'[Today] is our busiest day of the year, you can’t just up and quit!': Italian restaurant greeter follows boss's advice to have just one job, boss regrets it immediately

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    TWISTED loga- LIV
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    I should quit my primary job? Yeah ok.... About 16 years ago, I was working as a greeter at Olive Garden as a second job just to make ends meet. The day before Mother's Day I was about 10 minutes late punching in to work. I was coming from my primary job, changed clothes when I got there and punched in. The manager immediately pulled me
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    aside and said that I needed to be more courteous to my coworkers and show up on time as my being late effects other people. I responded that I was aware and I did call in to let them know I would be late and that the person who answered was the person I was taking over for and that she said to take my time because she was just going home and spending the night in alone, no big deal.
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    The manager laid into me. She told me that I'm not the type of person that can hack having 2 jobs, that I was too inconsiderate to work 2 jobs, and that maybe I should choose which job I value more and quit the other one, and that if I quit the Olive Garden that I would NOT be welcomed back. Initially, I thought "well I'm not going to let you chase me away." But then I realized, this is a second job. I don't have to be here. I don't have to let her talk to
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    me that way. I went home and told my s/o (who also worked there as a second job) what was said. We mutually decided that I should quit the Olive Garden. So I went in for my morning Mother's Day shift wearing my street clothes, went to the back office to find the manager, and said "so, I put a lot of thought into what you said and have decided that you were right and working here, for you, is not for me anymore." She looked
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    stunned and said "Well you're going to work today, right? You know Mother's Day is our busiest day of the year, you can't just up and quit, today of all days!" I said "Well maybe this will be a lesson for you on how to speak to your employees and how to be a decent human being. Besides, you said yourself I'm too inconsiderate to work here." and I walked out. Have not set foot in another Olive Garden since.
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    [deleted] Good for you. I had 3 jobs. Primary was warehouse, secondary was retail, tertiary was an at home. office job with no schedule. My retail job kept scheduling me earlier than my availability allowed (10am, but they scheduled me for 6:45am) I couldn't be there because I was working my warehouse job. Management kept telling me I should quit
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    my warehouse job so I can work more hours at the retail job. I replied that I'd never do that because my warehouse job consistently gives me over 40 hours per week, gives me affordable and good health and dental insurance, and pays me $8 more per hour. I'd be stupid to quit that job for a part time retail job.
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    Eventually I ended up quitting my retail job because they kept scheduling me too many hours. I would work 12am- 9:30am at the warehouse. Then my retail job scheduled me 10:30-7:00pm. I did that 3 times per week. I asked for less hours and they wouldn't give me that. I couldn't take it anymore so one day before my shift, I called and I quit. They were shocked and
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    told me I wouldn't be able to be rehired. They were acting like it was a big loss for me. It wasn't.
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    FiniteRhino What is it about ppl in food service lower management that gives them the feeling of entitlement that they can control their employees lives? They go from threatening loss of your job for something they willingly look past for some but not others to indignant victims when you call their bluff.
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    That's a dog manager, them. Could've been a simple, "Oh, you called? Okay, just give me a heads up if it happens again."
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    Few-Cable5130 Manager is dumb AF considering how dependent the restaurant industry is on "this is my second job" labor.
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    dwillphx But how will you survive the rest of your life without free salad and breadsticks? /s
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    Own-Cupcake7... Good on you. Employers who don't value their employees don't deserve to keep them.

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