Followup: https://archive.ph/wip/WFtJR
Link didn't work for me
Maybe the string came loose from your Dixie cup.
Wagie needs to learn the law:
1910.36(d)(1) Employees must be able to open an exit route door from the inside at all times without keys, tools, or special knowledge. A device such as a panic bar that locks only from the outside is permitted on exit discharge doors.
https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.36
This is the kind of thing civil lawyers salivate over. "My client was fired for reporting an OSHA violation (and likely violation of a municipal fire ordinance) to the Fire Department. Terminating an OSHA whistleblower is explicitly prohibited by law. I motion for summary judgement in favor of the plaintiff."
I think just the threat of termination in this scenario would be enough to sue these fuckers blind.
One thing is for certain- that manager is out of a job, and hilariously will probably end up working a similar wage-slave position to the victim in this case! No company would hire this man on as a manager responsible for anybody after this obscene treatment of an employee, and an absolute disregard for OSHA.
I wonder how young the victim was. They seem kind of stupid- like he/she is really concerned about being fired from a job where their manager is fine with fucking leaving them locked in the store overnight. They claim a diagnosis of an anxiety condition- this indicates that they're over 18 years old. The writing style seems feminine, and this kind of situation and lack of decisiveness/fear of consequences is much more womanly, so I'd guess the victim is a woman in her early 20s. And she'll never have to work another day in her life if she presses this issue legally.
Fucking idiot is scared of losing his job at McDonald's.
Subway
That's even worse.
The bread smell is amazing though
At the very least I would stay clocked in the whole time.
So the managers of the Walmart and the McDonalds are unwilling to come in at night even when an emergency situation like this arises, but they expect and even demand that the employee stay there all night to save them from having a broken gate? When the gate is obviously defective already?
I bet there are a bunch of lawyers just salivating at the thought of getting to sue those fuckers.
They don't even have to come in. They could call a 24/7 locksmith. Even if the locksmith can't get the gate open, the $300 charge is nothing compared to showing some god damn effort when it comes to impending legal trouble for having an employee trapped in your fucking restaurant.
This situation is so absurd, so fucking mindblowing, it was hard for me to comprehend. I thought it might be fake at first. I actually knew a guy who managed a few Subway stores- he was ALWAYS within at about a 2-3 hour drive to any of the locations, just in case something came up that needed his attention. He would often have to quickly leave when we were hanging out, to go help some teenaged employee get a ride home or some shit. His employees loved him, but he was also extremely stressed out.
It sounds like the manager in this case was extremely stressed out, to the point of burnout. He put himself into a position where he was unable to get to one of his locations. He was unable to contact another employee and ask them to go help. He didn't even consider a locksmith or contacting corporate and getting direct approval to have the fire department bust their way in... or maybe his boss might have had an easy solution. Could've been something as silly as "Oh, it's these new doors we just started using, sometimes they get stuck- you have to pull right on this part and then lift and it should come right up".
Instead, this manager threw away his career and likely ruined himself. He was more willing to let an employee remain TRAPPED in his store than he was to get a stern talking-to for having the door broken by the FD. And in some states, telling someone not to call emergency services when they are in an emergency (this was absolutely an emergency situation) is a pretty serious crime. Could treat this almost like a kidnapping.
Or putting down the soy and showing up with some tools. A crowbar will work great if it's a little stuck, and if it's really stuck an oscilating multitool or angle grinder will have those hinges off in a jiffy. And new hinges are a whole lot cheaper than a locksmith.
Call a damned locksmith. Not the fire department.
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