Supervisor tried to bully a university student at her supermarket — but it backfired and blew up in her face
She was already on a warning for bullying another manager for being gay.
In a Reddit post, u/wilsonthehuman shared how a supervisor who tried to humiliate them online ended up getting exposed for her own toxic behavior and losing her job. Posted on August 19th, it got 1.3k upvotes within a day. The incident had occurred while they were working part-time at a supermarket during their university studies. Because of undiagnosed medical conditions, they were often in and out of the hospital and placed on light duties. While most coworkers accepted this, one supervisor didn’t and thought they were "being lazy" and singled them out repeatedly.
Things escalated after a lighthearted Facebook post. "I had made a jokey status about something funny that happened on my shift. Her one brain cell came to life, and she thought it was smart to leave a mean comment," the user said. They pushed back, but instead of stopping, the supervisor made "nasty and derogatory comments" about their health issues, hurled racist remarks at a friend who came to their defense, and even mocked a disabled friend who had left an innocent comment, "all while she was meant to be on the clock."
Rather than let it slide, the user took screenshots and sent them to every manager they could reach. It turned out the supervisor was already on a warning for bullying another manager for being gay. "Within two weeks, she was gone. She’d been there for years, and she wrecked her job within five minutes by choosing to pick on the wrong person," the user recalled. While the bully got her karma, the incident hits at the heart of a broader and troubling reality: most workplace bullying is inflicted by people in positions of authority. In fact, a study commissioned by the British Sociological Association found that most workplace bullying incidents involve supervisors.
For the poster, it was a lesson in boundaries and self-protection. "I learned not to have colleagues on social media, but I also learned to use someone’s own stupidity against them. If you’re gonna spout hateful shit, don’t do it on a public forum with your job listed on your profile." "The joke’s on her anyway. I finished university, left that job behind, and have never been happier. She’s still in that same town, utterly miserable, still working a shitty retail job for another supermarket," they concluded.
The post has sparked strong responses on Reddit, with many users praising them for standing up and sharing their own workplace lessons. u/Administrative_Dog25 shared, "Now that remote work has become a thing, everyone at my job communicates using Teams. I have an entire management team that are mean girls. They even recognized one of their own and created a new post in order to promote her. I am now taking screenshots of every interaction with these people. CYA! Document everything." u/VivianDiane applauded the outcome, writing, "Satisfying conclusion. She weaponized her incompetence and you just handed it back to her."
u/SpicyYetSweetie added, "Dude, props to you for standing up to that nonsense. Ain't nobody got time for that kind of toxic energy. Real talk, it's just not okay to poke fun at someone's health or be racist or ableist, period. You were on point: social media ain't the place to air out your dirty laundry, esp when your job's on the line. She did herself dirty, but good for you for coming out stronger!"
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