Food truck worker films his female coworker to prove to his girlfriend that he's not near her, boss tells the female employee that it's her problem to fix

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Female and male food truck employees work together, even though the male employee's girlfriend doesn't want him to be near any female coworkers.
Context: my (36f) boss is my brother (42m). I largely wfh but I also work part time at my brother's food truck. Recently he hired his friend, I'll call him Jake. Jake spends his entire shift on FaceTime with his girlfriend. Initially it was
annoying but I just let it go because it's not my problem and I only have one shift with this person per week. However, this weekend during our only shift together Jake started defending himself to his gf about where I was in
relation to him inside of the truck. At one point he grabbed his phone to show her a 360 of the like 14 foot truck so she could see that I was no where near him. Obviously this is super invasive and also just straight weird. It was very clear to up
Girlfriend FaceTimes her boyfriend from home, making sure that he's not standing near any other women while he's at work.
me that what started as a strange and unprofessional behavior had escalated into straight up surveillance. I told my brother that I am no longer comfortable working with Jake if he is on his phone to which I was told that it is
my problem and I need to handle it myself. When I reminded him that it's his business and he's the boss he got pretty upset and told me that if he (my brother) is not doing his job well enough then I should just quit. I will say I absolutely think he's
bluffing on that - I have helped my brother build this business and frankly he doesn't want to do alot of the jobs (paperwork mainly) that I do for him. That said, I have been considering leaving the job for a while.
The female employee's brother, who is also the boss, refuses to protect his sister's safety while she's working at his food truck.
So guys, AITAH for saying I won't work this guy anymore?
toxiclight NTA. Better to leave sooner rather than later, because the coworker's behavior is unacceptable. I'm assuming you're a woman and your coworker's gf is jealous? Either way, not your circus, not your monkeys.
Mowgli1989 OP Oh yeah sorry I didn't say! I am a definitely a woman. That said, he's on the phone with our male co workers as well. I just don't think it's quite as surveillancy for them
toxiclight Her comment about wanting to know whether you were in physical proximity made me think she's jealous. It's probably not as surveillancy with them because she's not worried about them Either way, she sounds horrible, and I wouldn't blame you for not wanting to work with this particular co-worker.

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