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Sideswiped
One day, as I was riding my bike to work in the city, a cab driver
had sideswiped me causing me to wipe out on my bike. The back wheel
had bent causing my bike to become no longer rideable. After I had
gotten up from the fall, I cleaned myself up and called into work. My
boss was busy so I told the receptionist what had happened and he
suggested I just go home and take the day off – like any normal human
being would suggest. I told him that I’d at least come in and speak to
my boss, who happened to be the owner as well. I also mentioned that
I’d have to walk myself to work and I could be a few minutes late
now.
As I walked in 4 minutes late with a busted bike and torn up knees,
my boss had given the worst look you could ever imagine receiving
from someone. Shortly after she asked if she could see me in her
office for a one-on-one meeting. She condescendingly asked me what
had happened on the way to work. After I explained it to her, she,
without compassion, said: “I know you were hit by a car and
everything, but it’s REALLLLYYY important to be on time to work.
Mmmk??”
I could not believe what she had just said. I sat there in silence,
dumbfounded at the words coming out of her ignorant mouth.
Needless to say, I quit 2 weeks later.
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but why did it take 2 weeks to quit?
Crappy morning, crappy boss. You’re better off!
God, it’s annoying when people say “needless to say”. Sounds so stupid.
Something tells me it wasn’t the first time you arrived late to work, and that it was more than four minutes. Nevertheless, one would expect some sensitivity for an employee who’s just been in an accident, unless your track record was so bad that she suspected you of faking it, though the mangled bike would be a pretty extreme fake.
If it was needless to say, why did you say it? We all knew you quit 2 weeks later.
Well, you made it to work and you weren’t hurt bad. Just some skinned up knees. Did you really need to take the day off? But I digress…your boss could have at least been a little more compassionate to you and forigve the tardiness considering what happened.
Really? “Needless to say”? Do you think we could have just inferred from the rest of the story that you quit two weeks later? If it really was “needless to say”, you wouldn’t have said it.
Do you work at Initech? Because you made your boss sound like Bill Lumbergh from “Office Space”.
Scraped knees!? Oh no! I bet this wasn’t the first time you were late to work.
It’s important to be on time, even if you were hit by a car?! Good heavens! I suppose she would have expected someone to prop your lifeless body in the desk chair if you’d been killed! And fussed because you didn’t give two week’s notice, to boot.
What was it Shakespeare said about the quality of mercy?
Do unto others as you would have them do to you.
If there was a little more compassion in the world I’m sure there would be less crime and war and hatred. I’m sorry about your bike and I’m sorry that your boss was an arsehole. I hope you’re much happier at your new job.
She should try getting hit by a car.
Ok, I am terribly sorry you were hit by a car, but I call BS on a big part of this story. Unless you were on track to be incredibly early for work before you got hit by a car, there’s no way you were only 4 minutes late. It would have taken a minimum of 30 minutes just to go through all the legal formalities, and you said you took time to clean yourself up. Besides, most companies have a “no fault” policy, which means that no matter the reason you’re late or absent it still counts toward some sort attendance system.
And your boss was probably reprimanding you for several tardies…
The Original Jetta,
Don’t be a jerk because of what you think “probably” happened! We don’t know if it was several tardies, a few, or just one. You (and a lot of the OTHERS here, I might add!) are missing the point; she got hit by a car and the callous, indifferent bitch of a boss DIDN’T CARE!!!
God, what’s WRONG with some of you…..
Oh, and to the others, “needless to say” is a COMMON phrase! Quit nitpicking.
2 WEEK NOTICE CINDY GAH
@Big Guy: They’re called “trolls”.
@Big Guy: “Needless to say” is an annoying idiom that is “dumb” on the logical level.
I “had” just noticed how many times in your story you used the word “had” to describe that you “had” done something, or that something “had” happened.