Movie theater boss demands employees shovel 6 inches of snow, clever usher works for 12 hours and earns overtime pay: 'You can't leave until you shovel ALL of the snow'

At this movie theater, employee expectations include more than just handing out popcorn buckets and scanning tickets — these workers were told to shovel snow!

Working at a movie theater these days is much less glamorous than in decades past. I don't know if you've been recently, but you don't really even need employees to get into the theater. They'll just scan your phone, since you probably got the tickets on an app, and from there, you seat yourself. Even if you show up without a ticket, you're supposed to buy it yourself on a kiosk. But they still haven't invented a robot that can make you a heaping bucket of warm popcorn for like $19, so at least the employees have that task to complete! Besides that, movie theater workers sweep up said popcorn from the floors after showings, keep the restrooms clean, and help customers if any issues arise. It's not glamorous, but it's not the worst job in the world, either. (I bet they also get to watch free movies, too, which would be a fun perk!)

At this theater, though, the boss overextended the range of employee tasks to include… shoveling snow in the parking lot. How bizarre! If the snow is that bad, there's no way that people are going to be driving to a movie anyway. They'll probably just sit home and watch Netflix on the couch — no need to brave icy roads if you've got perfectly good movies at home. But that didn't stop this boss from ordering employees to haul snow, which one employee did exhaustively. Good for him for getting both a workout and a huge paycheck, as well as making the boss look ridiculous.

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