Update on my post "My coworker and I walked out on our coworkers because they were drinking and didn't change our shift on time"

https://www.reddit.com/r/TalesFromYourServer/s/W79BhObD3r

Hello everyone! I never expected this to get this attention lol. In full honesty, this incident happened in March and I wanted to upload it back then, but it never did, bad internet I guess, and I eventually forgot about it. so I uploaded it the previous day. For starters, I have since quit from there, mainly because I was able to pursue my dream career, but I remember those moments clear as day.

I'd like to also add, that the establishment is a local business in a small town in Europe. My bosses are both the partners and owners of it. It is pretty chill and in truth we could drink during the job, ONLY if we didn't have customers and we would just have a non alchoholic beer or a glass of wine. No laws against it.

To the update now. As I mentioned in my previous post, I was working with the coworker that ordered last minute and demanded to cooperate, let's call him Tom, the next morning. The air was already stiff as the shift started and no words were exchanged, aside from good morning. Before that, I had a fine relantionship with him as we would joke and help each other. He was clearly still mad and upset, but no one wanted to open a conversation about it. Hours later, both of my bosses appear but acting as nothing happened. I figured that they had talked to the barman, I'll call him Alex, and Tom in private, and didn't want my side of view. At the same time, the girl that changed my shift, (fake name) Lisa, appeared with her bf, who also works there, and they ALL sat in the corner of the bar away from me. Tom also joined and they started talking about the previous day's incident. I was watching it from my side and I couldn't believe my eyes. They were acting like I couldn't listen to them too, as if I wasn't just 2 meters away from them. Really silly just watching it. No one came to talk to me afterwards. My shift ended and I went home.

The next day I was working with Alex and he came and asked me if I heard or they told me anything. I answered No and explained to him what I saw. No one talked nor informed Alex too, so we were both in the dark. We were both in disbelief but we chose not to do anything really. I was planning to leave anyways and Alex was thinking about it too. The only difference that happened was that our coworkers were coming 10 minutes before their shifts to change us, so I guess that was what our bosses told them to do. Until I quit, they held it, but who knows if they did afterwards.

So, that's really it. They were and still are a clique, so whatever us "New employes" said, we would be in the wrong. Whatever. I'm glad I left the place. It was giving this type of environment from the beginning, so I kept a low profile. Aside from the incident, I had a good time there and I still say hi, if I'm in town. Even though I don't respect Tom and Lisa anymore.

Thank you all for reading. Have a nice day.

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u/RedFeather0002 — 3 days ago

Update on my post "My coworker and I walked out on our coworkers because they were drinking and didn't change our shift on time"

https://www.reddit.com/r/TalesFromYourServer/s/W79BhObD3r

Hello everyone! I never expected this to get this attention lol. In full honesty, this incident happened in March and I wanted to upload it back then, but it never did, bad internet I guess, and I eventually forgot about it. so I uploaded it the previous day. For starters, I have since quit from there, mainly because I was able to pursue my dream career, but I remember those moments clear as day.

I'd like to also add, that the establishment is a local business in a small town in Europe. My bosses are both the partners and owners of it. It is pretty chill and in truth we could drink during the job, ONLY if we didn't have customers and we would just have a non alchoholic beer or a glass of wine. No laws against it.

To the update now. As I mentioned in my previous post, I was working with the coworker that ordered last minute and demanded to cooperate, let's call him Tom, the next morning. The air was already stiff as the shift started and no words were exchanged, aside from good morning. Before that, I had a fine relantionship with him as we would joke and help each other. He was clearly still mad and upset, but no one wanted to open a conversation about it. Hours later, both of my bosses appear but acting as nothing happened. I figured that they had talked to the barman, I'll call him Alex, and Tom in private, and didn't want my side of view. At the same time, the girl that changed my shift, (fake name) Lisa, appeared with her bf, who also works there, and they ALL sat in the corner of the bar away from me. Tom also joined and they started talking about the previous day's incident. I was watching it from my side and I couldn't believe my eyes. They were acting like I couldn't listen to them too, as if I wasn't just 2 meters away from them. Really silly just watching it. No one came to talk to me afterwards. My shift ended and I went home.

The next day I was working with Alex and he came and asked me if I heard or they told me anything. I answered No and explained to him what I saw. No one talked nor informed Alex too, so we were both in the dark. We were both in disbelief but we chose not to do anything really. I was planning to leave anyways and Alex was thinking about it too. The only difference that happened was that our coworkers were coming 10 minutes before their shifts to change us, so I guess that was what our bosses told them to do. Until I quit, they held it, but who knows if they did afterwards.

So, that's really it. They were and still are a clique, so whatever us "New employes" said, we would be in the wrong. Whatever. I'm glad I left the place. It was giving this type of environment from the beginning, so I kept a low profile. Aside from the incident, I had a good time there and I still say hi, if I'm in town. Even though I don't respect Tom and Lisa anymore.

Thank you all for reading. Have a nice day.

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u/RedFeather0002 — 3 days ago

My coworker and I walked out on our coworkers because they were drinking and didn't change our shift on time

Hi. This is my first time writing a reddit story. Where do I start and where to begin. This incident happened 3 hours ago. For starters. I work as a server and my coworker as a barista-barman, at a cafe-bar from 8 in the morning till 5 in the afternoon. It was a busy day and we were already having plenty of orders. Suddenly at 4 o' clock, the 2 coworkers that were going to change our shift, walked in with a group of 8 people, including one of our bosses and his wife, and sat down and wanted to order some drinks. My cowoker and I went wide eyed.

For those who wonder, those coworkers do hang out outside of work or even during work with each other and with their bosses. They have been working there for as long as the business exists. Personally I don't mind, because our bosses are really good people and so far really nice bosses, they had my respects from day one. My coworker and I started working there 5 months ago, and obviously we don't have those same relantionships , but maintained good work relantionships.

To continue from where I left, we treated them as regular customers, took their order of drinks, served them and all that. Then half an hour later, they asked for another round of drinks. At that moment my coworker and I were wondering if they were even going to change us in time. Again, aside from them, we had other orders, so we never stopped working plus we were trying to do the tasks before our shifts ends. like filling the fridge, cleaning, etc. As we were planning to get ready to leave, one of the coworkers apperead 5 MINUTES before the end of our shift and told us to serve us ANOTHER round of drinks. At that moment I was stunned and I reminded him that in 5 minutes we're changing shifts. He said: "Yeah I know, just serve them anyway." That would take us another 15 minutes bc at the same time we had to serve another big table. We were exhausted. The bar-man immediately got mad and abandonded his shift and informed the boss, that was still there drinking, he's leaving. They got into an argument as my coworker told our boss: "You tell me to arrive 10 minutes early before I change someone and to him you don't say ANYTHING and just let it slide and continue drinking?" . My boss answered him that he is in the wrong and after that my coworker said goodbye and left. I also was ready to leave and the guy that put the "another round of drinks" turned to me and demanded me to cooperate. I said "Excuse me? I cooperated enough. I did my part and I'm done with my shift. I'm not gonna deal with this now." He said that the program says that you stay till 5 o' clock." . I answered "Νο. I reminded you that you start in 5' and we always come at least 5 minutes early so the tasks can be done and we can leave at 5 o' clock. That is a respectful thing to do to the people that were already working and need to leave in time." I wanted to say more but we were having a lot of customers so the girl, that changed my shift, broke it off and I said goodbye and left. Obviously she is not a saint in this whole situation, because when their order came in, they were laughing and giggling.

Tomorrow morning, I'm working with that coworker and I don't know if it's going to be brought up or not.

If anything happens, I'll update.

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u/RedFeather0002 — 5 days ago

My coworker and I walked out on our coworkers because they were drinking and didn't change our shift on time

Hi. This is my first time writing a reddit story. Where do I start and where to begin. This incident happened 3 hours ago. For starters. I work as a server and my coworker as a barista-barman, at a cafe-bar from 8 in the morning till 5 in the afternoon. It was a busy day and we were already having plenty of orders. Suddenly at 4 o' clock, the 2 coworkers that were going to change our shift, walked in with a group of 8 people, including one of our bosses and his wife, and sat down and wanted to order some drinks. My cowoker and I went wide eyed.

For those who wonder, those coworkers do hang out outside of work or even during work with each other and with their bosses. They have been working there for as long as the business exists. Personally I don't mind, because our bosses are really good people and so far really nice bosses, they had my respects from day one. My coworker and I started working there 5 months ago, and obviously we don't have those same relantionships , but maintained good work relantionships.

To continue from where I left, we treated them as regular customers, took their order of drinks, served them and all that. Then half an hour later, they asked for another round of drinks. At that moment my coworker and I were wondering if they were even going to change us in time. Again, aside from them, we had other orders, so we never stopped working plus we were trying to do the tasks before our shifts ends. like filling the fridge, cleaning, etc. As we were planning to get ready to leave, one of the coworkers appeared 5 MINUTES before the end of our shift and told us to serve us ANOTHER round of drinks. At that moment I was stunned and I reminded him that in 5 minutes we're changing shifts. He said: "Yeah I know, just serve them anyway." That would take us another 15 minutes bc at the same time we had to serve another big table. We were exhausted. The bar-man immediately got mad and abandonded his shift and informed the boss, that was still there drinking, he's leaving. They got into an argument as my coworker told our boss: "You tell me to arrive 10 minutes early before I change someone and to him you don't say ANYTHING and just let it slide and continue drinking?" . My boss answered him that he is in the wrong and after that my coworker said goodbye and left. I also was ready to leave and the guy that put the "another round of drinks" turned to me and demanded me to cooperate. I said "Excuse me? I cooperated enough. I did my part and I'm done with my shift. I'm not gonna deal with this now." He said that the program says that you stay till 5 o' clock." . I answered "Νο. I reminded you that you start in 5' and we always come at least 5 minutes early so the tasks can be done and we can leave at 5 o' clock. That is a respectful thing to do to the people that were already working and need to leave in time." I wanted to say more but we were having a lot of customers so the girl, that changed my shift, broke it off and I said goodbye and left. Obviously she is not a saint in this whole situation, because when their order came in, they were laughing and giggling.

Tomorrow morning, I'm working with that coworker and I don't know if it's going to be brought up or not.

If anything happens, I'll update.

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u/RedFeather0002 — 5 days ago

Is my sixteen year old friendship ended now that I moved abroad?

I (25F) and my (26F) friend lately have not exchanged any messages for 3 weeks. We've been best friends for sixteen years, grew up in the same town, same school, we lived one road and 5 minutes apart, have been and seen each other's phases, and have never been at this level of discommunication. I recently moved abroad to pursue my career, after so many years, and live with my bf of three years. A week before I left our hometown, I came by her house and informed her that I am leaving in a week. She answered that she will have time that week in the evening after she finished work and we'll make time for then. I said perfect and waited for her to text me when she wanted to meet up. Nothing though. To be honest, I felt that our interaction was awkward too. The night that I was leaving, she didn't even text me or called me or even come to say goodbye. I had to be the one to text goodbye and she answered "Goodbye! Don't worry, we won't lose contact". After that day, she hasn't texted me. No memes, no voice messages, or random messages or calls about her day. Maybe I should have pursue her more but I also don't believe I should. I was mostly the friend that sends when to meet up, giving ideas on what to do, etc etc. I have struggled being a people pleaser and an overthinker too, so that, I think, was an extra reason to not text first, as I wanted to see for myself if she cared or missed me, but I have also not texted anything since then like "Hey, did something happened between us? I want to know." Maybe that is a pride or ego feeling, but I don't know.

I have heard that long distance friendships are hard to keep, but we have had one when I was at university in another city, 4 hours apart, and she was still living in our hometown, but there was never any distance like this. Maybe it is different now that I am in another country?

Is there something I should do or has this friendship ended?

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u/RedFeather0002 — 5 days ago