Shoutout to the manager who made me count 800 pennies by hand for a drawer audit

So I work at a gas station off I-75 in Macon. Last month the register was off by $8. I know because I checked the tape. Manager says no, we need to count all the pennies in the safe to make sure it wasn't a rounding error. That's 800 pennies. Eight rolls. She made me dump them on the break room table and count them one by one. Took me an hour and a half. Come to find out the glitch was from a coupon that didn't scan right. Learned that some bosses will waste your time before they'll trust your word. Has anyone else had a manager make you do some pointless busy work just to prove a point?

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the_angela21d ago

Man, that's brutal. Sounds like she was flexing her power more than actually solving anything.

grace_knight7019d ago

Right? I'd probably trip over my own ego in that meeting.

the_jamie21d ago

Honestly @the_angela you nailed it. I've seen managers pull that move where they shut down the whole process just to remind everyone they're in charge, not because it actually helped anything. It's like they'd rather waste everyone's time than admit they don't have a real solution. Tbh that kind of power trip just makes the whole team resent you more in the long run.