Workers on Reddit share the best “I don’t give a darn!” moments they’ve seen while working. Content has been edited for clarity.
“I’ll Never Forget The Look On His Face”
“When I was 18 I worked at the local supermarket, in an area where crime was just freaking ridiculous, I had a co-worker who was a nice guy, however just didn’t have a filter even with customers. We had a group come in once and demand cash, with a knife pulled on him, now, this had happened before, so we’re kinda just over it and knew the weapons were just a threat. I’ll never forget the look on his face.
Looks the guy straight in the eyes for about 3 seconds and lazily says, ‘Now? First thing in the morning? Stab me, you freaking spoon.’
Security jumped in real quick and the guy didn’t get his cash, and for the two years I worked there we had a sign displayed out the back with his words on it.”
“Doesn’t Look Like You Swept”
“I was seventeen at the time, and was working at Taco Bell. I was working 20-30 hours a week and got along great with all of my employees and management staff. My manager went on vacation one weekend, and we had to have (what I assume now was) a 50+ year old district manager fill in while they were gone. We had little conversation throughout the shift, other than me asking why we are required to throw away any order mess-ups rather than offer them to the staff. She apparently did not like that question and responded with a short ‘because food isn’t free.’
While closing my first shift with her managing, I was tending to all our normal closing duties. I swept the store and mopped as usual and proceeded to tell her that I was done with all my closing tasks and ready to clock out. She then asked if I had swept and mopped the lobby. Having no concern of my ability to simply sweep and mop, I said yes. She then asked me to follow and began to walk the lobby and point at the few crumbs I missed in three or four absurdly difficult to reach locations.
As we rounded back to the counter she extended the broom and proclaimed, ‘It doesn’t look like you swept or mopped’ (even though the ground was still wet). Momentarily dumbfounded, I looked at her and said, ‘I’ll let you sweep. I quit.’
After mentally print-screening her reaction, I set my apron on the counter, turned around and walked out. Can’t say I’ve ever since felt such a fulfilling sense of ‘forget you.'”
“The Kid Was Speechless”
“My mother-in-law was originally a special ed teacher, but as the years moved on the definition changed as to who was in special ed in high school. Eventually, she was a teacher for the troublemaker kids. She was at retirement age but thought, she could suck it up for a few years while she waited for my father-in-law to retire.
Her last year, she had this massive prick of a kid, never heard her complain about any kid, but this one was special.
One day towards the end of school she decided she was done and filled out the retirement paperwork for the end of the year.
After that we went about her day and sure enough the little prick was at it. She lost it and totally and verbally eviscerated the kid in front of his peers. She is incredibly intelligent and possesses a cutting razor wit. Up and down over this kid she went. Anytime the kid tried to say something back, she turned it on him. She had him for two years and all the rage built up and let loose. The kid was speechless.
Next day, she gets called to the office about what happened and the parents wanted to have a meeting. She was fine with it. They met and the parents started to go off on her, then my mother-in-law went off on the parents detailing how terrible parents they were when there was ample evidence of their kid being a total butt and them never doing anything to stop them. The parents sat in silence as she tore them apart.
In the end, the parents wanted her fired. My mother-in-law looked at the two of them and said ‘Forget you, I retired earlier this week.’
The school moved the kid, she stayed on for another month and that was that.”
