When the manager asks you first thing, "was it busy last night?" he really means _______________?
a: I'm really disappointed. You didn't get anything done. It's obvious that you screwed around. Sales were low. It wasn't busy. I wish I had a better person than you, etc., etc.
b: I'm really disappointed. You didn't get anything done. It's obvious that you screwed around. Sales were low. It wasn't busy. I wish I had a better person than you, etc., etc.
c: I'm really disappointed. You didn't get anything done. It's obvious that you screwed around. Sales were low. It wasn't busy. I wish I had a better person than you, etc., etc.
d: I'm really disappointed. You didn't get anything done. It's obvious that you screwed around. Sales were low. It wasn't busy. I wish I had a better person than you, etc., etc.
Not lately. I've encountered this in the past. Long ago. I don't work nights anymore. Or I should say, I haven't been scheduled nights. I'll work whenever I'm told to work.
My coworkers were subjected to this a week or so ago and I thought I'd post something about it. I was joking with the guy who asked the question. I called him on it. I told him exactly what he was doing. He admitted that it was a loaded question.
at my job I share closing with a part time fellow, they know when I close because you not only see a difference but can smell it, ( I bleach the cutting boards) they say I am o c d when it comes to cleaning lol
I think it is kind of passive aggressive. I appreciate it when managers are direct. If they aren't happy with my performance I want to know. Too many managers in my career were like this and I was always on the limbo on whether or not they were happy with my work performance. I do get it though. In this case the manager was probably trying to give the employee a hint with out actually rubbing his nose in it. He is probably a good guy. But the employee might be a little confused unless he really was just screwing around. Sometimes we focus our attention on other areas that we thought were important. For example I might had decided this slow day was a good day to change the case liners and polish the glass but that meant not being able to put away the truck or stock the lunch meat. I might think I did a good thing but the manager thought I was just screwing around because he only sees what didn't get done. I would rather be asked "Why didn't these things get done?" Passive Aggressive is never a good way to communicate in my opinion.
