'I wasn't going to sign something that wasn't my fault': Micromanager tries to shame barista for leaving work due to family emergency despite advanced warning

It should come as no surprise to any manager that every once in a while, someone on your team is going to need to call out sick or miss work because of unforeseen circumstances. If the team is well-managed, things should be fine, nothing should implode, and it should be pretty easy to find another coworker to temporarily pick up the slack if necessary.

However, if the team is not well-managed, it's easy for everything to fall apart and for the flaws in management to become grossly apparent. Here, we have a barista who gave his manager plenty of advanced notice that they would need to be out of town for a few days to attend a family member's memorial service. Things seemed to be fine until the barista returned to work after those days off, only to receive a warning from their general manager for not finding a replacement. Of course, finding coverage was not expressly written in the barista's contract under these circumstances and, since he was told in advance that everything would be okay if he took the days off, the barista refused to sign the warning. This ultimately moved up the chain of command, and because the barista stood his ground the whole way through, it was the general manager who ended up taking the fall.

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