'She just laughed': Boss refuses to stop overworking employee, causing overdue tasks to be forgotten until boss is forced to do them herself

Telling your boss you have too much on your plate requires a lot of courage, and dealing with the aftermath is usually no picnic either.

Getting to a point where your workplace tasks become too much to handle is something many of us deal with on a daily basis at the office. Bosses love to pile on more and more responsibilities, acting as if you have superpowers that allow you to get to everything in time.

Yet, news flash, no one is capable of doing more than time allows, and no one should overwork themselves just to maintain their boss's unrealistic expectations. Which is why some are forced to confront their managers and tell them they are asking too much.

When the 20-year-old receptionist below did that, her boss simply laughed at her. The receptionist warned her boss that they were unable to complete all their tasks in time for their deadline, and was very clear about how much they were able to do, yet they were met with a dismissive attitude and were told to "figure it out".

The receptionist, however, decided that they did everything in their power to prevent a missed deadline. They informed their boss, and the boss decided not to listen, so whatever happens in the future could not be pinned on them. And that is exactly what happened when the boss discovered the overdue tasks that had no one to tend to them.

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Told boss I didn't have enough time to do everything. She just laughed.

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We're glad that the employee didn't back down and allowed their boss to pressure them into overworking themselves even more. We're even more glad that the boss was the one forced to clean up after her own mistake. Hopefully, in the future, she will be more inclined to listen to her employees when they tell her she is overworking them…