731 Social IssuesJun 14, 2021 8-Month Pregnant Woman Gets Told To Tuck In Her Shirt While At Work, She Maliciously Complies, Sparks People Filing Complaints Against This Policy Interview With Author Mantas Kačerauskas and Liucija Adomaite Open list comments 57 Vote arrow up Vote arrow down 232 Open list comments 57 Checkmark Link copied! Share icon Share Checkmark Link copied! Share icon Share Modal closeADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “You want me to tuck my shirt in? Sure, boss,” said an 8 month pregnant female employee when her new ‘clueless’ manager requested that she tuck her uniform into her khakis, regardless of an existing exemption for pregnant female workers. But it’s easier said than done, explained the author of the post, referring to herself and a fellow pregnant co-worker. “By 8 months pregnant you are basically Violet from Willy Wonka with an internal Oompa Loompa kicking you in the bladder every 20 mins,” she stated.And being compliant workers, the women did as they were asked as they both ‘tucked in our shirts looking absurd.’ As you can imagine, their look most likely crossed the absurdity line and the customer complaints came flooding in. So read the full story below and tell us what you think in the comment section!‘Clueless manager’ has forced two heavily pregnant employees to tuck their shirts in regardless of an existing exemption for pregnant women, but it savagely backfiredShare iconImage credits: Anastasiia Chepinska‘Clueless manager’ has forced two heavily pregnant employees to tuck their shirts in regardless of an existing exemption for pregnant women, but it savagely backfiredShare iconShare icon Share iconADVERTISEMENTShare iconShare iconShare iconADVERTISEMENTShare iconShare iconShare iconShare iconShare iconShare iconShare iconADVERTISEMENTShare iconShare iconShare iconShare iconShare iconShare iconShare iconShare iconShare iconShare iconADVERTISEMENTImage credits: zzz0mbiezBored Panda reached out to u/zzz0mbiez, the author of this story, who was an 8-months pregnant employee at the time of the incident working for “a certain big box pet store.”“I’m just as sassy now as then, so I would probably do the same thing now,” the author told us, remembering the incident. She also added that the incident hasn’t made her learn anything “besides reinforcing my sassiness,” she laughed.“I keep in touch with a few coworkers from that company but don’t keep in touch with most of my coworkers from that time (2011) beyond having them as friends from Facebook. I kept in touch with the other pregnant employee that I mentioned for a while, but over time we both moved and lost contact with each other,” the author said.And this is what people had to say about the incidentShare iconShare iconShare iconShare iconADVERTISEMENTShare icon Ic_puzzle Games View all games Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Share on Facebook Mantas Kačerauskas Author, BoredPanda staff View profile Read more » As a Visual Editor at Bored Panda, I indulge in the joy of curating delightful content, from adorable pet photos to hilarious memes, all while nurturing my wanderlust and continuously seeking new adventures and interests—sometimes thrilling, sometimes daunting, but always exciting! Read less » Mantas Kačerauskas Author, BoredPanda staff Read more » As a Visual Editor at Bored Panda, I indulge in the joy of curating delightful content, from adorable pet photos to hilarious memes, all while nurturing my wanderlust and continuously seeking new adventures and interests—sometimes thrilling, sometimes daunting, but always exciting! Read less » View profile Liucija Adomaite Writer, Community member View profile Read more » Liucija Adomaite is a creative mind with years of experience in copywriting. She has a dynamic set of experiences from advertising, academia, and journalism. This time, she has set out on a journey to investigate the ways in which we communicate ideas on a large scale. Her current mission is to find a magic formula for how to make ideas, news, and other such things spread like a virus. Read less » Liucija Adomaite Writer, Community member Read more » Liucija Adomaite is a creative mind with years of experience in copywriting. She has a dynamic set of experiences from advertising, academia, and journalism. This time, she has set out on a journey to investigate the ways in which we communicate ideas on a large scale. Her current mission is to find a magic formula for how to make ideas, news, and other such things spread like a virus. Read less » View profile Show All Contributors Hide Contributors Get the latest inspiring stories via our awesome iOS app! Download Bored Panda app! What do you think ? Add photo comments POST Seabeast Seabeast Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Really, all cashiers should be allowed to have stools to sit on. It's completely ridiculous that they have to stand for an entire shift when there is no real need for it. Vote comment up 65 65points Vote comment down reply Laugh or not Laugh or not Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I don't think I have been in a supermarket in Europe where they didn't have a chair. And most small shops as well (but sometimes not, it the area behind the register is very small, but then the cashier is not expected to spend all day there.) Vote comment up 17 17points Vote comment down reply Load More Replies... Vicky Zar Vicky Zar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report One of those things I don't understand about the US (and Poland for that matter). In Germany cashiers mostly sit but they can stand if they want. Vote comment up 7 7points Vote comment down reply Aleksandra Aleksandra Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report @Vicky Zar, in Poland supermarket cashiers have sits too tho. Vote comment up 0 0points Vote comment down reply CatWoman312 CatWoman312 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report You think that’s bad? I use to work at a grocery store that didn’t have those belts that move the items so I was forced to lift and scan everything from heavy dog food bags to bottled water. Some customers would help me, but most didn’t. I still have back issues to this day from working there Vote comment up 5 5points Vote comment down reply somnomania somnomania Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report yep. i had to quit my last job because they moved me to being a cashier without actually telling me that's what they were doing, and the front-end manager was a tyrant who didn't even let people have water there, and vehemently reinforced the "if you can lean, you can clean" bull$hit. i have ehlers-danlos, and standing still for 4+ hours with my knees locked would leave me incapable of getting out of bed the next day, it was so painful. aldi's is doing the best job, all their cashiers have stools. Vote comment up 1 1point Vote comment down reply Detlev Detlev Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Very right. This applies not only to pregnant women, but to anyone who is forced to stand eight hours a day. Around the corner from me, for example, there is a so-called health food store, whose slimy yuppie manager, however, requires the mostly older ladies who work there to stand on their feet all day. He then sits back comfortably in his show-off car. I am aware of many such cases in which, among other things, leg edema was the result of such working conditions. Vote comment up 1 1point Vote comment down reply Carmen Sandiego Carmen Sandiego Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I like how she said preggo eggos. Vote comment up 27 27points Vote comment down reply kjorn kjorn Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report why american bosses are such assholes? no respect for peoples. Vote comment up 12 12points Vote comment down reply Vicky Zar Vicky Zar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Because in the US they have all the power and can fire you on the spot if you don't do what they say Vote comment up 9 9points Vote comment down reply Load More Replies... John Montgomery John Montgomery Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Ultimately it's money. They assume employees not looking professional would offend some client who would then take their money elsewhere. Vote comment up 2 2points Vote comment down reply Load More Comments POST Seabeast Seabeast Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Really, all cashiers should be allowed to have stools to sit on. It's completely ridiculous that they have to stand for an entire shift when there is no real need for it. Vote comment up 65 65points Vote comment down reply Laugh or not Laugh or not Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I don't think I have been in a supermarket in Europe where they didn't have a chair. And most small shops as well (but sometimes not, it the area behind the register is very small, but then the cashier is not expected to spend all day there.) Vote comment up 17 17points Vote comment down reply Load More Replies... Vicky Zar Vicky Zar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report One of those things I don't understand about the US (and Poland for that matter). In Germany cashiers mostly sit but they can stand if they want. Vote comment up 7 7points Vote comment down reply Aleksandra Aleksandra Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report @Vicky Zar, in Poland supermarket cashiers have sits too tho. Vote comment up 0 0points Vote comment down reply CatWoman312 CatWoman312 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report You think that’s bad? I use to work at a grocery store that didn’t have those belts that move the items so I was forced to lift and scan everything from heavy dog food bags to bottled water. Some customers would help me, but most didn’t. I still have back issues to this day from working there Vote comment up 5 5points Vote comment down reply somnomania somnomania Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report yep. i had to quit my last job because they moved me to being a cashier without actually telling me that's what they were doing, and the front-end manager was a tyrant who didn't even let people have water there, and vehemently reinforced the "if you can lean, you can clean" bull$hit. i have ehlers-danlos, and standing still for 4+ hours with my knees locked would leave me incapable of getting out of bed the next day, it was so painful. aldi's is doing the best job, all their cashiers have stools. Vote comment up 1 1point Vote comment down reply Detlev Detlev Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Very right. This applies not only to pregnant women, but to anyone who is forced to stand eight hours a day. Around the corner from me, for example, there is a so-called health food store, whose slimy yuppie manager, however, requires the mostly older ladies who work there to stand on their feet all day. He then sits back comfortably in his show-off car. I am aware of many such cases in which, among other things, leg edema was the result of such working conditions. Vote comment up 1 1point Vote comment down reply Carmen Sandiego Carmen Sandiego Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I like how she said preggo eggos. Vote comment up 27 27points Vote comment down reply kjorn kjorn Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report why american bosses are such assholes? no respect for peoples. Vote comment up 12 12points Vote comment down reply Vicky Zar Vicky Zar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Because in the US they have all the power and can fire you on the spot if you don't do what they say Vote comment up 9 9points Vote comment down reply Load More Replies... John Montgomery John Montgomery Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Ultimately it's money. They assume employees not looking professional would offend some client who would then take their money elsewhere. 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