Boss Gets Back At Employees For Taking Advantage Of His Generosity, Gets Told He Ruined Team Spirit By Punishing Everyone And Not Only The Person Who Did It

"Don’t take advantage of a nice thing or it may go away."

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• September 9, 2023

Even the most kind among us may pause when dealing with those who don't recognize or, worse, actively abuse the compassion of others. And this is what we see in today's AITA story.

A Reddit member, who is also a business owner, used to provide coffee, snacks, and chips for the staff. But later on, he discovered that the food is always consumed before the month ends.

The staff's behavior remained the same even after the Reddit user requested that they use caution when grabbing the goodies. So, the OP made the decision to make some adjustments inside the business.

The boss also opted to remove personal tools from the mechanics' workshops and decided against providing complimentary chips, water bottles, cable, or cheaper coffee. 

"I believe every mechanic should have their own tools and was lenient with them, basically always using MY tools and even having to occasionally replace them even if I wasn’t the one who lost it. Everyone was pretty stunned, and one of the mechanics even had to drag his toolbox from home to be able to work properly again in the shop," wrote u/tKLogicTA.

The OP further added that he believes everyone there is getting paid fairly based on where they are in the Midwest. "Most of these individuals I have known for years, and the turnover is pretty low," says the OP.

Keep scrolling down to read the entire story for yourself below.

And here we have the headline

The OP used to be one of the full-time mechanics but now entered more of an entrepreneur role

The OP believes someone, or people are not being honest with him, and he doesn’t like that

Most of these individuals the OP has known for years, and the turnover is pretty low

The Reddit post went fairly viral with close to 4k upvotes and more than a thousand comments

Bad morale is not good for business

It might be one person doing all these and everyone is paying for it

One redditor shares a short similar story:

I was hired to supply ice cream to a fairly large union shop facility. Evidently it wasn't enough. Employees starting going into the locked warehouse and taking what they wanted.

After about a year & a half of this, management had enough. Now, no more ice cream for anyone.

This Redditor would rather set up a food pantry than punishing people for being hungry

Either someone is taking it or it's being given to customers

This Redditor is likening it to a school scenario

The AH knows that he will never get called out for a problem

The OP apparently destroyed morale at his own business

At some point, you have to stop being so kind and consider whether your boundaries have been crossed if someone is constantly taking but never giving. Most people will appreciate you if you are courteous to them while simultaneously standing up for your rights.

Some redditors said it might be one person whose greediness ruined it for other but then, what has happened has happened, and the free goodies are gone!

Maryjane