History Website / NotAlwaysWorking

** In [[https://notalwaysright.com/this-write-up-isnt-going-to-sticker/131531/ this story]], the front end manager places the blame on the submitter for an accident caused by a pre-existing fault in a scanner, even going so far to issue a write-up and threaten to fire him. When it happens again ten days later, she then tries to follow through on her threat, only for the assistant manager to stop her and call her out for issuing a bogus write-up over something that wasn't even the submitter's fault and didn't warrant any discipline at all. The front end manager angrily demands the assistant manager let her fire the submitter anyway, even after being told that doing so would ''violate company policy''. Instead, the assistant manager shreds the initial write up and [[LaserGuidedKarma suspends her on the spot and forbids her from disciplining employees without permission from the higher-ups]]. As implied in the story and confirmed by the submitter in the comments, she was fired a month later due to a crackdown on unfair discipline caused by this very incident, just before the submitter [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere requested a transfer to another store to get away from her]].

** In [[https://notalwaysright.com/this-write-up-isnt-going-to-sticker/131531/ this story]], the front end manager places the blame on the submitter for an accident caused by a pre-existing fault in a scanner, even going so far to issue a write-up and threaten to fire him. When it happens again ten days later, she then tries to follow through on her threat, only for the assistant manager to stop her and call her out for issuing a bogus write-up over something that wasn't even the submitter's fault and didn't warrant any discipline at all. The front end manager angrily demands the assistant manager let her fire the submitter anyway, even after being told that doing so would ''violate company policy''. This gets her [[LaserGuidedKarma suspended on the spot and forbidden from disciplining employees without permission from the higher-ups]]. As implied in the story and confirmed by the submitter in the comments, she was fired a month later due to a crackdown on unfair discipline caused by this very incident, just before the submitter [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere requested a transfer to another store to get away from her]].

** In [[https://notalwaysright.com/this-write-up-isnt-going-to-sticker/131531/ this story]], the front end manager places the blame on the submitter for an accident caused by a pre-existing fault in a scanner, even going so far to issue a write-up and threaten to fire him. When it happens again ten days later, she then tries to follow through on her threat, only for the assistant manager to stop her and call her out for issuing a bogus write-up over something that wasn't even the submitter's fault and didn't warrant any discipline at all. The front end manager angrily demands the assistant manager let her fire the submitter anyway, even after being told that doing so would ''violate company policy''. This gets her [[LaserGuidedKarma suspended on the spot and forbidden from disciplining employees without permission from the higher-ups]]. She is then implied to be fired a month later, just before the submitter requested a transfer to another store to get away from her.

** [[http://notalwaysright.com/ive-got-a-ticket-to-deride Another police officer]] stops a young girl that he believes to be a car thief or a underage teenager with no driver's license. When she proves him wrong on both accounts, the police officer [[NeverMyFault refuses to apologize]], and even goes so far as to issue a citation ''[[InsaneTrollLogic for wasting his time]]''. Luckily, the officer's supervisor tells the submitter and her father to ignore the ticket, before inadvertently letting slip that it was the fourth such ticket the officer had issued that month.

** [[https://notalwaysright.com/you-cant-dismiss-the-karma-on-this-one/131545/ This manager]] develops an unexplained hatred towards the submitter and eventually fires her under falsified claims of theft. The submitter then sues the manager for unfair dismissal, and while they and their lawyers are working, the manager actually has the guts to ask the submitter to save an important project for one of the company's clients. In other words, she was asking the submitter to work on something she was not legally obligated or even ''allowed'' to work on due to no longer working for the company. Not surprisingly, submitter then adamantly refuses, then proceeds with her lawsuit, and ''wins''. The manager ends up demoted for her actions, and later fired for a separate incident.

** A clerk believes that Washington DC doesn't exist - or rather, that the only things there are government buildings and monuments, instead of a sizable and thriving city. This gets her in trouble when she tries to cut up the ID of a DC resident because she believes that it must be fake, since [[SarcasmMode of ''course'' nobody who works for the government has chosen to live near their workplace instead of commuting from Maryland or Virginia every day]].

** [[http://notalwaysright.com/not-acting-tip-top Another waitress]], much like the one above, displays rudeness and incompetence to the submitter and their friends, and tries to justify it because [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections her father is the owner]]. The more level-headed manager compensates the meal, but the group opts to leave without a new order. The snooty waitress then stops them, demanding a tip and throwing a tantrum when the submitter initially refuses. The now completely fed-up submitter then places an full water glass with a $10 bill inside of it upside down on the table, and dares her to take it, much to the manager's amusement.

** [[https://notalwaysright.com/youre-one-of-the-reasons-i-need-a-holiday-so-badly/126095/ This lady]] doesn't care if a coworker already booked a week off from work eariler than her to attend her cousin's wedding. If she wants to go on a last minute holiday with her kids, she will, and will bully or shame her coworkers to make them give up their day off for her.

** https://notalwaysright.com/24-the-wal-mart-conspiracy/56575/ This store manager]] is so desperate to protect his recent promotion that he tries to deny that a teenage [=YouTuber=] is illegally camping in the store for a challenge video. [[IdiotBall Not desperate enough to stay late and make sure they're gone before closing, though]].

* MistakenForServant: [[ExploitedTrope Exploited]] by [[http://notalwaysright.com/networking-notworking the submitter here]]: He was hired as a networks engineer at a call center, but the first day the owner mistook him for a "coffee boy". The submitter ran with the mistake because in three years, no one realized he was still being paid as though he were in the position he was actually qualified for; in fact, he's being paid ''more'' to make coffee than he would have been to maintain networks, because his boss keeps giving him high performance ratings, so he keeps getting raises.

** [[https://notalwaysright.com/when-management-messes-with-maleficent/128083/ Another instance]], when a manager first mistakes the submitter for one of his employees (even though her clothes don't look anything like the uniform), and then starts [[NoIndoorVoice berating and screaming full-blast at her]] before she can even say that she doesn't work there. Fortunately, a security guard comes to the submitter's aid and the police are also called, and [[LaserGuidedKarma the psychotic manager ultimately has charges pressed against him for his outburst.]]

** [[http://notalwaysright.com/that-taught-him-a-lesson This manager]] believes that the submitter, a 25-year-old woman, is a [[OlderThanTheyLook teenager]] trying to get a teachers' discount (as the submitter just got certified to teach). When the submitter's fiancé makes a statement about climbing into bed with her, the manager calls security. Luckily for the couple, the submitter is able to straighten the situation out before the manager got the police over and get the meal comped, but it means that the manager [[FailedASpotCheck ignored the alcohol on the table as well as the submitter's photo ID, which had her date of birth clearly printed on it.]]

** [[http://notalwaysright.com/with-childlike-behavior This retail assistant manager]] acts like a jerk to pregnant people, forcing them to do work meant for other people and calling them the wrong name, for seemingly no reason. Unfortunately for the assistant manager, that behavior results in her getting chewed out by the store manager, and eventually transferred to another store when she continues harassing other pregnant employees despite his warning.

** [[https://notalwaysright.com/santa-existential-crisis/102454/ This daycare worker]] tries to impose her personal beliefs on a little girl by telling her that Santa doesn't exist. Turns out, Santa's visit was the only thing the girl was looking forward to that Christmas, after her father had died the previous Christmas. The girl's enraged mother proceeds to tear into the worker for ruining the second Christmas in a row for her daughter.
-->'''Mother:''' Thank you for ruining Christmas. The first two Christmases my daughter is going to remember: seeing her father collapse on a dollhouse they were building together, and learning that Santa doesn't exist from a virtual stranger. Thank you, you self-righteous b***!
*** Adding onto that, the daycare worker didn't think about how other adults besides the mother would not appreciate her telling kids that Santa doesn't exist. Several parents witnessed that confrontation, and they were so outraged by what happened that they withdrew their kids' enrollment, crippling the daycare's business in the process. [[RealityEnsues Unsurprisingly, the worker got fired for causing the whole mess in the first place]].
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/i-love-vegans-but-this-takes-the-cake/65596/ This preachy Vegan bakery manager]] tricked the hotel's guests into eating her vegan cheesecake without the prior knowledge of anyone else - including the bakery staff - thinking they would all love it and go Vegan after eating it. However, she failed to consider if those guests might not like the taste, were allergic to the vegan ingredients or might have dietary restrictions. She got chewed out by her boss for her stunt and was later ordered to quit since she kept putting her own agendas ahead of those of the hotel.

** [[https://notalwaysright.com/when-management-messes-with-maleficent/128083/ Another instance]], when a manager first mistakes the submitter for one of his employees (even though her clothes don't look anything like the uniform), and then starts berating and screaming full-blast at her before she can even say that she doesn't work there. Fortunately, a security guard comes to the submitter's aid and the police are also called. [[LaserGuidedKarma The psychopathic manager has charges pressed against him for his outburst.]]

** [[https://notalwaysright.com/youre-one-of-the-reasons-i-need-a-holiday-so-badly/126095/ This lady]] doesn't care if a coworker already booked a week off from work eariler than her, if she wants to go on a last minute holiday, she will bully or shame her coworkers to make them give up their day off for her.

* GladIThoughtOfIt: [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-watermark-of-a-good-boss/118903/ Inverted here]] by a boss who is fishing for a compliment.]

* EvilIsPetty: [[http://notalwaysright.com/ive-got-a-ticket-to-deride This police officer]] stops the submitter as he believes she's either a car thief or a underage teenager with no driver's license. When she shows proof the car belongs to her father and that she's old enough to have a driver's license, [[NeverMyFault rather than apologize]] for disturbing her, the police officer [[InsaneTrollLogic writes her a ticket for wasting his time]]! Worse, when she reported this to his superior, the superior reveals this was the fourth time he did something like this just in that month.

* EvilIsPetty: [[http://notalwaysright.com/ive-got-a-ticket-to-deride This police officer]] stops the submitter as he believes she's either a car thief or a underage teenager with no driver's license. When she shows proof the car belongs to her father and that she's old enough to have a driver's license, rather than apologize for disturbing her, the police officer [[NeverMyFault writes her a ticket for wasting his time]]! Worse, when she reported this to his superior, the superior reveals this was the fourth time he did something like this just in that month.

** [[http://notalwaysright.com/hair-not-so-apparent An inversion.]]

** [[https://notalwaysright.com/i-love-vegans-but-this-takes-the-cake/65596/ This preachy Vegan bakery manager]] tricked the hotel's guests in eating her vegan cheesecake without anyone's, including the bakery staff's, knowldege, thinking they would all love it and go Vegan, without once consindering if those guests might not like the taste, were allergic to the vegan ingredients or might have dietary restrictions. She got chewed out by her boss for her stunt and was later ordered to quit since she kept putting her own agendas ahead of those of the hotel.

*** [[http://notalwaysright.com/some-things-can-weight-to-be-said-part-5 Here's a similar case]]; the submitter recently had a tonsillectomy, and the waitress refuses to take the submitter's order, believing her to be bullimic, despite the submitter and her mother trying to explain. Even the ''manager'' is skeptical of the submitter's explanation until she shows him the stitches from the tonsil surgery. The manager, [[HeelRealization out of guilt]], comps the meal, and later fires the waitress.

*** [[http://notalwaysright.com/some-things-can-weight-to-be-said-part-5 Here's a similar case]]; even the ''manager'' is skeptical of the person's explanation until they show them the stitches from the tonsil surgery. The manager, [[HeelRealization out of guilt]], comps the meal.