'[She] told me to watch my tone speaking to elders': New hotel employee gets longtime Karen fired after exposing her to boss for dumping work on coworkers

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Isabella Penn
Aug 24, 2024 5:00 PM EDT

Moral of the story: karma always catches up with you. This man has been a night auditor for hotels for the past 19 years. When he got assigned to a new hotel, he went about his work just like he'd done for the past 19 years. But he was instantly met with Karen, a longtime employee who had been getting away for years with handing her work off to other coworkers. And she's not even in a manager-type position, so she has no authority to tell anyone what to do. But she's gotten away with it for so long due to her outbursts. No one wants to have another adult scream at you and throw a fit in public, especially when you're at work, so she's gotten her colleagues to go along with doing her work for her until this new guy stepped in.

He didn't tolerate Karen's outbursts or her long-standing 'rules' that made no sense. Instead, he stood his ground and continued with his work. As you read on, you'll see how justice was served in the most satisfying way.

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    r/BoomersBeing Fools ⚫7 hr. PM_ur_SWIMSUIT Bessie the boomer got fired today and it's all my fault.... Boomer Story cue maniacal laughter
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    So Bessie has been working at this hotel for fifteen years as the breakfast attendant for the little buffet we have here. If you've ever been to a Holiday Inn Express or a Best Western you know have a clear idea what I'm talking about.
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    In all those years Bessie has been able to bully every night auditor into doing half the breakfast set up before she arrives. Bessie had them setting out or refilling cold/dry food, condiments, plates, plasticware, and all sorts of other stuff at 3am. If it wasn't all done
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    when she came in at 4am there would be all sorts of yelling, screaming and threats of being fired. She'd convince the 22 year old's working overnight she had that control when she didn't even manage her department. The sales manager did all the breakfast
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    scheduling and ordering. The houseman was in charge of taking out the kitchen trash. Bessie only had to do half her actual job on any given morning.
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    Until I showed up. The management company that owns the hotel hired me to run night audit at two of their locations. At no other hotel I've ever worked at in the last 19 years had night audit doing anything like this.
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    Most brands would have night audit make new coffee during the shift and maybe put out any to go bag. breakfasts. So I run it like any other night audit and just make new coffee at 3am.
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    When Bessie came in she tried telling me all the stuff I was "supposed" to do and I told her none of that makes any sense. Leaving food out for three hours before breakfast is hazardous. So is turning on the waffle irons and oven. Just energy waste and fire
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    hazards all over. Bessie tells me I'm being "too smart" and have to "watch my tone speaking to elders". After that every morning when Bessie comes in she throws her tantrum screaming about how lazy young people are, no one wants to work, all the usual boomer greatest hits. Like
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    she's walking around the breakfast pantry and buffet screaming about me as she does her own job. Meanwhile millenial Melanie that covers boomer Bessie's weekend has no problem with how I operate. She says none of Bessie's rules make sense to her at all either.
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    For three weeks this goes on before Bessie decides to involve the hotel manager. Oh she knows him, she's been here longer than anyone, she's gonna get me fired..... Now that's where my firsthand knowledge ends and I start working off triple verified gossip.
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    On Tuesday morning Bessie started making demands of the general manager. "He stays or I go" was the opening riff and he told her that's not going to happen. He counters with if she couldn't handle breakfast anymore she could move over to housekeeping or laundry. Apparently
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    this sent Bessie into a rage, she yelled, and then started crying before walking out. Then returning an hour later more composed, speaking to the hotel manager behind closed doors, and leaving again crying.
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    Tonight when I clocked in Bessie was off the schedule, Melanie was on all week for breakfast, and second shift told me Bessie was fired. Good by messy Bessie, you won't be missed!
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    Tha_Real_B_Sleazy • 12h ago "Nobody wants to work anynore" coming from someone complaining about having to do their job.
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    Neon_Samurai_ • 13h ago She egged herself on, and now she's toast.
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    Mysterious_Eye6989 • 12h ago and an She sounded like she was a pain in the absolute liability. Do you think you'll be known as the 'Bessieslayer' from here on out?
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    solo954 • 12h ago I worked in a Holiday Inn years ago, and I know exactly what you're talking about. LOL. I've seen Messy Bessie in various guises, congrats on getting her lazy fired.
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    • Mtndrums 12h ago "No one wants to work anymore!" "Karen, you're whining about having to do your job."
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    funsizemonster • 10h ago Good. We used to have a Boomer fool that would try to tell me what to do. I'd reply "when I hear that from my boss I'll get right on it" they eventually fired her, too.
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    alewifePete • 10h ago This probably started when she began to think, "That night audit doesn't do anything all night, so I can have them do X and Y." Night audit was on good terms with her, agreed to do it....and it. became a pattern. Yes, it can be boring, but some nights it's the opposite of boring. I do remember setting up coffee at 5 for guests, but that was the limit of tasks I was required to do because around that time, it actually starts to get active again.
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    Gunrock808 • 9h ago "No one wants to work anymore" was just projection all along wasn't it?
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