'Any chance of you working Saturday morning even thought you are getting married on Sunday?': Restaurant manager asks worker to pick up shift the day before his wedding

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JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor
Apr 28, 2025 10:00 PM EDT

There are a few days in one's life when you just cannot be asked to work. We're all used to working when we don't want to. It's kind of one of the conditions of humanity. We do it all the time. We put aside our own personal needs and wants so we can pay the bills to keep living our lives. We do it 40 hours a week until we retire. But there are a few days when our own lives become more important than making money. The birth of a child is one of them, and your wedding day is another. 

When you're getting married, you're hopefully not worried about your shift at the local Mexican place. Hopefully, you're thinking about your future spouse, not those random client emails that keep coming in. You're thinking about walking down the aisle, not checking your phone for texts from your manager.

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  • But one worker wasn't quite so lucky. As he was getting ready for his big day, he got an unexpected text from his boss at work. And when he shared it with the internet, he got some tips on how to deal with this pre-nuptial nuisance. Read on to see what they had to say.

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    CC 6:29 System Find My iPhone Alert Chris Manager CB 11m ago So Jacob just called and quit. Any chance of you working Saturday morning even thought you are getting married on Sunday? Chris Manager CB CC Missed call Mom M 13m ago 16m ago
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    boneologist • 12h ago Yes boss, working here is my true calling, want me to cancel the wedding so I can work a double then clopen?
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    JustSumMisfit • 12h ago "Even tho you're getting married on sunday", so he knows what he's asking is absurd, and went for it anyway....heard.
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    KinsleyAndrews OP • 12h ago you might be thinking I save lives
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    M. 12h ago Edited 42m ago • . The follow up text by your manager after your mom dukes is hilarious based off the context of the situation Edit: timeline of who messaged him first.
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    Shingorillaz • 12h ago I'd consider quitting just for them having the audacity to ask that.
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    b... 12h ago Edited 12h ago Top 1% Commenter PS post a pic of your cat. Edit: congrats on the wedding too.
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    fleshsludge 11h ago Listen I went from restaurant work to social work (CPS investigator) and the state does not even hit me up like this. They want me to do the work of 4 people, but they leave me alone on my scheduled days off and days I'm out. This is CRAZY
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    Looks-Under-Ro... . 12h ago Gee, I wonder why jacob didn't want to work there
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    doll_parts87 • 11h ago I love how he asked that like "it's just the morning shift, then you'll be free by 2pm... Plenty of time (probably) idk, IDC."
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    Ae711 10h ago . I'm currently waiting for my boss to tell me I gotta work on my daughter's graduation, which ironically is also his daughter's graduation. When he grows the pair to ask me I'm gonna
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    tell him in a group email I'm gonna need a full photo album posted as well as a live stream I can watch while at work. It's been a real squirmy situation and when the right job lines up I can't wait to put in my two hour notice.
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    TuckerShmuck • 11h ago Is this Cracker Barrel? | worked there in 2017 and it was the worst the only kitchen I've ever worked in that made me pay for soda on shifts
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    Tidalwave64 • 12h ago Oof getting called just before your big day? Thats rough for the manger. Also congratulations on your marriage
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    peesu • 12h ago Reply with the "Say that again" Fantastic Four meme, if you want to be whimsical.
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    Chef Johnboy 12h ago "I'm sorry, this place is obviously not working out for me. Im giving my two weeks notice starting today. My last day of availability will be . If any co tact is required after that date please use my contact information on file."
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    . yobynneb 12h ago I think I'd quit if someone asked me that
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    theubster 12h ago "Boss, you're gonna apologize and give me a dollar an hour raise for the audacity. It's my wedding weekend you ghoul. Stop perpetually understaffing us."
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    ombloshio 12h ago . Idk Chris, but this sounds like something i would ask in jest and this is exactly how i would phrase it. But context matters. I've definitely had employees that i had this kind of rapport with. If Chris is typically an ah le, i'd respond with as many middle finger emojis as possible.
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    BaneChipmunk • 12h ago Spouse is temporary, job is for life... Wait I th
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    Visual Vacation777 • 11h ago He needs to march in there and do his job (manager), which is filling in.
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    Wisco_Poke · 11h ago Had our reception at my place of work, I literally prepped everything for them, they just had to cook it. I ended up starting it and serving most. My daytime bartender called it. We laughed, but I'll be damned if he wasn't de d-on the nuts. "You're gonna end up cooking for your own wedding y'know."
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    Himawari_Uzumaki • 6h ago My first job was working as a kitchen hand. I took a day off to attend my own mothers funeral and received a voice mail from my manager that day saying they were understaffed and that I had to go to work as soon as the service was over. I never showed up for another shift again
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    . onthewaytoelsa • 11h ago The ol' call-text one-two in <2 minutes... haven't worked BOH in years, but this exact play is the reason why I never answer my phone anymore.
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