That first family was actually the closest I have ever been to unironically saying that "they're not clowns, they're the entire circus". Well, not anymore thankfully.
Anyone marrying into that family should be put on a watchlist. Cuz these people are so immature that they should be legally considered a child at this point.
Story 1: it's not _just a chair._ It's _YEARS_ of intentional disrespect, and OP finally put his foot down, cause he wants somewhere to put his butt down.
I don't understand why he came to family meetings at all if they don't have enough chairs when they "stole" his chair for the third time, he could say that he will not come again because he has nowhere to sit, so let them think for themselves
a prank is only a prank as long as you do it once or twice, you do it for years then its bullying, and *prank or joke* are words they'll use to excuse the bullying
First story: I remember doing pranks like that… in college… with my friends… when everyone was fine with it. Not at a family gathering to someone who didn’t enjoy it. Little pranks are ok IF THE PERSON BEING PRANKED IS OK WITH IT. If not, it’s just straight up bullying. You’re right, this whole family is infested with toxic bullies.
the quality of a joke. does not depend on who is the sender, but who is the recipient. if the recipient doesn't like it, then it's not funny. clear and simple
@@nicklasbentsen404 fax. And to know them a lot more too and perhaps let them know if it's okay if you can pull that prank. Like way before you do it until they forget about it XD
@@Nyax50Lopez Asking to pull pranks beforehand ruins the prank itself. Keep it small and respectful (like a trail of riddles on post it notes that lead to a silly picture) and make sure it's easily fixed (no glitter bombs but rubber duckies is silly....see James Veitch)
@@TisOnlyAScratch imo you can go for any prank that’s not objectively harmful; but if the person says they didn’t appreciate it, apologize and don’t do it again.
The first story wasn't about the chair, but the fact that they didn't respect anyone and got pissed about someone setting proper boundaries If it wasn't just a chair, then they would've left it alone. They are immature, and pedantic to think this passes off a fun or good times Quitting Pizza Driver: Good on them for quitting and getting away from that abusive employer
@leeofdoom4452if you’re insinuating that there’s nothing wrong with the whole chair thing then maybe you need therapy because clearly you’re used to being treated like shit.
@leeofdoom4452 it’s NOT about the chair dude, this is why I believe you didn’t watch the video lol I have a MASSIVE family, 26 cousins on my moms side alone, and while we aren’t perfect we aren’t throwing bitch fits and toeing chairs through windows, or telling our children to go take their uncles eat dispose him ( from the sound of it over the years ) has asked everyone to stop. You think that’s normal do you? Like I said you might need therapy.
Story 1: I STILL laugh at the dude being so butt-hurt about not being allowed to be a bully that he CHUCKED A CHAIR THROUGH A WINDOW. Then there is the fact that the family somehow can't have fun without constant pranks that shows their level of maturity.
And a threat of divorce. That family has some major problems hiding just under the surface. It seems like they're working through them slowly but yikes.
@@glenngriffon8032 But the BIL was angry. And if we remove people's right to be angry, no matter how unjustified, we are committing fascism. Why didn't they ask why he chucked the chair out of the window? Or is all the consideration for the uptight a-hole that entitledly want "his own place". It's not his chair, even if he bought it. It's the parties chair if you bring it to a party.
@@robertwilloughby8050 This is a fantastic argument. Let's strawman more and ask why BIL didn't throw a person through the window. Obviously since they brought themselves, they are party property
@@robertwilloughby8050 Wanna come to my party? Bring your phone since it’s my party and you bring your phone to the party it becomes the party’s phone. Since it’s my party I get a new phone. You should also bring the deed to your house, your car and anything else you own. Thanks
It's not just a chair. Let's throw out the fact that they destroyed OPs property for a minute. The fact that they disrespect OP so much is just disgusting behaviour.
In the first story, I think it’s funny how the the BIL and other family members were annoyed that OP would take things “so far over a chair” when, in reality, OP was the only one being an adult, establishing healthy boundaries, and was simply asking for a little respect from his family members. And in the end, it was the BIL who took things too far!!!
Really? He got butt hurt that someone grabbed the chair he was using, simple solution get another chair. Bringing a chair from home should only happen if there aren’t enough chairs. And to top it off he fucked up his family over a CHAIR his BIL drank himself to sleep because of this piece of shit
Agreed. Toxic people and toxic systems (including toxic families) freak out when one of the targets of their toxicity starts to make boundaries. The pushback from the buttholes is often harsh and out of proportion to the event. The toxic persons and the flying monkeys get furious when they start figuring out that one of their targets is no longer willing to go along with their games. I have to say it is a wonderful thing to behold, and to hear about on videos like this one, when a target finally escapes the toxic morass of the bullies and their enablers. It's one of the reasons I enjoy this channel so much.
Story 2 about the pizza delivery driver: take video of the ex-boss harassing you, pounding on your door. Heck, it would be good to have video of how he acted in the store, too, especially in front of customers. Then give that video to the pizza chain. Bet he looses his franchise!
OP should tell his old boss to be a man and stop throwing a temper tantrum at his door step. If that front door episode was an attempt to beg for him to come back to work, I'd say the boss failed miserably.
The fact that the BIL stopped, and stayed out of fights after a certain point deserves some props. Any kind of growth in the right direction is good growth, and it's pretty nice that the rest of the family learned to put their foot down, too. It's kind of a shame that they're struggling to find entertainment afterwards, because there's so much that can be done for entertainment that doesn't involve fucking with each other: party games, board games, movies, music, karaoke, etc.
Yeah, during the "they are bored" part, I was just slightly confused thinking "have y'all never heard of Uno? How about Cornhole? King's Corner? Parcheesi? Eating Sunday dinner?"
He gets no props for deciding to behave like a reasonable human being, especially after what it took to get him to stop. He's an IN-LAW. He was going to his wife's house and abusing her family. F him.
Story 1: it is truly pathetic that that family, the adults in that family, can't find anything more entertaining to do than pull high school "pranks". Edit: I put high school as a margin for idiocy. But honestly it's more middle school, if not pre-school
I saw this story on Reddit Brew. I don't understand how some grown ups out there can be so immature. My uncle is a bit of an immature man child and he was nowhere near this bad. He would even call off these people for being immature jerks!! Heck, even most of his previous dogs were more mature than this!! These people need some severe psychiatric help!!
i suspect the sister began to have a moment of clarity that maybe the reason she was okay with the way her brother was treated was because thats how he treats her.
The last story: If only the boss treated his employees like they were as valuable as he said after they quit. If he just treated them like human beings and give them a couple more bucks an hour I'm sure he wouldn't be worried about his family becoming homeless and beating down doors. I also noticed he referred to them as kids that need to grow up. So says the man acting like a child. Im sure he thought because they were young they could be easily replaced but those "kids" obviously knew their worth and rightfully didn't put up with it. I once had a moment where I was making minimum wage and got to stand up to my boss. I knew I risked losing my job over it but I didn't care at that point. I was shocked that my boss ended up increasing my pay by $2 an hr. It was more than anyone was making there at the time and I was only 14! I was quite proud of myself that day. And I'm glad OP didn't let his boss walk all over him either.
This scenario is continually repeated, overwhelming employees with increased workloads without increased compensation. Cutting staff or not replacing those who quit will eventually overwhelm the existing staff and quality will be effected. It's clear that the owner felt entitled to disrespect his staff, and 2 years ago a lot of workers would have taken it happy to have a job. Thankfully American workers are demanding respect for their hard work or saying f**k it, I'm only doing what's in my job description during my assigned hours. If you want your employees to go the extra mile there needs to be an incentive, and it doesn't necessarily need to be monetary, sincere appreciation goes a long way.
I genuinely think we are headed for a collapse. Our job market is built on the average joe being desperate enough to take this kind of flak and it's how a good chunk of business owners operate. These kinds of owners are going bankrupt, a long with redundant stores and restaurants that were oversaturating an area. There won't be enough jobs at a reasonable skill level soon to support the lower class and we're gonna see mass homelessness in the next few decades. Our government has made it clear that they won't supplement the money saved with automation via universal income so eventually we'll just all be jobless watching robots do everything, and shamed by the 1% for not being of use to them anymore.
@@NEPAAlchey It is more than that. Automation has replaced ever so many jobs and will replace ever so many more. The only logical and sensible answer is a UBI - Universal Basic Income. Everyone gets enough to live on and if they want more they can go do the jobs still needed. With people no longer having to work to live, the amount of different jobs that will be created (the arts, entertainment, community projects, social things, welfare ...) will result in another Renaissance.
On the last story. A rule of thumb for all employers. Make sure you're staffed so that you can run comfortably at 50% of worker capacity. Cause that's what you'll be at in the holiday seasons.
The only thing that could have made the last story better is that while the boss is talking to the cops and he’s watching from the porch, he gets pizza from a rival chain delivered and proceeds to eat it in front of everyone on the porch.
I think the lesson to take away from that first story is that the brother-in-law has fundamentally corrupted the family. OP‘s chair had been the subject of a prank for too long, most likely exacerbated by the brother-in-law, and his rage fit of breaking a window when he couldn’t continue his pranks kind of proves that. And now, the family has become so reliant on pranks being the only way for people to have fun then it has resulted in nobody having a good time anymore since there isn’t a single common punching bag. The family just never learned to get along in any way.
Lol, that first story. How much drama was caused over a single goddamn chair. But the fact that it escalated to the BIL throwing said chair through the window makes it clear these people have the emotional maturity of schoolchildren. Seriously, some of them are acting like school bullies over this whole thing. That BIL sounds like he needs to talk to a professional and get proper help.
My mom works in a special school for kids that have a history of doing things like throwing chairs in class. You pretty much ride the short bus going there.
Last Story: Every time I see one of those signs that says “closed due to lack of staff” (bonus points if it bemoans how “lazy this generation is”) I assume that a manager similar to this is behind it. Maybe not up to harassing people that have quit, but the other stuff about bad management, awful pay, and treating employees like they’re not even people? Yeah, that’s absolutely what I assume is behind those signs.
Never in my life have i seen a sign on a business door claiming theyre closed because the generation theyre trying to sell food to is lazy. Businesses and shitty bosses *usually* at least try to appear professional to customers. Or at least not outwardly insult them en masse.
@@HonorableAssassins I saw a sign like that on the Pizza Ranch location near my favorite shopping mall. I came to almost exactly the same conclusion as others here, that the management of that location didn't view their employees as human beings worthy of respect. After all, if they're trash talking their former employees in a sign on the door, it's a pretty sure bet the managers weren't treating those employees any better when they still worked there.
Definitely; a person quitting, now that may be for personal/petty reasons like laziness or incompetence on their part, it possible, there are other reasons, like a better job offer somewhere else, but it's a possibility. But a mass exodus of staff, putting the business below functional thresholds and an inability to hire enough replacements? That can only be problems with the higher ups.
I'm old and disgruntled enough to know a bad job when I'm at one. Was a professional mechanic for a lot of years. Out of the industry now, due to health reasons. One shop I worked at I quit after a week. Owner was less than pleased to say the least. I'm not usually one to quit a job that quickly, or at all honestly. What's funny is that the tow truck driver who picked up my toolbox was the same one who dropped it off in the first place. Was not surprised at all. Apparently I wasn't the first guy to have done that at that business.
The food industry can be a little different. Location is everything too. The OP comments that nobody is tipping any more and connects this with the delay in service. I have to disagree. As a customer, if you got burned on a delivery you make a note of it. Happens again, you stop getting delivery. It doesn't take too long before nobody is doing delivery. What you have in this case is a group of people who can't be bothered to get their own food, switch to door dash for their deliveries thinking it will be quicker. But here is the thing. I can almost guarantee that this company is using the Self Delivery option for Door Dash business. This is where Door Dash processes the orders but the company has to do their own deliveries. So even when people are ordering through door dash, they don't realize they are just paying more for the same crappy delivery. And once you add in the fees from Door Dash, you probably paid double what you would have for that extra large pie. So of course people stop tipping. They are already paying to much for the food delivery, it is heavily delayed, and people like the convenience of paying with a card (nobody carries cash anymore) and probably think the tip is in the excessive fees they were charged already for a hour long delayed delivery. Then of course there are the idiots. I gave my stepson $25 for dinner. He order pizza for delivery. It was just himself. He comes back to me after ordering and asked for some more money. That the total came to $26 and change. And this didn't even cover the tip for the driver. I looked at him like he had three heads. This knucklehead ordered enough food for four people for himself and then wanted more money to cover the difference and a tip for the driver. But I digress. Getting back to the owner, had this guy had a clue, he would have suspended deliveries, focused on in store or pickup only and cancelled the Door Dash that was eating him alive in service fees while holding his money each week. Think about it. If 30% of his customers are ordering through Door Dash, that is 30% of his revenue that he has to wait a week to get to deposit. Plus he is losing at a minimum 20% of that revenue (if not more) to Door Dash fees and services.
Most Bosses: "Employees had to leave. I'd best replace them with new hires to keep up with demand and protect my business and livelihood." This Doofus: "Look how much money I get to keep for myself! I'll just have each employee do the work of five people! No way can this possibly backfire!"
Story 1: This isn't about the chair, this is about the OP being the scapegoat of the family and getting tired of being treated poorly. Also, I suspect the BIL has some emotional or drinking problems.
It's always "just a prank, bro" until they do it to you or you actually suffer consequences... Personally, I wouldn't have come back even if they replaced the broken chair, no matter what they promised. The bridge is burnt at this point and I want nothing to do with those toxic bullies.
My brother likes to argue. Seriously and then my mother used to do it too. Along with my niece his daughter. Its bad enough that it always ends with someone leaving in tears. I out and out left one day and told them that they were not happy until someone cried and thats not working for me any longer and until they grow up and stop being such bullies that "have to be right " I'm not coming to family things. I was diagnosed with cancer and then my brother was. Things are better now even tho he still thinks being an obnoxious butthole who argues about how you take hot dog buns out of a package is fine🤦♀️ i just told him I love you but im not doing this anymore life is too short to act like a pissy high school boy
Story 1: I don't think having pranks at family functions is bad, but it sounds like OP's entire family made every single gathering about messing with people. A pranking system that would make sense would be if the party host gets a list of people who want to be involved in pranks before each party, selects one or two small groups to set up the pranks, and have them only affect some/all of the people who chose to participate. that way, everyone gets to laugh, make memories, and bond together. but what OP's family was doing was just straight up insane
Thing is with pranksters they tend to take things too far. And as OP stated in his final update, they still did pranks after learning not to mess him and it only stopped after a glitter bomb messed up a person's carpet and the prankster had to pay for the cleaning bill.
I LOVE your opt-in idea. Some people are just NOT into pranks. And it's only fun if the prankee is laughing, too. I think having a prank-fest, with hard boundaries, and strictly opt-in, and you NEVER mess with anyone who is not on the list, is a great idea! Maybe even have some judges to assign points. "Five points for being funny, but minus three for the mess." That will help train them to have more creative, and less destructive, pranks,
@@AuntLoopy123 I love your point-idea! It could also keep things original, and can be used to punish targeting/revenge pranks, if little awards/prizes are given out for those that do well
Another issue I have is that with the seat prank, only OP is being targeted, hence the drama with the chair. Even for group pranks, is there any reason to prank just one person for kicks and giggles? Either the pranked person smartens up, or the rest of the group gets tired of pranking the exact same target. I am very certain the BIL has a grudge against OP for the constant targeting.
Story 1: Does anyone else feel like what was totally typical behaviour (taking a vacated seat, moving around a family gathering) in many families slowly became a vicious opportunity for bullying when the brother in law realized how difficult and upsetting it was for OP to adapt when his chair was taken? Like brother in law saw him getting upset when someone unintentionally took his seat and then turned it into a targeted attack that the family jumped in on? So weird.
Idk, maybe at first, but the reasonable response would be for the family to recognize it was important to him and do their best to respect it. It had been going on for years they could have just as easily bought a few cheap chairs at some yard sales and solved the problem permanently instead of turning it into a game because they think stressing someone repeatedly without fail is funny. Not to mention the attempt at gaslighting at the end is a telling cherry on top.
Idk, from the way the family responds when they stop stealing chairs I don't even know if OP is actually being singled out. It seems more like this whole family just loves being childish and messing with each other, and they were mad at OP for refusing to participate. Weird indeed.
Nah, something seems off or missing from this story. OP just sounds like the entitled one here. Who the hell gets this upset over a spot to sit? Unless the spots were arranged, no one has ownership or is entitled to any specific spot. If OP has struggles "adapting" they are the one that needs the therapy as there is something weird about being that possessive about seating. It isn't right for the family to mess with the personal chair they brought, I agree with that part, but everything else just makes OP sound like a spoiled baby.
It is. Thankfully I've managed to stop this behavior in my family when I was small, in the second worst way possible, yes, but hey, atleast my mental health didn't decline from that source!
First story. If that is how they treat their own family members, how horrible do they treat perfect strangers or their peers or coworkers? This is why we as a society should allow kids who are being bullied to stand up for themselves instead of punishing them more.
I love good family pranks. An example of a good prank: hiding a stuffed duck in each other's house. Hiding the same picture in each other's houses. Basically don't mess with something that matters or scares the hell out of each other.
Agreed and to also be understanding of the person you want to prank if they tell you to stop. Be respectful of people’s boundaries and know when too far is in fact too far. Pranks and jokes are healthy as long as everyone is having fun, including the person being pranked.
Family musical chairs story: See how the village tears itself apart after their scapegoat is gone? That's what OP was, a scapegoat. An innocent victim to bully and blame when everyone else was lacking the stimulation they wanted. Sounds like that family is having way too many get-togethers with far too few events or activities to justify them. Crazy pizza boss story: If someone comes banging on your door that you don't want there, tell them you will call the police if they continue. Then make good on that if they don't stop and call the non-emergency line. OP should get a restraining order against that man too, he is clearly unhinged and knows OP's address. In fact, gather all the employees he has harassed and ALL get restraining orders against the man. Maybe a judge hitting him over the head a few times can knock some sense into the man's skull. Plus, it will put a damper on his desire to start frivolous lawsuits.
Bullsqueeze! A .357 stuck up the former boss's left nostril will get his attention. Asshole like that don't care about a "warning". They require a dire threat to get thru their brain fog.
Wow. First OP needs his entire family to get some therapy to understand boundaries and to find a healthy way to fight boredom because clearly their pranks aren't fun for everyone if the rest of them aren't finding it funny when they are on the receiving end.
I doubt therapy is gonna help those people. People who can’t conceive boundaries have much deeper issues. Who wants to invest so much time to save family “get togethers”. Stay home, relax with adults, or visit relatives that actually are worth the time.
@@bleachfan2.029 that literally isn't even the point. Op did get a new seat, they brought their own damn seat, that makes it theirs. If you brought a jacket to someone’s house and took it off for a second because you were warm, what make it ok for someone else to take your jacket and then not give it back when you say you're chilly again? Same logic
@@dimsufferer9951 the guys going bat shit insane and ruins his family’s experience just because someone took a seat, the reason they kept taking his seat is because of his reaction. My brother did the same thing I stopped reacting and he found something else interesting to do.
Chair story: When I was young, IDK if my mom did it on purpose because I was the youngest, but whenever she hosted a party we were always a chair short. Because I was the youngest I was always made to sit on the floor so the olders could have a seat. Even my cousin who was only a year older than me got to have a chair. I guess I should be thankful I had a chair for dinner. What a miracle.
My mother was a girl scout leader. Her little power trip trick was to buy only enough craft supplies for herself and the other girls. I was almost always left sitting there embarassed and idle. One day, one of the girls said sadly, "I feel sorry for you" and another stated flatly "Your mother's a bitch." Yeah mom, they were on to you. Everybody was.
For the second story, I'm glad OP finally got that epiphany. It's something you don't understand until you get some experience and you've had enough, which is basically "your job is not the only one you can do, there's more out there that are a lot better. Go for it!". Glad they managed to get out of that toxic place.
Story 1: All it took was a few people going a little too far for all this chaos to ensue. At least the pranking pretty much stopped. It's pretty funny when the people who say "It's not a big deal" are the ones making the biggest deal
Sometimes you need to go to far for something to change as sad as it may seem. I'm almost ready to take things too far to get my cousin to quite messing with me. The guys got anxiety and has certain triggers that will have him seem like he'll start crying any moment. But when that's not the case he'll act like he's right and keeps messing with me by slapping by butt, make kissy faces at me, or various other things that invade my personal space. I've told him to stop and one time I told him if he didn't I'll deck him last warning. Family said I'm taking it too far with that but this shits been going on for years and I'm just done. At this point I'm thinking of using a trigger which even I think is a-holeish but I just want this done with and if he insists I'll play ball.
2nd story: it's totally true that the biggest pizza chains pay drivers less than $2 per delivery. Gas costs went WAY up and the gas pay to drivers did not go up at all. When you don't tip, your driver is losing money.
I currently deliver pizzas. My store gives us 6% commission on delivers. I walk away each night with $80-120 not including hourly pay. Not bad but I just had an interview for a more solid job.
@@Muriuki34 some places do it differently where they are paid per mile driven, so that covers it but doesn't help much for wear and tear on your vehicle, oil changes, going through tires faster, etc. Other employers pay drivers a flat rate per delivery you take and call it gas pay but it doesn't cover all your gas depending on your delivery radius. They raise delivery fees customers pay but don't raise the gas pay for drivers.
@@MrIHaveASword updates wise u r correct its up to OP to remember and want to update. Also who knows if they died in a car crash or whatever, things happen. But usually a best of contest somewhere always has some good stuff and since its stories thats great. So weekly or bi weekly would b awesome and ofc 3rd best part of this channel, 2nd is yugo, 3rd is rslashs wife and him gushing about her imo 😂😁
When I was 16 I worked for a fast food place that had drive-thru, walk-up and dining room service. On my third day the boss started yelling at me, in front of customers, because I asked where an order was supposed to go. I quit on the spot. He grabbed me by the shirt collar, screamed in my face and shoved me. I left and was embarrassed to go home, but one of the customers he did this in front of knew me and called my mother. I wasn't there when she stormed the place but the stories I've heard from co-workers are pretty epic. Apparently he ended up crying because she told him she was filing charges against him for assaulting a minor and was going to sue him and the restaurant chain. I worked three days...got one paycheck...it was for 100 hours. Several months later I found out the restaurant owners had given him the choice of "making it right" or firing him and that was why I got the big check. For those wondering, minimum wage was $3.25 per hour and I got a whopping $325.
For the first story, in my personal opinion, the 'prank' would've been a whole lot better if it was ONE time, at Christmas, and then OP opened a really fancy folding chair from the person sitting in his prior spot.
My sister's girls used to get "shooed" out of my seat every single time I would have to get up while visiting them. My sis thought it was hilarious, I just found it annoying as hell. My nieces and I still get a laugh out of it forty years later. They used to grab my drink and drink out of it too. Ugh. My sis did NOT believe in teaching boundaries.
*First OP:* I was _not_ expecting that plot twist (or that sound effect, lol)! I would've skipped family gatherings if I were OP. His family sounds exhausting! Oh, and OP was NTA. *Second OP:* I should've made popcorn for this. The heck did I just read?! OP's ex-boss needs to reevaluate his life choices 'cuz this ain't it.
Story 2: Sounds like you're quitting a bad boss. No great loss to you. Someone does something like showing up at my door, I'd tell them to leave and close the door. If they don't take the hint, call the police to have him trespassed off the property (which, you can do as a tenant).
There was an update to story 1: "My chair was stolen, a brat broke my phone, and a chair prank caused a VERY MESSY divorce in the family Somehow I return again. And with some crazy info on some stuff that went down this past year. I never could have imagined how things could have spiraled into what happened. If you guys thought my brother in law throwing my chair through a bay window after his son wasn't allowed to sit on it was crazy, just read about all of this. You're not gonna want to believe it. Firstly, my good padded folding chair I'd paid over $80 for was stolen. I have no idea by who as it didn't happen at a family event, but rather hanging out at a friend's house. Somebody just walked into his yard and took it. I learned my lesson and decided never to buy an expensive folding chair again. Now I just keep a cheap folding chair I got for $3 at a second hand store in my trunk. Moving on to other stuff, the family pranks I described in my last post seemingly stopped, but some of them slowly resumed. However they were only harmless little things that just give chuckles. The only person that they refused to prank at all was me, due to the events of my previous posts. But that didn't stop entitlement. The seven year old son of one of my cousins stole my phone during a family birthday party at my parents' house, and intentionally broke it rather than return it. His parents were already going through a rough patch. My cousin the father was constantly clashing with his wife over how to parent their child. His now ex-wife was a bad enabler of their son. She's also terrible with money, and has a very her way or the highway attitude, and she does not like to back down when wrong. She was one of the more outspoken people that hated me bringing my own chair and never sharing it. But she never got physical about it. She once confronted me and said that if I was going to bring my own chair, it should be something nice and made of wood that doesn't fold. I told her I was not going to lug around a dining room chair wherever I go when a folding chair takes up only a little space in my trunk. She argued with me about it more, and got nowhere. None of the family events were at her house, and she does not dictate my life. She gave me death glares for months, but otherwise left me alone. The night her son stole my phone, he'd already been grounded from electronics by his father. The kid took my phone when I set it down on a table to eat some cake, and then ran off with it when I wasn't looking. He holed himself up in the master bedroom closet, and was trying to install new gaming apps on my phone. That closet had a lock on the door, and the key was lost years ago. The brat refused to come out or return the phone. His mother kept telling us all (Mainly me) to just leave him alone and let him game on it. But I refused and said my phone was not his toy. The brat was told several times to open the door, and he refused. All the while his mother kept contradicting everything said. My cousin got fed up and started forcing the old door open. It's an old manufactured home, and that door was pretty flimsy. Just as he was making headway, we heard loud banging sounds from inside the closet. The brat had started banging my phone against the nearest hard object he could find. The brat let out some loud screams as his dad pulled him out of the closet. The screen on my phone was nearly destroyed. Thankfully the rest of it was protected by the case. My cousin's wife tried to blame it on me, and said it was my fault her baby broke the phone because I wouldn't let him game on it. EVERYONE in the room turned on her, and she shut up out of cowardice. It costed around $300 to repair my phone, and I had to use a temporary one till mine was fixed. And yes, my cousin paid for the repairs. Well, the rest of the family knew about my cousin's wife's disdain for folding chairs like the one I keep in my car. And they decided to pull a prank on her because of her attitude after the incident with her son stealing my phone. I would like to be clear that I was not involved in this in any way, nor did I really condone doing it. But the entire thing was out of my hands. My cousins got together decided to prank that B of a wife, and got their hands on a whole bunch of folding chairs. Then they removed every chair and seat in his house and replaced them with the folding chairs. Folding chairs at the dining table, folding chairs at the counter, folding chairs in place of the living room furniture, and more were strategically placed around the house. Even the chairs on the porch were replaced with them. When my cousin's wife came home, her reaction went far beyond what anyone thought. Their plan was to just record her having a tantrum and get a laugh. But she ended up going insane on the spot and tried to get a knife from the kitchen to attack her husband with. When she couldn't get the knife, she pulled out pepper spray from her purse and used it on everybody. Then she attacked her husband with her long fake nails. She probably would have tried to claw his eyes out or something. But thankfully one of the other guys there kicked her off him. I couldn't freaking believe this shit happened all because folding chairs! And I feel like the root cause since I'm the one who was always bringing my own chair to family events since there was never enough seating and people kept taking the places I was sitting. And it escalated far beyond me. Police were obviously called, the wife got arrested, all the guys there had to go to the hospital because of the pepper spray in their eyes, and my cousin had to get all the scratches to his face treated. He looked like a bobcat attacked him. He filed for an immediate order of protection against his wife. They'd recorded everything, like her trying to get the knife and screaming she'd stab somebody. She had to go stay with her sister after spending some time in jail, and her sister I hear is as narcissistic as she is. My cousin obviously filed for divorce, and his wife later spent some more time in jail after pleading guilty for the assault. She wasn't allowed near her son for a while, and tried to take it out on my cousin in court during the divorce. That did not go in her favor because he was easily able to prove how unhinged she is. My cousin got primary custody of his son, and his ex got only supervised visitation since she was so mentally unstable. She's pretty much abandoned her son, and has shacked up with some fat older man, got a serious tan and bleached her hair. I guess she'd rather live the life of a sugar baby caked in makeup. My cousin's son has shown great improvement since being separated from his mother. He was put through counseling, and listens to his father more now. The kid has to be babysat a lot since my cousin has to work. But at the very least things got better. I still feel like the root cause of this because of the chair thing though. Edit: Just a bit of added info I didn't think to include before. But my cousin's ex-wife had a love for fancy expensive things she couldn't really afford. She filled my cousin's house with imitation Victorian style furniture that she was extremely anal about. Which I suppose was one of the reasons she lost her mind so hard when it was all replaced with folding chairs. My cousin threw all that furniture out when he divorced her. He said it was all uncomfortable and looked better than it felt. Second edit: My dumb self didn't bother to set a password on that phone when I got it. So the kid was able to use it just fine when he took it. I set a password after getting the phone fixed. And the kid was grounded from electronic devices by his father for a month."
My family had a rule when we were kids that we would say, "spot back," as we got up from our seat and that meant nobody could take it. But we were just kids and when we grew up we didn't need to keep saying it. The family from the first story needs to implement it.
Stars. Above. The boss of that last story is just... Wow... If you seriously think that this is how you're supposed to run a business, losing your business is THE LEAST you deserve. What a horrible person.
It's super common for these people who never really had to do anything and just had the business run itself to be like that, I've had the unfortunate displeasure of having worked at such a place a couple of times in the far past. People with huge egos who think that they are something for having the business (who is usually managed by someone else) and you're trash for just being an employee. Their power over your financial life means that they can threat you like trash, the world is full of such people... I honestly hope that there is a nice place in hell for all of them.
There's a saying in England and France. "For the want of a nail, a kingdom was lost" DB boss tried to save a few $ by NOT hiring more staff but probably paid in the end with bankruptcy
The chair thing breaks my heart because when I was younger, my parents and brothers used to make fun of me for 'moaning' every time I needed something or didn't agree with something. They thought it was funny because it would get a rise out of me, but nobody else was ever branded a 'moaner' and my input was often just completely ignored because I was 'moaning'. Now, twenty years down the line, I don't tell my parents or brothers any of my personal problems and choose not to get involved in making any family decisions. They don't accuse me of 'moaning' now, but that decade or so of their little running joke got me to the point where I find it so difficult to stand up for myself or make decisions because the back of my mind tells me I'm just 'moaning'.
BIL: *"It's just a chair, it's not a big deal!!"* Also BIL: **F-cking yeets OP's chair through a bay window** Nothing says "It's not a big deal" like yeeting a chair through a bay window.
Story 1: Sit on their laps. That'll make them stop stealing your seats REAL quick. Story 2: "When are you gonna grow up and be a man like me, stalking ex-employees and banging on their doors all day!?"
First story: I've had my share of barbecues and family get togethers and the biggest question in a normal, functional family is "are there enough chairs for everyone?" Even some of the invitations usually say "bring food, drinks, and chairs for communal use." And us little kids? We could sit in an empty chair, but if an elder of the family was coming around "here you go grandma! I'm gonna get a drink, you can have my seat!" This is just a family of failures who like to pick on their own family members. Probably other people, too.
"It's OP's fault!" cried specific family members. "If he didn't get upset at someone damaging his property and actively trying to torment him, his brother in law wouldn't have acted like an alcoholic ape!" Cool. I love family sometimes.
Story 1: I think that could have been the origin story of that crotchety old man in Christmas movies with no movie. Whether OP or the brother in law is that old man, it just goes to show how something so small can divide a group. It shows that pride and ego can be so toxic if left unchecked. You would think that the chair throw the window would be the end of that, but I guess it was a lot of egos in the fam for the message to get through. The fact that they couldn't find anything else to do for fun besides pranking each other means that they must not have very good relationships with each other. So maybe now that the chair and the pranks are over, they can all now get to know each other and form actually relationships with one another like civilized adults. smh
Doubt it. Families like this one are dysfunctional from WAY back. The parents that allowed this shiz to continue for so many years and only moderated their behavior AFTER the internet consensus said THEY were the asshats did this crap finally stop, are primarily to blame.
Oh my god, the 2nd story made my day, I laughed my ass off, this man's persistence to harass his employees was pretty intense. It's even pretty scary how some bosses are willing to take it to the point of showing up at their employee's doorstep to complain. Seems like he needs to grow up if he can't accept no and learn from his piss poor workplace attitude. There's the saying, "Treat ppl the way you want to be treated". I will say, OP's response through the open door was so beautiful~
You reap what you sow you treat people like shit you won't get good fruit. Also how sad do you have to be to say everyone else is lazy and yet he's the one working everyone to the bone while probably not even doing anything and then go to your former employees houses because he couldn't even be bothered to control his wittle baby tantrums and is trying to force people to work like what is this confederate America?
@@shadowmewfred09 True, it's hard for management to see past their egos with how hard their subordinates work. Being short staffed is real tough on the rest of any team, and they have so much riding on those poor workers trying to make ends meet. They should be grateful they even have workers, let alone this prick of a boss. He got a hard lesson.
It's a combination of a perverse need to belittle and abuse others in order to feel "powerful" and a kind of narcissism and entitlement that give people like that 'Nothing of this situation is in any way *_MY_* fault!!' thinking; they've got blind spots big enough to back an 18-wheeler through when it comes to their own flaws. The fundamental inability to acknowledge his own faults + destructive need to bully others (x) a truly horrendous temper = catastrophic midlife crisis meltdown.
I had a housemate (It was my place and he rented a room from me) who quit his job. His boss showed up at MY house and demanded to speak to his former employee. He wasn't home so I told his ex-boss that. Apparently, his boss didn't believe me and wanted to come into MY house and search it. I told him no, and he got all offended. I then told him I don't care about you or your freaking problems. He threated to call the cops on me for refusing to let him search MY house. I laughed at him and said go ahead. I will be here and slammed the door in his face. Nothing happened. I understand why my housemate quit that job if he treated a stranger in his own house like that, I can imagine how he would treat an employee.
The first story was amazing. OP got what he needed, and that was great. The farting stuff had me howling to the point where I was crying. The dedication to eat foods to fast out nasty smells is superb. No one else seems to have picked up on this. It must be English people who still find farts amazing when they're adults.
I only needed to tell my brother once that if he touches my stuff without my permission, I will break his legs. He is an abusing, gaslighting narcissist who made me who I am. I call it the maximum force response. These people get you in many small steps, pushing the line back and back until they own your life. Today he abuses his girlfriends (Yes, both of them, 28 and 17 years old. He feels entitled to a harem) and knows perfectly well that I will go to jail for life over a bent spoon and him in permanent vacation in the dirt. It doesn't matter what it is. Be it a 5000 dollar car, a 50 dollar chair or a 5 cent plastic spoon. IT IS MINE. They are attacking the idea that I own something, that I make the rules and not them when it comes to this item. If someone pulls shit like this, just ghost them. The fact that they need to be told that it is wrong is already to much, beyond saving. They are a time bomb if they don't know this before meeting you. Cut them out of your life ASAP.
Honestly, any family that actively harasses each other is extremely toxic and should all be taught a lesson on their toxicity! OP is so not the A--hole! SECOND STORY: And people wonder why the US is undergoing a labor shortage post-covid lockdowns!
I want to say OP's family is filled with toxic masculinity, but let's face it, if everyone, not just the men, are pulling this prank on him, then it's devolved into full blown meltdown level toxic.
Story 2: I feel bad for people who have to deal with these bosses. People shouldn't work for egotistical bosses who have an embarrassing amount of immaturity. They deserve people who are kind, generous, and fair
It constantly amazes me that we do not have requirements for managing other people. If you wish to employ or manage others then you should have to be qualified - the more people the higher your qualifications need to be. Employing even one person should require passing a certificate course that covers all the necessary things - just having the money to employ someone should not be enough. I did Officer Training in the army - leadership and management can be taught and improved, and even natural ability will only get you so far.
@@nevyn_karres ...you think people should need government training and license to be in charge of their own businesses? I actually *am* an Army officer. I have legal power to compel Soldiers' behavior, in combat and in garrison. Business managers do not. Employees can refuse. Employees can quit. Your comparison is silly.
@@dawnfire82 I meant it more as an illustration of how management and leadership can be taught - there are so many jobs that require certificates and qualifications, licenses, but being in charge of people does not. When it should.
Knowing how reddit stories go I was fully prepared for “so that’s exactly what I did🤓. I ran with it! I picked up the next delivery order and instead of getting in my car I just ran with the pizza directly to the customers house. That’ll show my boss!”
@@awesomefox555 The stupidest, weakest excuse for an argument the 21st century has shat out so far: calling anyone who doesn't agree with your demands on how they behave "phobic." Islamophobic, homophobic, transphobic. It's so pathetic.
With the first story, I think OP should just stop going to family functions for their mental health because good God. As well as their sister divorcing her husband anyway because if he restorted to attempting to destroy a person's possession over something really petty, he should not be in their child's life and *will* ruin their life.
That family! That BIL! "How DARE you call me a bully, just because I bullied you, incessantly! CRASH!" Wow, I thought my brother and I were pulling awesome pranks, when we instituted the "Dad gets a hideous tie every Christmas, birthday and Father's Day," and he actually wore them to church. We kept it up, until his hideous tie collection became just TOO big, and got purged in a move. When will people understand that pranks are ONLY fun when EVERYONE, especially the butt of the joke, LAUGHS? OP was NOT laughing. He NEVER laughed. Because it was NEVER funny. And now, with pranks off the table, because they're all tired of it, they can't think of anything fun to do? Have these people never heard of a board game? or card game? Or party game? Charades, maybe? Gee, willikers! I feel sorry for a whole family of people who CANNOT ENTERTAIN THEMSELVES WITHOUT HURTING OTHER PEOPLE. Ugh.
As someone who comes from a large Latin family who loves large parties, we don’t do pranks. We talk to each other, gossip, catch up, kids play in the back yard or watch movies or play video games, the men usually drink and watch football cause they enjoy doing so and it’s really fun and lovely to be a part of. Like rSlash said, if you need pranks to make a family event fun, firstly your family is boring and dull and secondly, the whole family is childish and immature. Pranks are not necessary for a fun experience. I’m glad OPs family is learning that albeit the hard way.
Never seen a manager of a pizza store rage so hard like that and it’s hilarious how he literally went onto Ops lawn and tried to force him to be a man and to “get back to work” and he literally fired Op. 😂
For the first story, haven’t Op’s family ever heard of outdoor/indoor games. What happen to bouncing castle or pool/slide. What happen to playing companion games such as racing, egg carrying, water ballon, ect. Pranks don’t always have to be a form of entertainment.
Also, a "prank" is usually a once, maybe two times appearance type thing. (At least, that one form of it) You tell the same joke over and over again, it stops being funny. It's also only a "prank" when everyone can laugh about it.
Story1: NTA. They have been bullying the OP for YEARS and keep thinking its funny when it clearly is not and they not only thought it was funny to take his property but to break it. BIL owes him the $50 and an apology. He was right to walk out. If they think it's so funny to gang up and bully him then they are not people he should be around. They are toxic. He's better off without them. It's not "just a chair". It's about years of disrespect and bullying. I'm glad OP's parents actually realized how toxic the behavior was and told the others to stop it. Wow! The BIL has some *major* issues going on. He must truly hate OP for some reason and feel the need to keep bullying him like that. Busted out a window bc he was told he shouldn't be picking on his wife's brother anymore? WTF. It wasn't even his bay window. He could go to jail for breaking the chair and the window. Bay windows are expensive. I'm glad that OP standing up for himself is what got the family to start standing up for themselves and trying to put a stop to asinine "pranks". This family sounds very immature. I love your assessment after reading. Story2: My brother worked at a pizza hut for a few years. Manager was absolutely awful. No delivery drivers existed during that time. Eventually they got new manager and got at least one delivery person. Yeah, the "no one wants to work" whine. No, people are willing to work, they just don't want to work to 1/4 of a living wage while having to do the job of multiple other people (for which they are not financially compensated) & treated like garbage. No benefits, no PTO, and the pay may not even cover gas to get to and from work. They don't want to work for YOU. (This said to the companies and bosses who treat employees worse than draft animals). This owner sounds a lot like the manager that used to be at my brother's job. He actually screamed "fuck the customers" in front of customers. Shouting at employees (particularly in front of customers) is against most corporate policies. Can we say hostile work environment? Good for OP! At another place my brother worked, a shelf area was full of spiders and the manager ordered an employee to clean it up. He said he wasn't going near the spiders & they needed to get pest control in there (he's allergic to bug bites). She screamed at him to just effing do it or he was fired. He held up two fingers, said "Deuces" and walked out. The boss also reminds me of the Walmart manager who had over 20 employees quit on her the same day because of her unprofessional behavior and verbal abuse. They got their paychecks and all walked out. We're in an "at will" state so they didn't have to give any notice. I love how you started laughing while reading the part about the former employer being on the lawn. Many of the people who read these things out don't have as amusing reactions to what they are reading. I love that OP had a few choice words when his ex-boss was leaving. This is glorious! The boss got exactly what he deserved for mistreating employees. Former employees might want to get some sort of protective orders against him and set up cameras just in case though.
That boss is the same type of person to stalk someone for breaking up with him by the sound of it. Doesn't understand how consent works, let alone "we're through ". Can't wait for an update where he's in prison.
Most definitely. The man reeks of entitlement and, quite honestly, straight up narcissism. Even when times are good, he sat back and let his employees overwork themselves with little to no help at all, except to micromanage them once a month. And when the consequences of his own actions caught up with him and it harmed his business, he blamed everyone else but himself and refused to even accept that most of his employees quit until he literally could not keep the store open. The guy obviously respected no one but himself.
"maybe he should hire a second drive!" You see, there's an issue with that. It makes too much sense for the boss to realize that. It wasn't his idea so he doesn't like it
I feel for OP in the first one. He has to deal with a whole family of fuckwiths. You know, people who are not happy unless they are fucking with someone.
Pizza op dropping into unhinged ranting about just quitting speaks to my very soul Also reminds me of my first job when I was 16. Called in sick, and got told my manager didn't believe me and that I'd better come in or be taken off the schedule and was hung up on. He called me back a week later asking if I was "ready" to come back. I said 'nope' and hung up
First Story, NTA: OP’s family sound like children. Second Story: I find it funny how this boss is blaming everyone but himself over him losing his business. I guess he is losing business because of OP and not him being a horrible POS, who treats his employees like shit (sarcasm). This man is absolutely insane and got what he deserved
In the first story, I am guessing the BIL just fundamentally dislikes the OP. He uses "teasing" and "pranks", but the reality is that it's not just a "stupid chair".
I like the glass breaking sound effect. First story, the guy flips out over OP bringing his own chair because the pricks kept stealing the seats for "grins and giggles" with no intention of returning them. Talk about MAJOR immaturity. I find pranking at family gathering events to be flat out stupid. I stopped attending Thanksgiving dinners at one of my aunt's houses for some time because my dumbass cousin and a few other family members thought it was funny to pelt someone in the head with a football. They did that to a few kids and claimed that "it was an accident" when the parents came out upon hearing their kids crying. Then they went back to doing it again until they decided to target me and they hit me hard with it. I got pissed at one point because I was in the middle of playing hide-and-seek with the kids when I took a hit to the face with a football. I took the ball, walked over to the tree stump, took out my knife, and I was about to pop it when my cousin ran over and snatched the ball from me. He and the others kept telling me to "chill out" and that it was only fun. I went inside to say bye to my aunt and a few others and I also added I wasn't coming back over anymore. They saw the welts on me and were shocked (even more when I said I wasn't coming back anymore) and wanted to know what happened and so I told them. I left but I learned from my dad that my dumbass cousin and the others got their asses chewed out big time over what they did and a big argument broke out. I didn't show back up to my aunt's for the next few years, even though I was asked to go and I refused when I learned that my cousin and the dumbass relatives would be there too. I did eventually return but that was after the cousin and the others stopped showing up for good.
Someone should tell that boss the quote: "You can catch more bee's with honey, than you can with vinegar." He DESPERATELY NEEDS to learn that, and LIVE by that! LMAO
I love how people like the second boss always say stuff like, “people don’t want to work anymore”. It’s not that people don’t want to work, moron. It’s that people don’t want to work for sh** wages that don’t even cover gas money, then get there and be completely overwhelmed due to intentional crappy staffing, THEN get abused and screamed at and belittled by both customers and management. Pay a decent wage, staff appropriately, and treat people like people, and you’ll be amazed at how many people want to work for you and patronize your business. Happy employees make customers happier!
OP should tell his old boss to be a man and stop throwing a temper tantrum at his door step. If that front door episode was an attempt to beg for him to come back to work, I'd say the boss failed miserably.
Wow, that chair family thing has a lot of weird dynamics to it. Control freaks? Dominance plays? Bad parents not establishing boundaries in childhood? Latent tendencies towards bullying behaviour? Sounds like an awful environment to grow up in.
@@cnault3244 except who acutely likes all members of there family? you can't choose family like you can friends, heck most of my family hasn't spoken to one another in 15+ years
@@robgilmour3147 Sure, but if everyone is sitting there not speaking and just texting, no one has any idea who is texting to who. You could be sitting there texting a friend across town telling him you're stuck at this lame family event.
Chairs: Many years ago I worked in a pub, and when my shift ended I liked to sit on a stool at the bar, and have a beer or two. But the supply of stools was limited. So, I bought a stool. It was mine, not the pubs. When I was working it was in the back room, next to the glass washers. At the end of my shift I got it out, and sat on it, Everyone knew it was my stool. No one ever used it apart from me. Just like no one borrows a car without permission. One day a self important new staff member decided to use MY stool. Buy your own furniture lady. She stood up to adjust her dress, and I removed it from under her. She then sat back down. On the floor. Bar stools are about 3 feet tall. It was a long way down. she was amply padded for the landing. My stool. Belongs to me. I do not drink the drinks you pay for, you do not sit on the stool I paid for. One of the customers simply said to her ‘it is his stool.’ I still have it. When I quit the job at the pub I took it with me.
The second story. I’ve been there. I was a supervisor at a warehouse club food court. I had every manager breathing down my neck. If I was able to work a miracle one day, they would expect it the next day. I hated breathing during that time in my life. I had a nervous breakdown. I’ve never really been the same
It's scary, yet amusing, hearing how ultimately self-destructing these people can be. I agree, the family are bullies for deliberately ruin OP's safe spot year after year, thinking that it's funny. And then this super crazy manager who has the GALL to go over to the HOUSE of the worker who quit just to angrily shout at him. I tell ya, these people be freakin' crazy, man...
For the last story about the bad boss, I'm reminded of the advice that I'll paraphrase from the Black Swan Group trainings: Never piss off someone who can ruin you by simply doing nothing.
man that first one was wild. My family did the chair thing too, but it was WAY more lighthearted than what went on with them, because there were always extra places to sit and noone ever took it that far. some people are just mean spirited
I think the line OP of story 1 said; "I think they were so used to how things were that now they're trying to find other ways to amuse themselves that don't involve cellphones" is pretty telling about how those people are. When I go to a party, social event, family gathering, etc... it's not about amusing myself. It's about socializing and being there with friends and family. I can't think of a single time where I needed to "amuse myself", because I had other people there to do things with (instead of doing things to). Play cards, board games, watch a movie, if you're into it have some drinks, tell stories, play charades, there are countless things you can do as a group to entertain everyone. Bullying one or a few people for entertainment defeats the purpose for them to attend. I feel bad for Op, my family has it's downfalls but this is pretty fucking bad. I'd hate to say it, but I wouldn't attend gatherings with those people. I'd set aside time to visit with the family I do care about, then leave the rest in my dust.
Story 1 hits home as something similar happened to me over a craft that I love to do. It finally stopped when I had full on ugly cry in front of them. Story 2 - I hope the co-worker's Mom went full on Momma Bear on the owner. He deserves that and more!
first story/update... why can't the family get more chairs? or stop having such big get togethers? it's common sense, I'm on OP's side, I want a seat, I'll bring my chair, don't take it, it's not a joke, it's your lack of seating
the last story reminded me of why I quit my last fast food job after being with the company for 4 years. It might not sound a lot but for a fast food with crappy management, that's a lot. I'm just a simple minded person back then. I just worked because I just wanted money on my pocket but thanks to shitty company management and other bs, I found myself being dragged up the ranks (not climbing, but being dragged up). Before I knew it, I was already the one in-charged of training every single employee that finishes the hiring process. Then covid hits and we barely earn anything for our job. Meanwhile the general manager always rants about "Being thankful for having a job in this trying times" while telling us to do work twice or in my case, three times our agreed workload because not only I have to single handedly man the grill, kitchen and handle the stocks, I also need to do everything even during busy hours. Then one fateful day, there was a typhoon and I was the only employee who isn't a cashier that managed to get to work because everyone else didn't make it to wide spread flooding so I and another junior manager (who by the way is pregnant) had to open the store up and run everything. Due to my manager being pregnant for 6 months and me not wanting to strain her, I basically took over everything and just have her man the cash register and try to keep tabs on anyone who can somehow go to work while I do everything. That's how much authority I had in that company at one point. I was just an employee but I can order the newer manager around like that. There was no way the two of us can handle everything specially with a typhoon and massive flooding around. A quick side note, the town where I live can be called a weird one. Whenever there is flooding and storms, people would usually flock into fast foods and other places that can serve anything edible and ready to eat. Most people don't have fridges and do shopping for perishable food at the local supermarket or wet market on a daily basis. With that in mind, you can see how 2 people manning a fast food in this kind of situation would definitely end in disaster. And it did. Orders easily got backed up, costumers are angry and barely anything was served on time because I was busy grilling stuff on the grilling station while cooking other stuff that isn't grilled like rice in the kitchen which is about 5 meters from the grilling area. It's not seem that far but if you are running around like headless chicken, that's shit is too far of a distance to cover several times a minute. What did I get as a reward for this hard work? Well, I got chewed up by the general manager in front of 20 costumers (the maximum number of costumers we are allowed to let inside at any given point) because "We are buried under a pile of orders" which is actually correct since we were backed up so far by so many orders since most costumers we were getting were ordering for their entire family. It was a long 10 hour shift of working non-stop and only having a measly 15 minute break to shove some meal into my mouth. I was exhausted and during most of the day, I was being chewed for "being slow". Two more employees did show up but one had to go do the deliveries and one had to man the floor and take care of costumers while the general manager was finally free to go inside the Kitchen and chew me ever further for the rest of the day. The next day, I gave my 30 days notice and told them nothing they say can make me change my mind.
That first family was actually the closest I have ever been to unironically saying that "they're not clowns, they're the entire circus". Well, not anymore thankfully.
They're the entire insane asylum for sure
Anyone marrying into that family should be put on a watchlist. Cuz these people are so immature that they should be legally considered a child at this point.
And I sure am glad they're not MY monkeys.
The fact that they can’t be funny unless bullying someone is INSANE
Story 1: it's not _just a chair._ It's _YEARS_ of intentional disrespect, and OP finally put his foot down, cause he wants somewhere to put his butt down.
I don't understand why he came to family meetings at all if they don't have enough chairs
when they "stole" his chair for the third time, he could say that he will not come again because he has nowhere to sit, so let them think for themselves
It's made up. This is just a redditoids version of a greentext.
@@tihomirrasperic that's the thing they had enough chairs, but every time he stood up, someone took that chair and he had to go looking for a new one.
What the fuck is wrong with that family lmao
a prank is only a prank as long as you do it once or twice, you do it for years then its bullying, and *prank or joke* are words they'll use to excuse the bullying
First story: I remember doing pranks like that… in college… with my friends… when everyone was fine with it. Not at a family gathering to someone who didn’t enjoy it. Little pranks are ok IF THE PERSON BEING PRANKED IS OK WITH IT. If not, it’s just straight up bullying. You’re right, this whole family is infested with toxic bullies.
the quality of a joke. does not depend on who is the sender, but who is the recipient. if the recipient doesn't like it, then it's not funny. clear and simple
@@nicklasbentsen404 fax. And to know them a lot more too and perhaps let them know if it's okay if you can pull that prank. Like way before you do it until they forget about it XD
@@Nyax50Lopez Asking to pull pranks beforehand ruins the prank itself. Keep it small and respectful (like a trail of riddles on post it notes that lead to a silly picture) and make sure it's easily fixed (no glitter bombs but rubber duckies is silly....see James Veitch)
Apparently they don't understand that it could lead to mass murder suicide!
@@TisOnlyAScratch imo you can go for any prank that’s not objectively harmful; but if the person says they didn’t appreciate it, apologize and don’t do it again.
The first story wasn't about the chair, but the fact that they didn't respect anyone and got pissed about someone setting proper boundaries
If it wasn't just a chair, then they would've left it alone. They are immature, and pedantic to think this passes off a fun or good times
Quitting Pizza Driver: Good on them for quitting and getting away from that abusive employer
Story 1: A good rule for pranks is "Confuse, don't abuse." Once a prank goes too far, it can't be pulled back.
You can't use "It's just a prank bro!" If your prank gets someone hurt or worse.
@leeofdoom4452if you’re insinuating that there’s nothing wrong with the whole chair thing then maybe you need therapy because clearly you’re used to being treated like shit.
@leeofdoom4452 lol clearly you didn’t listen to the story. Quit being an instigator.
@leeofdoom4452 it’s NOT about the chair dude, this is why I believe you didn’t watch the video lol I have a MASSIVE family, 26 cousins on my moms side alone, and while we aren’t perfect we aren’t throwing bitch fits and toeing chairs through windows, or telling our children to go take their uncles eat dispose him ( from the sound of it over the years ) has asked everyone to stop. You think that’s normal do you? Like I said you might need therapy.
Story 1: I STILL laugh at the dude being so butt-hurt about not being allowed to be a bully that he CHUCKED A CHAIR THROUGH A WINDOW. Then there is the fact that the family somehow can't have fun without constant pranks that shows their level of maturity.
And a threat of divorce.
That family has some major problems hiding just under the surface.
It seems like they're working through them slowly but yikes.
@@glenngriffon8032 But the BIL was angry. And if we remove people's right to be angry, no matter how unjustified, we are committing fascism. Why didn't they ask why he chucked the chair out of the window? Or is all the consideration for the uptight a-hole that entitledly want "his own place". It's not his chair, even if he bought it. It's the parties chair if you bring it to a party.
@@robertwilloughby8050 brain't?
@@robertwilloughby8050 This is a fantastic argument. Let's strawman more and ask why BIL didn't throw a person through the window. Obviously since they brought themselves, they are party property
@@robertwilloughby8050 Wanna come to my party? Bring your phone since it’s my party and you bring your phone to the party it becomes the party’s phone. Since it’s my party I get a new phone. You should also bring the deed to your house, your car and anything else you own. Thanks
It's not just a chair. Let's throw out the fact that they destroyed OPs property for a minute. The fact that they disrespect OP so much is just disgusting behaviour.
I would have stopped going after buying the chair and it happening the next time!
Yeah. It's property. Property that the family disrespected and mocked him for.
I mean im pretty sure the BIL threw the fact out along with the window, so he's got that covered
Ha "throw out..."
@@OldsmobileCutlass1969Va ⁷
In the first story, I think it’s funny how the the BIL and other family members were annoyed that OP would take things “so far over a chair” when, in reality, OP was the only one being an adult, establishing healthy boundaries, and was simply asking for a little respect from his family members. And in the end, it was the BIL who took things too far!!!
Really? He got butt hurt that someone grabbed the chair he was using, simple solution get another chair. Bringing a chair from home should only happen if there aren’t enough chairs.
And to top it off he fucked up his family over a CHAIR his BIL drank himself to sleep because of this piece of shit
Bullies never see any wrongdoing in thier actions and it's always the victim's fault.
@$$ hat BIL and should pay for the chair. I'd never go back to family events either.
Agreed.
Toxic people and toxic systems (including toxic families) freak out when one of the targets of their toxicity starts to make boundaries. The pushback from the buttholes is often harsh and out of proportion to the event. The toxic persons and the flying monkeys get furious when they start figuring out that one of their targets is no longer willing to go along with their games.
I have to say it is a wonderful thing to behold, and to hear about on videos like this one, when a target finally escapes the toxic morass of the bullies and their enablers. It's one of the reasons I enjoy this channel so much.
Story 2 about the pizza delivery driver: take video of the ex-boss harassing you, pounding on your door. Heck, it would be good to have video of how he acted in the store, too, especially in front of customers. Then give that video to the pizza chain. Bet he looses his franchise!
better to sue the entire franchise for bullying, they are responsible for who and to whom they franchise
I would also look into getting a restraining order after what he did om his front yard
OP should tell his old boss to be a man and stop throwing a temper tantrum at his door step. If that front door episode was an attempt to beg for him to come back to work, I'd say the boss failed miserably.
When he called the next day I would have said "20 waiting?..... lets make it 21... I'd like a........"
The fact that the BIL stopped, and stayed out of fights after a certain point deserves some props. Any kind of growth in the right direction is good growth, and it's pretty nice that the rest of the family learned to put their foot down, too. It's kind of a shame that they're struggling to find entertainment afterwards, because there's so much that can be done for entertainment that doesn't involve fucking with each other: party games, board games, movies, music, karaoke, etc.
Or TALKING! Most adults can entertain themselves by talking without having to destroy each other's property or mess with each other's heads!
Tells you all you need to know about that bloody family doesn't it?
Language, good sir!
Yeah, during the "they are bored" part, I was just slightly confused thinking "have y'all never heard of Uno? How about Cornhole? King's Corner? Parcheesi? Eating Sunday dinner?"
He gets no props for deciding to behave like a reasonable human being, especially after what it took to get him to stop. He's an IN-LAW. He was going to his wife's house and abusing her family. F him.
Story 1: it is truly pathetic that that family, the adults in that family, can't find anything more entertaining to do than pull high school "pranks".
Edit: I put high school as a margin for idiocy. But honestly it's more middle school, if not pre-school
99% sure his family is just like 8 cats fighting over warm chairs
Its feels like the family is straight up mentally ill
That's sick family dynamics full of bullies with chosen scapegoats. Seriously assholes. There's no way I'd share my life with them.
more like preschool pranks
I saw this story on Reddit Brew. I don't understand how some grown ups out there can be so immature. My uncle is a bit of an immature man child and he was nowhere near this bad. He would even call off these people for being immature jerks!! Heck, even most of his previous dogs were more mature than this!! These people need some severe psychiatric help!!
Crazy how the brother in law almost got divorced cause he wanted to be a jerk. Glad he got that dose of reality.
He's fortunate that's all he got. In some families, he could have ended up in the ICU taking nourishment through a plastic tube.
@@laurieharper1526 lol He would in mine 🙂
i suspect the sister began to have a moment of clarity that maybe the reason she was okay with the way her brother was treated was because thats how he treats her.
The last story: If only the boss treated his employees like they were as valuable as he said after they quit. If he just treated them like human beings and give them a couple more bucks an hour I'm sure he wouldn't be worried about his family becoming homeless and beating down doors. I also noticed he referred to them as kids that need to grow up. So says the man acting like a child. Im sure he thought because they were young they could be easily replaced but those "kids" obviously knew their worth and rightfully didn't put up with it.
I once had a moment where I was making minimum wage and got to stand up to my boss. I knew I risked losing my job over it but I didn't care at that point. I was shocked that my boss ended up increasing my pay by $2 an hr. It was more than anyone was making there at the time and I was only 14! I was quite proud of myself that day. And I'm glad OP didn't let his boss walk all over him either.
If he sees his ex-employees as kids and treats them that way… I feel bad for his actual kids :/
This scenario is continually repeated, overwhelming employees with increased workloads without increased compensation. Cutting staff or not replacing those who quit will eventually overwhelm the existing staff and quality will be effected. It's clear that the owner felt entitled to disrespect his staff, and 2 years ago a lot of workers would have taken it happy to have a job. Thankfully American workers are demanding respect for their hard work or saying f**k it, I'm only doing what's in my job description during my assigned hours. If you want your employees to go the extra mile there needs to be an incentive, and it doesn't necessarily need to be monetary, sincere appreciation goes a long way.
I genuinely think we are headed for a collapse. Our job market is built on the average joe being desperate enough to take this kind of flak and it's how a good chunk of business owners operate. These kinds of owners are going bankrupt, a long with redundant stores and restaurants that were oversaturating an area. There won't be enough jobs at a reasonable skill level soon to support the lower class and we're gonna see mass homelessness in the next few decades. Our government has made it clear that they won't supplement the money saved with automation via universal income so eventually we'll just all be jobless watching robots do everything, and shamed by the 1% for not being of use to them anymore.
Imagine being nice and pay nicely then suddenly your worker are hardworking.
@@NEPAAlchey It is more than that. Automation has replaced ever so many jobs and will replace ever so many more. The only logical and sensible answer is a UBI - Universal Basic Income. Everyone gets enough to live on and if they want more they can go do the jobs still needed. With people no longer having to work to live, the amount of different jobs that will be created (the arts, entertainment, community projects, social things, welfare ...) will result in another Renaissance.
On the last story. A rule of thumb for all employers. Make sure you're staffed so that you can run comfortably at 50% of worker capacity. Cause that's what you'll be at in the holiday seasons.
The only thing that could have made the last story better is that while the boss is talking to the cops and he’s watching from the porch, he gets pizza from a rival chain delivered and proceeds to eat it in front of everyone on the porch.
I think the lesson to take away from that first story is that the brother-in-law has fundamentally corrupted the family. OP‘s chair had been the subject of a prank for too long, most likely exacerbated by the brother-in-law, and his rage fit of breaking a window when he couldn’t continue his pranks kind of proves that. And now, the family has become so reliant on pranks being the only way for people to have fun then it has resulted in nobody having a good time anymore since there isn’t a single common punching bag. The family just never learned to get along in any way.
I don't know what's so attractive about drunken abusers with rage issues.
Moral of story is don't mess with ASAC Schrader
Also, throwing a chair throw a window in a fit of rage is the sort of thing thar can get the cops involve and ruin his background check.
@@TangomanX2008 I'm fairly certain that his field of fux to give is barren.
Yes
Lol, that first story. How much drama was caused over a single goddamn chair. But the fact that it escalated to the BIL throwing said chair through the window makes it clear these people have the emotional maturity of schoolchildren. Seriously, some of them are acting like school bullies over this whole thing. That BIL sounds like he needs to talk to a professional and get proper help.
My mom works in a special school for kids that have a history of doing things like throwing chairs in class. You pretty much ride the short bus going there.
ikr im so upset i cant bully this guy anymore so im gonna huck a chair through a window
Last Story: Every time I see one of those signs that says “closed due to lack of staff” (bonus points if it bemoans how “lazy this generation is”) I assume that a manager similar to this is behind it.
Maybe not up to harassing people that have quit, but the other stuff about bad management, awful pay, and treating employees like they’re not even people? Yeah, that’s absolutely what I assume is behind those signs.
Never in my life have i seen a sign on a business door claiming theyre closed because the generation theyre trying to sell food to is lazy. Businesses and shitty bosses *usually* at least try to appear professional to customers. Or at least not outwardly insult them en masse.
@@HonorableAssassins
I saw a sign like that on the Pizza Ranch location near my favorite shopping mall. I came to almost exactly the same conclusion as others here, that the management of that location didn't view their employees as human beings worthy of respect. After all, if they're trash talking their former employees in a sign on the door, it's a pretty sure bet the managers weren't treating those employees any better when they still worked there.
Definitely; a person quitting, now that may be for personal/petty reasons like laziness or incompetence on their part, it possible, there are other reasons, like a better job offer somewhere else, but it's a possibility.
But a mass exodus of staff, putting the business below functional thresholds and an inability to hire enough replacements? That can only be problems with the higher ups.
I'm old and disgruntled enough to know a bad job when I'm at one. Was a professional mechanic for a lot of years. Out of the industry now, due to health reasons. One shop I worked at I quit after a week. Owner was less than pleased to say the least. I'm not usually one to quit a job that quickly, or at all honestly. What's funny is that the tow truck driver who picked up my toolbox was the same one who dropped it off in the first place. Was not surprised at all. Apparently I wasn't the first guy to have done that at that business.
The food industry can be a little different. Location is everything too. The OP comments that nobody is tipping any more and connects this with the delay in service. I have to disagree. As a customer, if you got burned on a delivery you make a note of it. Happens again, you stop getting delivery. It doesn't take too long before nobody is doing delivery.
What you have in this case is a group of people who can't be bothered to get their own food, switch to door dash for their deliveries thinking it will be quicker. But here is the thing. I can almost guarantee that this company is using the Self Delivery option for Door Dash business. This is where Door Dash processes the orders but the company has to do their own deliveries. So even when people are ordering through door dash, they don't realize they are just paying more for the same crappy delivery. And once you add in the fees from Door Dash, you probably paid double what you would have for that extra large pie. So of course people stop tipping. They are already paying to much for the food delivery, it is heavily delayed, and people like the convenience of paying with a card (nobody carries cash anymore) and probably think the tip is in the excessive fees they were charged already for a hour long delayed delivery.
Then of course there are the idiots. I gave my stepson $25 for dinner. He order pizza for delivery. It was just himself. He comes back to me after ordering and asked for some more money. That the total came to $26 and change. And this didn't even cover the tip for the driver. I looked at him like he had three heads. This knucklehead ordered enough food for four people for himself and then wanted more money to cover the difference and a tip for the driver. But I digress.
Getting back to the owner, had this guy had a clue, he would have suspended deliveries, focused on in store or pickup only and cancelled the Door Dash that was eating him alive in service fees while holding his money each week. Think about it. If 30% of his customers are ordering through Door Dash, that is 30% of his revenue that he has to wait a week to get to deposit. Plus he is losing at a minimum 20% of that revenue (if not more) to Door Dash fees and services.
Most Bosses: "Employees had to leave. I'd best replace them with new hires to keep up with demand and protect my business and livelihood."
This Doofus: "Look how much money I get to keep for myself! I'll just have each employee do the work of five people! No way can this possibly backfire!"
Story 1: This isn't about the chair, this is about the OP being the scapegoat of the family and getting tired of being treated poorly. Also, I suspect the BIL has some emotional or drinking problems.
I think you’re right seeing how it was mentioned in the story that he drank himself to sleep the night he threw the chair through the window.
It's always "just a prank, bro" until they do it to you or you actually suffer consequences...
Personally, I wouldn't have come back even if they replaced the broken chair, no matter what they promised. The bridge is burnt at this point and I want nothing to do with those toxic bullies.
My brother likes to argue. Seriously and then my mother used to do it too. Along with my niece his daughter.
Its bad enough that it always ends with someone leaving in tears.
I out and out left one day and told them that they were not happy until someone cried and thats not working for me any longer and until they grow up and stop being such bullies that "have to be right " I'm not coming to family things.
I was diagnosed with cancer and then my brother was. Things are better now even tho he still thinks being an obnoxious butthole who argues about how you take hot dog buns out of a package is fine🤦♀️ i just told him I love you but im not doing this anymore life is too short to act like a pissy high school boy
Yup I know bullies, not from my family but school.
Exactly. Life is too short to hang around assholes.... I'd have departed from that fukked up "family" long before OP got fed up.
Story 1: I don't think having pranks at family functions is bad, but it sounds like OP's entire family made every single gathering about messing with people. A pranking system that would make sense would be if the party host gets a list of people who want to be involved in pranks before each party, selects one or two small groups to set up the pranks, and have them only affect some/all of the people who chose to participate. that way, everyone gets to laugh, make memories, and bond together. but what OP's family was doing was just straight up insane
Thing is with pranksters they tend to take things too far. And as OP stated in his final update, they still did pranks after learning not to mess him and it only stopped after a glitter bomb messed up a person's carpet and the prankster had to pay for the cleaning bill.
I LOVE your opt-in idea. Some people are just NOT into pranks. And it's only fun if the prankee is laughing, too.
I think having a prank-fest, with hard boundaries, and strictly opt-in, and you NEVER mess with anyone who is not on the list, is a great idea!
Maybe even have some judges to assign points. "Five points for being funny, but minus three for the mess." That will help train them to have more creative, and less destructive, pranks,
@@AuntLoopy123 I love your point-idea! It could also keep things original, and can be used to punish targeting/revenge pranks, if little awards/prizes are given out for those that do well
Move your feet, lose your seat.
Another issue I have is that with the seat prank, only OP is being targeted, hence the drama with the chair. Even for group pranks, is there any reason to prank just one person for kicks and giggles? Either the pranked person smartens up, or the rest of the group gets tired of pranking the exact same target. I am very certain the BIL has a grudge against OP for the constant targeting.
Story 1: Does anyone else feel like what was totally typical behaviour (taking a vacated seat, moving around a family gathering) in many families slowly became a vicious opportunity for bullying when the brother in law realized how difficult and upsetting it was for OP to adapt when his chair was taken? Like brother in law saw him getting upset when someone unintentionally took his seat and then turned it into a targeted attack that the family jumped in on? So weird.
Sounds possible. At some point it became a show of the lack of respect the family had for OP. A joke is only a joke if everyone is laughing.
Idk, maybe at first, but the reasonable response would be for the family to recognize it was important to him and do their best to respect it. It had been going on for years they could have just as easily bought a few cheap chairs at some yard sales and solved the problem permanently instead of turning it into a game because they think stressing someone repeatedly without fail is funny. Not to mention the attempt at gaslighting at the end is a telling cherry on top.
Idk, from the way the family responds when they stop stealing chairs I don't even know if OP is actually being singled out. It seems more like this whole family just loves being childish and messing with each other, and they were mad at OP for refusing to participate. Weird indeed.
Nah, something seems off or missing from this story. OP just sounds like the entitled one here. Who the hell gets this upset over a spot to sit? Unless the spots were arranged, no one has ownership or is entitled to any specific spot. If OP has struggles "adapting" they are the one that needs the therapy as there is something weird about being that possessive about seating. It isn't right for the family to mess with the personal chair they brought, I agree with that part, but everything else just makes OP sound like a spoiled baby.
That's what bullies do. They poke around until they get a response and bingo, now they have one of their victim's weaknesses to exploit.
Being part of the "pranking family" would be an absolute nightmare.
It is.
Thankfully I've managed to stop this behavior in my family when I was small, in the second worst way possible, yes, but hey, atleast my mental health didn't decline from that source!
First story. If that is how they treat their own family members, how horrible do they treat perfect strangers or their peers or coworkers?
This is why we as a society should allow kids who are being bullied to stand up for themselves instead of punishing them more.
Oh, so I'm not the only one who noticed that victims of bullying and abuse are oftenly punished for defending themselfs?
That's... unexpected...
I love good family pranks. An example of a good prank: hiding a stuffed duck in each other's house. Hiding the same picture in each other's houses. Basically don't mess with something that matters or scares the hell out of each other.
Agreed and to also be understanding of the person you want to prank if they tell you to stop. Be respectful of people’s boundaries and know when too far is in fact too far. Pranks and jokes are healthy as long as everyone is having fun, including the person being pranked.
@@daffadilly like hiding a remote control fart noise machine under a couch.
My sisters have been sneakily gifting each other orange and green crocheted granny squares for years. It's hilarious.
Confuse, don't abuse, and never let it go too far.
Yeah the only acceptable one on their list of pranks seemed to be 'copying each other's outfit' (provided it's not a wedding or something).
Family musical chairs story: See how the village tears itself apart after their scapegoat is gone? That's what OP was, a scapegoat. An innocent victim to bully and blame when everyone else was lacking the stimulation they wanted. Sounds like that family is having way too many get-togethers with far too few events or activities to justify them.
Crazy pizza boss story: If someone comes banging on your door that you don't want there, tell them you will call the police if they continue. Then make good on that if they don't stop and call the non-emergency line. OP should get a restraining order against that man too, he is clearly unhinged and knows OP's address. In fact, gather all the employees he has harassed and ALL get restraining orders against the man. Maybe a judge hitting him over the head a few times can knock some sense into the man's skull. Plus, it will put a damper on his desire to start frivolous lawsuits.
Bullsqueeze! A .357 stuck up the former boss's left nostril will get his attention. Asshole like that don't care about a "warning". They require a dire threat to get thru their brain fog.
Contact the Franchise and send them the video...
Wow. First OP needs his entire family to get some therapy to understand boundaries and to find a healthy way to fight boredom because clearly their pranks aren't fun for everyone if the rest of them aren't finding it funny when they are on the receiving end.
EXACTLY...if you wouldn't enjoy it being done to you, don't do it to others.
My family takes my chair all the time and i take theirs too we just go get a new one.
I doubt therapy is gonna help those people. People who can’t conceive boundaries have much deeper issues. Who wants to invest so much time to save family “get togethers”. Stay home, relax with adults, or visit relatives that actually are worth the time.
@@bleachfan2.029 that literally isn't even the point. Op did get a new seat, they brought their own damn seat, that makes it theirs. If you brought a jacket to someone’s house and took it off for a second because you were warm, what make it ok for someone else to take your jacket and then not give it back when you say you're chilly again? Same logic
@@dimsufferer9951 the guys going bat shit insane and ruins his family’s experience just because someone took a seat, the reason they kept taking his seat is because of his reaction. My brother did the same thing I stopped reacting and he found something else interesting to do.
Chair story: When I was young, IDK if my mom did it on purpose because I was the youngest, but whenever she hosted a party we were always a chair short. Because I was the youngest I was always made to sit on the floor so the olders could have a seat. Even my cousin who was only a year older than me got to have a chair. I guess I should be thankful I had a chair for dinner. What a miracle.
My mother was a girl scout leader. Her little power trip trick was to buy only enough craft supplies for herself and the other girls. I was almost always left sitting there embarassed and idle. One day, one of the girls said sadly, "I feel sorry for you" and another stated flatly "Your mother's a bitch." Yeah mom, they were on to you. Everybody was.
@@MsSavagechef that's horrible! She sounds crazy you were just a kid
For the second story, I'm glad OP finally got that epiphany. It's something you don't understand until you get some experience and you've had enough, which is basically "your job is not the only one you can do, there's more out there that are a lot better. Go for it!".
Glad they managed to get out of that toxic place.
Story 1: All it took was a few people going a little too far for all this chaos to ensue. At least the pranking pretty much stopped.
It's pretty funny when the people who say "It's not a big deal" are the ones making the biggest deal
It’s the same person who says, “come on! It was a joke!”
Really? Please explain to me why this is funny to you…. (Love that line)
Sometimes you need to go to far for something to change as sad as it may seem. I'm almost ready to take things too far to get my cousin to quite messing with me. The guys got anxiety and has certain triggers that will have him seem like he'll start crying any moment. But when that's not the case he'll act like he's right and keeps messing with me by slapping by butt, make kissy faces at me, or various other things that invade my personal space. I've told him to stop and one time I told him if he didn't I'll deck him last warning. Family said I'm taking it too far with that but this shits been going on for years and I'm just done. At this point I'm thinking of using a trigger which even I think is a-holeish but I just want this done with and if he insists I'll play ball.
2nd story: it's totally true that the biggest pizza chains pay drivers less than $2 per delivery. Gas costs went WAY up and the gas pay to drivers did not go up at all. When you don't tip, your driver is losing money.
I currently deliver pizzas. My store gives us 6% commission on delivers. I walk away each night with $80-120 not including hourly pay. Not bad but I just had an interview for a more solid job.
Some delivery places started upping the delivery fee to $10. That is paid to the store not the driver.
In France, that's a non issue actually, since your employer is required to pay you back the gas. ... well so long as your employer isn't called Uber
@@Muriuki34 some places do it differently where they are paid per mile driven, so that covers it but doesn't help much for wear and tear on your vehicle, oil changes, going through tires faster, etc. Other employers pay drivers a flat rate per delivery you take and call it gas pay but it doesn't cover all your gas depending on your delivery radius. They raise delivery fees customers pay but don't raise the gas pay for drivers.
Can we make r/bestof a permanent weekly thing. This is extremely entertaining!
I absolutely 100% agree! Plus, I love when stories have updates and resolutions.
Updates do sometimes seem random, so it probably isn't reliable to be able to have it be a weekly thing.
But I agree, these are fantastic.
@@MrIHaveASword updates wise u r correct its up to OP to remember and want to update. Also who knows if they died in a car crash or whatever, things happen. But usually a best of contest somewhere always has some good stuff and since its stories thats great. So weekly or bi weekly would b awesome and ofc 3rd best part of this channel, 2nd is yugo, 3rd is rslashs wife and him gushing about her imo 😂😁
When I was 16 I worked for a fast food place that had drive-thru, walk-up and dining room service. On my third day the boss started yelling at me, in front of customers, because I asked where an order was supposed to go. I quit on the spot. He grabbed me by the shirt collar, screamed in my face and shoved me. I left and was embarrassed to go home, but one of the customers he did this in front of knew me and called my mother. I wasn't there when she stormed the place but the stories I've heard from co-workers are pretty epic. Apparently he ended up crying because she told him she was filing charges against him for assaulting a minor and was going to sue him and the restaurant chain. I worked three days...got one paycheck...it was for 100 hours. Several months later I found out the restaurant owners had given him the choice of "making it right" or firing him and that was why I got the big check. For those wondering, minimum wage was $3.25 per hour and I got a whopping $325.
For the first story, in my personal opinion, the 'prank' would've been a whole lot better if it was ONE time, at Christmas, and then OP opened a really fancy folding chair from the person sitting in his prior spot.
Yea, but our story is about abuse.
So turns out public shaming DOES work. Who knew. 😏
Fat shaming?
@@nathankennedy3290 that's the best
@@TheGuruStudIt's not
Work to what?
My sister's girls used to get "shooed" out of my seat every single time I would have to get up while visiting them. My sis thought it was hilarious, I just found it annoying as hell. My nieces and I still get a laugh out of it forty years later. They used to grab my drink and drink out of it too. Ugh. My sis did NOT believe in teaching boundaries.
*First OP:* I was _not_ expecting that plot twist (or that sound effect, lol)! I would've skipped family gatherings if I were OP. His family sounds exhausting! Oh, and OP was NTA.
*Second OP:* I should've made popcorn for this. The heck did I just read?! OP's ex-boss needs to reevaluate his life choices 'cuz this ain't it.
Sound effect was perfect- and unexpected.
Story 2: Sounds like you're quitting a bad boss. No great loss to you. Someone does something like showing up at my door, I'd tell them to leave and close the door. If they don't take the hint, call the police to have him trespassed off the property (which, you can do as a tenant).
There was an update to story 1:
"My chair was stolen, a brat broke my phone, and a chair prank caused a VERY MESSY divorce in the family
Somehow I return again. And with some crazy info on some stuff that went down this past year. I never could have imagined how things could have spiraled into what happened. If you guys thought my brother in law throwing my chair through a bay window after his son wasn't allowed to sit on it was crazy, just read about all of this. You're not gonna want to believe it.
Firstly, my good padded folding chair I'd paid over $80 for was stolen. I have no idea by who as it didn't happen at a family event, but rather hanging out at a friend's house. Somebody just walked into his yard and took it. I learned my lesson and decided never to buy an expensive folding chair again. Now I just keep a cheap folding chair I got for $3 at a second hand store in my trunk.
Moving on to other stuff, the family pranks I described in my last post seemingly stopped, but some of them slowly resumed. However they were only harmless little things that just give chuckles. The only person that they refused to prank at all was me, due to the events of my previous posts. But that didn't stop entitlement. The seven year old son of one of my cousins stole my phone during a family birthday party at my parents' house, and intentionally broke it rather than return it. His parents were already going through a rough patch. My cousin the father was constantly clashing with his wife over how to parent their child. His now ex-wife was a bad enabler of their son. She's also terrible with money, and has a very her way or the highway attitude, and she does not like to back down when wrong. She was one of the more outspoken people that hated me bringing my own chair and never sharing it. But she never got physical about it. She once confronted me and said that if I was going to bring my own chair, it should be something nice and made of wood that doesn't fold. I told her I was not going to lug around a dining room chair wherever I go when a folding chair takes up only a little space in my trunk. She argued with me about it more, and got nowhere. None of the family events were at her house, and she does not dictate my life. She gave me death glares for months, but otherwise left me alone.
The night her son stole my phone, he'd already been grounded from electronics by his father. The kid took my phone when I set it down on a table to eat some cake, and then ran off with it when I wasn't looking. He holed himself up in the master bedroom closet, and was trying to install new gaming apps on my phone. That closet had a lock on the door, and the key was lost years ago. The brat refused to come out or return the phone. His mother kept telling us all (Mainly me) to just leave him alone and let him game on it. But I refused and said my phone was not his toy. The brat was told several times to open the door, and he refused. All the while his mother kept contradicting everything said. My cousin got fed up and started forcing the old door open. It's an old manufactured home, and that door was pretty flimsy. Just as he was making headway, we heard loud banging sounds from inside the closet. The brat had started banging my phone against the nearest hard object he could find.
The brat let out some loud screams as his dad pulled him out of the closet. The screen on my phone was nearly destroyed. Thankfully the rest of it was protected by the case. My cousin's wife tried to blame it on me, and said it was my fault her baby broke the phone because I wouldn't let him game on it. EVERYONE in the room turned on her, and she shut up out of cowardice. It costed around $300 to repair my phone, and I had to use a temporary one till mine was fixed. And yes, my cousin paid for the repairs.
Well, the rest of the family knew about my cousin's wife's disdain for folding chairs like the one I keep in my car. And they decided to pull a prank on her because of her attitude after the incident with her son stealing my phone. I would like to be clear that I was not involved in this in any way, nor did I really condone doing it. But the entire thing was out of my hands. My cousins got together decided to prank that B of a wife, and got their hands on a whole bunch of folding chairs. Then they removed every chair and seat in his house and replaced them with the folding chairs. Folding chairs at the dining table, folding chairs at the counter, folding chairs in place of the living room furniture, and more were strategically placed around the house. Even the chairs on the porch were replaced with them.
When my cousin's wife came home, her reaction went far beyond what anyone thought. Their plan was to just record her having a tantrum and get a laugh. But she ended up going insane on the spot and tried to get a knife from the kitchen to attack her husband with. When she couldn't get the knife, she pulled out pepper spray from her purse and used it on everybody. Then she attacked her husband with her long fake nails. She probably would have tried to claw his eyes out or something. But thankfully one of the other guys there kicked her off him. I couldn't freaking believe this shit happened all because folding chairs! And I feel like the root cause since I'm the one who was always bringing my own chair to family events since there was never enough seating and people kept taking the places I was sitting. And it escalated far beyond me.
Police were obviously called, the wife got arrested, all the guys there had to go to the hospital because of the pepper spray in their eyes, and my cousin had to get all the scratches to his face treated. He looked like a bobcat attacked him. He filed for an immediate order of protection against his wife. They'd recorded everything, like her trying to get the knife and screaming she'd stab somebody. She had to go stay with her sister after spending some time in jail, and her sister I hear is as narcissistic as she is. My cousin obviously filed for divorce, and his wife later spent some more time in jail after pleading guilty for the assault. She wasn't allowed near her son for a while, and tried to take it out on my cousin in court during the divorce. That did not go in her favor because he was easily able to prove how unhinged she is. My cousin got primary custody of his son, and his ex got only supervised visitation since she was so mentally unstable. She's pretty much abandoned her son, and has shacked up with some fat older man, got a serious tan and bleached her hair. I guess she'd rather live the life of a sugar baby caked in makeup.
My cousin's son has shown great improvement since being separated from his mother. He was put through counseling, and listens to his father more now. The kid has to be babysat a lot since my cousin has to work. But at the very least things got better. I still feel like the root cause of this because of the chair thing though.
Edit: Just a bit of added info I didn't think to include before. But my cousin's ex-wife had a love for fancy expensive things she couldn't really afford. She filled my cousin's house with imitation Victorian style furniture that she was extremely anal about. Which I suppose was one of the reasons she lost her mind so hard when it was all replaced with folding chairs. My cousin threw all that furniture out when he divorced her. He said it was all uncomfortable and looked better than it felt.
Second edit: My dumb self didn't bother to set a password on that phone when I got it. So the kid was able to use it just fine when he took it. I set a password after getting the phone fixed. And the kid was grounded from electronic devices by his father for a month."
My family had a rule when we were kids that we would say, "spot back," as we got up from our seat and that meant nobody could take it. But we were just kids and when we grew up we didn't need to keep saying it. The family from the first story needs to implement it.
Stars. Above.
The boss of that last story is just... Wow...
If you seriously think that this is how you're supposed to run a business, losing your business is THE LEAST you deserve. What a horrible person.
Sadly bosses like that will never think the problem is them... And always blame the peion employees.
Sadly bosses like that will never think the problem is them... And always blame the peion employees.
That boss in the second story sounds super unhinged. I think his ex-employees need to get a restraining order and review bomb the business.
If the business is run this poorly, and people keep going there, I don't think review bombing will do much.
It's super common for these people who never really had to do anything and just had the business run itself to be like that, I've had the unfortunate displeasure of having worked at such a place a couple of times in the far past. People with huge egos who think that they are something for having the business (who is usually managed by someone else) and you're trash for just being an employee. Their power over your financial life means that they can threat you like trash, the world is full of such people... I honestly hope that there is a nice place in hell for all of them.
@@anonmouse15 Yeah, he's going to be out of business soon, anyway.
It won't help I know what company they're talking about and the franchises are even worse than the original company stores
@@christianmiller4770 which company? So I know to avoid it.
There's a saying in England and France. "For the want of a nail, a kingdom was lost"
DB boss tried to save a few $ by NOT hiring more staff but probably paid in the end with bankruptcy
The chair thing breaks my heart because when I was younger, my parents and brothers used to make fun of me for 'moaning' every time I needed something or didn't agree with something. They thought it was funny because it would get a rise out of me, but nobody else was ever branded a 'moaner' and my input was often just completely ignored because I was 'moaning'.
Now, twenty years down the line, I don't tell my parents or brothers any of my personal problems and choose not to get involved in making any family decisions.
They don't accuse me of 'moaning' now, but that decade or so of their little running joke got me to the point where I find it so difficult to stand up for myself or make decisions because the back of my mind tells me I'm just 'moaning'.
BIL: *"It's just a chair, it's not a big deal!!"*
Also BIL: **F-cking yeets OP's chair through a bay window**
Nothing says "It's not a big deal" like yeeting a chair through a bay window.
Story 1: Sit on their laps. That'll make them stop stealing your seats REAL quick.
Story 2: "When are you gonna grow up and be a man like me, stalking ex-employees and banging on their doors all day!?"
Take it to the next level, and sit on their laps and fart! That'll teach them. 🤣
@@tiffanygray better yet. As you're sitting down on them, let it rip into their face
@@Some_Dumass 🤣🤣🤣 I freaking love that!
Intro: “Someone gets so mad they through a chair through a window”
My brain: “Must be bad cop from the Lego movie”
Lol
First story: I've had my share of barbecues and family get togethers and the biggest question in a normal, functional family is "are there enough chairs for everyone?" Even some of the invitations usually say "bring food, drinks, and chairs for communal use."
And us little kids? We could sit in an empty chair, but if an elder of the family was coming around "here you go grandma! I'm gonna get a drink, you can have my seat!"
This is just a family of failures who like to pick on their own family members. Probably other people, too.
Damn, with a family like that first one, I wouldn't be attending any of the parties.
"It's OP's fault!" cried specific family members. "If he didn't get upset at someone damaging his property and actively trying to torment him, his brother in law wouldn't have acted like an alcoholic ape!"
Cool. I love family sometimes.
Story 1: I think that could have been the origin story of that crotchety old man in Christmas movies with no movie. Whether OP or the brother in law is that old man, it just goes to show how something so small can divide a group. It shows that pride and ego can be so toxic if left unchecked. You would think that the chair throw the window would be the end of that, but I guess it was a lot of egos in the fam for the message to get through. The fact that they couldn't find anything else to do for fun besides pranking each other means that they must not have very good relationships with each other. So maybe now that the chair and the pranks are over, they can all now get to know each other and form actually relationships with one another like civilized adults. smh
Or never go to family get togethers again.
Doubt it. Families like this one are dysfunctional from WAY back. The parents that allowed this shiz to continue for so many years and only moderated their behavior AFTER the internet consensus said THEY were the asshats did this crap finally stop, are primarily to blame.
Oh my god, the 2nd story made my day, I laughed my ass off, this man's persistence to harass his employees was pretty intense. It's even pretty scary how some bosses are willing to take it to the point of showing up at their employee's doorstep to complain. Seems like he needs to grow up if he can't accept no and learn from his piss poor workplace attitude. There's the saying, "Treat ppl the way you want to be treated". I will say, OP's response through the open door was so beautiful~
You reap what you sow you treat people like shit you won't get good fruit. Also how sad do you have to be to say everyone else is lazy and yet he's the one working everyone to the bone while probably not even doing anything and then go to your former employees houses because he couldn't even be bothered to control his wittle baby tantrums and is trying to force people to work like what is this confederate America?
@@shadowmewfred09 True, it's hard for management to see past their egos with how hard their subordinates work. Being short staffed is real tough on the rest of any team, and they have so much riding on those poor workers trying to make ends meet. They should be grateful they even have workers, let alone this prick of a boss. He got a hard lesson.
It's a combination of a perverse need to belittle and abuse others in order to feel "powerful" and a kind of narcissism and entitlement that give people like that 'Nothing of this situation is in any way *_MY_* fault!!' thinking; they've got blind spots big enough to back an 18-wheeler through when it comes to their own flaws. The fundamental inability to acknowledge his own faults + destructive need to bully others (x) a truly horrendous temper = catastrophic midlife crisis meltdown.
If a former boss ever showed up and started pounding on my front door and yelling at me... My first move would have been to call 911!
I had a housemate (It was my place and he rented a room from me) who quit his job. His boss showed up at MY house and demanded to speak to his former employee. He wasn't home so I told his ex-boss that. Apparently, his boss didn't believe me and wanted to come into MY house and search it. I told him no, and he got all offended. I then told him I don't care about you or your freaking problems. He threated to call the cops on me for refusing to let him search MY house. I laughed at him and said go ahead. I will be here and slammed the door in his face. Nothing happened. I understand why my housemate quit that job if he treated a stranger in his own house like that, I can imagine how he would treat an employee.
The first story was amazing. OP got what he needed, and that was great. The farting stuff had me howling to the point where I was crying. The dedication to eat foods to fast out nasty smells is superb. No one else seems to have picked up on this. It must be English people who still find farts amazing when they're adults.
I only needed to tell my brother once that if he touches my stuff without my permission, I will break his legs. He is an abusing, gaslighting narcissist who made me who I am. I call it the maximum force response. These people get you in many small steps, pushing the line back and back until they own your life.
Today he abuses his girlfriends (Yes, both of them, 28 and 17 years old. He feels entitled to a harem) and knows perfectly well that I will go to jail for life over a bent spoon and him in permanent vacation in the dirt.
It doesn't matter what it is. Be it a 5000 dollar car, a 50 dollar chair or a 5 cent plastic spoon. IT IS MINE. They are attacking the idea that I own something, that I make the rules and not them when it comes to this item.
If someone pulls shit like this, just ghost them. The fact that they need to be told that it is wrong is already to much, beyond saving. They are a time bomb if they don't know this before meeting you. Cut them out of your life ASAP.
Honestly, any family that actively harasses each other is extremely toxic and should all be taught a lesson on their toxicity! OP is so not the A--hole!
SECOND STORY: And people wonder why the US is undergoing a labor shortage post-covid lockdowns!
OP was a major ahole and because of a chair, he’s pathetic
The entitlement of OP's family is infuriating.
I want to say OP's family is filled with toxic masculinity, but let's face it, if everyone, not just the men, are pulling this prank on him, then it's devolved into full blown meltdown level toxic.
It's less of being entitled, and it's more of them being nothing but a petty ass bully.
@@davido.1233 A.K.A : A cackle of Karens.
Story 2: I feel bad for people who have to deal with these bosses. People shouldn't work for egotistical bosses who have an embarrassing amount of immaturity.
They deserve people who are kind, generous, and fair
It constantly amazes me that we do not have requirements for managing other people. If you wish to employ or manage others then you should have to be qualified - the more people the higher your qualifications need to be. Employing even one person should require passing a certificate course that covers all the necessary things - just having the money to employ someone should not be enough. I did Officer Training in the army - leadership and management can be taught and improved, and even natural ability will only get you so far.
Amazing how entitled people think they are to your labour
Businesses that tolerate such management deserve to close.
@@nevyn_karres ...you think people should need government training and license to be in charge of their own businesses?
I actually *am* an Army officer. I have legal power to compel Soldiers' behavior, in combat and in garrison. Business managers do not. Employees can refuse. Employees can quit. Your comparison is silly.
@@dawnfire82 I meant it more as an illustration of how management and leadership can be taught - there are so many jobs that require certificates and qualifications, licenses, but being in charge of people does not. When it should.
Normally I would be angry with someone only apologizing to avoid the consequences, but BiL's reaction makes me laugh in karma!
For the chair guy, totally NTA. The other adults in his family act like first graders.
Knowing how reddit stories go I was fully prepared for “so that’s exactly what I did🤓. I ran with it! I picked up the next delivery order and instead of getting in my car I just ran with the pizza directly to the customers house. That’ll show my boss!”
Ah see, that's r/MaliciousCompliance, not r/AntiWork
Story 1: It's honestly astounding how upset people get over being made to fulfill others' boundaries
I mean just ask transphobes
@@awesomefox555 The stupidest, weakest excuse for an argument the 21st century has shat out so far: calling anyone who doesn't agree with your demands on how they behave "phobic." Islamophobic, homophobic, transphobic. It's so pathetic.
@@awesomefox555 I still have yet to meet a single one....
@@TheInfii me either but when I do it is going to be on sight.
@@awesomefox555 "When I meet you it's ON. SIGHT. MOTHERFUCKER" Me, 5 seconds ago
With the first story, I think OP should just stop going to family functions for their mental health because good God. As well as their sister divorcing her husband anyway because if he restorted to attempting to destroy a person's possession over something really petty, he should not be in their child's life and *will* ruin their life.
That family! That BIL! "How DARE you call me a bully, just because I bullied you, incessantly! CRASH!"
Wow, I thought my brother and I were pulling awesome pranks, when we instituted the "Dad gets a hideous tie every Christmas, birthday and Father's Day," and he actually wore them to church. We kept it up, until his hideous tie collection became just TOO big, and got purged in a move.
When will people understand that pranks are ONLY fun when EVERYONE, especially the butt of the joke, LAUGHS? OP was NOT laughing. He NEVER laughed. Because it was NEVER funny.
And now, with pranks off the table, because they're all tired of it, they can't think of anything fun to do? Have these people never heard of a board game? or card game? Or party game? Charades, maybe? Gee, willikers! I feel sorry for a whole family of people who CANNOT ENTERTAIN THEMSELVES WITHOUT HURTING OTHER PEOPLE.
Ugh.
As someone who comes from a large Latin family who loves large parties, we don’t do pranks. We talk to each other, gossip, catch up, kids play in the back yard or watch movies or play video games, the men usually drink and watch football cause they enjoy doing so and it’s really fun and lovely to be a part of. Like rSlash said, if you need pranks to make a family event fun, firstly your family is boring and dull and secondly, the whole family is childish and immature. Pranks are not necessary for a fun experience. I’m glad OPs family is learning that albeit the hard way.
Never seen a manager of a pizza store rage so hard like that and it’s hilarious how he literally went onto Ops lawn and tried to force him to be a man and to “get back to work” and he literally fired Op. 😂
Too many people like that think they own their employees and can make them do whatever they want.
The pizza story is genuinely the best story I’ve heard in MONTHS. Congrats to OP for getting free of that horrible job and worse boss!
"I'm goinna write you up!" And I threw the soda bottles i was holding at the speaker. Then told them to get the pizzas out of my car, I was quitting.
Nah💀🦩
For the first story, haven’t Op’s family ever heard of outdoor/indoor games. What happen to bouncing castle or pool/slide. What happen to playing companion games such as racing, egg carrying, water ballon, ect. Pranks don’t always have to be a form of entertainment.
Also, a "prank" is usually a once, maybe two times appearance type thing. (At least, that one form of it) You tell the same joke over and over again, it stops being funny. It's also only a "prank" when everyone can laugh about it.
@@erinfinn2273 As the old dad joke goes, once is a joke twice is a dope, 3 times is a rotten cantaloupe.
Story1: NTA. They have been bullying the OP for YEARS and keep thinking its funny when it clearly is not and they not only thought it was funny to take his property but to break it. BIL owes him the $50 and an apology. He was right to walk out. If they think it's so funny to gang up and bully him then they are not people he should be around. They are toxic. He's better off without them. It's not "just a chair". It's about years of disrespect and bullying. I'm glad OP's parents actually realized how toxic the behavior was and told the others to stop it. Wow! The BIL has some *major* issues going on. He must truly hate OP for some reason and feel the need to keep bullying him like that. Busted out a window bc he was told he shouldn't be picking on his wife's brother anymore? WTF. It wasn't even his bay window. He could go to jail for breaking the chair and the window. Bay windows are expensive. I'm glad that OP standing up for himself is what got the family to start standing up for themselves and trying to put a stop to asinine "pranks". This family sounds very immature. I love your assessment after reading.
Story2: My brother worked at a pizza hut for a few years. Manager was absolutely awful. No delivery drivers existed during that time. Eventually they got new manager and got at least one delivery person. Yeah, the "no one wants to work" whine. No, people are willing to work, they just don't want to work to 1/4 of a living wage while having to do the job of multiple other people (for which they are not financially compensated) & treated like garbage. No benefits, no PTO, and the pay may not even cover gas to get to and from work. They don't want to work for YOU. (This said to the companies and bosses who treat employees worse than draft animals). This owner sounds a lot like the manager that used to be at my brother's job. He actually screamed "fuck the customers" in front of customers. Shouting at employees (particularly in front of customers) is against most corporate policies. Can we say hostile work environment? Good for OP! At another place my brother worked, a shelf area was full of spiders and the manager ordered an employee to clean it up. He said he wasn't going near the spiders & they needed to get pest control in there (he's allergic to bug bites). She screamed at him to just effing do it or he was fired. He held up two fingers, said "Deuces" and walked out. The boss also reminds me of the Walmart manager who had over 20 employees quit on her the same day because of her unprofessional behavior and verbal abuse. They got their paychecks and all walked out. We're in an "at will" state so they didn't have to give any notice.
I love how you started laughing while reading the part about the former employer being on the lawn. Many of the people who read these things out don't have as amusing reactions to what they are reading. I love that OP had a few choice words when his ex-boss was leaving. This is glorious! The boss got exactly what he deserved for mistreating employees. Former employees might want to get some sort of protective orders against him and set up cameras just in case though.
The sound effect of the glass breaking took me out. I had to listen to it twice.🤣🤣🤣
Must have been a professional Foley worker!
That boss is the same type of person to stalk someone for breaking up with him by the sound of it. Doesn't understand how consent works, let alone "we're through ". Can't wait for an update where he's in prison.
Most definitely. The man reeks of entitlement and, quite honestly, straight up narcissism. Even when times are good, he sat back and let his employees overwork themselves with little to no help at all, except to micromanage them once a month. And when the consequences of his own actions caught up with him and it harmed his business, he blamed everyone else but himself and refused to even accept that most of his employees quit until he literally could not keep the store open. The guy obviously respected no one but himself.
"maybe he should hire a second drive!"
You see, there's an issue with that. It makes too much sense for the boss to realize that. It wasn't his idea so he doesn't like it
I also assume that with the kind of pay he was offering, no one wanted to take the job.
no, he hire 10 more drivers & cut the delivery area back so he can serve the customers near the store quickly, so they are happy & tip well.
I feel for OP in the first one. He has to deal with a whole family of fuckwiths. You know, people who are not happy unless they are fucking with someone.
5:23
nice touch, rSlash! Really wasnt expecting a shatter sound!
Pizza op dropping into unhinged ranting about just quitting speaks to my very soul
Also reminds me of my first job when I was 16. Called in sick, and got told my manager didn't believe me and that I'd better come in or be taken off the schedule and was hung up on.
He called me back a week later asking if I was "ready" to come back. I said 'nope' and hung up
I will never see what's so attractive about drunken abusers with rage issues. That first family has issues.
First Story, NTA: OP’s family sound like children.
Second Story: I find it funny how this boss is blaming everyone but himself over him losing his business. I guess he is losing business because of OP and not him being a horrible POS, who treats his employees like shit (sarcasm). This man is absolutely insane and got what he deserved
the part that got me was charging 4 bucks delivery but only paying OP 1.50!!
In the first story, I am guessing the BIL just fundamentally dislikes the OP. He uses "teasing" and "pranks", but the reality is that it's not just a "stupid chair".
I like the glass breaking sound effect.
First story, the guy flips out over OP bringing his own chair because the pricks kept stealing the seats for "grins and giggles" with no intention of returning them. Talk about MAJOR immaturity. I find pranking at family gathering events to be flat out stupid.
I stopped attending Thanksgiving dinners at one of my aunt's houses for some time because my dumbass cousin and a few other family members thought it was funny to pelt someone in the head with a football. They did that to a few kids and claimed that "it was an accident" when the parents came out upon hearing their kids crying. Then they went back to doing it again until they decided to target me and they hit me hard with it. I got pissed at one point because I was in the middle of playing hide-and-seek with the kids when I took a hit to the face with a football. I took the ball, walked over to the tree stump, took out my knife, and I was about to pop it when my cousin ran over and snatched the ball from me. He and the others kept telling me to "chill out" and that it was only fun. I went inside to say bye to my aunt and a few others and I also added I wasn't coming back over anymore. They saw the welts on me and were shocked (even more when I said I wasn't coming back anymore) and wanted to know what happened and so I told them.
I left but I learned from my dad that my dumbass cousin and the others got their asses chewed out big time over what they did and a big argument broke out.
I didn't show back up to my aunt's for the next few years, even though I was asked to go and I refused when I learned that my cousin and the dumbass relatives would be there too. I did eventually return but that was after the cousin and the others stopped showing up for good.
Someone should tell that boss the quote: "You can catch more bee's with honey, than you can with vinegar." He DESPERATELY NEEDS to learn that, and LIVE by that! LMAO
I love how people like the second boss always say stuff like, “people don’t want to work anymore”.
It’s not that people don’t want to work, moron. It’s that people don’t want to work for sh** wages that don’t even cover gas money, then get there and be completely overwhelmed due to intentional crappy staffing, THEN get abused and screamed at and belittled by both customers and management. Pay a decent wage, staff appropriately, and treat people like people, and you’ll be amazed at how many people want to work for you and patronize your business. Happy employees make customers happier!
Eh idk people really don’t want to work , every single industry is low staffed … it is getting better tho …
@@davidjr3769why do you think they're low staffed??? Because the pay is shit!
It's amazing how many people don't get that.
OP should tell his old boss to be a man and stop throwing a temper tantrum at his door step. If that front door episode was an attempt to beg for him to come back to work, I'd say the boss failed miserably.
Wow, that chair family thing has a lot of weird dynamics to it. Control freaks? Dominance plays? Bad parents not establishing boundaries in childhood? Latent tendencies towards bullying behaviour? Sounds like an awful environment to grow up in.
Entertain each other with conversation because you like each other?
You’re nuts, RSlash. Totally bonkers. That’ll never catch on.
It didn't catch on in this shitty family.
It might catch on if everyone had their cell or tablet and texts each other.
@@cnault3244 except who acutely likes all members of there family? you can't choose family like you can friends, heck most of my family hasn't spoken to one another in 15+ years
@@robgilmour3147 Sure, but if everyone is sitting there not speaking and just texting, no one has any idea who is texting to who. You could be sitting there texting a friend across town telling him you're stuck at this lame family event.
9:19 you don’t love each other because you’re family, you’re family because you love each other
Chairs:
Many years ago I worked in a pub, and when my shift ended I liked to sit on a stool at the bar, and have a beer or two.
But the supply of stools was limited. So, I bought a stool. It was mine, not the pubs. When I was working it was in the back room, next to the glass washers. At the end of my shift I got it out, and sat on it,
Everyone knew it was my stool. No one ever used it apart from me. Just like no one borrows a car without permission.
One day a self important new staff member decided to use MY stool. Buy your own furniture lady. She stood up to adjust her dress, and I removed it from under her. She then sat back down. On the floor. Bar stools are about 3 feet tall. It was a long way down. she was amply padded for the landing. My stool. Belongs to me. I do not drink the drinks you pay for, you do not sit on the stool I paid for.
One of the customers simply said to her ‘it is his stool.’
I still have it. When I quit the job at the pub I took it with me.
The second story. I’ve been there. I was a supervisor at a warehouse club food court. I had every manager breathing down my neck. If I was able to work a miracle one day, they would expect it the next day. I hated breathing during that time in my life. I had a nervous breakdown. I’ve never really been the same
It's scary, yet amusing, hearing how ultimately self-destructing these people can be. I agree, the family are bullies for deliberately ruin OP's safe spot year after year, thinking that it's funny. And then this super crazy manager who has the GALL to go over to the HOUSE of the worker who quit just to angrily shout at him.
I tell ya, these people be freakin' crazy, man...
For the last story about the bad boss, I'm reminded of the advice that I'll paraphrase from the Black Swan Group trainings: Never piss off someone who can ruin you by simply doing nothing.
That family is messed up in... a lot of ways.
How on Earth OP managed to not go no contact mode with them will always be a secret for me.
man that first one was wild. My family did the chair thing too, but it was WAY more lighthearted than what went on with them, because there were always extra places to sit and noone ever took it that far. some people are just mean spirited
For the first story with the chair: a REALLY evil prank is to stretch cling film over the toilet bowl.
Don't give them ideas.
That would be amusing... until you're the one cleaning up the mess after someone craps all over the place.
Then it'd just be downright mean.
So it's because of the employees leaving that a boss would starve ? Maybe he should stop acting like a child, be a man, and find a job then
"You might."
The last story was a glorious trainwreck of a horrible boss as well as human being lol...
I think the line OP of story 1 said; "I think they were so used to how things were that now they're trying to find other ways to amuse themselves that don't involve cellphones" is pretty telling about how those people are.
When I go to a party, social event, family gathering, etc... it's not about amusing myself. It's about socializing and being there with friends and family. I can't think of a single time where I needed to "amuse myself", because I had other people there to do things with (instead of doing things to). Play cards, board games, watch a movie, if you're into it have some drinks, tell stories, play charades, there are countless things you can do as a group to entertain everyone. Bullying one or a few people for entertainment defeats the purpose for them to attend. I feel bad for Op, my family has it's downfalls but this is pretty fucking bad. I'd hate to say it, but I wouldn't attend gatherings with those people. I'd set aside time to visit with the family I do care about, then leave the rest in my dust.
First story:
Bullies! They are high school BULLIES! - Gabbie Hannah. 😂😂😂
5:23 okay r/slash adding sound effects 🔥🔥🔥
Story 1 hits home as something similar happened to me over a craft that I love to do. It finally stopped when I had full on ugly cry in front of them. Story 2 - I hope the co-worker's Mom went full on Momma Bear on the owner. He deserves that and more!
first story/update... why can't the family get more chairs? or stop having such big get togethers? it's common sense, I'm on OP's side, I want a seat, I'll bring my chair, don't take it, it's not a joke, it's your lack of seating
“Are you okay? Do you need to sit down?”
Bro knew EXACTLY what he was doing lmao
the last story reminded me of why I quit my last fast food job after being with the company for 4 years. It might not sound a lot but for a fast food with crappy management, that's a lot. I'm just a simple minded person back then. I just worked because I just wanted money on my pocket but thanks to shitty company management and other bs, I found myself being dragged up the ranks (not climbing, but being dragged up). Before I knew it, I was already the one in-charged of training every single employee that finishes the hiring process. Then covid hits and we barely earn anything for our job. Meanwhile the general manager always rants about "Being thankful for having a job in this trying times" while telling us to do work twice or in my case, three times our agreed workload because not only I have to single handedly man the grill, kitchen and handle the stocks, I also need to do everything even during busy hours.
Then one fateful day, there was a typhoon and I was the only employee who isn't a cashier that managed to get to work because everyone else didn't make it to wide spread flooding so I and another junior manager (who by the way is pregnant) had to open the store up and run everything. Due to my manager being pregnant for 6 months and me not wanting to strain her, I basically took over everything and just have her man the cash register and try to keep tabs on anyone who can somehow go to work while I do everything. That's how much authority I had in that company at one point. I was just an employee but I can order the newer manager around like that. There was no way the two of us can handle everything specially with a typhoon and massive flooding around.
A quick side note, the town where I live can be called a weird one. Whenever there is flooding and storms, people would usually flock into fast foods and other places that can serve anything edible and ready to eat. Most people don't have fridges and do shopping for perishable food at the local supermarket or wet market on a daily basis.
With that in mind, you can see how 2 people manning a fast food in this kind of situation would definitely end in disaster. And it did. Orders easily got backed up, costumers are angry and barely anything was served on time because I was busy grilling stuff on the grilling station while cooking other stuff that isn't grilled like rice in the kitchen which is about 5 meters from the grilling area. It's not seem that far but if you are running around like headless chicken, that's shit is too far of a distance to cover several times a minute.
What did I get as a reward for this hard work? Well, I got chewed up by the general manager in front of 20 costumers (the maximum number of costumers we are allowed to let inside at any given point) because "We are buried under a pile of orders" which is actually correct since we were backed up so far by so many orders since most costumers we were getting were ordering for their entire family.
It was a long 10 hour shift of working non-stop and only having a measly 15 minute break to shove some meal into my mouth. I was exhausted and during most of the day, I was being chewed for "being slow". Two more employees did show up but one had to go do the deliveries and one had to man the floor and take care of costumers while the general manager was finally free to go inside the Kitchen and chew me ever further for the rest of the day. The next day, I gave my 30 days notice and told them nothing they say can make me change my mind.