Ask HN: What is the worst bullshit thing you were asked to do at $JOB?

Re:Ask HN: What is the worst bullshit thing you were asked t... by mikewarot on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @02:33PM (#27897425)

It was the 1980s, and I had just started working in the stock room at the local Montgomery Wards (A department store similar to Sears). Less than 2 months in, most of my co-workers were arrested and taken to jail, (they had been stealing by the truck load!) leaving me to handle all the pickups (the dock at the back of the store where you get your TV, etc) by myself on the Friday before Christmas.

I did the best I could, as I still didn't even know where things were... but everyone got pissed as I got up to 2 hours behind...and took one insult too many, so I left.

I have a bit of regret, and I believe I could have handled it better had I managed expectations, etc... but I was a kid thrown in over his head.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the worst bullshit thing you were asked t... by frompdx on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @02:53PM (#27897670)

Interesting. My dad worked for Montgomery Wards in a warehouse and has lots of stories about Montgomery Wards setting up various traps to tempt employees to steal. Usually it was something like leaving high priced jewelry in a seemingly unwatched area, but there would be a security worker nearby hiding in a refrigerator box or something along those lines. This was in the late 1970s.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the worst bullshit thing you were asked t... by mikewarot on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @03:08PM (#27897877)

Maybe they had some sort of insurance scam going? Interesting

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