So, I know just from the title it seems like an obvious yes, but there was a lot of details that have lead up to this.
My job is handling takeout orders at an Italian restaurant. In the past I've been made to clean up dried urine in the bathrooms, I've had tips withheld from me, and I also didn't get my first paycheck until a month into my employment, when I was supposed to be paid every 2 weeks. There's a couple other small things, but the final straw was being told to clean up literal human fecal matter off the floor with a paper towel. I quit on the spot because they would not accept me refusing to clean up fecal matter with a paper towel.
I told my mom, who was a little disappointed because I only worked there for about 4 months and I didn't give a proper 2 week notice, but ultimately she understood. She also understood that I'm only 17 and this isn't the end of the world for me, especially considering I'm on track for a full-tuition scholarship for civil engineering, meaning a burnt bridge in the restaurant industry won't hardly affect my future employment, if even at all.
My dad however, was furious. I have always kept my life private from him because ever since I could remember, he would get irrationally angry at me, be distrustful of me, accuse me of lying, and overall just not have a relationship that let me feel safe telling him parts of my life. I decided to just tell him with no hesitation because I would have to tell him eventually.
I told him and he immediately started yelling at me, accusing me of getting fired and lying to him about quitting. He called the restaurant on speaker and talked to the manager. The manager gave the typical customer service tone of voice and made it sound like it wasn't that big of a deal to try to force me to clean up poop. He got mad at me for quitting, saying I'm just lazy, even though he legitimately does not care about how I'm doing in life, wether it be emotionally, mentally, or academically.
When I showed him the letter I received from a state university offering a full-tuition scholarship given I get a 3.5 GPA this year, he did not show any interest whatsoever. It really irks me that he has the nerve to call me lazy when he doesn't take the time to ask me how I'm doing in school. I spend countless hours in my room struggling to try to keep my 3.9 GPA and he just dismissed all this effort as "he's just a teenager who wants to do nothing in his room all day."
That might be a little off topic but I think it shows insight into why I feel like I'm not entirely in the wrong for this, even though I certainly am a little.
TL;DR My manager tried to force me to clean human fecal matter off the floor with a paper towel and wouldn't accept no as an answer. I quit on the spot and my parents are livid. Am I in the wrong?
Submitted November 01, 2021 at 04:16PM by knutt-in-my-butt https://ift.tt/31pG8jh
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