15-year-old pizza employee closes restaurant for 2 days after manager puts him on weekend shifts despite his request: 'I sat around and did absolutely nothing'

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  • a young man sprinkles grated cheese on a pizza base in a professional kitchen
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  • Closed a popular pizza place for 2 days

    When I was 15 I worked at a very popular pizza place in Canada rhymes with nut. It was run and managed by a couple college kids that thought they were big stuff running a pizza joint. Congratulations. I was in-between work and didn't want to work a fast food place but my first choice at the local arena fell through because I had to be 16 to work with certain chemicals and stuff they had for the pool.
  • Months away but it was a no go. So I bit the bullet and applied. I got the job and was hired for working in the kitchen. Within a month they wanted me to learn how to make dough. I wasn't for it because that meant I had to come in every weekend at 6am to have dough ready for when they opened at noon. I said fine I'd learn but I don't want to do it every weekend. I was a kid. I enjoyed my weekend time and was much happier working weeknights. They assured me I would only have to work 1 weekend dou
  • They got my partner in crime we'll call Scott to agree to the same thing. We both learned and nailed it. Within 2 weeks of learning we were back to back weekend shifts I worked every Saturday Scott every Sunday going forward. I went to my boss told her and she laughed. Said too bad. They all thought it was hilarious the group of them. All servers in their 20's, we were the joke of the pizza joint. They knew we needed jobs and wouldn't quit. Then I went
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  • a man wipes his hands together above a floured kitchen surface
  • home one Saturday and my parents said the arena had called and wanted me to come in for another interview. I went and was told I would be offered the job in 2 weeks the day after my birthday. I asked if they needed anyone else and they said yes and I told them about my friend Scott and how he worked. He said to hand in his resume and he'd get it set up.
  • Time for petty revenge. The next Saturday I went into work and sat around and did absolutely nothing. I drank chocolate milk and hung out in the boths of the restaurant twirling my thumbs. They showed up for open and I was standing there apron and name tag in hand. I quit I said. My boss laughed and said whatever we were going to fire you anyways. Then commented that if it were her she wouldn't have showed up at all and screwed her over not making any dough. Idiot. I
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  • laughed and said nah I hung out all morning and made no dough so you still need to pay me for my shift. Later. The look on her face was gold. She ended up having to close the store for the day because they had no dough made. Then to top it off Scott repeated my quitting method the following day. We worked together at the arena for the rest of highschool and told that story fondly.
  • a man holds an uncooked cheese pizza on a pizza peel
  • Effective_Clue_5435 Only problem with this story is that dough needs to be made at least 24 hours ahead of time to ferment in a cold box. I know. I made a lot of it in high school.
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  • OP Drafixo Dough could be ready within an hour. But it's a constant 6 hour stretch of time needed to get enough for the day and they wouldn't have had the people on hand to do it and we're barely capable to begin with. Teach stupid kids and laugh at them.
  • the_blacksmythe Isn't their dough frozen? I call bull.
  • OP Drafixo Wasn't when I worked there. Haven't been ate it since!
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  • Playful_Study_6290 Chocolate milk 000000
  • OP Drafixo Yo, I was a 15 year old fat kid. They're lucky I didn't make one batch of dough and just have myself a pizza party >>>
  • HempusMaximus Those machines for making dough were no joke. I always marveled at how they let young kids work that machine when it could literally tear your arm off in half a second.
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  • OP Drafixo It was pretty intimidating when I first started
  • SeaGiraffe915 People really celebrating this story. U sound like a bratty teen with no work ethic, good luck to ya
  • OP Drafixo The problem was I was treated like a bratty teen with no work ethic and I had a very good work ethic and was lied to. But cheers!
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  • Red-Salute- Hats off dude. Also, looks like your petty ex-boss already downvoted this, so I'll vote it back up.
  • fallguy19 Best part is the the yuk-it-up gang has to argue over who is doing the 6am weekend shit shift now
  • Alexis_J_M D'oh!
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