Boss regularly embarrassed nurse in front of patients. She made 2 phone calls and executed the perfect twist
Edwin fired her, without realizing it could backfire on him almost immediately.
A woman (u/pandorawinters), working under a "terrible" manager, had had enough of his toxic behavior, so she made two phone calls that literally ended his career in seconds. The outrageous story was shared on Reddit in September 2025.
Edwin, the manager of a pharmacy, was the kind of boss who expected his team to greet every customer, even when the store was insanely busy. The author explained that Edwin loved micromanaging everything; for instance, he wanted to use a color wheel to make creams. The manager was also very cold and insensitive. The woman recalled, "Edwin was the type that didn't let me go to a funeral of a friend of mine who died at 23, and the next day, he could leave because he had to walk his dog." After a few years of putting up with his controlling nature, the woman completely lost her calm. Well, she reached her threshold when, once, she was late, and Edwin gave her a huge lecture about work hours in front of the customers. "I was late because a bus broke down and I couldn't get in. He told me, 'Work hours are from 9 to 12 and from 1 to 6:30. Got it, mate?'"
This was it for the woman as she became a total rebel at work. She stopped coming in early. stopped doing unpaid training during lunch and clocked out exactly at 6:30. "Whenever I was helping a patient, I would drop everything and stop at that exact hour," the woman confessed. Edwin noticed her behavior at work and fired her, without realizing it could backfire on him. "I went to the union and was paid for 2 more years by this pharmacy. Later, I learned that during Corona, he made his people work with that virus. So what did I do? I called my county's FDA and told them all about it. The pharmacy is still sh*t [shut] down," she shared. Edwin wasn't just dominating but also lacked empathy for his teammates. He not only didn't allow the woman to go to her friend's funeral but also humiliated her in front of the customers. Just like her, the OC Tanner Global Culture Report found that 41% of employees feel their leaders aren't empathetic, revealing a shocking truth about the current work-life situation.
Meanwhile, reacting to the story, u/rareu commented, "I wish I could have done this with my old job. Dangerous work environment that took my hearing, lol!" Another user, u/angof1497, said, "You put up with Edwin for far too long!" Similarly, praising the author, u/historical-cicada-29 wrote, "Shi* down indeed, good work!" On the other hand, u/whisperftomheaven said, "I don't think greeting customers is unreasonable. In a customer service role, you want your customers to feel welcome, and good customer relations can lead them to spend more in the business, and that can lead to better raises." u/derson78 wrote, "From whenever he refused time off for the funeral until the day OP was fired, to be exact. I promise you, if a boss tried to deny me time off for a funeral, my response would be, 'I'm sorry, it wasn't a request. I'm attending the funeral.'"
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