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A young barista and college student takes an order from behind the counter of his university's local coffee shop.
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"[Today I messed up] by calling my boss a ‘corporate bootlicker’ in what I thought was a private group chat
Okay, so this literally just happened like two hours ago, and I'm still shaking but also kind of laughing? Idk, I'm a mess.
So I'm a freshman at this tiny college in Ohio, and I've been working at this local coffee shop since September to help with textbooks and stuff. My manager, Brad, is like... the worst. He's 28 but acts like he's a Fortune 500 CEO. Makes us clock out if we eat a broken cookie. Has a literal laminated list of ‘professional behaviors’ taped in the back room. The man once wrote someone up for saying ‘no problem’ instead of 'you're welcome' to a customer.
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Anyway, today he made my coworker Emma cry because she asked to leave 15 minutes early for a doctor's appointment (that she'd mentioned THREE DAYS AGO). I was so p*ssed. I went to the bathroom and opened what I thought was our work group chat - the one that's just me, Emma, and Tyler complaining about Brad.
I typed: ‘Brad is such a corporate bootlicker, I hope he chokes on his clipboard’
Sent it.
Except... I sent it to the ACTUAL work chat. The one with Brad in it. And the district manager. And like 8 other employees from our location.
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A young barista and college student takes an order from behind the counter of his university's local coffee shop.
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I literally watched the dots appear immediately. Brad called me into the back room, and his face was the color of the raspberry scones (which, btw, smell like feet but that's not relevant rn). He fired me on the spot.
The worst part? I kind of feel... relieved? Like I'm also broke and scared to tell my parents, but ngl it felt good to finally say something even if it was a complete accident.
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The manager of the coffee shop stands by the entrance with his arms folded.
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My mom's gonna k*ll me when she finds out I lost the job. Tbh I'm more scared of her than I was of Brad's clipboard.
TL;DR: Accidentally told my tyrannical manager he's a bootlicker in the company group chat, got fired, now unemployed and terrified of my mom"
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While we empathize with the student's concern that his mother will be upset once she hears he got fired, the truth of the matter is that this was a very low-stakes scenario. As intense as those feelings may seem, given the sudden nature of what happened, there will be more coffee shops that will need more baristas. He'll be okay!
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When you end up making a mistake of this nature, it's really difficult to walk back your comments. Once they're out in the open and are as transparent as can be, you cannot exactly reframe what you were saying more softly.
This kid may have been 18-years-old and in his first professional workplace situation, but he was mature enough to understand that he needed to either own his mistake and apologize or deal with the consequences.
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