Jimmy John's Manager Wants Employee to Drink and Drive

Jimmy John's Manager Wants Employee to Drink and Drive

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In a followup TikTok promising an update, Maria went into more detail about what happened that night. She shouldn't have to explain why drunk driving is bad, but Maria pointed to two bracelets she's wearing. Each has the name of a friend she and her boyfriend lost to a drunk driver who hit them while they were riding their motorcycles. Maria also rides a motorcycle. This was personal.

Maria is good at her job. "I'm one of those, 'I scratch your back you scratch mine,' managers," she explains. This is why Maria chose to answer her phone that night. Her boss was also "blowing up our phones up." He called both Maria and her boyfriend several times. It's unclear why he has her boyfriend's number, but that's hardly the worst thing this dude did.

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Maria shares that the only people who have keys are her general manager, the second assistant manager, and her. Unbeknownst to her, the general manager made a copy of the key and locked it in the safe. Evidently the night manager tried to grab that key, but entered the wrong combination too many times and permanently locked themselves out of the safe.

When asked if he would pay for an Uber to the restaurant and back, the general manager suggested taking money out of the Jimmy John's tip jar. As Maria put it, he thought she should "steal from her coworkers." Sadly, this horrible boss is still employed there. "I have not received an apology," says Maria who thankfully is still gainfully employed. Interestingly enough, the general manager didn't show up for a manager meeting held the day after this incident. Now who's not doing their job?

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