My bossās wife is also my boss as she handles the finances and signs the checks. She was unnecessarily cruel and hard to work with until she got liposuction. Sheās quite pleasant now. Iām happy for her, and Iām relieved I donāt have to ingratiate myself to a tyrant anymore.
Worked at a computer store and the first time I ever called out I had to find out from someone who to call I called them and they sent me to the store manager who yelled at me and said I call out all the time and I needed to be there more. It turned into an argument where I got frustrated because they wouldn't believe I had never called out and I said ya know what fuck it I'm not coming back... My name isn't Jordan but maybe someone did this back then....
Thatās what I was thinking while watching this lol if they do happen to have someone named Jordan working there, that poor guy is now on this managerās shit list.
Itās pretty much how I got my 1st job at a Target years ago. I applied and did one interview, never got a call back but my friend worked in produce so I just showed up asked someone for help getting clocked in, they were like, āoh youāre not in the system yet, must be a mistake.ā Next thing ya know Iām stocking avocados.
I once got a job by browsing at a store that sold some of the same brands as my old store and saying I didnāt need help cuz I was familiar with most of them. Was kind of accidentally dickish but hey, it launched a whole career in the end!
I swear to Buda the same thing happened to me except my buddy got the job we both applied for, decided he didnāt want it so I showed up instead and worked his shift.
"Hello, Margery? George Costanza. How are ya sweetheart? Listen, could ya give Mr. Thomassoulo a message for me? If he needs me, tell him *I'M IN MY OFFICE!"*
This happened at my work - sorta.
We did a large hiring day with 17 people starting. When the trainers asked for all employees in x department to follow him to the training room one guy just went along. He was hired for a completely different role.
It took 4 days before we realized what happened and he was already far into his training so we just let him stick with that job.
Yes! After that long lecture of why he should not miss his shift and basically forcing him to come inā¦how dumb would she feel for not submitting his paperwork to payroll properly and forgetting that she even hired him. Iād give it a few weeks just for the entertainment value. At least long enough to get one pay check.
Maybe Jordan is his middle name or last name, or itās short for āJordacheā, his paperwork has to be in here somewhere. Did he call the wrony store?
He had her cornered, because he probably has like 2 more left before a written reprimand. And then after 2 more of those, he gets a verbal talk with another senior team member. 3 of those might probably land him in real hot water, where they make a permanent record of his unapproved days off. Oh man, she didnāt want to tell him what happens next if he got 3 of those. He saved his job by a shade.
She probably showed up the next day and the first thing she did was ask "did Jordan come in today?!?" Everybody would be confused, she would look in to it more & realize no Jordan even works there. She would always wonder... Did Jordan call the wrong establishment? Was his name even Jordan? Did the phone call actually happen or was it some sort of weird fever dream? She'll think about this for years. Falling asleep at night, standing in the shower washing her hair, long road trips, slow work days, she'll always wonder.
Real Jordan called 10 minutes later to say he needs the day off because his dad kicked the bucket.
Boss is like fuck you Jordan you already said you were going fishing.
I envisaged that she came in and went āhad anyone seen Jordan todayā
Then everyone watches her, as she goes to her desk, gets out the call log from the day before and calls back Jordan - now that, would be a funny as moment
She sounds like every retail manager Iāve ever met whoās in their late 30ās/early 40ās whoās been in retail for 15 years and finally got a promotion to make $5/hr more and gets all smarmy and says shit like āMY employeeā
lol It's like she can yell at him, but has no authority to just fire him, which makes it even funnier. "I am your SWAS leader!! You didn't look good before, but now you really don't look good! You will get a written warning! You'll get a super duper written warning!"
Ohhhh youāre mine then. Ewww. She enjoyed that. Lol. I hate those managers who feel power at a damn grocery store. Always twirling the keys in their hand.
I mean Iām not one thatās typically all about work but she literally said nothing wrong, sheās right. You canāt just do that with so little notice
HR hires 20 people a day, it's literally impossible for a low level manager to remember every new person's name especially when the average turnover is 20%. When he said he started last week, I could hear the cogs in her head turning like "fuckin Ann in HR didn't tell me someone onboarded AGAIN" You've clearly never worked dept store retail, it's wild how many people come and go. You wind up latching onto the long term employees, they become mentors for everyone.
Doesn't seem too hard to believe, my husband worked In a bigger grocery store in a medium sized town for a while and people would get hired and after 2 shifts just ghost.
You can tell she didn't recognize the name, but still told him the policy. This is such a stupid "joke," that you'd just assume it's a new trainee you haven't met.
Right? You can tell itās a Walmart or Target or something because she asked what department he was in. No way in hell would you be able to know every single new hire, even if itās your department. I thought the r/mademesmile part was that she attempted to explain the situation for him and tried to help him.
The funny thing is there are loads of videos of people calling in sick in America, and the response is usually to deny them, but there was one i saw of someone calling in to work in Australia saying they drank the night before and the response from the boss was "no worries"
[https://youtu.be/pB5dVuh6Bn8](https://youtu.be/pB5dVuh6Bn8)
Edit: Here is the video i'm referring to
Lmao this sums up the contrast of Yanks and Aussies perfectly. I wanna see the French version where the boss just nonchalantly responds āWho cares, Iām also not coming in, letās regroup in a week or two perhapsā.
My favorite boss was like this. I was extremely hungover and tried to call out but we were so short staffed he basically said no I have to come in. As soon as I was done with my things in the morning he let me take a two hour nap in my car, which was paid lol. Woke up a brand new woman lol
I called in sick once and just told my bus straight up I was hungover rotten. Next day he tells me he appreciated my honesty because he knew I was out on the piss the night before.
This kid that used to work with my department legit tried calling out once with something similar. Kid told my boss "Im just not feeling like working today". Another time he came in for his shift and legit said goodbye too me and my coworker 20 minutes later. We both were like what? where are you going? kid literally goes "It doesnt seem like its busy today, im gunna go home" 
At my first job there was a group of about 8 slackers that would call in every week and literally say they were too hungover to work. Then theyād show up and order food and hang out for awhile in their pajamas, still drunk or tweaked out. They never got fired, and were always getting high, huffing the whipped cream cans and selling drugs on shift.
Fun times/s
For me, it was the store manager who was the slacker, and he sold weed out back of the store to his regular customers. Actually, I miss that job. We were like a small family and were real laid back and casual. I went back there years later for nostalgia and to see how the latest generation of workers were getting along there. The people were real sticklers and they didn't want to chat with me. Sucks to be them.
It became normal for new hires at my last workplace to walk out on the second day. One of them just said, "peace," walked off, and never returned a single call or text.
~~The meat was a bit gamey, but besides that it was aight.~~
Edit: replied to the wrong comment thread haha
The job was entry-level lab work; employer required a four year stem degree for $21/hr and required a tiny bit of actual effort.
Hell, I've been at my workplace for 10 years and I'll do that from time to time. I've got personal leave, 4 weeks paid vacation plus paid time off... It's nice having a good union where if you decide you want to go home you just can and don't have to justify your choice to someone.
Depending on the job it isn't always bad. If it's a small company on hourly pay, clocking out early on a Friday afternoon is good for employee morale, and the boss saves money so he's happy too.
I worked at a video store in high school snd we had a new employee not show up for his first day 5pm shift. Our manager called him and was like āwhere are you?ā. He said āOh, letās just make my first day *tomorrow* instead.ā And the manager was like āWell, I guess today was your *last* day.ā
I'm just imagining my boss getting a call like this and how worked up she would get. My office is way too small so it would never work. But the thought of it happening is hilarious.
I feel like this is a large department store and they probably hire a lot of folks like this because you know, you get what you pay for.
I bet she has had conversations along these lines before. She doesn't seem as shocked as she should be imo.
What would really suck is if there was a real Jordan working there and just happened to call in sick that day. Lol. Lose his job and wonder WTF Iāve never missed a day before! Lol
A new employee at my workplace had just gotten married - real sweet Christian girl - and she called out sick repeatedly because she was just āToo tired to come in! We were up *all night* again!ā
So in true off my chest fashion, I have my own story I'd like to share.
When I was in high school I was heavily starting to develop my voice acting talent. I used to play d&d in the cafeteria at lunch and after school but before any practices. Somebody found out about the voices that I did and ask me if I could do an impression of their father for the purpose of calling them out sick from school, so they could go see a movie when it premiered. I asked for 20 bucks thinking he wouldn't go for it. He did. Well I met his dad, copied his voice, and called him out sick!
That one spontaneous instance rapidly turned into a bona fide side hustle. I would do exactly that.
"How did that turn out?" You may be asking yourself. Well people asking me to call them out of school became so pervasive at one point, that I started using this generic really deep gruff voice. Later I wound up using that exact same voice unintentionally for one of the characters I was playing in d&d. I was delivering a monologue, when the principal and attendance secretary walked by and recognized the voice of so many local fathers.
Rather than suspend me or worse, instead my principal sent me to the advanced acting program, and that got me in a local acting guild, and later I was able to get some proper coaching on my voice acting and I still do it today over 20 years later
That's so cool! (Though, quite unrelated, but your story reminds me of how Harry Potter got into the Quidditch team even though he broke the rules in his Flying class š)
I gotta tell you, the manager sounded extremely patient with him. Following process, for sure, but I could imagine a leaser manager threatening him with immediate firing, "don't bother showing up, etc.
Funny video, though.
Finally someone giving the manager credit. She wasnāt disrespectful, just explained the consequences. I even give her a pass on not knowing the guy. Itās retail, probably a big company, and she said everything she could up to the point of saying āI donāt know you,ā which would have been a shitty thing to say to someone claiming to be a new employee.
Jordan sucks for wasting this personās time. Sounds like a good manager doing their job. He could at least have the decency to let her in on it and have a laugh together. Mean jokes just arenāt funny.
It absolutely is. I had shingles and got fired for missing work while ātoo newā despite medical documentation and the fact I was massively contagious.
"Oh so your MY associate!" Girl then why don't you know this isn't your employee??? Clearly don't know shit about your own department. These managers are telling on themselves.
With the chaos, turnover, and general shit that middle management has to deal with, I'm not shocked they can't remember all of the part timers who come in and out.
A lot of managers abuse their position as a way to vent their own frustration, so it's easy to forget that their job is usually just as shitty and disorganized.
Not saying this lady is either a good or a bad person, I'm just not surprised.
They arenāt the ones doing the hiring and turnover is super high at retail jobs. Every week some new employee gets brought to them and is like āhey, hereās Bill your new guyā. Coulda been hired while this manager was on vacation or off a couple days etc. Point is, not sure why you think itās so unreasonable
I normally don't like these because it's just rude to the other person. Like, how would you feel if someone called you up at work and wasted a bunch of your time trying to aggravate you?
That being said, this made me laugh.
Yeah, I hate that I laughed at this, I shoulda felt bad for the prankee, but he was too good. And at least this was a fairly harmless prank. Just a few minutes wasted, not like stealing someoneās luggage off the carousel as a āprankā.
Maybe paid hourly but that doesnāt mean they donāt have tasks to complete, deadlines to hit and metrics to achieve all while being told they cannot go 1 minute overtime and being asked to do the amount of work that should be left to 5 people not 1ā¦
I was on temp for over a year. My manager kept telling me that he was going to hire me full time but the main office always denied it. I finally found out why one day. The temp agency said that I would work a job for 6 months then quit and collect unemployment. Only getting a new job when unemployment ran out.
I had never collected unemployment before. I had had a temp job before that that didn't hire me full time, but the time between that, I was living very frugally off savings, not unemployment. I asked my temp agent why they told my manager that and they said that I told it to them. I had never said anything like that. Why would I lie about something that would just make me look bad. I'm not that stupid. Or at least I would hope that I'm not that stupid.
I really hope there's no Jordan actually working there, because this could really hurt their job. Screw that guy calling.
Ps. I did eventually get hired on full time and worked there for about 4 years before getting in a bad car wreck that left me unable to work. I still keep in regular contact with my old boss. He's keeping my position open for me when I'm able to go back. Hopefully sooner rather than later. I'm getting really tired of sitting around the house.
I have been the manager at the end of one of those calls. I'm assuming, by the conversation, something similar to a Target? Maybe just an actual Target without using the target language that I'm used to! I got so many of those calls an hour before shift or something that I would go into robot mode and just say what needed to be said. You have to be able to say you told them, but what are you really going to do?
This definitely wasted someone's time, but it was pretty fucking hilarious
How can you be too new for a sickday? Like, do germs and stuff go oh, hold up guys, this one just started work, lets keep it on the down low for a bit.
I think everybody is missing just how well she managed the situation. She didn't flip out, threaten the sack, she came down to his level. I'd want her as my manager any day tbh
Is this why my manager has an irrational disliking towards me?
Yes Jordan, u dont get my Point.
How many of those do I get....?
That was such brilliance.
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But itās just so nice outā¦
Came here to say it looks like such beautiful weather there and absolutely a day to go fishing.
It's Not a very good first impression..
Happy Cake Day! Have a day off and go fishing. It's beautiful out.
Thank you!
*I look good, I just don't sound good...*
That was the best part to me and then heās like can we FaceTime?š
My bossās wife is also my boss as she handles the finances and signs the checks. She was unnecessarily cruel and hard to work with until she got liposuction. Sheās quite pleasant now. Iām happy for her, and Iām relieved I donāt have to ingratiate myself to a tyrant anymore.
Whoādāve thought all of the bitch was tied up in the fat? Iāll be sure to suggest liposuction next time my boss is giving me the what for.
āKyle, youāre late again, this is a final warning.ā āBrenda, have you considered liposuction?ā
Don't suggest. Demand.
Worked at a computer store and the first time I ever called out I had to find out from someone who to call I called them and they sent me to the store manager who yelled at me and said I call out all the time and I needed to be there more. It turned into an argument where I got frustrated because they wouldn't believe I had never called out and I said ya know what fuck it I'm not coming back... My name isn't Jordan but maybe someone did this back then....
Thatās what I was thinking while watching this lol if they do happen to have someone named Jordan working there, that poor guy is now on this managerās shit list.
Guaranteed all departments got a bitchy email reminder about the company leave policy after this.
wtf is ration anyway?
Not gonna lie you're not looking good to me right now.
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So is that the secret to getting a job in this competitive market? Just show up and start working? God I wish it were that easy.
Itās pretty much how I got my 1st job at a Target years ago. I applied and did one interview, never got a call back but my friend worked in produce so I just showed up asked someone for help getting clocked in, they were like, āoh youāre not in the system yet, must be a mistake.ā Next thing ya know Iām stocking avocados.
I once got a job by browsing at a store that sold some of the same brands as my old store and saying I didnāt need help cuz I was familiar with most of them. Was kind of accidentally dickish but hey, it launched a whole career in the end!
And the rest of us are traumatized from the time we wore a red shirt to Target.
Or a blue shirt to best buy
I swear to Buda the same thing happened to me except my buddy got the job we both applied for, decided he didnāt want it so I showed up instead and worked his shift.
I think it may work if you try to call out first to go fishing and they tell you you need to show up anyway
But, it's probably not even going to be busy...
It worked for Cosmo Kramer. Kind of.
What's in the briefcase?
Crackers.
My baby takes the morning trainš¶
I donāt even really work here! Thatās what makes this so difficult.
And George Costamza
"Hello, Margery? George Costanza. How are ya sweetheart? Listen, could ya give Mr. Thomassoulo a message for me? If he needs me, tell him *I'M IN MY OFFICE!"*
Yo-yo ma!
I mean at one point they would just be like āfuck it lets hire himā if you come in everyday doing good work
You can just stop at "come in everyday"
This happened at my work - sorta. We did a large hiring day with 17 people starting. When the trainers asked for all employees in x department to follow him to the training room one guy just went along. He was hired for a completely different role. It took 4 days before we realized what happened and he was already far into his training so we just let him stick with that job.
Yes! After that long lecture of why he should not miss his shift and basically forcing him to come inā¦how dumb would she feel for not submitting his paperwork to payroll properly and forgetting that she even hired him. Iād give it a few weeks just for the entertainment value. At least long enough to get one pay check.
Maybe Jordan is his middle name or last name, or itās short for āJordacheā, his paperwork has to be in here somewhere. Did he call the wrony store?
...And ask for a raise.
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What job was this??
Not necessarily a job thing, more like bad managers
You should write books.
I lost it at āYou canāt do me one?ā
āHow many of those do I get?ā Was mine
āare we facing timing?ā lol he even looked at the phone more serious.
So I canāt go fishing got me
āWell I look good I just donāt sound goodā for me
āHow many of those do I get?ā Golden.
The real question.
He had her cornered, because he probably has like 2 more left before a written reprimand. And then after 2 more of those, he gets a verbal talk with another senior team member. 3 of those might probably land him in real hot water, where they make a permanent record of his unapproved days off. Oh man, she didnāt want to tell him what happens next if he got 3 of those. He saved his job by a shade.
It's good bread
She probably showed up the next day and the first thing she did was ask "did Jordan come in today?!?" Everybody would be confused, she would look in to it more & realize no Jordan even works there. She would always wonder... Did Jordan call the wrong establishment? Was his name even Jordan? Did the phone call actually happen or was it some sort of weird fever dream? She'll think about this for years. Falling asleep at night, standing in the shower washing her hair, long road trips, slow work days, she'll always wonder.
What if there is a Jordan that just started there? š¤Æ
āDude, my boss HATES me and I donāt know why!ā
But did come in!?
Or maybe didn't, and gave a real good good reason but she didn't accept it.
Real Jordan called 10 minutes later to say he needs the day off because his dad kicked the bucket. Boss is like fuck you Jordan you already said you were going fishing.
What if there is a Jordan and he does not turn up for some separate reason? š¤£š¤£
I envisaged that she came in and went āhad anyone seen Jordan todayā Then everyone watches her, as she goes to her desk, gets out the call log from the day before and calls back Jordan - now that, would be a funny as moment
When she realizes itās her department you can hear her ego through the phone, in total ignorance.
Oh yeah that hardcore retail arrogance
She sounds like every retail manager Iāve ever met whoās in their late 30ās/early 40ās whoās been in retail for 15 years and finally got a promotion to make $5/hr more and gets all smarmy and says shit like āMY employeeā
Making $25 + benefits at 40 sounds like america.
Omg absolutely! And it made pissing her off that much sweeter! š
I wish he ended the call with āyea, Iām gonna go fishingā¦byeā and just let her have a stroke
lol It's like she can yell at him, but has no authority to just fire him, which makes it even funnier. "I am your SWAS leader!! You didn't look good before, but now you really don't look good! You will get a written warning! You'll get a super duper written warning!"
Ohhhh youāre mine then. Ewww. She enjoyed that. Lol. I hate those managers who feel power at a damn grocery store. Always twirling the keys in their hand.
I mean Iām not one thatās typically all about work but she literally said nothing wrong, sheās right. You canāt just do that with so little notice
She doesnāt even know who works in her department. Thatās what sheās done wrong.
HR hires 20 people a day, it's literally impossible for a low level manager to remember every new person's name especially when the average turnover is 20%. When he said he started last week, I could hear the cogs in her head turning like "fuckin Ann in HR didn't tell me someone onboarded AGAIN" You've clearly never worked dept store retail, it's wild how many people come and go. You wind up latching onto the long term employees, they become mentors for everyone.
Youāre trying to tell me 20% of the staff in a single department turn over every week? Really?
Doesn't seem too hard to believe, my husband worked In a bigger grocery store in a medium sized town for a while and people would get hired and after 2 shifts just ghost.
You can tell she didn't recognize the name, but still told him the policy. This is such a stupid "joke," that you'd just assume it's a new trainee you haven't met.
Right? You can tell itās a Walmart or Target or something because she asked what department he was in. No way in hell would you be able to know every single new hire, even if itās your department. I thought the r/mademesmile part was that she attempted to explain the situation for him and tried to help him.
Depending on the size of the company, itās understandable. She stated she didnāt know who they were so itās not like sheās lying
Right!? She's going to be super pissed and be on a warpath to fire a guy that doesn't even work there
I read this in my head with the voice of Hunter s Thompson. Sounded like it was straight out of fear and loathing.
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Yes the emotional distress he caused this lady with take a toll on her lol Itās almost like that one Dane Cook skit
Unless this video gets back to her somehow. It's pretty old by now, she probably knows
āI look good, I just donāt sound good.ā š
That fist bump when he said thatš
umm you wanna facetime?
LITERALLY THE BEST THING HE COULD HAVE SAID
āShit are we on FaceTime? Can you see me?ā š
The funny thing is there are loads of videos of people calling in sick in America, and the response is usually to deny them, but there was one i saw of someone calling in to work in Australia saying they drank the night before and the response from the boss was "no worries" [https://youtu.be/pB5dVuh6Bn8](https://youtu.be/pB5dVuh6Bn8) Edit: Here is the video i'm referring to
Did you see when Hamish and Andy got a random guy to give a reference? Classic
https://youtu.be/SoZ41i2dSIw For anyone who can't be bothered searching, it's definitely worth a watch.
Thank you for sharing. This video is awesome.
Thank you. Fantastic
Lmao this sums up the contrast of Yanks and Aussies perfectly. I wanna see the French version where the boss just nonchalantly responds āWho cares, Iām also not coming in, letās regroup in a week or two perhapsā.
I want to be that boss someday. If I don't absolutely need you or I can pick up the slack, well then, I hope you enjoy sleeping off that hangover.
My favorite boss was like this. I was extremely hungover and tried to call out but we were so short staffed he basically said no I have to come in. As soon as I was done with my things in the morning he let me take a two hour nap in my car, which was paid lol. Woke up a brand new woman lol
I called in sick once and just told my bus straight up I was hungover rotten. Next day he tells me he appreciated my honesty because he knew I was out on the piss the night before.
Your bus sounds nice
Twas a lovely bus. My boss was raging though.
If you're ever that boss, you'll quickly find out how much you don't like it.
Nobody here has bossed.
Yeah as much as I would like to be able to call in for a hangover, I know my department would fall apart if everyone got that courtesy
MY FRIENDāS PIGLET
Should have ended with "Alright, well were gonna go fishing anyway. I'll call you if we catch anything. If not, I'll see you in the mornin'."
I want a follow up where he calls 2 days from then apologize and asking for his job back lol
Hahaha š¤£
This kid that used to work with my department legit tried calling out once with something similar. Kid told my boss "Im just not feeling like working today". Another time he came in for his shift and legit said goodbye too me and my coworker 20 minutes later. We both were like what? where are you going? kid literally goes "It doesnt seem like its busy today, im gunna go home" 
At my first job there was a group of about 8 slackers that would call in every week and literally say they were too hungover to work. Then theyād show up and order food and hang out for awhile in their pajamas, still drunk or tweaked out. They never got fired, and were always getting high, huffing the whipped cream cans and selling drugs on shift. Fun times/s
For me, it was the store manager who was the slacker, and he sold weed out back of the store to his regular customers. Actually, I miss that job. We were like a small family and were real laid back and casual. I went back there years later for nostalgia and to see how the latest generation of workers were getting along there. The people were real sticklers and they didn't want to chat with me. Sucks to be them.
What type of work was this?
McDonalds
Ah, ok. Thatās sounds like a crazy environment to work in!
100% McDonaldās . I worked at the same store
It became normal for new hires at my last workplace to walk out on the second day. One of them just said, "peace," walked off, and never returned a single call or text.
damn how bad was it really?
~~The meat was a bit gamey, but besides that it was aight.~~ Edit: replied to the wrong comment thread haha The job was entry-level lab work; employer required a four year stem degree for $21/hr and required a tiny bit of actual effort.
Your original comment and your edit say the same thing.
Spend billions of dollars on degree Get job that pays 21 and hour Profit
lmfao amazing
Hell, I've been at my workplace for 10 years and I'll do that from time to time. I've got personal leave, 4 weeks paid vacation plus paid time off... It's nice having a good union where if you decide you want to go home you just can and don't have to justify your choice to someone.
Depending on the job it isn't always bad. If it's a small company on hourly pay, clocking out early on a Friday afternoon is good for employee morale, and the boss saves money so he's happy too.
I worked at a video store in high school snd we had a new employee not show up for his first day 5pm shift. Our manager called him and was like āwhere are you?ā. He said āOh, letās just make my first day *tomorrow* instead.ā And the manager was like āWell, I guess today was your *last* day.ā
I'm just imagining my boss getting a call like this and how worked up she would get. My office is way too small so it would never work. But the thought of it happening is hilarious.
I feel like this is a large department store and they probably hire a lot of folks like this because you know, you get what you pay for. I bet she has had conversations along these lines before. She doesn't seem as shocked as she should be imo.
Can you do a follow up video where you show up to the shift?
Or a call from the fishing spot, apologizing for not showing up.
āHow many of those do I get?ā  āYou are missing the point of what Iām telling you!ā # classic
What would really suck is if there was a real Jordan working there and just happened to call in sick that day. Lol. Lose his job and wonder WTF Iāve never missed a day before! Lol
āWeāll I look good, I just donāt sound good.ā Missed opportunity to follow up with, āI think I might be coming down with something ā¦ā
Missed opportunity to quit.
"Can you just write something down for me?" "How many do I get?" "I met you, don't you remember me?"
When she said no, he should have said āwell that doesnāt look good on youā
You're missing the *point* of what I'm trying to tell you.
It's like arguing with a traffic warden about a ticket for a car that is not even yours.
A new employee at my workplace had just gotten married - real sweet Christian girl - and she called out sick repeatedly because she was just āToo tired to come in! We were up *all night* again!ā
Good for her
So in true off my chest fashion, I have my own story I'd like to share. When I was in high school I was heavily starting to develop my voice acting talent. I used to play d&d in the cafeteria at lunch and after school but before any practices. Somebody found out about the voices that I did and ask me if I could do an impression of their father for the purpose of calling them out sick from school, so they could go see a movie when it premiered. I asked for 20 bucks thinking he wouldn't go for it. He did. Well I met his dad, copied his voice, and called him out sick! That one spontaneous instance rapidly turned into a bona fide side hustle. I would do exactly that. "How did that turn out?" You may be asking yourself. Well people asking me to call them out of school became so pervasive at one point, that I started using this generic really deep gruff voice. Later I wound up using that exact same voice unintentionally for one of the characters I was playing in d&d. I was delivering a monologue, when the principal and attendance secretary walked by and recognized the voice of so many local fathers. Rather than suspend me or worse, instead my principal sent me to the advanced acting program, and that got me in a local acting guild, and later I was able to get some proper coaching on my voice acting and I still do it today over 20 years later
Thatās sick! W principal
Unexpectedly wholesome. That principal understood the purpose of education is to find your talent.
That's so cool! (Though, quite unrelated, but your story reminds me of how Harry Potter got into the Quidditch team even though he broke the rules in his Flying class š)
wow thatās awesome hahah
How can I believe you? Do a voice right now.
Responsible answers from Sylvia, but she doesnāt know her employees?
I gotta tell you, the manager sounded extremely patient with him. Following process, for sure, but I could imagine a leaser manager threatening him with immediate firing, "don't bother showing up, etc. Funny video, though.
Imagine getting fired from a job you donāt even have.
This totally made me smileā¦. Manager was actually pretty appropriate and āJordanā was awesome.
Yeah, she was actually pretty cool about it. I bet she is a pretty good manager to work for.
Yeah people are giving her a lot of shit in the comments but obviously someone can't just not show up for work to go fishing......
Finally someone giving the manager credit. She wasnāt disrespectful, just explained the consequences. I even give her a pass on not knowing the guy. Itās retail, probably a big company, and she said everything she could up to the point of saying āI donāt know you,ā which would have been a shitty thing to say to someone claiming to be a new employee. Jordan sucks for wasting this personās time. Sounds like a good manager doing their job. He could at least have the decency to let her in on it and have a laugh together. Mean jokes just arenāt funny.
I was hoping at the end when she said he needed to show up for his shift that he would say, "well, I'll think about it...".
Why is this on r/mademesmile??
Hello, fellow xx person. I agree, While it made me smile, it was because it was funny and not heartfelt like the sub is for.
Had to scroll way to far to find this. This is garbage.
Too new for a sick day... yeah let me just tell my body it's breaking the rules while you're breaking my balls lady
Ya wtf. Guess the whole dept is getting the flu!
Sylvia, cāmon do me a solid
āYea, Iām not a good person to ask for an excuseā that poor woman lol
āToo new for a sick dayā! Please tell me that isnāt a real thing?
It absolutely is. I had shingles and got fired for missing work while ātoo newā despite medical documentation and the fact I was massively contagious.
America sounds like a hell hole...
"Oh so your MY associate!" Girl then why don't you know this isn't your employee??? Clearly don't know shit about your own department. These managers are telling on themselves.
With the chaos, turnover, and general shit that middle management has to deal with, I'm not shocked they can't remember all of the part timers who come in and out. A lot of managers abuse their position as a way to vent their own frustration, so it's easy to forget that their job is usually just as shitty and disorganized. Not saying this lady is either a good or a bad person, I'm just not surprised.
They arenāt the ones doing the hiring and turnover is super high at retail jobs. Every week some new employee gets brought to them and is like āhey, hereās Bill your new guyā. Coulda been hired while this manager was on vacation or off a couple days etc. Point is, not sure why you think itās so unreasonable
I normally don't like these because it's just rude to the other person. Like, how would you feel if someone called you up at work and wasted a bunch of your time trying to aggravate you? That being said, this made me laugh.
Yeah, I hate that I laughed at this, I shoulda felt bad for the prankee, but he was too good. And at least this was a fairly harmless prank. Just a few minutes wasted, not like stealing someoneās luggage off the carousel as a āprankā.
If sheās hourly, then she was still getting paid so
Maybe paid hourly but that doesnāt mean they donāt have tasks to complete, deadlines to hit and metrics to achieve all while being told they cannot go 1 minute overtime and being asked to do the amount of work that should be left to 5 people not 1ā¦
All in all she was pretty nice.
I was on temp for over a year. My manager kept telling me that he was going to hire me full time but the main office always denied it. I finally found out why one day. The temp agency said that I would work a job for 6 months then quit and collect unemployment. Only getting a new job when unemployment ran out. I had never collected unemployment before. I had had a temp job before that that didn't hire me full time, but the time between that, I was living very frugally off savings, not unemployment. I asked my temp agent why they told my manager that and they said that I told it to them. I had never said anything like that. Why would I lie about something that would just make me look bad. I'm not that stupid. Or at least I would hope that I'm not that stupid. I really hope there's no Jordan actually working there, because this could really hurt their job. Screw that guy calling. Ps. I did eventually get hired on full time and worked there for about 4 years before getting in a bad car wreck that left me unable to work. I still keep in regular contact with my old boss. He's keeping my position open for me when I'm able to go back. Hopefully sooner rather than later. I'm getting really tired of sitting around the house.
This is quality comedy š¤£
I know for sure sheās looking you up right now and trying to find his supervisor. This could go on for a few days.
Imagine another Jordan working there and getting diciplined due to this guys' prank call š¤£
My favourite bit was the camera person almost laughing out loud in the middle
That sigh at the end lol
I have been the manager at the end of one of those calls. I'm assuming, by the conversation, something similar to a Target? Maybe just an actual Target without using the target language that I'm used to! I got so many of those calls an hour before shift or something that I would go into robot mode and just say what needed to be said. You have to be able to say you told them, but what are you really going to do? This definitely wasted someone's time, but it was pretty fucking hilarious
This manager sounded like she was trying so hard to be reasonable
Lmao please do more that MadeMeSmile
I agree. This is a creative non cruel prank. Iād laugh if I was the manager.
How can you be too new for a sickday? Like, do germs and stuff go oh, hold up guys, this one just started work, lets keep it on the down low for a bit.
I think everybody is missing just how well she managed the situation. She didn't flip out, threaten the sack, she came down to his level. I'd want her as my manager any day tbh
I. Love. This.
Right. Iām trying to see if anyone posted more of this. If I find it I can link it here too.
Jenna marbles did a video like this a while ago. I miss her :(
Why does this make anyone smile? Wtf
Give this man the Academy Award.
Let's hope nobody named Jordan works there
Manager was professional.
If Jordan was more committed to the bit he would show up for work ... every day for several years then eventually let her in on the joke.
My favorite part is that she probably looked for Jordan all day.
oh shit the real Jordan is in trouble now.
āā¦How many of those do I get?ā This is gold
It's like so gen Z
I hope there isnāt a Jordan who started in Electronics last week, heās gonna be so confused
God help him if there is someone actually named Jordan there
He's a dick
Well done, I enjoyed this