She Had To Be Airlifted To A Hospital So She Called Out Of Work And She’s Telling The Internet That After Her Boss Threatened To Fire Her Over It She Quit
A 29-year-old woman used to work as a waitress, and the place where she worked gave all their employees points for different things that they did wrong.
For example, she said if an employee was late, they were given one point. If they called into work and said they couldn’t come in, they were given three points. You get the picture.
This woman really didn’t care about the points, because she hasn’t racked any up and she called out of work only one time in the past three years.
“I’m the type who covers shifts, stays late, and generally just go to do my job,” she said.
Well, a few days ago she was forced to call out of work for a whole week after she experienced a medical emergency.
She had an awful infection and had to be in the ICU.
“I let my boss know at 2 am that I was being sent out by helicopter and kept her informed of everything going on,” she explained.
Yesterday was the first time she was able to return to work, even though she isn’t completely back to feeling like herself.
Since the restaurant where she works is understaffed, she felt the need to make it in. She ended up opening up the restaurant and then started her day.
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Her boss arrived 2 hours after her and immediately asked to speak with her in the office. Her boss revealed to her that she would be penalized 8 points, and in addition, she was going to not be able to have any bonuses or discounts for three whole months.
On top of all that, her boss basically threatened to fire her by saying she was going to be placed on probation.
Her boss then tried to make her sign some papers acknowledging her punishment, which she refused to do.
“She said if I didn’t, I would be terminated,” she continued. “I told her not to bother and walked out.”
After she quit on the spot, her boss and her coworkers started flooding her with phone calls and text messages.
All of them are insisting that they really need her help and they tried to accuse her of being a terrible person for deciding to quit.
Her husband is siding with her, as he agreed the whole situation was absurd and that she was “getting punished for almost dying.”
Here’s what the internet had to say.
“You were so sick that you needed to be airlifted by helicopter and relocated to seek special treatment outside of where you currently live, which is well outside of your control.”
“Then you went above and beyond, by keeping your boss in the loop the whole time as if your boss were part of your family, something you should not have had to do. Lastly, as a favor to them, even though you’re not 100% better, you still made the effort to come in.
“And what do they do? They take away your perks and threaten you with termination.”
“Not only are you not the a******, but you should also be proud of yourself. You stood up for yourself. And it would seem you called their bluff since now they want you back. Do not go back.”
“I have a family member (cousin) who is working as a server in a restaurant (dinner) and I really would love to see them do the same.”
“I’ll say this, I had an accident last year that was very severe and also had an air ambulance come to get me. I work in hospitality too and let my boss know as soon as I was conscious before the first of many operations.”
“The response from my manager, ‘don’t worry about us, you just heal and we’ll give you 2 full months wages so that you don’t have to worry about money as well as your health’.”
“…Good on you for walking out, especially in these times where your work ethic and values are gold in a struggling industry right now.”
“Don’t go back and find a place that truly sees how good you are and show it and don’t work for any less.”
“I worked in the restaurant industry for almost a decade, I’ve never seen someone treated so poorly. You did the right thing, especially right now, you’re a lot more valuable to them than they are to you.”
“Does anyone else think this point system is weird? I have never worked anywhere that does this. Is this a location thing? I’m in the Midwest US and I don’t even know anyone that works with one of these.”
“It’s always been you’re a good employee or you don’t show up multiple times with multiple warnings and you’re fired.”
You can read the rest of what the internet had to say to her here.
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