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cuddle_enthusiast t1_iu5i5dx wrote

Reply to comment by krustyarmor in A missile hits near a café in Ukraine. (Safe For Work) by Alabussy

If a missile hits within range of me feeling it, that's the end of the day for me and I'm going home, dawg.

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s0meCubanGuy t1_iu64j6h wrote

“Not in the US you’re not”, some manager at an Amazon warehouse probably

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moonbunnychan t1_iu6nt3o wrote

My boss once fought with the fire department to try and keep our store open during a flood. I'm positive a missile wouldn't close us.

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chrisga12 t1_iu7ount wrote

I work in telecommunications sales and one day our store got struck by lightning overnight, completely fried the master breaker and we had no power, no AC, no backup generator. just dim emergency lights that run off auxiliary power. They absolutely refused to let us close. Power company came by and pretty much said “yep, enjoy the day off guys.. you won’t be getting power anytime soon”. They still refused to close, we couldn’t help any customers or even clock in/out… at that point it was costing the company more money in labor to keep all of us there than it would have to just close the store for the day. Still doesn’t make any sense to me.

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VincentVancalbergh t1_iu86ow0 wrote

If they're willing to pay you for standing there unable to do your job, I don't see the problem.

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chrisga12 t1_iu8tgo9 wrote

Truthfully I had no real problem turning away customers all day, there was nothing we could do. Their logic behind it was just frustrating. If the store has to close under circumstances like that then we all would still have to be paid for our shift, so they figured “if we have to pay you either way, you’re going to be doing what we want you to do”.

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Slithy-Toves t1_iu82mj3 wrote

So the end of the story is you all left anyway right? How could you possibly get fired for just leaving after a power outage in a building struck by lightning.

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chrisga12 t1_iu8t53g wrote

Unfortunately, no. The end of the story is 1 hour before closing time an electrician was finally able to move around some of the power supply and get us to half power, just enough to get our POS system and wi-fi running, but nothing else. We’re union and our attendance is on a point system so no one wanted to take any points by leaving and we can’t all walk out at once or it could be considered a strike that wasn’t authorized by the union and we’d all be laid off.

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D3Seeker t1_iu6r5mg wrote

Warehouse: literally burning

Some manager: BACK TO WORK SWINE (*cracks whip)

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lovebus t1_iu6gk43 wrote

Something something insurance reasons

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Bndsfn2004 t1_iu6cn8h wrote

You can feel them from a pretty surprising distance. Several hundred meters away can feel like it’s right next to you.

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WhiskRy t1_iu7jedk wrote

I don’t think that fact would change my mind about calling it a day, to be honest

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D3Seeker t1_iu6r0ta wrote

Na. Gimme that expresso. Here, you get one too. We clearly need to access hypermode to get away!

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Fr0glol t1_iu642xu wrote

Id probably go to work high on adrenaline and make everyone believe i worked out before and thats why im hyper.

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