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The original was posted on /r/talesfromretail by /u/NoPomegranate4794 on 2025-09-02 17:36:47+00:00.

So I got a small part time job and like most retail stores, one of the managers is kind of a d**k.

Well the other day, he called me into the office, and said I was in trouble for missing a meeting I was scheduled for.

I’m utterly shocked, because I pride myself on being the best employee I could be. I apologize and tell him I was unaware of being scheduled for a meeting.

He’s got this hauty attitude that is so annoying, and it is taking all I can to remain professional. He tells me that I need to do better at looking at the schedule.

So our schedules are posted on a group through the teams app. I pull up the meeting schedule, read it over, and look at my boss and go “My name is not on the list.”

There’s a hint of anger in his face, but the superiority takes another step up.

He says, “Well, I didn’t use your nickname when making the schedule. You should do better at reading the schedule, because not everyone is going to accommodate your nickname.”

Which raises my anger to another level. Because, of the disrespect of going out of your way to not use my nickname knowing fully well, it’s what everyone calls me, and one of the main reasons I use it is because my real name is long and people mispronounce it. Literally everyone else uses my nickname, it is on my name tag. It is even in the system as my nickname, the only paperwork that doesn’t have my nickname was my paycheck.

I look back at the schedule and with all of the rage bottled up I go, “Yeah, I understand that. My name’s still not on it.”

He decides to pull the schedule up on his computer. And shows it to me with all the confidence in the world, pointing at a name and going “It’s right here.”

I look at the computer then at him and go, “Yeah, that’s not my name.”

All of the vibrato and superiority drop. And his face goes flat.

“That’s not your name?”

“No, it’s not.”

So not only did he not know my name, he had used a different coworkers name, so he scheduled someone else for a meeting that they probably didn’t even need to be in.

We just stare at each other for a few moments and I ask if I can go. He said yes. But before I left, I asked him if I was still in trouble or if he was going to write me up. Because I would be happy to dispute this with the head supervisor if you think I still deserve a write-up.

He responds with the quickest of no’s, and I leave.

Yeah… I still told the supervisor. I’m not sure if he got to talking to or reprimand, but he sure as heck started using my nickname.