'She knows I'm watching now': Employee written up by hypocrite manager for being 10 minutes late, begins documenting manager’s repeated tardiness and early departures, sends it to HR, getting his write-ups removed and manager silenced

"If you're going to make the rules, you better make sure to follow them." A quote I'd imagine would be written on the front page of this employee's handbook (he just seems like the type who'd have a handbook, okay). After this employee was ten minutes late for work due to some traffic, his manager decided to write him up, despite being given valid reasoning. But soon after, he began to notice something quite ironic…His manager always seemed to stroll into the office late, latte in hand, spring in step. She'd always take lunch breaks that lasted a bit too long and somehow disappear from the office past 3 p.m. on Fridays… So did the rules of punctuality not apply to her?

Seems not. So he took it upon himself to write down every instance of her tardiness and early departure, compiling a list of pages throughout the following weeks. Then, after she confronts him for a late arrival weeks later, he decides to email his detailed log of her 'habits' to HR, and adds a little spice to the mix by CC'ing her boss in the email as well. Let's just say his write-up was dropped, and she never glared at the clock again as he entered the office.

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