Rather than “we’re short staffed tonight,” maybe try “Hey, want to pick up a shift tonight?” The passive aggressive tone kills me lol
Nothing wrong with asking someone if they want to work, but you’ve gotta be ok if they say no when they’re not scheduled
The reason the manager didn’t do that is because this is a screenshot of a fake conversation.
Oh no, what happened to Buster?
He got blown up a few times, among other things. I don’t think the original survived Mythbusters
A loose seal
He became a druggie unfortunately
Well, its real because I was the manager!
(stands on table) No, I was the manager.
I don’t believe you, why isn’t your username ‘manager’ then?
alt account.
Dun-dun-duuuuunlunlunlunlun
But then who was phone?
The phone was Albert Einstein
I have had similar conversations with managers in the past, this may be staged but it’s all too real.
i thought that was obvious. I mean the contact name is “manager”… isn’t the point that people wish they would respond like this?
You’ve never saved contacts like that?
not for people I know. it’s stupid. it’s not like “mom”. I’m not putting down relationships that can change at any time.
You know what’s going to be asked next, so here’s the response:
“Sorry homie, I’ve been drinking”
In my restaurant there’s a four drink minimum before you can start cooking or serving customers.
I got the least serious bollocking of my life from the manager of the bar I worked in when the exec team of the bar I worked in bought me 12 jagerbombs in a single shift
How much coke was involved?
for us plebs sadly none
12 jagerbombs and no coke is a war crime.
And no maximum?
Most people find their own maximum.
Some find it and just leave it faaaar behind them
Remember this scene in Ratatouille where Colette talks about the sordid pasts of the kitchen staff? Now consider that that was bowdlerized for a kids’ movie, compared to reality.
TIL “bowdlerize” https://www.englishgrammar.org/bowdlerize-means-sanitize-book/
what a prude, that Thomas Bowdler. Shakespeare was too spicy for him!
“If you need extra hire, a friend is looking for a job, I could get you in touch”
Actually used this once, and it wasn’t a lie or stretching the truth
Good call, never lie to your boss. Crack open a cold one as soon as the first text comes in
After. Just been drinking after.
“My grandma died…”
“My grandma’s been drinking, gotta keep an eye on her.”
“I’m my grandma’s tripsitter tonight.”
At my wife’s union job, if they are understaffed, they send a text blast needing more folks.
And here’s where it gets awesome. They bid. Sometimes it’s a flat extra $100-500. Other times, it’s DOUBLE your hour wage.
Unions are pretty awesome.
😎
Hell Yeah, Unions FTW!
That’s how it should work for all shifts IMO.
Youre a manager. manage to get your ass in there
✏️ downvoted by a manager apparently
lol, who let a manager onto the the fediverse?!
Gotta get that instance mass-defederated ASAP before we have a problem.
This is how we end up short-staffed
If the manager is out on the floor doing work, then who is manning the office and sipping drinks?
The … always gets me
Yep, the text is great, but that’s the punchline.
That is the sign of incoming disaster.
It really bugs me that they spell good luck as a single word.
It’s because they’ve been drinking
Twice
The proper thought to have when an employer says they’re short staffed is “Why didn’t you hire enough people?” not “Gee, I should chip in!”
“If you have time to text me you have time to work”
Or you could just not reply.
That’s what I’ve always done, wait until the shift is nearly over and be like “just saw this, hope it all worked out!”
Yesss, “sorry I just woke up! Did you manage to find someone?”
“Holy cow, well, good thing you’re a manager! Manage it.”
I was a retail manager when my mom told me she had cancer I said “I don’t know what to say… except… you’re still coming in tho right “
Lucky for me I’m too poor to have a phone number anymore!
Then general lack of empathy on both sides is astounding.
I don’t think not volunteering to come in on your day off when your boss hasn’t even asked you to do so yet indicates a “lack of empathy.”
Noooo you always have to be ready to run to your minimum wage job at a moments notice even though your employer will send you out on your ass the very second the numbers start looking red!!
Nobody wants to work anymore a bloo bloo bloo!!1
ikr the worker is literally showing empathy. Personally I wouldn’t even have answered the text unless I needed the money.
They didn’t say that. But it might be empathetic to interpret their message in the obvious way and say, “I can’t cover”.
But that would require this not to be a fake screenshot made up as a joke, because it would ruin the joke.
Agreed. I’d also expect a boss in a bind to offer extra compensation for time scheduled like that. I dont see any offers of double pay or even just time and a half. Thats undignified and disrespectful.
I know right? Imagine this minimum wage worker not dropping everything to come save the day for his manager who had poor planning and a lack of insight.
Your assumption is that the manager is being paid and treated well by the company. I promise you they are not - they are getting heat from both their leadership and employees. The manager should absolutely have empathy for their employees (and never ask for help in this way), but the fact that you can’t even fathom what the manager is going through lacks of empathy just as much.
Wishing someone good luck is a show of empathy, not a lack thereof.
Yeah they could have wrote, “LMAO SUCKS TO SUCK”
That is right! They are family and family help each other…
