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HR at Amazon is a shit show. I had $100 of pizza stolen from the fridge at Amazon and I mentioned it casually to HR, as something notable but not too important.

HR at Amazon is a shit show. I had $100 of pizza stolen from the fridge at Amazon and I mentioned it casually to HR, as something notable but not too important. And HR then decided to tell my manager without my knowledge. The manager then berated me over communicating about a "trivial matter." So yeah, wouldn't put much stock in HR at Amazon.

rendall 5y ago
Maybe manager stole the pizza.
- goldenkey 5y ago
  Well, I left because of him. He stole my dignity.
  - rendall 5y ago
    Dignity and pizza.
akomtu 5y ago
You should've played the game and claimed you've never said what HR says you've said and in fact (here goes the distraction part of the lie) you heard another guy was talking about pizza, so HR must've overheard that conversation and misremembered the details.
- winrid 5y ago
  The problem is the manager would probably start with "did you have a pizza stolen?" without mentioning HR
  - akomtu 5y ago
    From this question alone you could figure who's trying to backstab you.
  - psd1 5y ago
    The stolen item needs to slightly vary in each telling. Catch a mole 101.
    - greedo 5y ago
      They'll have to call it the "Pizza Trap" instead of the Canary Trap...
dec0dedab0de 5y ago
I know it's not the point, but how/why did you have $100 worth of pizza in the refrigerator? Edit: I'm trying to imagine scenarios where that could happen, I have two so far. You ordered pizza for a meeting that got canceled, and the office refrigerator was huge. Or you ordered from a fancy pizza place that had waygu or something as a topping. I'm sorry, I don't know why this is bothering me so much.
- cerved 5y ago
  it's clearly a lie! The value of pizza is inversely correlated to the time it's been out of the oven. Once it's in the refrigerator it's worth max 1%
  - rendall 5y ago
    Maybe original cost had been $10,000?
  - Balarny 5y ago
    I mean ... one of my guilty pleasures is leftover pizza straight out of the fridge. Something about that chilled, congealed fat and sugar ... mmmmmmmmm So to me it makes perfect sense that it's $100
  - goldenkey 5y ago
    I for one like leftover pizza if it hasn't hardened into a rock. In this case, the pizza had only been in there for less than a day.
- oceliker 5y ago
  Maybe it was paid for with bitcoin, like the infamous case: https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/cryptocurrency/bitcoin-pizza-day-2021-some-interesting-facts-about-this-special-cryptocurrency-day-6924731.html https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/cryptocurrency/bi...
- orlp 5y ago
  Or it was $100 worth of pizza spread over a longer period.
Seb-C 5y ago
If you had got an NFT for your pizza, this wouldn't have happened since this would prevent them from... Oh wait...
danjac 5y ago
$100 of pizza? Isn't that a whole AWS service's worth?
- goldenkey 5y ago
  I was making good money. And this chef makes pizza to die for: https://www.seriouspieseattle.com/serious-take-out-ballard/ https://www.seriouspieseattle.com/serious-take-out-ballard/
  - danjac 5y ago
    https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/introduction-devops-aws/two-pizza-teams.html https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/introduction-...

rendall 5y ago

Maybe manager stole the pizza.

goldenkey 5y ago
Well, I left because of him. He stole my dignity.
- rendall 5y ago
  Dignity and pizza.

akomtu 5y ago

You should've played the game and claimed you've never said what HR says you've said and in fact (here goes the distraction part of the lie) you heard another guy was talking about pizza, so HR must've overheard that conversation and misremembered the details.

winrid 5y ago
The problem is the manager would probably start with "did you have a pizza stolen?" without mentioning HR
- akomtu 5y ago
  From this question alone you could figure who's trying to backstab you.
- psd1 5y ago
  The stolen item needs to slightly vary in each telling. Catch a mole 101.
  - greedo 5y ago
    They'll have to call it the "Pizza Trap" instead of the Canary Trap...

dec0dedab0de 5y ago

I know it's not the point, but how/why did you have $100 worth of pizza in the refrigerator? Edit: I'm trying to imagine scenarios where that could happen, I have two so far. You ordered pizza for a meeting that got canceled, and the office refrigerator was huge. Or you ordered from a fancy pizza place that had waygu or something as a topping. I'm sorry, I don't know why this is bothering me so much.

cerved 5y ago
it's clearly a lie! The value of pizza is inversely correlated to the time it's been out of the oven. Once it's in the refrigerator it's worth max 1%
- rendall 5y ago
  Maybe original cost had been $10,000?
- Balarny 5y ago
  I mean ... one of my guilty pleasures is leftover pizza straight out of the fridge. Something about that chilled, congealed fat and sugar ... mmmmmmmmm So to me it makes perfect sense that it's $100
- goldenkey 5y ago
  I for one like leftover pizza if it hasn't hardened into a rock. In this case, the pizza had only been in there for less than a day.
oceliker 5y ago
Maybe it was paid for with bitcoin, like the infamous case: https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/cryptocurrency/bitcoin-pizza-day-2021-some-interesting-facts-about-this-special-cryptocurrency-day-6924731.html https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/cryptocurrency/bi...
orlp 5y ago
Or it was $100 worth of pizza spread over a longer period.

Seb-C 5y ago

If you had got an NFT for your pizza, this wouldn't have happened since this would prevent them from... Oh wait...

danjac 5y ago

$100 of pizza? Isn't that a whole AWS service's worth?

goldenkey 5y ago
I was making good money. And this chef makes pizza to die for: https://www.seriouspieseattle.com/serious-take-out-ballard/ https://www.seriouspieseattle.com/serious-take-out-ballard/
- danjac 5y ago
  https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/introduction-devops-aws/two-pizza-teams.html https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/introduction-...