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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/alycifer on 2025-03-20 00:50:03+00:00.
I'm a bartender in a corporate restaurant. We have our own section of the walk in, which is caged off and locked, for beer, fruit, mixers, wine, etc. We've always kept it locked and the bartenders keep the keys behind the bar. We recently got a new manager who decided, seemingly without reason, to take the key away and insisted that we not only ask to have it unlocked, but also have her follow us into the cooler to watch what we're taking. When I say without reason, there's been no discrepancy as far as inventory and no signs of theft, so I can't think of a single reason to have changed the system besides her being a control freak. It's also super annoying to need a manager to open the cage because we pull from it multiple times a shift and are frequently in a rush to do so. So picture this, it's a Monday. Just got through a busy weekend. Everything needs restocked, right? Our new favorite manager was also leading the shift. I needed to stock beer and wine, cut fruit, make mixers, everything. So, following protocol, I asked her to unlock the cage and follow me in. That is what she wanted us to do, after all. Except I did my tasks one at a time. First beer (which took multiple trips, and she locked the cage in between every one). Then wine 15 minutes later. Each mixer, one by one, after that, probably every 5 minutes. Then fruit, grabbing one fruit at a time of course. First oranges. Then limes 10 minutes later. Lemons 10 minutes after that. Oh, and then more lemons, because we need wedges and wheels. Imagine my surprise when the keys were back behind the bar the next morning.