Hussain
In this story, OP is a 32-year-old man who operates a small shop and employs a 25-year-old woman. The two of them work together for the entire 10-hour shift, and OP has established a base of regular customers who are familiar with both of them due to their presence in the shop. A few days ago, a lady in her upper 50s, whom OP has seen only once or twice before, visited the shop. Despite the fact that OP’s employee has never worked on the specific day of her visit and has maintained a consistent schedule since being hired in October, the customer expressed disappointment that the employee was not present.
The customer then proceeded to inquire about the employee’s work schedule, asking OP for the days and hours she worked. In response, OP respectfully declined to provide this information. The customer reacted strongly to OP’s refusal, expressing her displeasure and asserting that OP’s response was unprofessional. She told him about her past experience working at a large company, where withholding such information from a customer would have led to consequences, possibly including termination.
However, OP held his ground, believing that sharing your employee’s schedule with a person who is essentially a stranger raises safety concerns. And now he wants to know if he’s an A-hole for not disclosing the employee’s work schedule.
1. OP runs a small shop and has only one employee a 25-year-old female, They have quite a few customers who are actually regulars and they know them through the shop.
2. Few days ago a lady in her upper 50s visited the shop and OP had seen her once or maybe twice, she stated that she was disappointed with OP’s employee as she was not there that day. Although she didn’t even work that day and she has had the same schedule since she was hired. Afterward, she asked about the employee’s schedule which OP denied.
3. She cited that she worked at a large company and she would have been fired for refusing to disclose such information to the customer, now OP is asking if he’s an A-hole for refusing to tell about the employee’s schedule.
4. NTA
5. The fact that she was putting about how this would be a fireable offense is itself a very big red flag
6. It is very possible that she made it up in order to get her work schedule
7. Large companies and even most of the companies would not want you to disclose information about the employees to anyone
8. See, this is what happens when you disclose information about your employees to strangers.
9. It’s true and terrifying and it is obviously the main reason to not disclose employee’s data or schedules
10. Liar liar pants on fire
11. She was definitely making it all up, no company would want you to disclose employee schedules.
12. Exactly, OP doesn’t need to explain anything to her.
13. Indeed disclosing employee schedules is illegal in some states
14. Declining such customers or people is the best you can do
15. OP is obviously not an A-hole here
16. Almost everyone said OP is not an A-hole in fact she is the one
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