Coffee on the Job
I used to work at a liquor store with two extremely unreliable people who loved drama. Both of them got into a stupid fight the manager and quit on the spot, leaving me and a skeleton crew to manage the rest of the crazy summer season.
The rest of the crew spent a good portion of their shifts sitting on pallets, making out in the bathroom and/or drinking on the job, so I was the go-to employee suddenly.
Comparatively to the two drama queens, I was a very well-behaved employee, but I would sometimes take my tips and pop over to the coffee shop next door while on the clock.
One time I stepped back into the store right as the manager came into the other entrance. I just stood there and looked at her, she kind of shrugged helplessly, and let me do it for the rest of the summer because she knew if she fired me, that place would fall apart.
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