History NightmareFuel / NotAlwaysWorking

* And [[https://notalwaysright.com/playing-house-is-no-game/64398/ here]] we have a combination of [[AdultFear children playing with fire]] and [[ParanoiaFuel unauthorized home entry]]. There's also the possibility that the broker and the mother really ''were'' looking for something to steal.

* In [[https://notalwaysright.com/employees-here-know-no-pee-ce/205953/ this story]], a fifty-something manager knocks on the bathroom door while the submitter, a 19-year-old girl, is inside using it. When the submitter responds that she's in there, the manager begins ''knocking harder'' and demanding her to open up. By the time the submitter is finished, the manager had started ''jiggling the door handle''. When she finally leaves the bathroom, not only does the manager chew her out for not opening the door, he actually '''writes her up''', deeming it an act of insubordination. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere The submitter books it out of there the following day]].

** It gets worse when you learn what the call was for to begin with - the submitter (the manager's boss) had ordered the manager to apologize to the employee over the phone for the wrongful firing. When the manager instead breaks out into his insult-laced rant '''[[WhatAnIdiot while still right in front of the submitter]]''', even the submitter himself is taken aback by the manager's horrific actions. Worse yet, the manager then ''tries to defend his actions'' by calling the employee lazy again. This gets him [[LaserGuidedKarma instantly fired in response]], thanks to a large history of prior issues, and the wrongfully fired employee is reinstated into his position.

* [[https://notalwaysright.com/game-over-for-this-store Then there's this boss.]] While not as creepy as other examples on this page, it's still worth mentioning a flow of events occurring at this game shop in just seven weeks! First, this boss ends all customers playing games before purchase; coming up with the reason that "parents will not drop off kids to play games and leave us to babysit". Naturally, half of all business is lost within two weeks, [[HighTurnoverRate as well as a bunch of firings down to just four employees]]. After that, [[PointyHairedBoss he proceeds to can the local tournaments, end purchasing newer release games, and suspend all trading]] until "[[InsaneTrollLogic we have more sales]]". Meanwhile, the employee in this story (a console repairman) asks his boss for new parts to repair [[CrazyPrepared 40 consoles on line]], which ''this is the second time he's asked this''. [[DownerEnding He doesn't get them even within four weeks.]] [[FromBadToWorse It gets even worse,]] however; as a coworker reports [[BadBoss he was yelled at for locking the store up]] '''''[[DisproportionateRetribution just because he had to go the bathroom.]]''''' One can only [[FridgeHorror imagine the fears this coworker felt]]. The coworker also reports to the employee that the parts needed to repair the consoles will not be ordered [[TooDumbToLive until the boss has had more sales.]] Oh, and the employee in this story [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking hasn't gotten a paycheck in almost a month.]] Naturally, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere the employee quickly resigns]] and [[LaserGuidedKarma the store closes a few weeks later]].

* The submitter of [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-retail-equivalent-of-breaking-up-via-text/138943/ this story]], a department manager, fires an employee from their department ''by screaming at him over the intercom''. Even for an incompetent employee, this is one of the most humiliating ways to lose a job, and one can only imagine how the employee must have felt to have been publicly fired over the intercom like that in front of dozens, if not hundreds, of customers. Worse yet, at the end of the story, when the submitter is written up for violating protocol, they gloat about it being WorthIt. Naturally, this drew ''massive'' backlash in the comments section when the story was published.

* [[https://notalwaysright.com/i-smell-foul-play/162704/ This cleaning lady]] purposely fills the submitter's room with a smelly perfume, despite being informed by the hotel staff that the submitter's wife has deadly allergies to the perfume, as the cleaning lady was convinced that the couple were trying to con the hotel for a free room. Even when she sees the wife having a allergic reaction to the perfume so extreme that the hotel staff calls an ambulance, the cleaning lady ''still'' thinks the wife is faking it with make up and tells the couple their "scam" for a free room won't work. Thankfully, the hotel staff call the police on the cleaning lady for almost killing the submitter's wife.

* [[https://notalwaysright.com/youre-un-work-for-able/169422/ This bar owner]] is an interviewee's worst nightmare. After seemingly offering the jobless submitter a position, he immediately retracts it and descends into a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech long rant berating the submitter]] for having poor interview skills and little work experience ([[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and not having their driver's license]]), calling them unhireable and worthless. Worse yet, after he kicks the submitter out of the bar, he follows them and [[KickTheDog continues insulting them in front of customers and staff]]. This last stunt causes half his staff, including the cook and ''both'' his managers, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere to quit on the spot out of disgust]]. He then fires the remainder of his staff the next day out of frustration, which [[LaserGuidedKarma results in him going out of business the next week]] when he cannot find any replacements. The submitter, meanwhile, gets a job at a grocery store and later gets their driver's license.

* In an extreme case of MistakenForServant, [[https://notalwaysright.com/when-management-messes-with-maleficent/128083/ this manager]] begins ''[[NoIndoorVoice screaming full blast]]'' at a customer whom he believes is one of his employees, simply for not helping another customer. What makes it really disturbing is that not only is he basing his assumption solely off of the complain of the other customer without any other proof, but he completely ignores the fact that the submitter ''[[FailedASpotCheck isn't wearing a company uniform]]'' and continues to berate her and drive her to tears [[OneSideOfTheStory before she can even explain that she doesn't work there]] (the "employee" basically ''blacks out'' during and after the shouting, only having brief flashes of memory from that time... talk about '''trauma'''). Thankfully, a security guard notices the incident and pulls the submitter away to allow her to regroup. The police are also called and [[LaserGuidedKarma the abusive manager is arrested for assault]].

* In an extreme case of MistakenForServant, [[https://notalwaysright.com/when-management-messes-with-maleficent/128083/ this manager]] begins ''[[NoIndoorVoice screaming full blast]]'' at a customer whom he believes is one of his employees, simply for not helping another customer. What makes it really disturbing is that not only is he basing his assumption solely off that of the other customer without any other proof, but he completely ignores the fact that the submitter ''[[FailedASpotCheck isn't even wearing a company uniform]]'' and continues to berate her and drive her to tears [[OneSideOfTheStory before she can even explain that she doesn't work there]] (the "employee" basically ''blacks out'' during and after the shouting, only having brief flashes of memory from that time. . . talk about '''trauma'''). Thankfully, a security guard notices the incident and pulls the submitter away to allow her to regroup. The police are also called and [[LaserGuidedKarma the abusive manager is arrested for assault]].

* [[http://notalwaysright.com/dont-give-this-boss-a-pizza-your-mind This boss]] shows a horrifying disregard for the safety of his employees when he orders the narrator, a 110-pound teenage girl, to pick up pizzas in a bad part of Detroit. Even when she points out how she could be raped or murdered if she went there alone, her boss insists on it. (A male coworker ends up picking them up, with the boss none the wiser.) What makes it even worse is that the story was posted [[TooSoon not long after the Stuebenville, Ohio rape case had been in the news]].

* [[https://notalwaysright.com/youve-left-the-trail/64611/ This dentist]] is so out of it that she begins to ask the submitter if she's allergic to a particular type of anasthetic, before trailing off and ''jabbing her with it anyway''. Luckily, however, the submitter wasn't allergic.

** If you thought that dentist was bad, [[https://notalwaysright.com/numb-to-your-pain this Hygienist is worse]]! Not only does he forcefully inject a painkiller into the patient's mouth, which went directly into her veins, he also ignores her warnings that something is wrong with her body and forcefully injects three more doses before leaving her alone without checking her condition! Had another senior Hygienist not discovered what happen to the patient, the patient could have died.

* [[https://notalwaysright.com/a-feeding-frenzy This Nurse in this story is horrible]]. She removes the submitter's newborn baby daughter from her arms after she just finished feeding her despite pleas by the mother to let her hold her longer since the baby is staying in NICU due to being born 14 weeks early, which the nurse dismissed the mother's pleas as just being too emotional. But it gets worse. The nurse immediately puts the baby back into incubator laying back without bothering to check or help the baby burp, something everyone knows you have to do to a baby after feeding which causes the baby to vomit. Even the baby's grandmother [[WhatTheHellHero calls out on the nurse for her actions]] and [[MamaBear tells her to stay away from her grandchild]]. Unfortunately, the nurse endangers the baby's life again when she gave the baby another mother's breast milk, something you don't give to a premature born child since infection might happen! The submitter made a followup post revealing this wasn't the first time the nurse has been negligent to babies and rude to the mothers which made her disliked by the others nurses. Thankfully the baby turn out to be okay and growing well and [[LaserGuidedKarma the nurse was fired and had her medical license revoked]].

** Some of the comments about this story also point out that the way the GM took the submitter's money (forcefully grabbing it out of her hands and then screaming at her afterwards) could very well have constituted straight up ''robbery'', which under Tennessee law (where the story took place) is considered a '''felony''' that could have landed him behind bars for several years. Unfortunately, it is never stated in the story whether charges were pressed against him.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/i-smell-foul-play/162704/ This cleaning lady]] purposely filled the submitter's room with a smelly perfume despite being informed by the hotel staff that the submitter's wife has deadly allergies with the perfume as the cleaning lady was convinced that the couple were trying to con the hotel for a free room. And despite the wife was having a allergic reaction to the perfume that the hotel staff called the ambulance, the cleaning lady still thinks the wife is faking it with make up and tells the couple their "scam" for a free room won't work. Thankfully, the hotel staff called the police on the cleaning lady for almost killing the submitter's wife.

* [[https://notalwaysright.com/youve-left-the-trail/64611/ This dentist]] is so out of it that she begins to ask the submitter if she's allergic to a particular type of anasthetic, before trailing off and ''jabbing her with it anyway''.

* [[https://notalwaysright.com/youre-un-work-for-able/169422/ This bar owner]] is an interviewee's worst nightmare. After seemingly offering the jobless submitter a position, he immediately retracts it and descends into a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech long rant berating the submitter]] for having poor interview skills and little work experience ([[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and not having their driver's license]]), calling them unhireable and worthless. Worse yet, after he kicks the submitter out of the bar, he follows them and [[KickTheDog continues insulting them in front of customers and staff]]. This last stunt causes half his staff, including the cook and ''both'' his managers, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere to quit on the spot out of disgust]]. He then fires the remainder of his staff the next day out of frustration, which [[LaserGuidedKarma results in him going out of business the next week]]. The submitter, meanwhile, gets a job at a grocery store and later gets their driver's license.

* [[https://notalwaysright.com/youre-un-work-for-able/169422/ This bar owner]] is an interviewee's worst nightmare. After seemingly offering the jobless submitter a position, he immediately retracts it and descends into a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech long rant berating the submitter]] for having poor interview skills and little work experience ([[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and not having their driver's license]]). Worse yet, after he kicks the submitter out of the bar, he follows them and [[KickTheDog continues insulting them in front of customers and staff]]. This last stunt causes half his staff, including the cook and ''both'' his managers, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere to quit on the spot out of disgust]]. He then fires the remainder of his staff the next day out of frustration, which [[LaserGuidedKarma results in him going out of business the next week]]. The submitter, meanwhile, gets a job at a grocery store and later gets their driver's license.

* [[https://notalwaysright.com/i-smell-foul-play/162704/ This cleaning lady]] purposely filled the submitter's room with a smelly perfume despite being informed by the hotel staff that the submitter's wife has deadly allergies with the perfume as the cleaning lady was convinced that the couple were trying to con the hotel for a free room. And despite the wife was having a allergic reaction to the perfume that the hotel staff called the ambulance, the cleaning lady still thinks the wife is faking it with make up and tells the couple their "scam" for a free room won't work. Thankfully, the hotel staff called the police on the cleaning lady for almost killing the submitter's wife.

** Some of the comments about this story also point out that the way the GM took the submitter's money (forcefully grabbing it out of her hands and then screaming at her afterwards) could very well have constituted straight up ''robbery'', which under Tennessee law (where the story took place) is considered a '''felony''' that could have landed him behind bars for several years. Unfortunately, it is never stated in the story whether charges were pressed against him.

* The submitter of [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-retail-equivalent-of-breaking-up-via-text/138943/ this story]], a department manager, fires an employee from his department ''by screaming at him over the intercom''. Even for an incompetent employee, this is one of the most humiliating ways to lose a job, and one can only imagine how the employee must have felt to have been publicly fired over the intercom like that in front of dozens, if not hundreds, of customers. Worse yet, at the end of the story, when the submitter is written up for violating protocol, he gloats about it being WorthIt. Naturally, this drew ''massive'' backlash in the comments section when the story was published.

** Some of the comments about this story also point out that the way the GM took the submitter's money (forcefully grabbing it out of her hands and then screaming at her afterwards) could very well have constituted straight up ''robbery'', which under Tennessee law (where the story took place) is considered a '''felony''' that could have landed him behind bars for several years.

* [[https://notalwaysright.com/working-with-this-guy-is-just-a-scream/157001/ This restaurant general manager]]. It's bad enough that he's yelling at the submitter while she is serving an elderly lady, but what he does after the lady tips the submitter out of sympathy pushes him well over the MoralEventHorizon. Without any warning, the GM [[StealingFromTheTill snatches the tip out of the submitter's hands]], stuffs it into his pocket, and then [[NoIndoorVoice screams "YOU'RE FIRED!"]], ''[[KickTheDog right in her face]]'', reducing her to tears. Thankfully LaserGuidedKarma goes into immediate effect - the now-''[[NeverMessWithGranny pissed]]'' elderly lady furiously scolds the GM and leaves, with several others following behind her (many without paying). The district manager also finds out what happened, and pays the restaurant a visit the next day, where he rips the GM a new one before firing him, reinstating the submitter, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking giving her the tip back]].

** Some of the comments about this story also point out that the way the manager took the submitter's money (forcefully grabbing it out of her hands and then screaming at her afterwards) could very well have constituted straight up ''robbery'', which under Tennessee law (where the story took place) is considered a '''felony'''.

** Some of the comments about this story also point out that the way the manager took the submitter's money (forcefully grabbing it out of her hands and then screaming at her afterwards) could very well have constituted straight up ''robbery'', which under Tennessee (where the story took place) is considered a '''felony'''.

** Some of the comments about this story also point out that the way the manager took the submitter's money (forcefully grabbing it out of her hands) could very well have constituted straight up '''robbery''', as he took the money by force and then screamed at the submitter afterwards.

* [[https://notalwaysright.com/working-with-this-guy-is-just-a-scream/157001/ This restaurant general manager]]. It's bad enough that he's yelling at the submitter while she is serving an elderly lady, but what he does after the lady tips the submitter pushes him well over the MoralEventHorizon. Without any warning, the GM [[StealingFromTheTill snatches the tip out of the submitter's hands]], stuffs it into his pocket, and [[NoIndoorVoice screams "YOU'RE FIRED!"]], ''[[KickTheDog right in her face]]'', reducing her to tears. Thankfully LaserGuidedKarma goes into immediate effect - the lady the submitter was serving furiously scolds the GM and leaves, with several others following behind her (many without paying). The district manager also finds out what happened, and goes nuclear on the GM before firing him, reinstating the submitter, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking giving her the tip back]].

** It gets worse when you learn what the call was for to begin with - the submitter (the manager's boss) had ordered the manager to apologize to the employee over the phone for the wrongful firing. When the manager instead breaks out into his insult-laced rant, even the submitter himself is taken aback by the manager's horrific actions. Worse yet, the manager then ''tries to defend his actions'' by calling the employee lazy again. This gets him [[LaserGuidedKarma instantly fired in response]], thanks to a large history of prior issues, and the wrongfully fired employee is reinstated into his position.

** It gets worse when you learn what the call was for to begin with - the submitter (the manager's boss) had ordered the manager to apologize to the employee over the phone for the wrongful firing. When the manager instead breaks out into his insult-laced rant, even the submitter himself is taken aback by the manager's horrific actions. Worse yet, the manager then ''tries to defend his actions'' by calling the employee lazy again. This gets him [[LaserGuidedKarma instantly fired in response]], thanks to a large history of prior issues, and the wrongfully fired employee is reinstated into his position.

** To be fair to the rest of the patrons, the recommended course of action in a medical emergency for people without proper training is to stay the hell out of the way, because if you try to help and don't know what you're doing you'll probably just make things worse (although someone could have at least helped with the guard).

* [[http://notalwaysright.com/women-of-the-night-shift This boss]] writes up his employee for not giving a customer a prostitute when ''prostitution is illegal'', saying that "what the police don't know won't hurt them". Given that a customer can just walk into his hotel, request a prostitute, and expect to be serviced, how many times has he done this? And how many other illegal activities does he condone in his hotel?