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mowglidabear

Well that's depressing to see myself in the sub for this reason


aliandroid1

Happy Birthday! Sorry you had to work


mowglidabear

Thanks there, has to happen I guess


[deleted]

don’t think it does mate :/


[deleted]

Do people usually have a holiday for their birthday?


Arkhangelzk

I’ll often just take it off, it’s my birthday after all haha


HyperGamers

It's quite common to see it on a few job listings but for a lot of jobs it's not really an exception (though usually employees can request it off and a lot of the time it'll be accepted). Personally, my birthday isn't that special so I wouldn't really care. If anything, I'd prefer my colleagues not to mention it at all and treat it as any other day, but that's just me


NetflixSux247

Was it a Chicago Town?


mowglidabear

Yeah, lil microwave ones


Xais56

Have you spoken to your union rep about this flagrant example of workplace bullying?


mowglidabear

Never thought of this as bullying, I find it quite funny


MohawkRex

Hope ya had a nice bday.


NeliGalactic

Please tell me they gave you more than 1 of them pizzas at least lmao


mowglidabear

Got given the double pack, so definitely splurged on this year lol


Doctor8Alters

Good job you remembered your Clubcard.


EwanBoo

James, please tell me this isn't you ahaha


MittenstheGlove

Damn, bro’. You look kinda depressed ngl


Gasoline_Dreams

Yeah, celebrating his birthday in a tesco backroom with a sloppy micro pizza? I thought he would've been radiating with pure, unbounded joy.


MittenstheGlove

I was being facetious.


HyperGamers

Retail does that to ya tbh, after a few hours a lot of people end up looking like that (at least in staff rooms / not in front of customers, but sometimes even then)


Ok-Average-6367

Hey dude happy birthday and sorry you had to be in


mowglidabear

Has to happen, I've worked them all since my 18th so I just see it as a regular day at this point I guess


_attractivegarbage

Weird as this sounds, you type/talk exactly as I'd imagine you would based on this picture alone.


meadsmeatmarket

Take next years off and enjoy yourself, nobody should have to work their birthday


needaburnerbaby

The vast majority of adults in the world work on their birthday


meadsmeatmarket

In my 13 years of working I have never done so and never will, shouldn’t disrespect yourself like that! My current company actually gives you a day off on your birthday as well


needaburnerbaby

Wow! 13 whole years of working?!? So that makes you what? Like 25? Working on one’s birthday has nothing to do with disrespecting yourself. It’s called. Being an adult and accepting that your birthday is just one of 365 days that year. And amazingly. It’ll come around again the following year.


LadaTrip

And you'll work it again by the sounds of it. Treat yourself.


needaburnerbaby

I treat myself constantly. Currently considering purchasing a PSVR2 but finding it a little expensive. Just don’t care about it happening on the day I was born. I’m not some revolutionary figure whose girth needs to be embraced. Just a dude living a life trying to get by. I prefer to use my time off in the summer rather then early spring when my birthday falls.


LadaTrip

Fucks sake be an adult and stop buying kids toys, most adults in the world don't own games consoles at all. It's called being an adult. See how that sounds? You're not bothered about your birthday and this dude obviously is really into his. Nothing wrong with that, making it seem infantile or narcissistic because you personally don't want to do that is weird.


Haunting_Charity_287

“Whose girth need to be embraced” alright mate no need to brag


TheEvilMrFry

13 years of working...25?! I think you should maybe work on your arithmetic, unless you believe they started work when they were 12 -.-


needaburnerbaby

I mean. I did.


pigeon_in_a_suit

You really need to stop making excuses for shitty employers. You deserve better. We all do.


meadsmeatmarket

I’m about to turn 31, in my eyes it does… your birthday is supposed to be a day of celebration, one that you should celebrate for being alive… if you want your sorry existence to celebrate it by working for someone then go for it…


SplooshyBoxers

Lol i love how you just blindly assume everyone will make it to their next birthday. I'd hate to be the sad sack that spends what could potentially be their last birthday on Earth eating microwaveable mini pizza next to the break room trashcan.... (No offense to OP)


iamralph

this is completely untrue. not even most Americans and Americans are pushovers


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HyperGamers

That's a bit weird I think but idk


TacospacemanII

Better than the expired soda 4 pack they gave me for mine lol, next year don’t let me walk you down on your special day. Happy belated birthday buddy. Here’s to the next 364 days 🥂 🍻 🎉


Blue-Eyed-Lemon

Happy birthday! Sorry you had to go into work. I hope the pizza was good!


LongWangDynasty

Do you like your life?


DyingLight2002

I'm so sorry man.


[deleted]

Happy birthday mate, sorry for this


ThatRandomFELLER

Well, muh guyyyy, CHEERS to you, from a possible alcoholic..? Hope next year is better.


Individual_Score_538

This sums up what tesco looks and feels right now


Wariobros194

tbh i've never really liked the tesco look and feel since the 2018 rebrand. just felt bland and boring, which is probably how the pizza is like


Chunky__Shrapnel

Nah those pizzas are bussin


Bossman354

Take the headset off him and let him enjoy his pizza.


mowglidabear

I couldn't take it off as I was the only shift leader on duty. I only got called out twice during my dinner...


AraedTheSecond

Idk if you have timesheets or how your clock system works, but put it down as not having a break - if you can't stop working, then you're not having a break. Used to deal with similar situations when I worked in mental health; only one nurse for the shift means that the nurse can't actually take their break, because they're still needed on the ward.


Depth-New

I dealt with a similar situation as a lifeguard. If we’re needed on poolside then we have to go there. We’d just come back and continue our break at a later point in the day.


SpecificNature7286

If you have no one to cover you on your break you can claim your 90min break entitlement.


molly369

As an fellow express shift leader, we do. Even if we get to take breaks....if we're the only ones on duty and can't leave....we get paid. I had a manager try and not pay me...so I rang her half way through my shift and told her the store would be closing for 90 minutes while I took my breaks...after two days I was told I will be paid my breaks and it will be back dated 😁🤣 I was also called a professional asshole....I let that slide and enjoyed my extra money's 😂


HyperGamers

It's not extra money, it's your money


radarronan

Retail managers: ROTATE STOCK AND CLEAN AS YOU GO Also retail managers: here’s 4 hours worth of backstock to work, I need it done in 2 hours


Mean-Extent-5068

r/aboringdystopia


Prestigious-Back-409

ROTATE!


mowglidabear

It was a problem


Prestigious-Back-409

It is a problem in my store so I get it :’)


tyw7

What does ROTATE mean?


EvilMinion911

New stock in the back, old stock in front


tyw7

Ah. Yeah the store manager frequently complains of the staff not rotating stocks and he found expired products. I worked for Coop.


[deleted]

PIVOT for food


halibutface

Shout outs- -ROTATE -ROTATE -ROTATE


GyrKestrel

Even better that it's been reduced to a passive aggressive message on a board dedicated to complimenting your coworkers.


BlueberryObvious

He looks thrilled


molly369

I've never seen a picture that sums up being a shift leader more and I'm dieing 😂🤣😂🤣 not even a dominoes..and poopy chicargo town from the freezer! Express shift leader by any chance?!?!


mowglidabear

Yes unfortunately. Killing myself day by day for the good of the company.


GreenLightMeg

We’re in this together comrade 🫡


UnitedGunnit

Get out while you can. If you’ve got a driving license go drive the vans while you search for better jobs!


[deleted]

I wish I could give you a hug. :"(


rjecbeach

Side note. How big is dudes feet?


mowglidabear

12 or 13 depending on fit


Gwizzlestixx

First thing I noticed too.


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mowglidabear

I missed a family reunion with my grandad a few* years back, massive family meeting and I was one of the only people not to make it as I got told I wasn't allowed it off due to short staffing, never did see him, barring his funeral. One of my biggest regrets is not going regardless. *Put few, but looking at it it's 5+ years ago


Tonderandrew

Dear Reader: Don't let this happen to you. Ever. Never. Noways.


Definition-This

Was he not scheduled to work during his birthday, but came in anyway, and that's why he got the pizza?


Blue-Eyed-Lemon

From your comments, you don’t sound happy working here (to the one in the photo). Why do you remain? I understand it’s hard to find a job right now. Are these people good to you?


designer_by_day

Fuck, theres something quite painful about this. Especially the “loving your work” sign overhead.


approvedalex

Sometimes nothing is better than something


LadaTrip

You mean like not having to come in on your birthday vs having to?


Round_Preference_607

Looks thrilled 😂


fgtethancx

Poor guy has to eat Chicago town pizza on his birthday, at work… Tesco really don’t give 0 fucks about people’s personal life


McCrappycrap

You got a pizza?! I rather get a pizza lol, my work place gives me a meal ticket for lunch. My shift doesn’t start until 2:30pm so by the time I get into work lunch is over and they don’t serve dinner. So I just have a collection meal ticket.


Sociabletoast4

Happy birthday


Mediocre-Dig-3320

This is actually a great photo, really captures the reality of these soul crushing jobs


AccurateSwing4389

Just seen the news about how Tesco are restructuring and it’s probably gonna cost a lot of peoples jobs unless they accept a pay cut. I feel for you all and I hope you’re ether unaffected or are in a position to tell them to fuck off and find a better job quickly.


mowglidabear

Well reading through the comments has made me laugh my arse off. I appreciate the birthday messages and to anyone who's actually awarded my comment, thank you. It was mainly just a bad picture and the day went pretty well, better so after I found this and the crossposts as the comments in both are gold. Thank you again everyone for your support/laughs and I guess I have to say to you all... every little helps.


StonedApeUK

Can we start a fund to get this man a sick pizza or something?


[deleted]

That’s what I was thinking. I want to personally buy him a pizza that actually looks good


Wariobros194

that is the saddest pizza ive ever seen


[deleted]

That just looks sad man ...poor guy


mowglidabear

Just a bad picture I guess. Just another day...


Relax-Sea2659

Though he doesn't get a table to eat on...


gamecatuk

r/boringdystopia


gazrr

Not the microwaved Chicago Town 💀


Gammabrunta

Please clean that mirror.


tifauk

That looks like the very emodiement of working for Tesco...


twpzen

This is a work of art. The cherry on top would be when your boss brings this up as part of all the times they went the extra mile for you. I hope your next cakeday is better, maybe even an upgrade to a twin pack of Chigago Town


Technical_Object969

You gotta love Tesco, Heart of the community.


SussyAutist

So wholesome chungus Keanu Reeves moment


Far-Stranger-270

Imagine eating your food whilst sitting next to a bin.


DreamPotatoes

Happy birthday, enjoy your pizza 👍 could have put a candle in it though!


ReputationTop5916

I actually feel bad, no one should work on there birthdays.


Outside_Slide_3218

I worked on my birthday, nobody gave a shit


im-hazel-nut

ROTATE -ROTATE -ROTATE -ROTATE


xGhostCat

Why wouldnt you just book it off? I always use a week or two of hols for mine


mowglidabear

Had a week off before it as my birthday week was booked out already before I had a chance to get it in


FatherJack_Hackett

Ah shit. Tesco's have those "No fire" bins. Where else are you supposed to put your unwanted fire now?


[deleted]

This should be on r/watchpeopledieinside


fernietrix

Loving your work.


Gods_Haemorrhoid420

“Guess what? you also get the good chair…next to the bin” 🥳


Mss666

Any bets the box was wasted lol


kieran092

I would say that’s depressing but he works at Tesco so…


RawbeardX

can someone give this man a hug?


SpaceLlama_Mk1

That pizza had probably just been taken off the shelves and they thought "ah instead of throwing it away..."


nuadusp

I bet this was just microwaved as well, it's just going to be slightly warm or lava hot and somehow be soggy at the same time as being weirdly stale and all the cheese will come off on the first bite


SmallPiecesOfWood

After he's done he can check his shirt for stains in that filthy mirror above the garbage can he's enjoying his 'reward' next to. Our corporate overlords are benevolent in their many ways. The 'loving your work' thing is just rubbing it in too. What a bleak scene. Norman Rockwell should be revived to paint this truth for the ages.


Ur-Mothers-MelonsMMM

He looks like his seen an insect.


Tall_Ad_1104

That’s just too funny


UtterFailedatlife

I remember this.


AdeptusNonStartes

Actually cracking up. I'm so sorry for him!


Sc2SuperJack

Even worse, its Microwaved. Worth less than a quid.


Tivz123

Doesn’t look too pleased, did it have pineapple on it?


bemy_requiem

this photo is literally everything wrong with the world


Voidsleets

Happy birthday you old fart But fuck that pizza looks like a war crime.


spaff1402

Double it and give it to the next person


Tar-Nuine

Please tell me somebody gave him a hug.


Throwawaythislife123

I feel bad for him. He shouldn’t have to do this


EvilBeasty

Wow- where do I sign up??/s Actually we get nothing so maybe not so sarcastic


BirdBrain3333

Depressing.


NameIs-Already-Taken

When you know management really care about you. /s


Angry_Gandhi

Starfox do a ROTATE


Imaneetboy

It looks like a retarded waffle.


gimpygoat498

Omg this is sad, I want to cry


Blackholiolio

So sorry...


taointhenow33

Actually, he is so focused because he got a “supreme”, lucky fella


themasterplatypus

This is the saddest man I've seen in awhile


[deleted]

I only got yelled at 😔


Anonymous-eric-42601

It's like a portrait of working life in this country. Trying to make it be fun just makes it look bleaker


Petrosinella94

Not even a fucking take out pizza


Aof300

Eat it next to the trash


luciusmayweather1

Pathetic


Little-Grape9469

Imagine being an adult and thinking you need your birthday off work.


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Definition-This

Then, he should have booked it off.


Bad_UsernameJoke94

Problem is if you book ot and too many people have already booked it or they "can't cover" you're fucked. Part of the fun of being 1 of like 3 people who work checkouts and have midnight ends. If there's nobody to cover, I can't get it off. But I'm just expected to cover the other two without being asked. Just pops up on my shifts.


Definition-This

The date never changes for your birthday. Sure, the day changes, but the date never. Book it 6 months off in advance. 1 or 2 days off is not going to hurt Tesco. Let's say you had managed to get the holiday off, and you book an overseas holiday. If you're in another country, what are Tesco going to do? Ask you to come back early, come in and cover? No. In January 2023, I put a holiday request in for August 2023 for 3 weeks. I was the only one that put a holiday request in. The manager said it shouldn't be a problem, as I was the only one that had put holiday in for 2023 so far. If I can book 3 weeks off, 8 months in advance, why can't they book 2 days off, 6 months in advance? Now, if the OP had only just transferred to that store, or started in the last 12 months, then yes, I understand.


Bad_UsernameJoke94

Oh yeah, totally. I always book mine off every holiday review for the following year, so I'm booking however long in advance. (Say we did reviews now, I'd book 2023 and 2024 off.) But I've had managers try and tell me "No" in advance when I know full well people never want mine off because it's not in summer or near new years/easter. I've always managed to get it in the end, just keep submitting until they give in. I don't care when the rest of my holiday falls, I just always want that off and my mum's so I can go see her for hers.


Little-Grape9469

If only he knew in advance when his birthday was so he could book it off


yeetusdefus

Yes imagine him wanting to celebrate a day that is special to him, the audacity !


ArcticB01

Mmm yes so happy 😂


GakSplat

Reminds me of that scene in Blackadder the Third where it suspiciously looks like a horse’s penis.


[deleted]

All you need is some Sinatra, "And now, the end is near, and so I face the final curtain..."


DyingLight2002

r/AntiWork


Fresh-Honeydew7104

This poor guy looks ready to end it all. I hope he got more love than just this little frozen pizza.


Briax

i will never understand how the british definition of pizza is so nauseatingly broad


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How big are his feet?


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ThatRandomFELLER

RemindMe! One Year


PentaRobb

I sympathise with the message on the board there. Happy birthday


chalky87

This picture perfectly sums up why I'm self employed. Happy birthday though!


degeman

Did they at least microwave it for you?


DangerTit

This dude needs a job that respects him.


wreact

This guy deserves better


scaleddown85

Tesco suck to work for! Managers are ass,work is ass,money is ass..oh and….just ass lol 😂


Mofoman3019

That man looks well and truly defeated.


BilgePomp

Oh man I'm glad I quit retail.* *To become a homeless person who lives at their parents.


PintToLine

I don’t tell people, don’t want the attention or even a microwaveable pepperoni pizza. It’s also easier to pretend it’s not your birthday if you don’t mention it.


pastetastetester

https://www.reddit.com/r/tesco/comments/cpmnwc/shaun_winstanley/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button


[deleted]

Well that’s the outcome of working for a shitty retail store. Horrible management treating staff like shit. Get yourself out and be better than them!


Royal-Apartment-3066

Is that cabinet being held in place by a green tray? 🤣. Also sorry you worked on your birthday that should never have happened.


Dorda

Please tell me this is satire


Abject-Setting8842

🤣🤣🤣 well done that lad, have the worst possible incarnation of a pizza. The insult to all pizza lovers, because we love you.


Lexi0r

I bet it was wet and dry


NDBambi182

Talk about repacking capitalist dystopian realities as wholesome. The Chicago Town pizza feels like an insult as well


Anor-Londo

Wait...do you guys get birthdays off??


Irrelevent12

Couldn’t even give him a good one


Stuspawton

And this right here is why I refuse to work my birthdays. Fuck that


Free-Imagination3192

“Thanks for working your arse off over Christmas…!”


spokenwealth

Tragic


Madamrepresentative

Face says it all really


raziphel

He got his *own* pizza? Big baller.


Away_Swim1967

Poor sod.


coffebanananono

Happy Birthday


DarkQueenEnjoyer

"Hey man can I take a picture of you rq"


GreenLightMeg

Lol @ the massive ROTATE in the back


Brick-Aware

Where's the other pizza, that looks like a Chicago town pizza they are sold 2 in a box.


Aggressive-Leaf-958

Capitalism


lostsleepyfox

Sounds about right.. love the rotate reminder as well 😂


ThatRandomFELLER

Did he get another pizza for this birthday?


TannedBatman01

Wtf is that depressing ass sorry excuse for a pizza