Put That Bully Boss On A Bus To Another Branch
Many years ago, I worked for a branch of [Store] in [Town]. When that store closed, I transferred to the branch in [City], where I still am today. We have recently gotten a new manager, who transferred to the store from [Other Town].
One day, I walk into work and hear [Manager] talking to [Colleague].
Colleague: “I really didn’t like him. He was horrible!”
Manager: “No one at my store liked him, either. Quite a few people accused him of bullying. Just mentioning the name ‘[Old Manager]’ would upset some people I worked with.”
Me: “Hang on, [Old Manager]?”
Colleague: “You know [Old Manager]?”
Me: “Yes! He used to be my manager at my old store.”
Colleague: “He was at my old store, too!”
Manager: *To me* “And what did you think of him?”
Me: “Horrid, horrid man!”
[Manager] bursts out laughing.
Manager: *To [Colleague]* “See? That’s two other, completely separate people who really did not like the man!”
Me: “He was really rude to everyone at my old store. He reduced a couple of people to tears, and all he ever said to me was, ‘Go faster! Go faster!’ Then, a few years back, just before Christmas, they suspended him! It turns out he had been reducing sandwiches that still had a couple of days left on them and then using his staff discount card to buy them! Sadly, they couldn’t fire him, because apparently, some process wasn’t followed properly, and he was able to argue that because they didn’t do that, he could keep his job.”
Colleague: “Wow.”
Me: “They didn’t send him back to our store; I think if they had, half the staff would have quit. I certainly would have. Instead, they transferred him to [Other Town], which was as far as they could transfer him from [Town] and still be within the region.” *To [Manager]* “That must be where you met him.”
Manager: “Yep! And he had accusations of bullying there, too. Eventually, they transferred him to another store, and then I heard he left the company and went to [Rival Supermarket #1], where he got sacked, and then went to [Rival Supermarket #2] before getting sacked from there, too, and eventually moving to [County 300 miles away].”
Colleague: “Where he’s now probably bullying the good workers of some supermarket in [County 300 miles away].” *Shudders*
Me: “Well, good riddance to him, at the very least.”