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High-Paid Yet Freebie-Loving Top Manager Comes For Office Checkup, Sees Some Pizzas Bought For Staff And Steals It All
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High-Paid Yet Freebie-Loving Top Manager Comes For Office Checkup, Sees Some Pizzas Bought For Staff And Steals It All

District Manager Earning 250K/Year Comes To Check The Office Work, Sees Some Pizzas Bought For Workers And Takes Everything As He LeavesHR Surprises Staff With Famous Local Pizza, When Folks Get A Break They Discover That The District Manager Who Makes $250K Stole All 5 BoxesHigh-Paid Yet Freebie-Loving Top Manager Comes For Office Checkup, Sees Some Pizzas Bought For Staff And Steals It AllFreebie-Loving Manager On A 250K/Year Salary Comes To Inspect The Office, Sees Some Specialty Pizzas Bought For Employees And Takes It AllEmployees Upset HR Bought Special Local Pizza For The Staff But The Inspecting District Manager Just Took Everything From The BreakroomWorkers Upset As HR Bought Some Famous Local Pizzas For Them But The Inspecting District Manager Stole All 5 Boxes From The BreakroomHigh-Paid Yet Freebie-Loving Top Manager Comes For Office Checkup, Sees Some Pizzas Bought For Staff And Steals It AllHigh-Paid Yet Freebie-Loving Top Manager Comes For Office Checkup, Sees Some Pizzas Bought For Staff And Steals It AllHigh-Paid Yet Freebie-Loving Top Manager Comes For Office Checkup, Sees Some Pizzas Bought For Staff And Steals It AllHigh-Paid Yet Freebie-Loving Top Manager Comes For Office Checkup, Sees Some Pizzas Bought For Staff And Steals It All
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All people love freebies. It’s probably just inherent in human nature, so even a very rich person is unlikely to refuse to receive something for free. Even if by doing so, they offend other people who also hoped for a freebie – after all, they could very well buy everything, unlike others.

World history is well aware of examples when people from the Forbes list saved on toilet paper and ate in cheap cafes – and there are a lot of such examples. Most likely, it’s just some kind of psychological syndrome – but sometimes there are people who simply do this out of banal human harm.

For example, like a character in this story, which is described in the Reddit Antiwork community, and in less than a day has collected nearly 44.7K upvotes and around 2.4K comments. People, of course, felt sorry for the Original Poster and his colleagues, and this situation, unfortunately, is quite common.

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    The Original Poster works in an office which, one day, was inspected by a group of higher-ups

    Image source: Bob B. Brown (not the actual photo)

    So, the OP works in the office of a large company with many branches, and it happened so that a commission consisting of top management representatives came to their office. As the OP themselves say, it was just a routine check to catch someone doing something wrong.

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    The HR manager told all the employees that she bought pizza for them and left it in the breakroom

    The OP doesn’t say if anyone was caught – but it doesn’t really matter. The main thing is that when the bosses were in the office, the HR manager told the employees that she bought pizza for them for lunch from a local famous brand pizzeria. In general, all the workers were looking forward to being fed…

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    When the lunch break came, it turned out that the district manager just took all the pizza

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    Imagine their disappointment when the lunch break came, everyone rushed to the breakroom – and found out that all the pizza boxes had simply disappeared! People started to investigate – and it turned out that the district manager, before leaving the office, just went to the breakroom and took all the pizza with him! All four or five boxes!

    Image source: Kyle Sorkness (not the actual photo)

    All the employees were simply devastated, as the OP admits. According to their own words, their work is quite difficult, and for most people, this pizza was the only joy of the day. And now they had been deprived of this joy. Moreover – deprived by a person who earns about $250K a year, and who can afford as much pizza as he actually wants.

    Commenters expressed their sympathy to the OP and told that this kind of behavior is similar for most top managers

    Most people in the comments, of course, sympathized with the OP and his co-workers, admitting that the district manager simply stole pizza from his own employees. However, as some commenters write, such inappropriate behavior, alas, is generally inherent in the higher-ups.

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    For example, top managers often order food for themselves in the breakroom when they come to the office for checkups, and leave behind an incredible mess after dinner. However, they probably never think that the cleaners are also their company’s employees, and that they are leaving extra work for them.

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    We believe that you have something to say about this story, and perhaps you yourself have had to deal with something similar from your higher-ups. In any case, feel free to write your comment – as always, it’s highly appreciated!

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    After many years of working as sports journalist and trivia game author and host in Ukraine I joined Bored Panda as a content creator. I do love writing stories and I sincerely believe - there's no dull plots at all. Like a great Italian composer Joaquino Rossini once told: "Give me a police protocol - and I'll make an opera out of it!"

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    Saulė is a photo editor at Bored Panda with bachelor's degree in Multimedia and Computer Design. The thing that relaxes her the best is going into YouTube rabbit hole. In her free time she loves painting, embroidering and taking walks in nature.

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    Nikki Sevven
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wealthy people don't become wealthy by being nice to others. Always remember that.

    Philly Bob Squires
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Exactly!! I was going to say the same thing. They didn't get rich by tossing money away or by being generous.

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    Renegade
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We used to chip in for snacks for our office. The company president started eating a lot of them so the manager rolled the snacks into the office supplies order.

    No One
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG. I have to admit I love the response of giving his name to a car warranty company. I have to remember this. Its petty and vindictive and I can think of so many who deserve it.

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    Nikki Sevven
    Community Member
    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wealthy people don't become wealthy by being nice to others. Always remember that.

    Philly Bob Squires
    Community Member
    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Exactly!! I was going to say the same thing. They didn't get rich by tossing money away or by being generous.

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    Renegade
    Community Member
    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We used to chip in for snacks for our office. The company president started eating a lot of them so the manager rolled the snacks into the office supplies order.

    No One
    Community Member
    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG. I have to admit I love the response of giving his name to a car warranty company. I have to remember this. Its petty and vindictive and I can think of so many who deserve it.

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