You know that one coworker who seems to evade being fired by the skin of their teeth? Yeah, this next story is about a manager like that. The good part? He gets exactly what he deserves after countless tantrums on the job.
Nobody wants to believe that bad people are their actions. At the end of the day, most people have a reason for acting the way they do—this doesn’t excuse it, but it provides us all with some much-needed context. In the workplace, though… You have to leave your ego at the door. This applies especially to employees in positions of power because they have the ability to make or break any of their underlings. It’s not their subordinate’s fault they got broken up with last night, or their food delivery showed up two hours late…
Our deepest and most sincere apologies if this story sounds eerily familiar to one of your experiences in the workforce. Big egos aren’t limited to office spaces and corporate ladders—they exist in every corner of the field. This story takes place in a fast-food restaurant, and the manager in question is over 10 years the employee’s senior. What happened to respecting our elders?
