Exhausted barista snaps at manager for demanding fresh coffee at the end of every shift: 'As I handed her the coffee I told her I quit'

Managers who treat their employees like their personal assistants might as well ask for said employees to turn against them. Whatever happened to never asking someone to do something in the workplace that you yourself wouldn't do? It's as if the minute someone gains authority in the workplace, their sense of what it's like to be at the bottom of the hierarchy disappears from their minds. Unfortunately, this dynamic extends itself in all work settings, from corporate environments to seemingly chill coffee shops. We say "seemingly chill" because in the instance of this story, chill vibes were not exactly present.

This barista had to make their manager a fresh coffee for the road at the end of every shift, and after a while, it began to get on the barista's nerves. It was only a matter of time before he would inevitably snap. Keep scrolling below to see how, for once, the manager had to clean up after the barista…

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    I worked at a cafe in a big shopping centre for a few months between jobs I actually liked. The manager was a nut and liked to throw her weight around.
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  • Imagine spending a large chunk of time cleaning up a coffee shop at the end of your shift, only for your manager to ask you to make her a fresh coffee every single time. This meant that the barista would have to clean the coffee machines all over again. Despite trying to explain this to the manager so that they could prepare the coffee prior to the initial clean-up, the manager refused to comply and give the barista a break. Instead, the barista had to continue going through the entire cleanup process twice at the end of each shift just so the manager could have another coffee. That is, until one day, the barista couldn't take it anymore!

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    Every evening she'd tell me to clean the coffee machine and get ready to close up. Every evening once I was done, she'd ask me to make her a coffee 'for the road.' I'd have to make it and then clean everything again.
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    I offered to make it for her before I cleaned the machine but she complained that it wouldn't be hot enough.
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    I received a better job offer and was looking forward to one more week before leaving. However, the next night she wanted her coffee after we'd already had to stay back and I definitely wasn't getting paid overtime. Everyone had left 30 minutes before. I had had enough.
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    I took care to spill coffee grounds everywhere, use as many utensils and jugs as I could and just make a huge mess. As I handed her the coffee I told her 'I quit.' The look on
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    coffee I told her 'I quit.' The look on her face was priceless as she realised she'd be the one cleaning up. Worth being poor for a week!
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    PN_Guin. 11 hr. ago If she made you work unpaid overtime this would have been wage theft. Depending on where you live this can
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    be rather expensive for the owners. Expensive enough that the manager would have gotten sacked immediately and you could have had a paid vacation.
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    Dripping Snarkasm 5 hr. ago Serves her right. After all, you were the one with ... (wait for it) grounds for complaint.
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    Adventurous-Skirt-61. 10 hr. ago It's mandatory for employers to pay overtime. I recommend getting an attorney
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    Wotmate01 6 hr. ago The use of shopping centre says to me that this is in Australia. If so, making you work overtime without pay is wage theft, and in some
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    Australian states it's a criminal offence punishable by up to ten years in prison.
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    Master-Breath-821. 4 hr. ago Should threw the coffee at the ground infront of her feet too
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    21_Mushroom_Cupcakes. 32 min. ago You didn't have to do anything for her.
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    Reasonable_Ruin_3760 3 hr. ago ! Love it! Brilliant revenge
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    Equivalent-Salary357. 2 hr. ago And soon half the workforce isn't paying union dues, and the union can't afford legal representation.
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    Eventually, the union is ineffective and more members drop out.
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    I sincerely doubt either of us will change the other's opinions here. I'm too old to 'argue'.
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    I worked in the factory in the 60s with men who told me what they went through to get the union. and why. There's a reason they exist. Best wishes.
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