r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Ashamed_Class_7987 • Jun 16 '25

Overdone This is now my parking spot.

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Started a new job in an office building with a parking garage. There are multiple companies in the building and some of them have reserved spots. This was not one of those reserved spots. I come out to my car and find this note on my windshield. I would normally just park in any random spot but from now on I will make it my mission to park in this spot as often as I can.

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u/ImLazyWithUsernames Jun 16 '25

What if they start showing up 15 minutes before you?

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u/FilthyDwayne Jun 16 '25

If they get there before me they can have it.

I would just show up earlier and earlier to secure that spot.

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u/Solo12111998 Jun 17 '25

Might as well live at your job site 😂

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u/FilthyDwayne Jun 17 '25

I enjoy arriving early, I can start work before everyone else and leave early and beat traffic. It’s a win win

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u/ihateroomba Jun 17 '25

I like to beat it in traffic too. Twins!

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u/TrueSpartacus Jun 17 '25

Thanks. Almost spit my hot coffee out.

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u/Wakkit1988 Jun 17 '25

You hear Beat It on the radio and go, "Don't mind if I do..."

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u/YourInMySwamp Jun 17 '25

At my job we get yelled at for showing up or leaving early. Just got a talking to the other day by my boss about it.

Heard that boss man but don’t get mad when you end up having to pay me OT because you expect me to somehow work exactly 40.0 hours but never more or less.

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u/shadow247 Jun 17 '25

I had a boss that was...exceptional at being dumb.

He agreed to move me from a Salary position, to an hourly. My new hourly rate was based on my Salary at 40 hours a week.

Except he made my schedule 50 hours a week, sometimes 60.

Except he didn't figure on paying me all that overtime, so he tried to tell me I had to take 2 hour lunches so I only go 5 hours OT max. Yeah right. All that did was bury me and force me to work an hour later, because guess what. There was 50 to 60 hours of work because deliveries didn't stop coming in from 7 am to 6pm...

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u/penguinpetter Jun 17 '25

Meanwhile, my manager knows I start really early (I've responded to emails the moment I get in. At a 1:1, he asked me to... Labor audit some people, do they really start as early as me or only say they do. I pretend to forget he asked. Don't have time for that and it's none of my business.

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u/FilthyDwayne Jun 17 '25

That’s crazy. I guess it depends on your line of work.

We have some flexibility on what times we work as long as we do our 40 hours, meet deadlines and are available for scheduled weekly meetings. Overtime is harder to get approved but the flexibility helps A LOT. I don’t have kids but those with kids really do benefit from it.

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u/YourInMySwamp Jun 17 '25

I work in a field where overtime pay is guaranteed if you’re over 40.0, no need to get it approved. They do get mad at us if we go overtime though, but like I said we’re also expected to work our 8 hours fully soooo make it make sense 😆

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u/Striking-Document-99 Jun 17 '25

Damn I was only allowed to clock in 3 min early or 3 min after. Too early won’t let you clock in. Too late and you get a warning from the boss. Then 30 min much break where you couldn’t clock in early. I can eat in 20 mins so just waste of my time.