Employee gets reprimanded by toxic boss for pausing work to eat bagel: 'A bagel provided by the company as part of Employee Appreciation Week'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Oct 20, 2024 8:00 AM EDT

This was not exactly the ideal encounter between a boss and his employee during Employee Appreciation Week! After his office was gifted bagels for the "special occasion," the employee got scolded by his manager for pausing his work to actually eat his bagel, as if he was supposed to clock out and clock back in all over a bagel (that they gave him!).

Let's also take a moment to remind ourselves that the whole construct of Employee Appreciation Week is problematic. It should go without saying that employees should be appreciated throughout the duration of their employment and that there should not be one particular week when their work is valued. That value should obviously be communicated year-round. Leave it to the toxic bosses of the working world to organize an event like this and then admonish employees for actually taking advantage of its perks.

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    Today at work I got chewed out by my supervisor for eating a bagel on the clock. A bagel
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    provided by the company as part of "Employee" Appreciation Week."
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    That's all. Got called into the boss' office today to get reamed for "slacking"
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    and "mismanaging my time." I was informed that I should've either come in early or clocked out to eat my lousy bagel. So thanks guys, I feel super appreciated.
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    EDIT: Whoa, this blew up. I want to thank everyone for all the support. I
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    genuinely felt like I was going crazy for a minute there. I think there's going to be a pretty satisfying update to this story, so stay tuned!
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    Capab... • 14h ago • Did a VP or HR provide the bagel? Let em know middle manager does not care for their initiative.
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    her-ro... • 16h ago wt ???? That's ridiculous! Get another job, them.
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    illme... • 15h ago • You should dm me the contact information for the company and I will call them and have a word with them.
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    Para_... • 12h ago Lmao. I'm so petty I would be an absolute d head and write an email to the boss saying that
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    you just wanted to write a summary of the disciplinary meeting and ask if they felt you had accurately summarized the interaction. Once
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    you get their approval and correctly summarized the interaction, I would forward that to HR
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    and ask specifically about the policy regarding employees needing to clock out in order to engage with Employee Appreciation Week celebrations.
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    le4t 16h ago • I am so sorry; this sounds like an abysmal place to work.
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    That said, this is also pretty hilarious. I'd like to think this is one of those things that runs through the boss's mind on his death bed.
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    "Of all the things I could have done to make the world a better place, show love to my fellow humans, or at least enjoy my life, I chose
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    to chew out a worker for eating their employee appreciation bagel on the clock."
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    samtr... . 15h ago • Next time they do that for employees, grab your Bagel and make sure the boss sees you throw it in the garbage. I did the similar thing but with pizza.
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    ioioooi 15h ago. . Might as well eat the boss's bagel too. Gonna get chewed out regardless
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