Ruin My Week
It’s time to reflect on the absolute hell it is to work anywhere where consumers are…well…where there are customers.
Retail workers arguably have it the hardest…
But having to deal with situations that are above your pay grade aren’t just for retail workers.
Sh-tty bosses, rude co-workers, disgusting clean-ups, hazardous environments—terrible work situations are something almost everyone has to deal with.
Redditor u/indian_boy786 thought we should all share in each other’s underpaid agony when they asked the people of Reddit: “What is your “I don’t get paid enough for this shit” moment?” and the answers are as entertaining as they are comforting that other people have also had shitty jobs.
1.
“Being told that a ruined a woman’s christmas because the supermarket I worked at was out of brandy infused marmalade.” –chillypyo
2.
“I used to work at Old Country Buffet, and there were kids who would eat until they threw up- like alllll the time.
This one case that is seared into my mind was when I was once fixing up the salad bar and I heard ‘Billy Run!’ screamed from an ignorant parent and then I see this 12ish year old boy running to the bathroom, only he didn’t make it. An unholy amount of undigested red Jello-O came exploded out of him like a fucking volcano all over the Caesar Salad, the floor next to the cash register, and on about 5 or 6 diners waiting in line to get in. It looked like he had literally vomited his guts out in an arc about 10 feet in diameter. I had to sweep up the chunks with a broom until a dishwasher with a mop could take care of the rest.” –Darth_Xenic
3.
“When I was 18 and working at a retail store, a baby in his mother’s arms took a shit so massive that his diaper couldn’t contain it. A bunch ended up on the floor, and the mother ran away. I was not paid enough for that literal shit.” –heybudno
4.
“I ran the entire company’s financials and general management for $14/hr. I had a meeting with the owner telling him I need a raise and to hire an assistant, he told me I wasn’t “business minded” and should be a stay-at-home mom. I quit the next day.” –delaneyk19
5.
“Bartender here. Grown man threw a lit cigarette at my face and threatened me with physical violence. This was a year or so ago but a 45 (maybe older) year old man behaving that way towards a 24 year old female was definitely one of those moments. Plus the people getting handsy and occasional cleaning of vomit I do not get paid enough.” –epaerl
6.
“I worked for a small college. The president’s secretary thought that most things were above her paygrade and at one of the busiest times of the year for my office decided that I should put in 80+ hours to clean her data and get something she needed done. After getting it finished she decided that she wanted the whole thing changed. I broke down. I went to the doctor in the midst of a full blown panic attack and was given a note for two weeks off work, which meant they had to use what I did or do it themselves. I came back to work and resigned.” –iiiBansheeiii
7.
“When I was doing 90% of my boss’ job in hopes of a full time promotion that I had been promised for three years and he took all the credit and told me my promotion wasn’t in the budget.” –TFAJubilee
8.
“I worked at circuit city when I was 17. Heard a noise of packaging being opened in the movie section, found a guy crouched down cutting open dvd boxes & stealing the discs. He looked at me, held his knife out and said “Got a problem?”. –Skrivus
9.
“When I was a 9-1-1 Telecommunicator. Taking all those suicide calls domestics with children, medical calls, people dying, officers getting shot, etc. Did it for 16 years before enough was enough.” –MrJim911
10.
“After 4 months of not seeing my family because I was working full-time and only getting one day off a week, I finally quit without notice when they were gonna make me close last Thanksgiving. I had already requested and approved the day off a month prior. I left and never came back. The GM even tried pulling the “you can’t quit you’re fired” –Teletubbyjr
