I hate my co worker.

• Mentosftw wrote on 2012-08-17 03:00
  "I have an appointment with my brother so I need you to cover my shift."
  
  "What time will my shift be."
  
  "9 am to 11 pm"
  
  "...I'm only okay with it if you ask other people and they can't cover you."
  
  "Okay, come with me."
  
  *tells manager about the time change*
  
  "I'll tell the boss you can cover me"
  
  "... I said I would only be okay with it if no one else can cover it."
  
  "Sorry, no one else can cover it."
  
  "WTF YOU DIDN'T EVEN TRY!"
  
  Fucking 14 hour shift...
• Akemii wrote on 2012-08-17 03:16
  Should have said no and told him to fuck off.
  
  Rude as hell.
• Mentosftw wrote on 2012-08-17 03:29
  Can't :/
  
  Literally no one else can cover it because my boss is a total cheapskate and always has the minimum amount of employees working for him so if one person gets fired (which happened already) all of us have to take extra shifts to cover it.
• EndlessDreams wrote on 2012-08-17 03:37
  What you mean you can't? Come up with a really good excuse or something. If that appointment excuse is good enough, then you should tell them you have an appointment as well.
  
  You shouldn't really cover for co-workers who may not cover for you in the future.
• Mentosftw wrote on 2012-08-17 03:51
  Well nothing I can do now :/
• Chillax wrote on 2012-08-17 04:35
  Do the same thing back later?
• truefire wrote on 2012-08-17 11:16

  Quote from Chillax;935795:

  Do the same thing back later?

  
  
  Sure, being petty feels good now, but later invites all kinds of sabotage in retaliation. The co-worker wasn't very considerate in the first place, so imagine what'll happen when they feel slighted, however karmic it might have been?
  
  *gets screwed over by selfish co-worker*
  *screws selfish co-worker over in retaliation*
  *selfish, self-centered co-worker makes it their life's mission to get you fired*
  *no more peaceful days of work*
• Cucurbita wrote on 2012-08-17 11:28
  This happens in every establishment I've worked in.
  
  The employers are super cheap and refuse to employ any more than the minimal necessary. Meaning if someone can't come to work, everyone else is fucked.
  
  In my case though, since I hate working, I always come up with a ridiculous excuse to not do it. Doctors appointment? School classes? Visiting family? There are hundreds of "important" fake excuses you can make up.
  
  "Kitae can you work for me on day X of time X?"
  
  "No because I'm going to a concert at that time. Unless you wanna cover the 80 dollar ticket I already bought"
  
  I mean usually, its the employee's responsibility if they wanna time time off their shift to go do something, but if its truly important and is an enough of an emergency, the manager should be able to take care of it and force it on someone else. If not, its their own damn fault they didn't hire more people.
  
  Once I worked alone for 4 hours. That was a mess. The ice cream / smoothie store I worked for was located at the main entrance to the mall of america. Jesus christ how horrifying. Doing all the work for a store by myself, I managed to tire myself to death and impress some customers and got lots of tip, only to have it get split by like the 6 other employees that popped out at the end of the day.
• Kingofrunes wrote on 2012-08-17 12:30

  Quote from Cucurbita;935917:

  
  I mean usually, its the employee's responsibility if they wanna time time off their shift to go do something, but if its truly important and is an enough of an emergency, the manager should be able to take care of it and force it on someone else. If not, its their own damn fault they didn't hire more people.
  
  Once I worked alone for 4 hours. That was a mess. The ice cream / smoothie store I worked for was located at the main entrance to the mall of america. Jesus christ how horrifying. Doing all the work for a store by myself, I managed to tire myself to death and impress some customers and got lots of tip, only to have it get split by like the 6 other employees that popped out at the end of the day.

  
  
  WTF?! That's fucking bullshit man. You should have told them to fuck off. They didn't deserve it at all. You did all the work. God, things like that piss me off to no end.
  
  I feel bad for you and Mentos. I had to deal with this when I worked retail. I'd always be getting called in, except in my position, I couldn't really refuse cause if I did, I'd never hear the end of it from my mother and sister :<
  
  So glad I work for a small business now, who actually hired more people when my work load was getting a bit large for all the things we wanted to do. Problem is, now my workload is too small and I'm having trouble finding things to do :<
• Rin wrote on 2012-08-17 20:35
  Managers and their way of balancing distribution of wages.
  
  Well, I suppose instead of being the harbinger of "two wrongs equal a right", you could just store a favor with that co-worker. And if the co-worker refuses, then that's karmic enough for you to refuse any future requests like this.
• Tarvos wrote on 2012-08-18 08:05
  Well, good things can come out of this. If your boss sees that you cover for others frequently, you may be more likely to get more hours and more trust from him. I do it all the time and I consistently get more hours than anyone there as well as have an easier time when I want to request off a day in advance. I remember one week when a co worker went on vacation I got almost all his hours which got me a 47 hour work week. (dat' overtime)
  
  Your co-worker is a dick though. Use his laziness to your advantage. Well, unless your boss is a dick and doesn't care. Which is different from being a cheapskate. If you work for a big corporate entity, most likely there is a pretty low cap on the total amount of hours they can give out so the company can save on payroll.