Workers Left In Shock After Learning How Out Of Touch Their Bosses Are (46 Stories)

Many years ago a manager came in to the break room where 20 or so staff were quietly eating our lunches. He said loudly "HELLO PEASANTS" made his coffee and walked out.

Exec: “I would like to see improvements in our new website. Something similar to what the BBC offer”
Me: “A website of that size isn’t a simple undertaking”
Exec: “Can we get someone in once a week to build it?”

Still no idea why they wanted a corporate website that was a replica of the BBC 🤷‍♂️.

Had an MD complain that I always get the last green apple from the staff kitchen when I was in a grad role earning less than what target paid me.

She had the audacity to suggest I should give them to her - keeping in mind she was in Brisbane’s most expensive suburb and driving a 100k car. I think she can go buy her own d**n apples instead of pecking away at the complimentary staff fruit if she really wants green apples that badly.

Also keeping in mind the start time was 9am and she always rocked at 9:15. If she just showed up on time she’d actually get the green apples.

And tldr there was like always 20 red apples and like 4 green apples.

CEO said bonuses and pay rises were only for those who achieved band 5 in their performance reviews (which was technically impossible). Days later got his brand new Audi S5 delivered to the office and wanted everyone to come look at it...

I started my shift one day at 2:30pm. My coworker started his shift at 1:30pm and was going to be late so he asked if we could switch. I say of course and arrive at work at 1:30. As i get to the main office my boss steps out of his office with a grin on his face and say, "well! your in early today!" I explain that our coworker was running late and asked if we could switch. instantly, the color and happiness drains from my boss's face and he steps back into his office without saying a word. At 2:30, after my coworker arrives, he is asked to step into my boss's office. 15 min late they both come out. My boss gathers his things and leaves without a word. My coworker turns to me and just grumbles "what a f*****g p***k". As it turns out, my boss had expected to leave when I got into work (originally planned for 2:30). When I arrived early, he got all happy thinking he got to leave an hour early. Having learned that that was not the case, my boss decided to write up my coworker and threaten to fire him for not telling him that he switch shifts that day. Holy Jeebus that was a dumb day!

TL;DR My boss gets mad and threatens to fire my coworker because he didn't get to leave early that day.

Edit: For clarity, my boss worked with his employees, as in, alongside them. He did pretty much the same work as us but for higher pay and with the title 'manager'.

Edit numbah 2!: For some extra clarity (because after reading through comments and then my own post I realize that not knowing what job this is makes the situation a tad bit confusing), I worked at a chevron car wash. It was necessary to have two people on at all times because our chevron sold propane (which the car wash employees filled). If we had cars and propane at the same time, one person would wash cars and the other propane. Therefore, if my boss had left at 1:30 I would have been stuck doing the job of two people.

COVID lockdowns. Everyone trapped in their bumfuck studios and apartments. Finance industry, all team call, MD pipes up:

“Yeah I’ve decamped to my field-to-fork regenerative lamb farm in the Southern Highlands until this blows over”.