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When I worked stocking shelves (early morning at 4 or 5 before the store opened at 10) in retail, we all had to arrive at least 10-15 minutes early cuz the opening manager would arrive around 5-10 minutes early, unlock the doors, let everyone in, lock the doors, then be wandering the store doing stuff and no one would be near the doors or answering the phone for hours, so if you got there after that, you were locked out and just had to bang on the door hoping someone walked by and heard you. You'd get written up for being late if that happened, and they made a BIG deal of it. Also, when the manager came to let us in, we would all rush from the front door to the back of the store to clock in on time cuz that was also a big deal even though it wasn't within our control.
One time the general manager had to cover for the stocking shift manager, and he pulled into the parking lot right at 5 when we were already supposed to be clocked in and would be gotten in BIG trouble with him for not clocking in on time if it was the other manager with us. I asked him about it and he was like, "Oh, I'm not late, I got here on time. It's 5."
And I hated him and hated the job and didn't care if he fired me, so I "talked back," and said, "Well we won't be clocked in by 5, and you'd write us up for that if it was [other manager] here today instead of you."
All he said was, "I'll fix your time cards to say you clocked in at 5." 🙄
2026-07-25 10:19:41