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[STICKIED] Community Question Post #20

Feb 13, 2015 10:55

Each week we post a new question for the members of the community to answer! As usual, if you have a question you'd like to see answered by the community, leave it in a comment on this post.

theidolhands asks: "Did you ever have a coworker/boss that you liked who ended up turning against you? What were the circumstances? Where are they now?"

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imjustdifrent February 13 2015, 19:58:56 UTC

Several... all at the same job. There was the server who was diagnosed bipolar and never took her meds properly, so it was always a coin toss whether we'd have a pleasant night or if she'd threaten my life and later say she was joking ( ... )

kaspurr February 13 2015, 20:27:53 UTC

woah, sounds like an intense place to work? is the neighborhood good or the tips?

why do you keep communicating with such sketchy people? was all that after they backstabbed you?

i too have had a lot of bad incidences with bipolar people who won't take thier meds and have angry/volatile personalities coupled with nice behavior (which is extra hinky), it's really confusing when you don't know that's what is going on or that it's happening to others

imjustdifrent February 22 2015, 01:12:25 UTC

I was a night-shift server at a 24hr diner. Drama and backstabbery were basically in the job description, and even though there were several times when I wanted to leave... there were often circumstances in place that prevented me from doing so. It didn't help that a lot of the people who tried to leave often found themselves unable to get employment anywhere else because the managers would give such shit reviews, so their options were coming back to the chain or finding a job with a place that doesn't call for references ( ... )

kaspurr February 22 2015, 02:06:12 UTC

Oh yeah, been there with vindictive managers. Best thing to do in that circ is have a friend call first and pretend to be a workplace to see what they say. It's also illegal to really say things like a person was lousy even if they were actually lousy, let alone volunteer it when it's not actually the case.

gossamera February 17 2015, 17:05:58 UTC

seconding kaspurr's questions..

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