anyone asked me to do something work related, my response was "fire me. Wait...they already did that.” Best two days of my LIFE in an office.
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