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To have left him stuck in the cellar?

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FreddysTash · 02/05/2019 14:13

We have a new starter at work who is a pain in the arse. He’s shadowing me and constantly disappears and is always off exploring rather than doing what he should be doing. This morning we were in the office and he asked me where he should put clinical waste. I told him we put it in the cellar but that we didn’t have time to do it now as we had to go out of office. He said he’d be quick. I said no because it takes ages to get down there, he’d need codes for the lift down there, and two different doors. He grabbed a pen and paper and asked me for the codes. Getting frustrated I wrote down the codes and told him to be really quick and off he goes.

15 minutes later he’s still not back so I check time and decide if he isn’t back by half past I’d do without him. Half past came so I packed up and headed to my car. I’d just set off when I got a frantic phone saying he was stuck in one of the rooms in the cellar. I told him to repeat the code he had and it was right so I said he’d just have to keep trying. I drove off. 5 minutes later he started ringing again. I ignored it. All in all 4 missed calls. I rang him back and he admitted he was in a different room and that’s why the code wasn’t working. I told him I’d be back at lunch. It was 9.45 at the time. He started getting irate saying it stunk down there, it was freezing, pitch black and the wind was hammering on the fire doors. I left him until 11. AIBU as he got stuck because he went where he wasn’t supposed to go?

OP posts:
7yo7yo · 02/05/2019 14:14

Grin sorry but it serves him right.
Dimwit.

PrimrosePhantasm · 02/05/2019 14:15

Yes very unreasonable

elf1985 · 02/05/2019 14:15

Not cool! But you are my hero 😁

frazzledasarock · 02/05/2019 14:17

Nope not UR at all. What was he doing in the different room anyway?

If he’s not doing his job properly I’d flag it up with your line manager. Also tell line manager of those incident, point out this bloke is having a negative impact on your deadlines as his dicking about and needing rescuing means you can’t get on and do your job.

TokyoSushi · 02/05/2019 14:17

Oh OP! I think you were being a bit unreasonable, but hopefully it's taught him a lesson too!

HBStowe · 02/05/2019 14:17

Unreasonable and a bit unprofessional but I would be lying if said I wasn’t also secretly a bit impressed at how ballsy you were.

IAmRubbishAtDIY · 02/05/2019 14:17

What is he snooping at?

MrsAJ27 · 02/05/2019 14:18

Lol.. this has made my day

He won't be so nosey next time

Shoxfordian · 02/05/2019 14:20

Why did you give him the codes to go down there? Sounds really unprofessional

skankingpiglet · 02/05/2019 14:20

You really (well, probably) shouldn't have, and were unkind to knowingly leave him there.
However I have no sympathy for him, he was told not to go, went anyway, let his curiosity get the better of him, and got stuck. A firm life lesson learned for your colleague today! Grin

FWIW I would have run back and released him if I hadn't already left, but left him to stew if I'd driven off. Possibly not for quite so long though!

Treaclesweet · 02/05/2019 14:20

Hahaha. This is great. I would complain to your line manager about him now while he's still in probation.

Faster · 02/05/2019 14:21

You sound entirely unprofessional and vindictive.

AzraiL · 02/05/2019 14:22

Yes. Yes you are. He may have not been doing as he was told but you had no right to leave him like that. He might have been annoying but HE IS A HUMAN BEING. You left him stuck for over an hour. You should have just let him out and then reported him.

TheGrey1houndSpeaks · 02/05/2019 14:22

What’s stored in the cellar? If it’s a restricted area, why did you give him the code and then fuck off and leave him there?
Especially if he was supposed to attend a meeting off site.
This could bite you on the arse.

HollowTalk · 02/05/2019 14:24

Of course he's a human being (barely, but still...) but what's that got to do with it? He was down a cellar, not burned at stake.

TheGrey1houndSpeaks · 02/05/2019 14:25

Complain to her line manager, Treacle? Don’t be so dim Hmm. The trainee has every right to report op, and probably will.

Nesssie · 02/05/2019 14:25

You sound entirely unprofessional and vindictive.

This. He was new ffs. What if there was a fire, or he had a medical problem. Or even if he needed the toilet? I'd say he had grounds to make a formal complaint about you. Bullying in the workplace is not funny.

AzraiL · 02/05/2019 14:25

He was locked up and the OP knowingly left him there. You don't do that to people.

Dingowashisname0 · 02/05/2019 14:27

I think you could get bollocked for this....

KnifeAngel · 02/05/2019 14:28

You sound nasty. Grow up and learn to act like an adult.

NeatFreakMama · 02/05/2019 14:28

You’re unreasonable but hilarious Grin

AssangesCat · 02/05/2019 14:28

There was nothing unreasonable about not answering your phone once you were driving. Slightly depends why you had to go off site. Could he have contacted someone else in the building to set him free? Knowing you had to leave at a set time he should have been quicker to contact you and told you right away that he was not in the room you had given him the code for.

He was a fool.

Saavhi · 02/05/2019 14:28

Not a nice thing to do.

Orlandointhewilderness · 02/05/2019 14:28

What if there had been an emergency!?! What if he had a panic attack or you were injured and couldn't tell anyone where he was trapped!?! Very unprofessional of you and might well land you in hot water.

Saavhi · 02/05/2019 14:29

Not at all "hilarious"

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