After reading these boards and some of the surreal moments some of you have put up with, I have to ask, and make a contribution of my own:
Whats the fastest resignation you've ever seen? (from point-of-hire to point-of-byebye) And not even showing up doesnt count!
My contribution:
The Subway shop I was managing at the time had an incident a year previous...two 'good ol boys' came in for a sandwich and noted that the sole employee behind the counter that evening was rather...effeminate. They decided to go back in and 'teach that freak a lesson'...one of them actually pulled a gun, chased the employee into the back and shot him, dead. The 'friend' was so horrified he actually did it that he turned them both in something like 20 minutes later. It was one of those horror moments that noone ever thinks could happen in their neighborhood.
A year passes, I take over the store, and Im taking a couple of newbies through their tour of the store. First day, just clocked in 10 minutes previous. We get to the back room where...ugh...the owner hasnt replaced the damaged tile from the shooting (Dont get me wrong, its clean, but there are two clear 1-inch-diameter holes in one tile in the middle of the back room floor still. Cheapskate wouldnt pay a couple of bucks for one tile to replace it.). NewEmployee1 points to the holes and asks what happened.
Well, I'm not going to lie to people, so I asked him if he remembered the hate murder that happened around here a year ago, he remembers the article...then gets this horrified look on his face, excuses himself, clocks out, and I never see him again. I think there's still a $1.58 check tacked on the wall for him to pick up if he ever does show up.
So Im standing there with this uncomfortable look on my face, and look at NewEmployee2 to see if she's about to do the same thing. She watches NE1 leave, looks back at me, and I swear, deadpan, asks, "Does that mean I can work his hours as well, now?"
Whats the fastest resignation you've ever seen? (from point-of-hire to point-of-byebye) And not even showing up doesnt count!
My contribution:
The Subway shop I was managing at the time had an incident a year previous...two 'good ol boys' came in for a sandwich and noted that the sole employee behind the counter that evening was rather...effeminate. They decided to go back in and 'teach that freak a lesson'...one of them actually pulled a gun, chased the employee into the back and shot him, dead. The 'friend' was so horrified he actually did it that he turned them both in something like 20 minutes later. It was one of those horror moments that noone ever thinks could happen in their neighborhood.
A year passes, I take over the store, and Im taking a couple of newbies through their tour of the store. First day, just clocked in 10 minutes previous. We get to the back room where...ugh...the owner hasnt replaced the damaged tile from the shooting (Dont get me wrong, its clean, but there are two clear 1-inch-diameter holes in one tile in the middle of the back room floor still. Cheapskate wouldnt pay a couple of bucks for one tile to replace it.). NewEmployee1 points to the holes and asks what happened.
Well, I'm not going to lie to people, so I asked him if he remembered the hate murder that happened around here a year ago, he remembers the article...then gets this horrified look on his face, excuses himself, clocks out, and I never see him again. I think there's still a $1.58 check tacked on the wall for him to pick up if he ever does show up.
So Im standing there with this uncomfortable look on my face, and look at NewEmployee2 to see if she's about to do the same thing. She watches NE1 leave, looks back at me, and I swear, deadpan, asks, "Does that mean I can work his hours as well, now?"
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