Woman Is Told That She Can’t Wear Hearing Aids Because It Goes Against Earbuds Policy, Maliciously Complies – Bored Panda
There’s no excuse for discrimination in the workplace. And there’s absolutely no room for somebody questioning you whether or not you ‘really’ have a disability or are just ‘pretending’ to get around the rules. Sometimes, managers are very insensitive to their own employees’ needs and some don’t seem to have a sense of humor. And redditor u/xKatastrophex shared exactly how that looks in a viral post on the r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit. The redditor has been diagnosed with…….
There’s no excuse for discrimination in the workplace. And there’s absolutely no room for somebody questioning you whether or not you ‘really’ have a disability or are just ‘pretending’ to get around the rules. Sometimes, managers are very insensitive to their own employees’ needs and some don’t seem to have a sense of humor. And redditor u/xKatastrophex shared exactly how that looks in a viral post on the r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit. The redditor has been diagnosed with a hearing deficiency: it’s more than hard of hearing, but not enough to be considered deaf. So they wear hearing aids.
They explained how they were working at the cafe when the owner’s daughter demanded that they stop wearing their hearing aids, just because they had Bluetooth capabilities. Technically, the employee could play music through them. Not that they would. But they could. So the manager insisted that their employee didn’t need the hearing aids anyway because they weren’t “considered fully deaf.”
You’d better bet that that sort of talk didn’t sit right with the employee. They complied with the manager’s demand, maliciously. And their superior regretted their decision almost immediately. Scroll down for the full story in the redditor’s own words.
Bored Panda got in touch with u/xKatastrophex who told us what happened next, how the cafe owners reacted, and how things are going at their new job in retail. Read on for our full interview with the redditor.
The redditor shared how their hearing aids caused a lot of tension with their manager, who demanded that they take them out
Image credits: Mark Paton (not the actual photo)
The employee followed the order to the letter, and the manager quickly realized they really messed up. Here’s exactly how things went down
Source: https://www.boredpanda.com/hearing-aid-karen-malicious-compliance/
