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An employee working at a private bank shared a screenshot of the chat on Reddit with the title, “What should I do with a manager like this?” What also attracted attention was their manager’s poor English.
Sharing his doctor’s prescription, he informed his manager that he had gone to the hospital on Saturday, October 11. The doctor suspected fissures at best and hemorrhoids at worst.
He wrote, “I am unable to sit or stand for long periods of time. Please grant me medical leave for today. I will return to the office when it becomes more manageable. Please forgive me.”
The next day, he requested another leave: “Good morning, sir, it is still not manageable. I cannot sit properly. Please, I request you to extend today’s leave also.”
His manager’s reply, riddled with spelling and grammatical errors, read, “Who thought [taught] you discipline yourself [discipline]Look at the time when you are asking for leave. This will result in loss of both days’ salary.”
The employee apologized explaining his situation, “Please understand my situation, sir, I am asking about medical reasons. I have also shared the doctor’s prescription and diagnosis. Also, I am sorry for not informing you about my inability to come to the office due to my health problems.”
The manager then replied in terrible English, “Who will do your business? The more you run away from your responsibility and commitment the bigger the problem will be. As far as the first 10 days are concerned, you have not kept to your commitment.”
The Redditor then calmly informed the manager that he was only asking for time off to recover and was not quitting work. He replied, “I will do it, sir. I am not running away from my commitments. I will cover it up once I return to office.”
Many users were astonished by their manager’s “poor English”, while others criticized his accent.
“Send her to English class and then humanities class,” one person commented.
Another wrote, “The text ‘Who should you accept?’ And he is a branch manager. Wow, I have no words.”
One user advised her to publicly call out her manager and suggested she at least mention his name in her resignation letter. “Just posting chats here will do you no good,” he wrote. To which the employee replied, “Well, I have recently joined this bank, this is my 5th month here, I don’t think I can resign now.”
The next wrote, “Ask your manager to use proper grammar and spelling.”
Another commented, “The courage to say things with such terminology.”
In another incident, a manager refused to grant leave to an employee who complained of a headache. “Take the medicine and come. It’s nothing, it will be fine. It’s just a headache,” the manager sent her a message, rejecting her leave.
He said, “You don’t get time off for headaches. What are you talking about? You’re not in school anymore.”