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Female server standing up for herself on shift.
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A waitress worked at a normal restaurant, handling busy tables and minding her own business, until one day, her coworker started slacking off, showing up late to shifts, disappearing from work for 30 minutes at a time, and leaving the rest of the restaurant stranded. At first, the waitress tried to help her out, but after a year of being taken advantage of, she'd finally had enough.
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Woman placing an order for customers at a restaurant.
(Image is representative only and does not depict the actual subjects of the story.)
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It had been nearly a year since this waitress was covering for her so-called friend. Without as much of a ‘thank you’ or even a sideways glance, the coworker let her take the fall with management. Although managers should have clearly noticed that it wasn't even her section that was turning into a dumpster fire, the chastisement from Captain Clueless in the break room was enough to make this server snap.
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Nobody wants to make a coworker cry; that's terrible. However, there comes a time when the employee shouldering 100% of the responsibility deserves 100% percent of the table tips at the end of the night instead of a slap on the wrist from managers. Imagine how much this slacking coworker would have cried if she had lost her job due to inadequacy or if management realized her buddy wasn't covering for her?
At least the waitress told her, because now, the ball was in her court. Would she decide to step up to the plate and work harder during her shift? Or would she crumble under the pressure of full-time employment?
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Let's be honest, any of us who have worked in the restaurant industry (raise your hand if that's you, too), wouldn't have lasted five minutes before telling this coworker off. Perhaps the woman in this story is far nicer than me, but if someone in my workplace is repeatedly expecting me to cover for them, draining dining room niceties on double the customers, you better believe I would have said something immediately.
If you need a hiatus from work, you need a hiatus from work, not a coworker who will walk 14,000 steps a day to make sure your job gets done in your absence. It's time for them to man up, so to speak, and pull their own weight around the workplace.
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