Employee offers to fix store's computer, boss refuses and calls a professional, only to reach the same employee and pay X4 the rate: ‘You fool, I am the professional’

There is something about having a hidden talent that just makes you… better than other people. And even though it is called a 'hidden talent', who doesn't love it when they get the chance to reveal that talent, and even get something out of it?

For most people, this hidden talent is not that beneficial, it's more of a party trick, like being able to juggle, or knowing how to solve a Rubik's Cube (guilty of both). For a select, more superior group of people, that talent can actually get them further in life, like the person who wrote this Reddit story. 

OP (original poster) was working in a video store, and their 'hidden talent' was tech-related, as they were also working for a local IT company. One day, the video store was having computer issues and OP offered to fix it for a low rate, but their boss refused, claiming they wanted a 'real professional' working on the problem. So the boss calls the local IT store, and who do they send? None other than OP, this time charging X4 than what they offered the boss initially.

Keep scrolling to read about the fallout, and how the boss reacted. After you are done, scroll back up and check out this story of an employee who confronted their boss about their lack of leadership.

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