Employee cancels supervisor's hotel reservation on business conference to Hawaii after supervisor uses his rank to secure a spot on the trip: ‘He had to stay at a motel’

How would you react if a manager in your workplace, whom you generally cannot stand, decided to join you on your annual business trip to Hawaii?

Technically speaking, it's clear that if a supervisor who outranks you in everything, like the one in the story below, decides to tag along to a business conference, there's not much you can do to stop him. That doesn't make the experience less annoying, though, especially if he joins by taking the place of a coworker you actually wanted as your companion.

Most people would have accepted their fate and readied themselves for a week in Hawaii with a supervisor they cannot stand. That is not what happened with the employee who wrote the story below. No, they found out that their supervisor had pulled rank to take someone else's place in the conference, and they decided to ensure that the supervisor regretted it.

How did they pull that off, you ask?

Well, it started when they called the airline to change Tom, the supervisor's, flight to a different date. When Tom got to the airport, the only way he could board the original flight was by agreeing to an economy seat in the middle of a 5-seat row, instead of his original Business Class seat. Already an annoying start to the trip for Tom.

Then, when Tom arrived at the Hawaiian resort, he discovered that his reservation had also been cancelled, and we think you can guess who was behind that little trick. Tom was then forced to take a room at a motel 10 minutes away from the conference, and the employee got to have some distance from his entitled supervisor during the week-long trip.

Next time, Tom might think twice about shoving his nose into events that are none of his business, or else the employee might have a few more tricks up their sleeve…

Like what you see? Follow Us and Add Us as a Preferred Source on Google. 

Author image for Bar Mor Hazut Bar Mor Hazut
Add us on Google
Advertisement

Like what you see? Follow Us and Add Us as a Preferred Source on Google. 

Tags

boss employee hotel manager job tales-from-the-workplace business trip hotel room supervisor overworked-employees workplace company
Scroll Down For The Next Article

Also From FAIL Blog

Update: Resident confronts neighbors who continually botch lawn: 'The damage... hasn't been fixed'

Update: Resident confronts neighbors who continually botch lawn: 'The damage... hasn't been fixed'

Trending Now

Woman buys an expensive snow blower after struggling with snow for years and refuses to lend it or clear a neighbor’s drive for free during a major storm

Woman buys an expensive snow blower after struggling with snow for years and refuses to lend it or clear a neighbor’s drive for free during a major storm

01
Homeowner shoveling snow for the neighborhood is confronted by neighbor who assumes he has been hired by the HOA and demands he clear her walkway: 'I've been waiting for my walkway to be shoveled out. Are you going to do it today?'

Homeowner shoveling snow for the neighborhood is confronted by neighbor who assumes he has been hired by the HOA and demands he clear her walkway: 'I've been waiting for my walkway to be shoveled out. Are you going to do it today?'

02
Resident discovers neighbor keeps going through their trash to ensure they "meet HOA standards", they report her to HOA management: ‘I just want her to leave me alone’

Resident discovers neighbor keeps going through their trash to ensure they "meet HOA standards", they report her to HOA management: ‘I just want her to leave me alone’

03
26-year-old office coordinator gets payback for years of criticism from her coworker Linda by dismantling the improved company operating system she built: 'I knew it would cause chaos'

26-year-old office coordinator gets payback for years of criticism from her coworker Linda by dismantling the improved company operating system she built: 'I knew it would cause chaos'

04
Employee sabotages outsourced consultant's job in order to hire his friend instead, company finds out, leading to him getting fired: ‘He was taken out of the building by security’

Employee sabotages outsourced consultant's job in order to hire his friend instead, company finds out, leading to him getting fired: ‘He was taken out of the building by security’

05
Employee accepts 18k raise and promotion, quickly finds himself wishing he was back in his old job because of the increased time, stress, and responsibility: 'Now I spend 60% of my time in meetings'

Employee accepts 18k raise and promotion, quickly finds himself wishing he was back in his old job because of the increased time, stress, and responsibility: 'Now I spend 60% of my time in meetings'

06
Advertisement