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I felt humiliated today

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pinenuts75 · 04/04/2026 21:29

At work today my manager brought us some treats in for Easter, I had a biscuit and was eating it on the shop floor, she actually told me off I felt like a naughty school girl, she told me to hide it, I felt so humiliated, this isn’t the first time she’s done things like this, is she bullying me?

OP posts:
LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 05/04/2026 00:44

pinenuts75 · 05/04/2026 00:42

Omfg I’ve admitted I was wrong this is getting fucking boring now

Yep - no attitude problem there. Swearing at people that don’t agree with you, you are clearly a joy to manage.

MyPantsAreMissing · 05/04/2026 00:44

StifledSnappism · 05/04/2026 00:36

The OP was in the wrong and unreasonable. Telling people they're unreasonable isn't bullying just like telling a customer facing employee that shoving biscuit down their throat on the shop floor is unacceptable. The world isn't there to tell you you're always in the right and everyone else is a bully when you're actually an entitled twat who should know better.

Its not rocket science. It shouldn't have needed to be said. But it did need to be all for one person. No one else thought that was a good idea.

This is unnecessarily harsh and rude

jay55 · 05/04/2026 00:45

Surely when you started you signed a bunch of policies which covered this sort of thing.
getting crumbs on the floor or merchandise would be an issue.

pinenuts75 · 05/04/2026 00:46

MyPantsAreMissing · 05/04/2026 00:44

This is unnecessarily harsh and rude

She wouldn’t say that to my face I wouldn’t let her

OP posts:
LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 05/04/2026 00:47

MyPantsAreMissing · 05/04/2026 00:28

It is really unprofessional to tell an employee off on the shop floor. It is worse than an employee eating a biscuit in my eyes. There's a way to go about this situation and that is not it. She could have said 'remember dont eat on the shop floor' when she gave you the cookies.
I would say to her in a non confrontational way, that you have noticed she speaks to you differently and you are wondering if you have done something to annoy her. She might realise her actions have consequences and be nicer. I would start documenting incidents just incase she gets worse.

Is this the same manager who gave her an award and made a joke and then told her she was doing really well?

Someone gutsing food on the shop floor and apparently not realising it’s not acceptable - sounds like op had had an easy ride

pinenuts75 · 05/04/2026 00:47

jay55 · 05/04/2026 00:45

Surely when you started you signed a bunch of policies which covered this sort of thing.
getting crumbs on the floor or merchandise would be an issue.

No I didn’t

OP posts:
LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 05/04/2026 00:48

pinenuts75 · 05/04/2026 00:46

She wouldn’t say that to my face I wouldn’t let her

The other poster wouldn’t? Are you calling people out now 🤣

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 05/04/2026 00:49

pinenuts75 · 05/04/2026 00:47

No I didn’t

Did it not occur to you that eating on the shop floor is ridiculous?

pinenuts75 · 05/04/2026 00:49

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 05/04/2026 00:47

Is this the same manager who gave her an award and made a joke and then told her she was doing really well?

Someone gutsing food on the shop floor and apparently not realising it’s not acceptable - sounds like op had had an easy ride

No

OP posts:
pinenuts75 · 05/04/2026 00:50

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 05/04/2026 00:48

The other poster wouldn’t? Are you calling people out now 🤣

Nobody would call me an entitled twat and get away with it

OP posts:
LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 05/04/2026 00:51

pinenuts75 · 05/04/2026 00:49

No

No to what exactly?

If you didn’t sign anything about not eating on the shop floor, it’s probably because they assume that they don’t need to.

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 05/04/2026 00:51

pinenuts75 · 05/04/2026 00:50

Nobody would call me an entitled twat and get away with it

Meaning what? What do you think you would do?

pinenuts75 · 05/04/2026 00:52

All this over a fucking biscuit

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murasaki · 05/04/2026 00:53

The OP sounds like a nightmare employee, if ND then there are mitigating circumstances, but she definitely needs more training. The boss didn't handle it well, but I suspect she was at the end of her tether.

Witsends123 · 05/04/2026 00:54

murasaki · 05/04/2026 00:53

The OP sounds like a nightmare employee, if ND then there are mitigating circumstances, but she definitely needs more training. The boss didn't handle it well, but I suspect she was at the end of her tether.

Oh I do wish they didnt take the laughing button away 🤣🤣🤣

pinenuts75 · 05/04/2026 00:55

murasaki · 05/04/2026 00:53

The OP sounds like a nightmare employee, if ND then there are mitigating circumstances, but she definitely needs more training. The boss didn't handle it well, but I suspect she was at the end of her tether.

No she wasn’t for fuck sake it was one mistake fucking hell

OP posts:
LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 05/04/2026 00:55

pinenuts75 · 05/04/2026 00:52

All this over a fucking biscuit

You are the one who whined about it - most people wouldn’t have admitted to doing something so obviously against the rules then accuse the manager of bullying 🤣🤣

IncessantFlames · 05/04/2026 00:59

pinenuts75 · 05/04/2026 00:52

All this over a fucking biscuit

I think it's more about your attitude.

Marysnail · 05/04/2026 01:00

pinenuts75 · 05/04/2026 00:52

All this over a fucking biscuit

some of the worlds biggest pickles were over the smallest of errors,

murasaki · 05/04/2026 01:00

Witsends123 · 05/04/2026 00:54

Oh I do wish they didnt take the laughing button away 🤣🤣🤣

If you're sock puppeting for the OP, it's a pretty lame effort.

ForeverDelayedEpiphany · 05/04/2026 01:01

Dear me. 😳 I think this thread may have reached its limits in terms of how many nice and not quite so nice ways we can reply to the OP about the whys and wherefores of not eating biscuits on a shop floor...

We might just have to all agree to disagree. 🤔😕

Marysnail · 05/04/2026 01:02

its like me and pressing the intercom buzzer while debriefing an asset, the pickles of that day, it was a truly oh pickles moment

murasaki · 05/04/2026 01:02

pinenuts75 · 05/04/2026 00:55

No she wasn’t for fuck sake it was one mistake fucking hell

But you've already said that she has issues with you. Why might that be, I wonder.

Marysnail · 05/04/2026 01:02

ForeverDelayedEpiphany · 05/04/2026 01:01

Dear me. 😳 I think this thread may have reached its limits in terms of how many nice and not quite so nice ways we can reply to the OP about the whys and wherefores of not eating biscuits on a shop floor...

We might just have to all agree to disagree. 🤔😕

now would you like a biscuit while you think it over

ForeverDelayedEpiphany · 05/04/2026 01:03

Marysnail · 05/04/2026 01:02

now would you like a biscuit while you think it over

Lol 😆 well, I might not eat it in bed now, as that's not really the done thing 😅

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