History Awesome / NotAlwaysWorking

* In [[http://notalwaysright.com/speaking-up-for-those-who-cant/ this]] story, an autistic worker that can't speak is forced by a discriminating manager to answer the phone, which he obviously ''can't'' do. He picks up the phone, presses a button over and over, puts the phone down, and leaves while the manager fires him. Turns out the caller was the worker's [[BigBrotherInstinct brother]], who is a Company CEO, [[EveryoneKnowsMorse understood the Morse code that his brother used on the phone]], and now is ''[[TranquilFury pissed]]''. The [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech satisfying speech]] he gives as he fires the manager on the spot for discrimination is priceless.

* [[http://notalwaysright.com/sins-of-the-father/ This security guard]] got tired of the boss's son sexually harassing people, and duct-taped him to a table.

* After so many stories of [[KarmaHoudini higher-ups getting away with refusing to make accommodations for disabled employees]], usually because the poster either grins and bears it or just quits/gets fired without further hassle, it is beyond satisfying to get [[ https://notalwaysright.com/disabling-your-bosss-attitude/64603/ a story of an employee ]] ''fighting back!''

* After so many stories of [[KarmaHoudini higher-ups getting away with refusing to make accommodations for disabled employees]], usually because the poster either grins and bears it or just quits/gets fired without further hassle, it is beyond satisfying to get [[https://notalwaysright.com/disabling-bosss-attitude/a story of an employee]] ''fighting back!''

''Note: Due to a restructuring of the entire [[WebSite/NotAlwaysRight NAR]] site network, these hyperlinks may or may not work anymore. This can be fixed by removing the numbers in the link.''

* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/consider-yourself-ameliorated This one]] has a homophobic manager get fired by his boss. Turns out the manager had several discrimination claims against him, and the employee he insulted got his job instead.
* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/we-read-your-attitude-loud-and-clear This]] is immediate karma in action. A girl who is both blind and hard of hearing turns in a job application, only to get smugly rejected. Upon hearing it, the girl sadly leaves... followed by all of the customers in the store, who leave in disgust at the manager's behavior.
* {{Bad boss}}es [[http://notalwaysworking.com/affirmative-action-affirmed getting owned]] is truly awesome.
* In [[http://notalwaysworking.com/nice-to-get-helped-for-a-change this one]], a transgender woman has trouble with an ObstructiveBureaucrat who doesn't even deign to show disgust. Both her friend and the manager helped her while remaining calm, and said bureaucrat '''will''' end up fired.
* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/foot-in-mouth-101 A student]] put the lid on a bigoted boss when he made a blatant assumption for the last time.
* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/enter-the-meowndarin Claw through this]], [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch b***!]]
* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/hit-the-road-jerk Everyone hopes they get a customer like this.]]

* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/getting-his-just-desserts This guy]] gives a rude, lazy employee his just desserts.
* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/have-no-truck-with-these-coworkers Karma strikes]] a shift manager who (essentially) fires an employee for being pregnant. Step one: ''His'' boss finds out about it, and the firing is reversed. Step two: The manager finds out the shift manager's been MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces with the coworker who lodged the initial complaint, which gets the shift manager ''and'' his lover fired.
* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/fly-the-friendliest-skies/29965 This airport staff]] definitely knows how to make a bad situation better.
* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/secure-in-her-ability/31342 "Celebrities hire guys like you to stand in front of them and look scary; millionaire businessmen hire people like her if they want real security."]]
* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/making-up-and-breaking-down/31735 An autistic teenager who doesn't like makeup is assaulted by a cosmetics worker who, against her wishes, insists that she try her makeup. With the help of an off-duty cop, the teen manages to get her fired.]]
* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/sticking-it-to-the-miso-ji-stic/27760 Don't mess with the local Mario Kart champ and her little brother!]]
* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/dying-to-learn-how-to-drive/32091 This kid]] drives their father to the hospital despite not only living an hour away, but having never learned how to use a manual transmission or drive on a highway. A police officer helps them deal with some obstructive receptionists, and later says he won't arrest the kid for driving without a license, as it was "one of the bravest things (he) ever heard!", and he was very impressed that she didn't strip the gears or get into a crash. For bonus points, the girl had broken her leg into two pieces and didn't notice due to the adrenaline and panic; and for even ''more'' bonus points, when the girl later turns herself in to the police for her moving violation, the police say they can't ticket her since she wasn't pulled over. It's a brilliant case of Legal Necessity - effectively, Official policy that allows the police to say IllPretendIDidntHearThat in certain cases of ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight.
* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/driving-home-the-sale/32600 This woman]] doesn't take any crap from car salespeople.
* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/sins-of-the-father/33124 This security guard]] got tired of the boss's son sexually harassing people, and duct-taped him to a table.
* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/she-isnt-fired/31397 "See? That's what it takes to get a raise around here!"]] For context the babysitter had run into a burning house, rescued the dog, checked to see if anyone has still in there, checked on the boy who alerted her to the fire, and then passed out from smoke inhalation.
* In [[http://notalwaysworking.com/speaking-up-for-those-who-cant/33669 this]] story, an autistic worker that can't speak is forced by a discriminating manager to answer the phone, which he obviously ''can't'' do. He picks up the phone, presses a button over and over, puts the phone down, and leaves while the manager fires him. Turns out the caller was the worker's [[BigBrotherInstinct brother]], who is a Company CEO, [[EveryoneKnowsMorse understood the Morse code that his brother used on the phone]], and now is ''[[TranquilFury pissed]]''. The [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech satisfying speech]] he gives as he fires the manager on the spot for discrimination is priceless.
* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/we-love-to-pay-to-see-you-smile/30087 This person]], who gets a new job at a coffeehouse simply because the manager appreciates the service the worker is doing at their current job so much.
* "[[http://notalwaysworking.com/dont-dish-out-what-you-cant-take/35073 But if you talk to the waities like that again, especially my dishie, and I hear it, I'll be carvin' off your face and selling it as a steak. You hear?]]"
* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/the-theft-finally-registered/37295 This supervisor's approach to an employee robbing the store tills]] is to inform her that as supervisor, they are personally responsible for shortfalls and have to compensate for them out of pocket, thereby informing the thief that her crimes are actually hurting her coworkers and not an anonymous "company". [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone She immediately stops stealing from the tills.]]
* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/badly-monitoring-the-orders/38559 This story]] includes a manager who has been bumping orders off the monitors [[SkewedPriorities in order to keep the serve times down]]. When a server learns about this, said server begins something of a mutiny with the help of a grill worker (and, later, the rest of the staff), making sure that the customers were served properly despite the managerial interference. The attitude is summed up nicely by these words: "I am not going to deliberately not serve my customers!" The story ends with the revelation that the manager (along with another one who was implied to be just as bad) left soon after, and two assistant managers were promoted to replace them.
* A minor one, but [[http://notalwaysworking.com/gave-him-more-than-he-could-chew/39000 this guy]] beats a cashier [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame at his own game]] - since the cashier kept giving him packets of gum in place of his change (Mexican stores often use gum packets in place of 50 cents coins for change, but only when they've run out of coins and the customer is OK with it), he decides to pay for his next purchase using ''only'' gum packets.
* After so many stories of [[KarmaHoudini higher-ups getting away with refusing to make accommodations for disabled employees]], usually because the poster either grins and bears it or just quits/gets fired without further hassle, it is beyond satisfying to get [[https://notalwaysworking.com/disabling-bosss-attitude/46394 a story of an employee]] ''fighting back!''

''Note: Due to a restructuring of the entire [[WebSite/NotAlwaysRight NAR]] site network, these hyperlinks may or may not work anymore.''

* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/consider-yourself-ameliorated/24794 This one]] has a homophobic manager get fired by his boss. Turns out the manager had several discrimination claims against him, and the employee he insulted got his job instead.
* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/we-read-your-attitude-loud-and-clear/24942 This]] is immediate karma in action. A girl who is both blind and hard of hearing turns in a job application, only to get smugly rejected. Upon hearing it, the girl sadly leaves... followed by all of the customers in the store, who leave in disgust at the manager's behavior.
* {{Bad boss}}es [[http://notalwaysworking.com/affirmative-action-affirmed/25044 getting owned]] is truly awesome.
* In [[http://notalwaysworking.com/nice-to-get-helped-for-a-change/26164 this one]], a transgender woman has trouble with an ObstructiveBureaucrat who doesn't even deign to show disgust. Both her friend and the manager helped her while remaining calm, and said bureaucrat '''will''' end up fired.
* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/foot-in-mouth-101/27312 A student]] put the lid on a bigoted boss when he made a blatant assumption for the last time.
* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/enter-the-meowndarin/28509 Claw through this]], [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch b***!]]
* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/hit-the-road-jerk/28533 Everyone hopes they get a customer like this.]]

* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/getting-his-just-desserts/28466 This guy]] gives a rude, lazy employee his just desserts.
* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/have-no-truck-with-these-coworkers/28937 Karma strikes]] a shift manager who (essentially) fires an employee for being pregnant. Step one: ''His'' boss finds out about it, and the firing is reversed. Step two: The manager finds out the shift manager's been MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces with the coworker who lodged the initial complaint, which gets the shift manager ''and'' his lover fired.

* In [[http://notalwaysworking.com/speaking-up-for-those-who-cant/33669 this]] story, an autistic worker that can't speak is forced by a discriminating manager to answer the phone, which he obviously ''can't'' do. He picks up the phone, presses a button over and over, puts the phone down, and leaves while the manager fires him. Turns out the caller was the worker's [[BigBrotherInstinct brother]], who is a Company CEO, [[EveryoneKnowsMorse understood the Morse code that his brother used on the phone]], and now is ''[[TranquilFury pissed]]''.

* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/dying-to-learn-how-to-drive/32091 This kid]] drives their father to the hospital despite not only living an hour away, but having never learned how to use a manual transmission or drive on a highway. A police officer helps them deal with some obstructive receptionists, and later says he won't arrest the kid for driving without a license, as it was "one of the bravest things (he) ever heard!", and he was very impressed that she didn't strip the gears or get into a crash.
** For bonus points, the girl had broken her leg into two pieces and didn't notice due to the adrenaline and panic.
** For even ''more'' bonus points, when the girl later turns herself in to the police for her moving violation, the police say they can't ticket her since she wasn't pulled over. Official policy, a case of IllPretendIDidntHearThat, or both? You decide.
** Actually falls into "Legal Necessity" IE you can break laws as long as the reason for it outweighs the laws broken. This is a perfect example.

* A minor one, but [[http://notalwaysworking.com/gave-him-more-than-he-could-chew/39000 this]] guy beats a cashier [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame at his own game]] - since the cashier kept giving him packets of gum in place of his change (Mexican stores often do that in place of 50 cents coin, but only when they've run out of them and the customer is OK with it), he decides to pay for his next purchase ''only'' with gum packets.

* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/the-theft-finally-registered/37295 This supervisor's approach to an employee robbing the store tills]] is to inform her that as supervisor, they are personally responsible for shortfalls and have to compensate for them out of pocket, thereby informing the thief that her crimes are actually hurting her coworkers and not than an anonymous "company". [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone She immediately stops stealing from the tills.]]

* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/consider-yourself-ameliorated/24794 This one]] just speaks for itself.
* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/we-read-your-attitude-loud-and-clear/24942 This]] is immediate karma in action.

* In [[http://notalwaysworking.com/speaking-up-for-those-who-cant/33669 this]] story, an autistic worker that can't speak is forced by a discriminating manager to answer the phone, which he obviously ''can't'' do. He picks up the phone, presses a button over and over, puts the phone down, and leaves while the manager fires him. Turns out the caller was the worker's brother, who is a Company CEO, [[EveryoneKnowsMorse understood the Morse code that his brother used on the phone]], and now is ''[[TranquilFury pissed]]''.

* [[BadBoss Bad bosses]] [[http://notalwaysworking.com/affirmative-action-affirmed/25044 getting owned]] is truly awesome.

-->'''Customer''': “Then F***ING supervise, you little s***, or I’ll come in there and supervise YOU out of a job.” *to me* “Doing good, darlin’. Carry on!”

* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/secure-in-her-ability/31342 Celebrities hire guys like you to stand in front of them and look scary; millionaire businessmen hire people like her if they want real security.]]

* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/dying-to-learn-how-to-drive/32091 This kid]] drives their father to the hospital despite not only living an hour away, but having never learned how to use a manual transmission or drive on a highway. A police officer helps them deal with some obstructive receptionists, and later says he won't arrest the kid for driving without a license, as it was "one of the bravest things (he) ever heard!"

** For even ''more'' bonus points, when the girl later turned herself in to the police for her moving violation, the police say they can't ticket her since she wasn't pulled over. Official policy, a case of IllPretendIDidntHearThat, or both? You decide.

* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/she-isnt-fired/31397 "“See? That’s what it takes to get a raise around here!”]] For context the babysitter had run into a burning house, rescued the dog, checked to see if anyone has still in there, checked on the boy who alerted her to the fire, and then passed out from smoke inhalation.

* "[[http://notalwaysworking.com/dont-dish-out-what-you-cant-take/35073 But if you talk to the waities like that again, especially my dishie, and I hear it, I’ll be carvin’ off your face and selling it as a steak. You hear?]]”

* In [[http://notalwaysworking.com/speaking-up-for-those-who-cant/33669 this]] story, an autistic worker that can't speak is forced by a discriminating manager to answer the phone, which he obviously ''can't'' do. He picks up the phone, presses a button over and over, puts the phone down, and leaves while the manager fires him. Turns out the caller was the worker's brother, who is a Company CEO, [[EveryoneKnowsMorse understood the Morse code that his brother used at the phone]], and now is ''[[TranquilFury pissed]]''.

* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/we-love-to-pay-to-see-you-smile/30087 This person]], who gets a new job at a coffeehouse simply because the manager appreciates the service the worker is doing at their current job so much.

* In [[http://notalwaysworking.com/speaking-up-for-those-who-cant/33669 this]] story, an autistic worker that can't speak is forced by a discriminating manager to answer the phone, which he obviously ''can't'' do. He picks up the phone, presses a button over and over, puts the phone down, and leaves while the manager fires him. Turns out the caller was the worker's brother, who is a Company CEO, [[EveryoneKnowsMorse understood the Morse code that his brother used at the phone]], and now is ''[[TranquilFury pissed]]''.

* In [[http://notalwaysworking.com/speaking-up-for-those-who-cant/33669 this]] story, and autistic worker that can't speak is forced by a discriminating manager to answer the phone, which he obviously ''can't'' do. He picks up the phone, presses a button over and over, puts the phone down, and leaves while the manager fires him. Turns out the caller was the worker's brother, who is a Company CEO, [[EveryoneKnowsMorse understood the morse code that his brother used at the phone]], and now is ''[[TranquilFury pissed]]''.

* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/she-isnt-fired/31397 "“See? That’s what it takes to get a raise around here!”]] For context the babysitter had run into a burning house, rescued the dog, checked to see if anyone has still in there, checked on the boy who alerted her to the fire, and then passed out from smoke inhalation.

* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/she-isnt-fired/31397 "“See? That’s what it takes to get a raise around here!”]] For context the babysitter had run into a burning house, rescued the dog, checked to see if anyone has still in there, checked on the bot who alerted her to the fire, and then passed out from smoke inhalation.

* [[http://notalwaysworking.com/sins-of-the-father/33124 This security guard]] got tired of the boss's son sexually harassing people, and duct-taped him to a table.