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You sure showed them! I bet that advance auto manager thought real hard about asking anybody else to....sweep. I'm glad you realized your hands were too import

You sure showed them! I bet that advance auto manager thought real hard about asking anybody else to....sweep. I'm glad you realized your hands were too important to be callused by a broom

peteradio 4y ago
Quite snarky, heres my story. Worked at a big box home improvement store as a 15 year old kid on checkout. Someone literally shit diarrhea all over the floor, the store manager asked literally everyone in the store to clean it up including me, everyone refused, he ended up cleaning it himself. Some things are not part of the job!!!
- malfist 4y ago
  There's a difference between being asked to clean up potential biohazards and being asked to push a broom for a few minutes and up and ripping your shirt off and quitting over it.
- II2II 4y ago
  The thing is, the mess had to be cleaned up and the manager did it after everyone else refused. There are limits, sure. You need proper equipment to clean up such a mess because it is a health and safety issue. I can also understand why no one would want to step up. When everyone else is a refuses the job, stepping up is a good way to end up being the one called upon to do it in the future. But the reality is that people were probably refusing because they didn't want carry their weight. But kudos on the manager. He realized that it had to be done, then went ahead and did it without ordering anyone else to do so.
P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago
seriously, while I understand and agree with the sentiment in general, you're a clerk at a small store, sweeping the parking lot doesn't seem outside of your duties.
- mindcrime 4y ago
  But it doesn't matter what you think my duties are. And it didn't matter what my manager thought my duties were. It mattered what I thought they were. And on that day, considering the circumstances (some shit job I'm working for barely more than minimum wage as I work my way through college) I chose to decide that sweeping the parking lot was not an acceptable duty. Maybe I would have chosen differently if I'd desperately needed that job to feed a family, but that just goes to show that our lines are somewhat situation dependent.
  - P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago
    I'm sure you're a hoot to work with, but personally I'd rather be around people who have the humbleness to avoid thinking sweeping a parking lot was beneath them. If you can't take pride in a job well done as a store clerk, why the hell does anyone think you'll take pride in a job well done as a developer? That motivation is internal.
    - adave 4y ago
      Seriously you must be so fun to work with.It's a person's choice and there is no pride in being a low paid worker, get over yourself.
    - abiloe 4y ago
      > If you can't take pride in a job well done as a store clerk, why the hell does anyone think you'll take pride in a job well done as a developer? That motivation is internal. This is an absurd argument. They have nothing to do with each other. If you'd rather be a store clerk then why should expect you to have much motivation or competence to be a developer?
  - RobRivera 4y ago
    I'm getting the impression many are not entering into good faith discussion on understanding your perspective and attempting to not only invalidate your experience, but to also cast judgement.
mindcrime 4y ago
I bet that advance auto manager thought real hard about asking anybody else to....sweep. The thing is, I didn't then, nor do I now, care about what he thought hard about or not. That wasn't the point. I just wasn't going to be the one doing it. What happened beyond that is neither here nor there as far as I'm concerned.
mindcrime 4y ago
I'm glad you realized your hands were too important to be callused by a broom You misunderstand. I have no problem sweeping. If he'd asked me to sweep in the store, that would have been fine. I did that pretty much every day anyway. It was more that the *fucking parking lot* doesn't need to be swept in the first place. It's a parking lot! This guy was just being a jackoff, which is why my response was as seemingly hyperbolic as it was. Sorry, that's my fault for eliding some details in the story, because I was in a hurry earlier.

You sure showed them! I bet that advance auto manager thought real hard about asking anybody else to....sweep. I'm glad you realized your hands were too important to be callused by a broom

peteradio 4y ago

Quite snarky, heres my story. Worked at a big box home improvement store as a 15 year old kid on checkout. Someone literally shit diarrhea all over the floor, the store manager asked literally everyone in the store to clean it up including me, everyone refused, he ended up cleaning it himself. Some things are not part of the job!!!

malfist 4y ago
There's a difference between being asked to clean up potential biohazards and being asked to push a broom for a few minutes and up and ripping your shirt off and quitting over it.
II2II 4y ago
The thing is, the mess had to be cleaned up and the manager did it after everyone else refused. There are limits, sure. You need proper equipment to clean up such a mess because it is a health and safety issue. I can also understand why no one would want to step up. When everyone else is a refuses the job, stepping up is a good way to end up being the one called upon to do it in the future. But the reality is that people were probably refusing because they didn't want carry their weight. But kudos on the manager. He realized that it had to be done, then went ahead and did it without ordering anyone else to do so.

P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago

seriously, while I understand and agree with the sentiment in general, you're a clerk at a small store, sweeping the parking lot doesn't seem outside of your duties.

mindcrime 4y ago
But it doesn't matter what you think my duties are. And it didn't matter what my manager thought my duties were. It mattered what I thought they were. And on that day, considering the circumstances (some shit job I'm working for barely more than minimum wage as I work my way through college) I chose to decide that sweeping the parking lot was not an acceptable duty. Maybe I would have chosen differently if I'd desperately needed that job to feed a family, but that just goes to show that our lines are somewhat situation dependent.
- P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago
  I'm sure you're a hoot to work with, but personally I'd rather be around people who have the humbleness to avoid thinking sweeping a parking lot was beneath them. If you can't take pride in a job well done as a store clerk, why the hell does anyone think you'll take pride in a job well done as a developer? That motivation is internal.
  - adave 4y ago
    Seriously you must be so fun to work with.It's a person's choice and there is no pride in being a low paid worker, get over yourself.
  - abiloe 4y ago
    > If you can't take pride in a job well done as a store clerk, why the hell does anyone think you'll take pride in a job well done as a developer? That motivation is internal. This is an absurd argument. They have nothing to do with each other. If you'd rather be a store clerk then why should expect you to have much motivation or competence to be a developer?
- RobRivera 4y ago
  I'm getting the impression many are not entering into good faith discussion on understanding your perspective and attempting to not only invalidate your experience, but to also cast judgement.

mindcrime 4y ago

I bet that advance auto manager thought real hard about asking anybody else to....sweep. The thing is, I didn't then, nor do I now, care about what he thought hard about or not. That wasn't the point. I just wasn't going to be the one doing it. What happened beyond that is neither here nor there as far as I'm concerned.

mindcrime 4y ago

I'm glad you realized your hands were too important to be callused by a broom You misunderstand. I have no problem sweeping. If he'd asked me to sweep in the store, that would have been fine. I did that pretty much every day anyway. It was more that the *fucking parking lot* doesn't need to be swept in the first place. It's a parking lot! This guy was just being a jackoff, which is why my response was as seemingly hyperbolic as it was. Sorry, that's my fault for eliding some details in the story, because I was in a hurry earlier.