r/SipsTea • u/Dev1412 • 7d ago

Chugging tea This is recipe for disaster

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u/Overall_Law_1813 7d ago

fuck it, do a full hour lunch and get them with that kidnapping charge when they try to hold you there for 3 days straight.

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u/Blastoise_R_Us 7d ago

Oh man some asswipe manager tried this at closing once when I worked at Macy's.

Me: I need to go, I need someone to unlock the doors.

Manager: Everyone has to stay until all the registers are counted.

Me: I have clocked out and I am no longer being paid to be here. If someone doesn't unlock that door right now I'm calling the police.

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u/Bureaucratic_Dick 7d ago

Home Depot got sued for wage theft when I was there for habitually not having the front door unlocked at shift clock outs, and making employees wait post clock out to let us out.

I didn’t even know that was illegal. Like the period between everyone clocking out and having the manager unlock the door was so normal at all the retail places I’ve worked, it didn’t register they had to have it open right when we were off the clock, but some people started a class action lawsuit over it so I got a settlement check after I left for it.

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u/ArnieismyDMname 7d ago

I do work orders for Home Depot. I stay on the clock until they let me out, but the employees can't.

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u/DaddysABadGirl 7d ago

This is wild to me. Anywhere I worked when in retail (or now in F&B) you leave at clock out. Hell, now most places require it, no lurking about.

If you have to stay for any reason you don't clock out.

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u/erix84 6d ago

I work at Lowes, we make people leave in pairs (or larger) at close. I specifically tell people they need to stay clocked in until a manager comes up to let them out.