u/Anathema_Quill

i have an issue with a specific manager because he often gives two employees their breaks at the same time, often resulting in us being down a person. they’re his friends, so i understand they would get special treatment so i usually don’t mind.

until today. i worked over ten hours and i always ask the morning lead for a one-hour shift around 2pm, when the afternoon crew clocks in. usually i get my break around 2 or 3, when everyone’s settled. which is fine.

today i didn’t get my break until after 5pm because my manager kept pushing it back because they needed the hands. okay, fine. i’m legally required to take a break, so whatever.

he sends the same two girls on break together, then later sends two other people on break. so now there are four employees on break, two of which clocked in after me.

i was one of the last people to get a break, even though i was one of the first to clock in (i got in in the morning).

i want to report my manager for this but i have some reasons why i’m hesitating:
I. i often work the same shifts with the same people and i worry that if i report him to hr or upper level, the details will be too specific, he’ll know it was me and he and his friends will make it hostile/uncomfortable for me to work there.
II. i worry he may send me home early when he’s my manager, because he often sends me home first in the evening unless one of his friends asks to go home early instead
III. i’ve said things (the n-word) on the clock (i’m black, so it’s not a race issue but moreso the general language issue). i’ve done things i shouldn’t and i worry he may bring these up and get me fired should i report him. i’m aware my actions were wrong and i make no excuse for them.

i don’t want to talk to him directly because i don’t think it’ll change anything; he won’t have reason to not do this again if i talk to him about it but i have a lot to lose if i go over his head. but i can’t just let this happen and let him think it’s okay.

i guess my main issue is: am i overreacting entirely? and if i’m not, how do i handle this situation knowing that i’ve made mistakes and errors that could jeopardize my job and be held against me?

what’s your favourite episode or moment wherein the villains weren’t villainous?

it could also be when the girls team up with a villain, like with mojo jojo in the episode where they’re rewarded with candy for solving crimes, so they get mojo jojo to commit crimes so they can arrest him and get more candy.

for me it was the episode where him sends the girls on a scavenger hunt and if they don’t complete it in time, the professor will pay. the girls end up finishing the hunt too late and realise that him does intend to make the professor pay—for pancakes. the episode ends with the professor refusing to pay because the price was too high and the pancakes weren’t good enough to justify the price, so as the girls and professor leave, him runs behind them and begs them to come back, saying he can make the pancakes cheaper/better.

i noticed a lot of people posting orders that weren’t made properly and i have to ask: why didn’t y’all tell someone at the store? i know sometimes you order delivery or carryout but if there’s a problem with an order (chicken not cooked enough, fries cold, etc), why wait and make a reddit post instead of calling the store to let them know as soon as possible? they should apologise and fix the order and if they don’t, *then* you should make the post. i’m not trying to sound angry or anything but i’m genuinely confused about this.

i marked this as serious because of topics of the religious war vanja lived through.

finally watching the newest « single life » episode and i have to say that it really puts her behaviour in perspective. she has religious trauma and had to grow up way too quickly to help her family adapt to a new language, country and culture. her wanting security and a relationship, while still a problem she needs to work on, makes sense because her entire youth was unstable and unsecure.

she still needs to slow down on dating and rushing but i do get it. with bozo, she liked him because they were from similar cultures, so she rushed. with josko, they were from similar cultures and she had just had her heart broken, so she rushed. with tony, she’s realising that she’s getting older and that is making her rush into a relationship with tony.