Starbucks Worker Quits Job After Manager Asks Her To Reschedule Putting Her Dog Down

This worker publicly embarrassed their employer after they were told to either find a cover for their shift or change the date when they put their beloved dog down. The worker posted their story on Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit under the username u/lailette.

The thread shows the screenshots of a conversation that took place between the worker and their manager. It shows the person's response to the manager after the worker told them they wouldn't be able to make their 5 AM shift because they had to put their dog down.

When you put some thought into it, the idea of finding your cover for a shift is super bizarre. It's a sort of practice that exists because most retailers try to save money on labor costs by never hiring enough staff for their stores.

The reasoning behind this is that if you always running your stores with a bare minimum of employees, you can never waste money by being overstaffed. The biggest problem with operating like this is that all it takes for everything to fall apart is just one sick employee or an overly busy rush.

That's why the policy about staff finding their cover exists as it delegates that responsibility to you, so if anything goes wrong the manager can just blame you. This worker finally got sick of this, and when she was disrespected by her manager who suggested that she should find a different date for putting the family dog down, she didn't hesitate to quit her job on the spot.

Make sure to scroll down to read the entire story, and see what the other users had to say about this whole situation. There's some advice about dealing with managers down there as well, and you don't want to miss that.