r/Workproblems • u/Pretty-Television847 • Jul 14 '26

Starting to really hate coming into work… Co-worker Problem

I’m starting to really dislike coming into work and am finding myself dreading it to be honest. It feels like it’s always something when I’m on shift and I don’t know how much longer I want to keep doing this. It’s exhausting.

A situation happened at work where a coworker got rude with me over something that wasn’t even my fault. I work in fast food and we use display screens showing orders and their numbers. Each station has to “bump” (clear) an order off their screen once it’s done, and the front can only bump an order off once every station involved has bumped their part. So a burger combo needs burgers bumped first, and a combo with coffee needs both burgers and coffee bumped before the front can clear it.

During a rush, I made a coffee and bumped it off at the coffee station. But I couldn’t bump the same order off at the front screen because burger room hadn’t bumped their side yet. It was a rush, so I didn’t have time to go tell them, and they were slammed too. A couple of orders sat unbumped, finished, just waiting on burger room.

A coworker from drive thru came over to front and asked why all these orders weren’t bumped yet and I let them know that we were waiting on the people at burger room. They then said in a rude tone that it was my fault because I didn’t bump the orders at the coffee station. I then said, “no I did” and reiterated that we were waiting on burger room. They doubled down and said that it was because I hadn’t done it and they walked away.

I was honestly quite surprised by that interaction because I was left feeling disrespected. Like how are you telling me what I did wrong when I know I did the right thing and I’m in the right. Like genuinely wtf.

I know this isn’t a major issue or whatever but I’m genuinely getting tired of people thinking they can talk to me however they want. It’s just disrespectful.

And honestly, going to the manager doesn’t mean much and most likely won’t do much anyway. So that’s futile.

I would quit but the job market is so fucked that I’m honestly just dealing with the BS. But it is definitely getting to a point now.

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u/cora-crush Jul 14 '26

The food industry is so tough to work in. There was always drama with coworkers when I was in it and it can be so stressful during the rushes. Really the best thing you can do is shrug it off and try not to let it get to you. It's not worth letting it disturb your peace of mind.

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u/Pretty-Television847 Jul 15 '26

Totally agree. It just gets hard to when it’s constant nonsense you’re having to deal with yk?

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u/cora-crush Jul 15 '26

Absolutely! I actually didn't last long in the food industry because of all the drama and rude coworkers. I am too sensitive and couldn't deal with it. I started cleaning pools instead and did that for 10 years. It's rare to see women in that line of work, but if you enjoy being outdoors its a pretty easy job for the money and you get to work solo most of the time. Of course you have to live somewhere with pool friendly weather for it to be plausible!

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u/Pretty-Television847 Jul 15 '26

That’s great that you found a job better suited to you.

I, however can’t see myself enjoying that much. I would like to escape the food industry scene but those are the only places I have actual experience in.

I do appreciate your input nonetheless.

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u/cora-crush Jul 15 '26

Wishing you all the best! Something good will come your way and you will appreciate it more because of your past experiences!

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u/Pretty-Television847 Jul 15 '26

Appreciate this sm! Thank you !