r/IDontWorkHereLady - Really, I Don’t Work Here Anymore!

welcome to our slash I don't work here lady where we share stories about folks that are mistaken for employees by irate customers and the first story is lady wants me to fix gas pump before I begin I just found this sub and I'm loving it what I'm going to share isn't as dramatic as some but did happen last week I took my escape to the local Ford shop outside the dealership to get my oil changed I go in and I sort of vaguely know the guy behind the counter I tell him what I need he says it'll be about 45 minutes total cool I'll wait in their little waiting area I barely got myself sat down when an older lady rushes in and for reasons completely unknown to me starts complaining about gas pump three but she's the type that is flighty and going to keep talking right on over you so she starts talking oh I'm sorry I don't I managed to say before she goes on and on about the little hook thingy on the end of the deal you know and she can't get it to go but that little hook thingy etc etc I know nothing about gas pump maintenance but her rapid-fire meandering descriptions weren't doing anyone any favors an overly excited parakeet came to mind sensing the briefest of lulls in her ramblings I said I'm sorry I don't work here naturally she starts chirping again as I'm saying the word work she's looking off in every direction at every person waiting for their cars at the guy behind the counter just chittering away saying a lot without ever really saying anything you know mostly this is directed at me but she's pivoting her head and just talking to the whole room there was nothing wrong with her just one of those elder karent's who emote a level-10 fret over a level 2 issue she ends it all by looking directly at me and saying so pump 3 thank you and she walks back out to her car at the gas pump guy at the counter needs some more info from me because since the last time I was there I got a new car but also moved after our exchange I kind of patted the counter forcefully and said as if I were his boss and if one of you could get on pump three that'd be great we had a chuckle and I sat back down lady comes Parekh heating up toward the door again and I took a deep breath ready to tell her that I don't work there she doesn't come in but looks directly at me sitting in a chair then parakeets back to her car and stands there a mechanic came in from the shop guy behind the counter tells him the story as best as he could with what little information a lady gave he's says he'll take a look a SAP they were busy it was two days before Thanksgiving assuming people were getting their cars checked before travel also it had just snowed so maybe winterization and I also don't think he knew there was a lady actually out there I can see her pacing around like a maniac craning her neck and looking at the store front counter guy is run ragged booking new people in and going over the bills with others they had finished queue me getting an important phone call about my disabled mother's SSI benefits it was just a number so I answered it inside but once I realized its importance I took it outside as I'm telling the SSI rep to hold on one sec lady comes back in and looks at me with daggers in her eyes she's simply aghast I make it a point to tell the SSI rep that I was at the shop getting my car worked on hoping that would kill two birds with one stone let them know why I needed a sec and let parakeet know that I didn't work there as I'm walking out the door I hear her just exclaim and now he's just on the phone unbelievable she storms out after me I think because she thinks I'm heading to her car in pump three obviously I'm not I continue off the property across a small access road and into the empty lot next door I'll take the call with delicate personal information while also having a cigarette I figured all-in-all I'm I don't know a hundred feet away lady starts storming my direction it's about halfway there and throws up her arms and disgust like she's waiting for me to notice her finally she turns on her heels and stomps back to her car paces around it stares at me looks at the store finally one of the mechanics goes out there I obviously couldn't hear them and I was preoccupied with my call anyway I did see him do something at the pump which took a millisecond and the rest of the time she was clearly angrily animated talking at him while gesturing and occasionally looking at me she fills up her car and leaves by the access road I crossed I get daggers from her as she drives past me I get done with my call and go back in the mechanic in the counter guy are both talking so I asked what her deal was she didn't pull up the little lever that would activate the gas pump she was just trying to pump gas to no avail base palm but the mechanic goes she really hates you he goes on to say how she read him the riot act over me I was lazy incompetent and more preoccupied with my phone and going on break than I was with helping her she ended it with demanding I be fired or did she take her business elsewhere guy says so sorry but we're gonna have to let you go D we laughed hard about that the next story is bookstores and angry old people I go to indigo a Canadian bookstore chain very often to pick up some books to read obviously one day I was looking at books to get and this older lady comes literally bolting at me it almost seemed like she was going to tackle me she takes a quick stop right in front of me stares at me then bolts and takes a sharp turn down to a different aisle I just looked at some random lady and we had a laugh and then continued browsing I was in the crime section which is just a small aisle then there's an entire corner with the fiction books in the back of the store which is where the lady ran off toward I went back there to look at different books I walk around the corner and see this lady and I am not joking when I say this pull out a freaking white cane like the ones that fold up at blind people use and unfolds it and begins to knock a crap ton of books down off the top shelves she did not look like she was attempting to get a book she looked like she was intending to make a mess she then looks at me and noticed I saw her do this then this is where everything went downhill with her lady um uh these books fell all over me do you work here did you stock these shelves me laughing nervously cuz I don't even know what I just saw no I wish I worked here I love this place lady if you lie to me again you won't see the end of me I'll be here every day and night waiting for you so I can give you more heck for the awful job you did stocking the shelving me I mean okay I'm here like once a month at least so if you want but I mean it I wish I worked here but I don't lady I'm tired of you stupid kids doing your job in a lazy manner then not being held accountable for the problems that come with their horrible duties me okay I'm tired too I'm a cashier at my company name so if you want to pop by for proof I'm not lying I work Mondays Wednesdays Saturdays and Sundays lady I'm gonna get you fired you don't treat your elders like this then a worker hears me laughing dramatically at this old lady whose face is so red for me catching or do this I see the worker and just start exposing her me well you should have thought about how you'd like to be treated before I caught you pulling the books onto yourself lady ma'am ma'am this young lady was throwing books at me she reached on the top shelf and threw them at me the worker looked at me than the shelf I'm five three okay the top shelf is like seven eight feet high worker literally laughed worker Oh back in a few seconds she walked around the corner toward this little ledge they have that looks off to the rest of the store so she was still in earshot of us she left for maybe 20 minutes I continued to look at books while she called her husband to tell him how I'm going to be fired from both of my jobs when I only have one the worker comes back with her manager worker ma'am you got to get going we have a camera right there pointed cameras and we saw you pulling the books down I don't know what you were trying to do but worker gets rudely interrupted lady oh my goodness is this man the manager that girl over there you need to fire her cries in fear being exposed she was actually shaking too I could see her hand shaking so much I think she thought she was going to be arrested or something I don't know manager huh no she doesn't even work here and she's dealt with you pretty well clearly I didn't hear any yelling coming from her only you so please if you will she left screaming and yelling still going on about getting me fired from both of my jobs once again I only have one I knew something was up with that lady when she started to bolt toward me in the store but yeah I went back the next day hoping for a scream of the day but she didn't show up makes me super sad fYI I didn't get a job that store manager led me on the third story is really I don't work here anymore about 12 years ago I worked for a fast-food company that had a division just for telephone orders I was a desk jockey who had to listen to some of the biggest creeps you can imagine and some of the sweetest people as well biggest drawback was having to work until 2:00 a.m. to ships out of five where the scheduler was a total power-mad knob if she didn't like you your 2:00 a.m. closes were scheduled on your second and fourth shifts with a 9:00 a.m. start after each otherwise you were scheduled at 11:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. starts mean you cleaned the lunch room and dumped everyone's garbages from their desks not a big deal but finish at 2:00 a.m. take the bus home get some sleep take bus back to start at 9:00 a.m. was pretty rough for some people I was only getting four hours of sleep on those turnaround days anyway 7 to 8 months in and I find another job I give verbal notice to my immediate supervisor I give written notice to the office manager in my written notice I detailed my reasons why I was leaving first was the abuse from the scheduler since our office was seven days a week and there was a staff of 80 order takers there was no reason to mess with people like shant all did I ended the letter explaining that I start the new job on X date that Y date is my final date with the employer five day gap so I can have a small vacation last day comes office manager asked me into her office for my exit interview things go well she clarified that I have ended with him five days before I start a new job I agree explained that I am taking a mini vacation before new job starts I hand in my swipe card my work ID and my key I get her to sign a receipt that I turned them in and she accepted them two days later I get a call from a shift supervisor hi it's 12 noon you haven't called in so where are you I'm confused by this call I explained that I quit my last day was two days ago I gave notice over two weeks ago to her and management she acknowledges our conversation but says she thought I said I was thinking of quitting not actually quitting I tell her to talk to mrs. manager now I've been burned at other crap jobs before so when I gave my written notice I made the management sign and date of receipt but she received the letter and again at the exit interview she signed and dated a receipt that I turned everything in supervisor calls me back says manager has no memory of any of this and a letter I am on the schedule and if I don't come in I am fired now this employer has a habit of doing this to people basically if they can't work you as their slave they make sure you are not eligible to apply for benefits my mom used to date a lawyer so I go see him lay it out for him including my signed receipts and ask for advice as I am worried they're going to mess up my new job apparently he's already heard about this employer through the grapevine he says he'll take care of it I go home and find three messages from that manager telling me I'm a liar I never gave notice I still have my card and key etcetera I call the lawyer play it all for him he sends someone over to record the messages supervisor calls two days later at 9 a.m. asking if I am coming in for this shift nope I don't work here I quit remember three hours later supervisor calls again she apologizes for bothering me when I no longer work there apparently the lawyer went himself with a sheriff's deputy to deliver the letter that interview started was showing her the receipts that she signed for and accepted my letter of resignation and my card keys etc she agreed that she signed these she went through a desk and produced the card keys etc since these were supposed to be turned into the admin staff deputy tells her he's going to arrest her for theft lawyer then plays the voicemail recordings lawyer is threatening to charge her with harassment owners showed up for a site visit that morning and came to see why there was a sheriff's vehicle out front lawyer explains everything not just my case turns out it took the lawyer two days as he was pulling everything he could find about this office and this manager owner had no idea was this bad places like this have a high turnover anyway so he never thought there was anything weird about the seemingly revolving door I finished the call with the supervisor with okay so we're agreed I don't work there right and that I quit and it to my knowledge the office manager was canned edit - some of you seem to be getting confused this is an item work here lady post not a revenge post I did not sue her or charger with defamation of character or libel or anything my rendition of what happened when the lawyer went to see her is based on info from him as well as the supervisor and two friends who were working that day I was just making sure I was protected I've had to deal with my local labor board in the past and if there was any way to avoid having to bring the case to those bitter people I was going to do everything I could to avoid them our local labor board assumes the employer is telling the truth and could care less for the employee the last story is he doesn't work for Ford I just got to my mother-in-law's for Thanksgiving and heard my brother-in-law regale us with this recent tale of his he answered the phone in his usual manner announcing both his name and government Department she didn't bother to hear him she started off finally got one of you live and you're gonna hear what I have to say and then you're gonna help she spoke incessantly for 25 plus minutes complaining about her ford vehicle and how everyone else she'd called an either hung up on her or simply refused to help while she was rambling my brother-in-law was trying to determine what he'd say when she finally ran out of breath I don't work here lady had come to mind at some point when she finally asked well are you gonna fix my Ford or not he replied calmly ma'am I'm positive the US government branch name withheld doesn't repair Ford vehicles I think you have the wrong number she didn't apologize she simply hung up thank you for watching bye

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Length: 13min 4sec (784 seconds)

Published: Fri Dec 06 2019