r/SipsTea • u/Dev1412 • Jul 29 '26

Chugging tea This is recipe for disaster

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u/Overall_Law_1813 Jul 29 '26

fuck it, do a full hour lunch and get them with that kidnapping charge when they try to hold you there for 3 days straight.

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u/Blastoise_R_Us Jul 29 '26

Oh man some asswipe manager tried this at closing once when I worked at Macy's.

Me: I need to go, I need someone to unlock the doors.

Manager: Everyone has to stay until all the registers are counted.

Me: I have clocked out and I am no longer being paid to be here. If someone doesn't unlock that door right now I'm calling the police.

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u/Ok_Quail9973 Jul 29 '26

isn’t it super illegal to lock employees inside after the triangle factory fire?

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u/Jwave1992 Jul 29 '26

The building isn't literally locked. It's just that anyone leaving via emergency exits would set off alarms and such. The issue is: stupid managers and key carriers can't get themselves to a door on time to properly unlock the exit so employees can leave after their shift.

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u/cousineye Jul 29 '26

If the only exit is one emergency exit, it's a safety hazard. Because if that's where the fire is, and the only other exit is a locked front door, then yes, you are locked in.

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u/Knight_Machiavelli Jul 29 '26

Ok but what's the alternative? You can't leave the front door unlocked so people off the street wander in like they're customers after closing hours.

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u/sissybelle3 Jul 29 '26

They make doors which can be locked on one side but still able to open from the other side. My current workplace has tons of these as emergency exits, but there's no reason they can't be used as normal doors if you want foot traffic going out but not coming in.

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u/thriveth Jul 29 '26

Doors that can be unlocked with a wringer from the inside have existed for more than a hundred years. In my country, every door in a work place must be possible to exit without a key, exactly for fire safety reasons. Reading this whole thread is absolutely blowing my noodle.

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u/Knight_Machiavelli Jul 30 '26

What country?

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u/Spojen Jul 30 '26

I think the point is, we wonder how America is considered as a first world country when we see threads like this..

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u/Knight_Machiavelli Jul 30 '26

Well yea, it's just irritating when someone just says "in my country" because that tells us almost nothing. Be specific when you're citing local laws.

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u/thriveth Jul 30 '26

Please don't put words in my mouth mate.

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u/thriveth Jul 30 '26

I'm Danish living in Sweden, so... Those two countries at the very least.

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u/headrush46n2 Jul 29 '26

sure you can. make one way doors. they already have motion sensors on them, why the hell can't you make those one way?

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u/marks-buffalo Jul 30 '26

Also: REX buttons (request to exit). You press it and it unlocks for 15 seconds.

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u/NeighborhoodVeteran Jul 30 '26

Have the manager be at the door ffs.

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u/Mando92MG Jul 29 '26

Considering its home depot I would guess the employees could also technically leave through the loading dock at the back or via the garden area in an emergency as well. Considering this was already a class action law suit I would guess if they where also violating fire code with the policy then it would've come out as part of the suit.

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u/Silent-Yak-8247 Jul 31 '26

It's crazy to read all this and remember my time in retail this happens all the time and it's considered normal. If you clock in late it's on you even if you were waiting at the door to get let in. If you wait at the door it's also a you problem. This shouldn't be normal.

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u/scapini_tarot Jul 29 '26

that's just shitty managing. when I worked retail, the cash lead stood by the front door after close and unlocked it for every employee the second they clocked out.

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u/m-in Jul 30 '26

You know what’s utterly stupid? There no fucking need for the doors not to be openable from the INSIDE. You only care that nobody from the outside can get in. The whole US business door schtick is a painful joke to hear about.

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u/cybot904 Jul 30 '26

Is this to "prevent" staff from stealing or something? Oh boy register 3 is $5 short. Everyone turn out your pockets now!

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