Today, a customer at work made threats against me and my two-month...

By Anonymous - 26/08/2019 06:00 - United States

Today, a customer at work made threats against me and my two-month old son. Instead of following policy by notifying the police, my manager apologized to him and told me to leave. FML

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twin 18

Monday 26 August 2019 6:13

file a complaint that's total bs

alycion 38

Monday 26 August 2019 9:45

Hope you called the police on your own behalf. And I hope you have someone you can complain about him to that will listen. He needs to lose his job. I don’t care how bad someone screws up, assuming there was one, that is way over the line.

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twin 18

Monday 26 August 2019 6:13

file a complaint that's total bs

RichardPencil 30

Monday 26 August 2019 6:16

Why do you have your kid at work? A two-month-old hasn’t taken customer service training, not to mention the diversity and sexual harassment seminars.

crsyldy 19

Monday 26 August 2019 18:50

The kid didn’t have to be there to get threatened.

RichardPencil 30

Monday 26 August 2019 19:24

How else could they possibly know she had a two-month old son?

Ambrily 27

Monday 26 August 2019 20:41

I didn't know customers that know you aren't allowed to shop at your workplace. Or that people aren't allowed to talk to each other, either.

sirrubberduckie 35

Tuesday 27 August 2019 5:09

Plus, they're really not very useful until they're at least 2 or so. They can't concentrate at 2 months, and forget about having them carry stuff!

ihatecondoms 12

Wednesday 28 August 2019 1:31

Maybe she said her and her family or something, think outside da box broo

MidnaLink 33

Monday 26 August 2019 6:29

Ok, I wanna know what the hell happened here!

alycion 38

Monday 26 August 2019 9:45

sarkycow 25

Monday 26 August 2019 15:41

As others have stated - go to the police and report the incident yourself, so that you have a record of it. You follow protocol even if your manager will not. Also inform your work's HR Dept and bosses boss, about both the threat and your boss's lack of action. All threats should be reported, especially when they are threatening your children too (not to mention that a customer knows you have a young child).