Manager forces fast food employee to work while sick, employee goes over manager's head: 'Let's see what YOUR boss has to say'

Going into work while sick does not make you a hero. To that end, questioning the legitimacy of an employee's sickness is, quite frankly, a dangerous game.

This fast food worker looked visibly unwell at work one morning. He was experiencing "horrendous seasonal allergies" due to his proximity to a Palo Verde tree that was adjacent to his work station. His manager did not let him go home, despite the fact that he was working his way through boxes and boxes of tissues.

The employee tried to ask his manager if he could be moved to a different work station that was farther away from the Palo Verde tree. That request was denied outright as well. He then asked if he could step outside during his next break to pick up some over-the-counter antihistamines to help with his endlessly runny nose, but his manager refused to even let him do that. This was perhaps the most ridiculous of these rejections, considering the widely accepted fact that numerous employees step outside of the workplace during their respective breaks to eat food, get some fresh air, etc.

Clearly, this guy's manager had zero interest in helping him find a mutually beneficial solution here. So the employee decided to take matters into his own hands and enact a little malicious compliance to prove his point that he should never have been forced to say at work in the first place.

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One thing that the fast food employee's manager underestimated in a major way was the fact that his own boss, the owner of the store, would be stopping by the establishment that afternoon. The employee had a decent relationship with this guy and had a feeling that he wouldn't understand why he was still working if his allergies were this severe.
Let's also not forget the fact that this employee's job heavily involved working with food. It doesn't get more unsanitary than having a snotty mess handle your burger order. Thankfully, the owner of the store recognized the inappropriateness of this immediately and decided to make sure the manager would regret his course of action (or lack thereof). Keep scrolling below for the full breakdown of what went down!
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