Restaurant Manager Asks Employee To Deep Clean The Back, Gets Mad When He Does Exactly That (2024)

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Redditor u/Dio_bean recently went viral on the r/MaliciousCompliance online group after sharing how his manager demanded that he deep clean the back of the restaurant and avoid going to the front at all costs. Well, he decided to follow the orders to the letter, but this backfired for the manager. Big time! Scroll down for the full story.

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A restaurant worker shared how he decided to teach his boss a lesson by following his orders to the letter

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The tone this kid wrote this in makes me think there is more to the story. He is the one who sounds like a condescending person. I imagine this is the same attitude he has at work. Which would make me not want to work with him or have him work for me. According to him, he's perfect and everyone he works with is a prick. I hope he doesn't break his arm patting himself on the back.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
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If he's "the only one in his position" then what did they do during his "5 consecutive days off" after that day? 🤔

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Party?? Lol idk my guess is their short staffed and hes one of a few peeps in that position🙃

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
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Ok there are a couple things here. First I have a hard time believing this. It sounds like one of those situations that after it is over you think about all the things you would have done and now inject that into the story that you are telling people. Second I hate when owners and managers exploit service industry workers, but if you are looking for a job that is “fair.” You need to pick another job. Even places that boast they pay a “living wage” are not fair. It is just the way it is. Third did he say at one point that he “didn’t want to be petty?” cuz ummmmm yeah whatever. Fourth being a príck because there is no one else to do your job is a real privileged outlook. Fifth you need to get with those servers, because not claiming tips is a bad idea in the long run. You may walk with some more cash, but if you ever want to finance anything, get a loan, etc it is going to look like you make no money. As much as you think that job sucks there are a lot of people that are in less fortunate situations that would kill for that job and would do it 10x better than you would. Again I am not condoning people that exploit their authority, but I’m feeling a lot of BS in this story. Also if you have everything taken care of already it looks like you picked what you thought was the easiest you could get, and this is a good reality check. Just leave, this kind of pageantry is obnoxious unless you want to have some story for our friends about how you raged against the machine. The entire story has a stink of pretension. Just sayin

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
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The tone this kid wrote this in makes me think there is more to the story. He is the one who sounds like a condescending person. I imagine this is the same attitude he has at work. Which would make me not want to work with him or have him work for me. According to him, he's perfect and everyone he works with is a prick. I hope he doesn't break his arm patting himself on the back.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
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If he's "the only one in his position" then what did they do during his "5 consecutive days off" after that day? 🤔

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Party?? Lol idk my guess is their short staffed and hes one of a few peeps in that position🙃

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Ok there are a couple things here. First I have a hard time believing this. It sounds like one of those situations that after it is over you think about all the things you would have done and now inject that into the story that you are telling people. Second I hate when owners and managers exploit service industry workers, but if you are looking for a job that is “fair.” You need to pick another job. Even places that boast they pay a “living wage” are not fair. It is just the way it is. Third did he say at one point that he “didn’t want to be petty?” cuz ummmmm yeah whatever. Fourth being a príck because there is no one else to do your job is a real privileged outlook. Fifth you need to get with those servers, because not claiming tips is a bad idea in the long run. You may walk with some more cash, but if you ever want to finance anything, get a loan, etc it is going to look like you make no money. As much as you think that job sucks there are a lot of people that are in less fortunate situations that would kill for that job and would do it 10x better than you would. Again I am not condoning people that exploit their authority, but I’m feeling a lot of BS in this story. Also if you have everything taken care of already it looks like you picked what you thought was the easiest you could get, and this is a good reality check. Just leave, this kind of pageantry is obnoxious unless you want to have some story for our friends about how you raged against the machine. The entire story has a stink of pretension. Just sayin

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