Edit: Ballymore not Barrymore
The videos been taken down apparently, something about her running away because she didn't want to be filmed and he chased after her, and she turned out to be 15?? What the fuck is wrong with these people
There has been a Facebook page set up to help inform people about this damaging behaviour, and the steps victims can take to try and protect their personal data.
Help Extinguish Lens Predators
Please like the page and share to raise awareness.
Is it true that as a shop manager - you aren't allowed to take any of your own breaks between 12pm and 2pm?
If so, was it communicated clearly to you? E.g. in writing/in your contract
3.If this is true, what would be the consequence of breaking the rule?
UPDATE: thank you for the responses. This is clearly a recent thing that applies to all the shop staff, another genius idea from head office without thinking how it's impractical in reality 😂
EDIT: Thank you for all the advice, the consensus seems to be majority in favour of not going ahead with this initial plan, because he may be able to play the victim card as a result. So another way of disrupting his operations will need to be thought out.
I understand that it's not against the law to film people in public (with or without their consent), and the cards are stacked against anyone who takes issue with the way he carries on. It's sad, because he's allowed to upload footage of these poor people and unleash a torrent of abuse from his followers upon them, especially if they don't play along, or push back (figuratively) against his behaviour. These people will now be recognised because of this, and may receive ongoing abuse - or dare I say, harassment - regardless of whether they're being filmed or not.
In my opinion - his behaviour is breeding a culture of bullying. And it's only a matter of time before something happens which either: causes him harm, changes the law around filming in public, or both.
Is he behaving within the confines of the law? Apparently so.
Is he acting in an unethical way that has a negative impact on people? I would argue yes, but you'd be surprised how many people would disagree.
ORIGINAL POST:
There's a guy in my local town who is filming people on the street without their consent on his Meta Glasses, interacting and usually bullying them for views on the internet
He tries to keep his identity a secret and uses a pseudonym. But there is evidence online - that other people have found - which reveals his true identity, as he was convicted years ago for a crime and the local paper reported on it. All publicly available information. He also mentions his first name in one of his own videos while being questioned by police, which further confirms his identity
He doesn't like his full real name being used when recording and will censor it in his videos if people do know him. Which is wildly hypocritical, considering he's posting footage of everybody else on the internet without his consent. I want as many people to know and address him by his real name as possible, because it will hopefully make his life a little more difficult
If I were to make an informative post about his real identity (excluding sensitive details such as his home address) and post it all over the socials to raise awareness - would I be at risk of any legal repercussions in doing so?
Today, we’ll focus on the Manager of Shop #1- and the experience I had working alongside her. We’ll call her Worzel.
Worzel was one of those managers who’d been working for old greggsies since before I was born. For the most part we did get along with each other, especially in the beginning, but things eventually turned sour as time went by...
For starters - her number one priority was serving customers as quickly as possible and keeping the queue down, even if that meant forgoing some rules and procedures. I remember starting in the shop and being told via the training materials that products coming out of the oven had to be regularly temperature checked (just one item, with a probe). To make sure that A) the items are cooked at the correct temp and B) to make sure the ovens are working properly.
Worzel didn’t seem to be a fan of this, because it took up more time not serving customers, so she actively discouraged the practice and told us to just fill in the numbers while on our break in the office. As long as the paperwork was filled out and looked like it had been done properly, that’s all that mattered. Talk about cutting corners.
Very serious, I know. And younger me thought it seemed a bit strange at the time, but I went along with it, because I got caught up in the idea that serving customers as quickly as possible was indeed the main priority.
Internally - it didn't sit well with me and I felt polarised, because I wanted to follow the rules and procedures as best as possible because, well, why wouldn't I? But trying to do so would make her irritable and have a go at me for not being fast enough, so I felt stuck between a rock and a hard place. At the time I just put my head down and got on with it.
Possibly the most annoying of her behaviours was how she did the rota. For one thing - she categorically was determined to NOT work a Friday closing shift. She always made sure she never had to work one, if she could help it.
I would go in one day, take a picture of the schedule for the next few weeks and make plans accordingly only to come back days later and find it's been changed, usually because she forgot to take herself off of the Friday close. If nothing else, she was diligent about not working that shift.
It felt impossible to plan things in advance because of this. I remember one day - one of the Saturday lads came in to do his shift (he only did one or two days the weekends) and when he checked the rota was mortified to find it had been changed, and clashed with plans he’d already made. All without any heads up or warning from the manager.
He left a polite note for her in the office, asking if she could please give him notice when the rota changes, which to me seems like a reasonable request. But when she next saw him in person - she berated him something awful about it. Stating something along the lines of how she’s too busy, and that he needs to regularly check for any changes (even though the rota would get changed long before he would next come in).
Basically - she could not for the life of her see what the issue was, or didn’t care how it affected other people and would make it seem like they were asking for way too much. It was either her way, or the why-are-you-being-so-selfish!?-way.
Another pattern of behaviour with the rota we noticed - every time a member of staff went on holiday/took time off, they would be scheduled for some of the shittest shifts when they got back. Usually like three or four closes in a row. Sometimes it felt almost like being punished for taking annual leave. Interestingly - the same courtesy was never extended to herself.
At that time - you weren't allowed to wear the uniform outside of the shop. You had to go in wearing civilian clothes and change into the work gear before your shift. And vice versa for leaving the shop.
Worzel developed this habit where she'd get herself changed into her civilian clothes towards the end of her shift, before the next responsible member of staff had arrived to take over, so she could then clock out and disappear as quickly as possible. This would typically be the case on - you guessed it - a Friday afternoon. If I (Senior Team Member at the time taking over for the rest of the day) started at 3pm and she finished at the same time, she'd be changed and ready to leave by 2:45pm.
There were a couple of things wrong with this practice. It meant that the team member working on the front was essentially by themselves until the next responsible person arrived and clocked into their shift. So if they ran out of change, they weren't able to get any, if a queue built up, they had to handle it themselves, all while the manager was in the back tapping her feet, waiting for the next person to arrive and take over.
When she got into this latest habit - it really flared my autism. I was already at my wits end by this point between dealing with arbitrary rules, cuntstomers, upper management making life more difficult, and especially Worzels behaviour in general.
I used to arrive about 10 or 15 minutes before I was due to start my shift, and allow myself plenty of time for getting ready, understanding what needs done, etc. Which was good news for her cos it meant she could potentially be out of the shop 10 minutes before her shift is supposed to end.
Eventually, I stopped giving a fuck about arriving to the shop early because I knew she'd be sat there not following protocol. So I got into the habit of arriving near the shop about 10 minutes before I was due to start, and waiting just around the corner, twiddling my thumbs. I'd let the time run down until it was less than 5 minutes til my shift started before finally going in.
As you can imagine - she was not particularly happy about this change in my punctuality, and seething on the inside, but she wasn't in a position to scold me as I was still clocking on time. Oh dear, she couldn't leave as early as she wanted to.
By the end of my time working in that shop we had a strained co-worker relationship. All the pressure of the job and its frustrations had beaten me down to (what I now realise) was burnout. I moved and talked slower, I didn't smile as much as I used to, I was essentially depressed.
Mostly because it got to a point where it felt like nothing I did was good enough. If I was struggling to set up the front of shop on an opening shift by myself I'd be told I need to be quicker, if I asked for help I'd be berated for taking someone away from sandwich making.
If the queue got out of hand, I was told to ring the bell for help. But when I'd ring for help too often I'd get dirty looks and negative energy. If I didn't ask for help and more than three people were standing in the queue, I would be scolded for not ringing for help.
I remember one day - leading up to the lunch rush - where I was trying to manage the front by myself, including the ovens, and called for help because the queue was building up. Her and a couple of other staff came through to help get the queue down. Once it was down, everybody was tidying up the front, somebody was putting stuff in the ovens (which I was supposed to be doing), and I was left standing there looking for something to do. So I started refilling the crisps, because I didn't want to be standing around doing nothing.
As soon as I started refilling them, Worzel piped up and had a go at me saying now wasn't the time to be doing that and it wasn't the priority. I ended up snapping back at her basically asking what the hell I was supposed to do.
She didn't like my new demeanor, but voicing my issues and requesting the help I needed was seen as unreasonable. Eventually, I applied for a position elsewhere in the company and managed to get out.
As a parting gift, I changed the bell (in the back of the shop to call for help at the front) to the most annoying tune I could find. I knew this would piss her off because when it came to technology - she was as useful as a waterproof tampon.
Spiteful? Vindictive? Petty? Well yes, of course, I'm not gonna deny that. My only regret was that I planned to put a fake skeleton in the cellar and I didn't go through with it. And yeah maybe that's immature, but life is too short to let wankers like her walk all over you without some level of payback.
My Dad once told me words that sums it up perfectly: you can only shove a stick so far up a dog's arse before it turns around and bites you.
If you experience similar behaviour from your own management - don't let them shove the stick too far before you bite back.