'A delightful shot at revenge': Employee gets back at worker who suddenly quit, leaving them short-staffed

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Sep 23, 2025 5:00 PM EDT

It's not every day you get to foil your least-favorite coworker's plans! 

There are few things more annoying in the retail world than the coworker who's constantly calling out… 5 minutes before her shift starts. I get it, people get sick, or their childcare options fall through, or their car breaks down. Such is life. Still, when these things happen, it's best to give your management as much advance notice as possible. If you give them 24 hours' notice, they probably won't make too much of a fuss, because they'll have time to find a replacement. But if you give them like, 5 minutes' notice, they're just going to be short an employee for an entire shift! This puts more pressure on the other employees who did show up, and managers might find themselves taking on extra work during the shift to make up for the absence. 

Again, if this happens once, it is what it is. But I know a lot of workers make this a regular occurrence, and they've got a quiver full of different excuses for each time it happens. They might keep their job, but their coworkers aren't going to stop bad-mouthing them behind their backs, and management isn't going to forget who put them in a pinch, and who stepped up to help them out. 

This person got the delicious chance to get back at their coworker who quit in a very annoying way. She gave her 2 week's notice… and then just never returned again! I think some folks just don't understand what 2 weeks' notice means. Or worse, they think it means that for the next 2 weeks, they can do next to nothing and still get paid for it (although technically there's nothing stopping them from doing that… it's just irritating for everyone else around them). Check out the full story below to see for yourself! 

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  • 01
    About two months ago a girl I worked with texted that she wasn't coming in to work 5 minutes before her shift. That S ks because at my job we work one employee 8 hour shifts, meaning that the person finishing up their 8 hour shift literally can't leave until they are lucky enough to get someone to cover on the spot, which could take hours.
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    She called in the next day to put her two weeks in, and my manager made sure she understood that meant she was still going to come in for her shifts the next two weeks, which she confirmed.
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    Turns out she just didn't come in again, but this time no call/text. Everyone was p ed because they had to pick up her slack for the next month or so (takes a while to replace someone). Plus, it's a small staff, and she knew she was coworkers. over
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    Yesterday a delightful shot at revenge fell in my lap. You see, she had a second job that apparently she quit the same way at the same time. They called and explained that they had her last paycheck and needed to give it to her, but they didn't know how to contact her (not sure why). They
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    knew she worked here because of her resume. They politely asked if we could contact her and let her know she has money just sitting there waiting to be picked up.
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    I had her phone number right there, I could easily have called or texted about it. All I did was make a note of it in the log book with a big LOL
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    She knew exactly what she was doing

    Tudpool I know what you mean about that shift thing. Those last minute cancellations are just a big f you.
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    robinthehood It sks that she let down her coworkers. She was working two jobs so neither one of them could have paid much. I am sorry that your team suffered as it did but I love the thought of damage being done to a low wage employer. I wish more people would f wage employers. over low
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    wisegal99 It's possible they had an incorrect address and it was returned in the mail.
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