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If you've ever worked a occupation — or, much specifically, for a manager — that made you question your full life, you're not alone. Recently, u/gargoyle_dream asked, "What's the astir hilariously atrocious happening an leader has ever said to you?" The responses were adjacent parts unhinged, infuriating, and, honestly, horrible to the constituent of hilarity. So, present are immoderate of the astir jaw-dropping things radical person really heard from their bosses:
1. "We were moving astatine 2 a.m. connected a Saturday nighttime connected immoderate large project. I sighed, and was met with, 'God, you are a whiny c*nt.'"
2. "'I'm truly disappointed successful you.' After telling her — who had laid maine disconnected a mates of weeks anterior — that I couldn't screen her abrogation due to the fact that I had a caller job."
"It was a household business; I was the lone non-family member, truthful I got to deed her backmost with, 'I didn't person a brag to wage my bills successful the meantime.' For everyone else, brag meant parent."
3. "I was waiting to get a carnal cheque 3 jobs ago. The leader didn't person currency to screen payroll and didn't adjacent fuss to contented checks that week. When asked however helium was expected to wage his mortgage, the operations manager told the feline successful beforehand of me, 'You should fund better. Your finances are not my problem.' He astir punched her successful the face. I saw him adjacent his fist and propulsion it backmost earlier helium gained control."
4. "I was successful complaint of getting a doctor's lad a passport successful little than 72 hours. That's my Devil Wears Prada moment. He gave maine his Rolodex of A-listers and said, 'No 1 is disconnected the array to call.' It included idiosyncratic telephone numbers for a batch of politicians. I'm beauteous definite I called a senator, and helium hooked it up with the Department of State."
5. "Complaining astir not being capable to question overseas during COVID: 'Hawaii is truthful boring. You tin lone devour macadamia Mahi Mahi truthful galore times earlier it gets old.' She was paying maine $15 an hr astatine the time...not precisely vacation-in-Hawaii money."
6. "My brag came backmost from a weeklong abrogation successful Hawaii with his household and past sat america each down to springiness america our 'Christmas bonuses.' The bonus that twelvemonth was an announcement that helium could nary longer spend to springiness america the bonuses astir of america were counting on, but alternatively helium got america small hula miss dusters truthful we could 'have amusive cleaning the shop.'"
7. "I was moving part-time astatine a 'fruit' store and going to my manager to find retired what I could bash to get to full-time. He said, 'Well, Amazon is hiring.' You're expected to assistance maine develop, not propulsion maine away. Forget you, Robert."
8. "'Well, I spot wherefore you left. We were ne'er going to beforehand you here.' That was aft I did a ton of enactment and sent implicit a concern connection for the promotion I wanted. They besides utilized my ideas and hired idiosyncratic other to bash them."
"And radical wonderment wherefore I cannot basal corporate."
9. "'You mightiness arsenic good enactment a slug successful your brain,' said erstwhile I would not travel successful connected my time off."
10. "'It's a shame that happened, but erstwhile tin I expect his replacement to beryllium on-site?' This was from a lawsuit astir 30 minutes aft uncovering retired my superintendent conscionable died successful a car crash."
11. "'Employees thin to overvalue themselves.'"
12. "'I conscionable deliberation anyone successful subsidized (government-paid) lodging is lazy.' 'I grew up successful subsidized housing.' 'Well, evidently you're OK. Everyone other determination is shit.'"
13. "I told my brag I was going to beryllium retired a fewer hours for my child's aesculapian visit. Her effect was, 'Don't you person idiosyncratic astatine location to instrumentality attraction of that?' 'No...that would beryllium my wife, I'm assuming? She's upstairs making 3 times what either of america makes.'"
14. "I heard my aged GameStop territory manager archer a store manager, 'A miscarriage is not an excuse to miss work.'"
15. "The caput of the section astatine the infirmary I worked astatine told maine that she wished I would dice truthful her granddaughter could get the position."
16. "'The lone crushed I hired you was due to the fact that you're gangly and cute.' I was 14, and helium was successful his precocious 30s. I'm a guy, for reference."
17. "A manager told maine not to get upset astatine an worker who kept breaking the group's lone printer due to the fact that she had large boobs. To this day, I question wherefore I didn't instrumentality him to HR!"
19. "I was told, 'I'm not going to miss you.' Two months later, they tried to rehire me. Three months aft that, they unopen down the displacement I managed owed to ample losses."
20. "Instead of referring to maine arsenic 'First Name Last Name' successful an email, my boss's brag erstwhile addressed maine arsenic 'First Name Moron.' My existent past sanction starts with an M, but does not remotely dependable similar the connection moron. Felt truly awesome to cognize I was appreciated."
21. "And I quote: 'I privation to person you by the balls. When I accidental jump, you accidental however high.'"
22. "I'm Asian and worked remotely for a institution based successful Utah. We were successful a play gathering aft Orange Head's speech, and my brag asked me, 'How did the cats taste?'"
Have you ever had a brag accidental thing truthful atrocious it made you question reality? Share your ain stories successful the comments.
Note: Responses person been edited for length/clarity.
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