'Choose your battles': Employee refuses to turn off light switch because he clocked out, gets called out in the comments

There is a time and a place to start a squabble with your manager. There are moments when things have gone way too far and you feel like you'll have to stand up for yourself or else you'll be going down a dangerous path, one where you'll be easily manipulated and unfairly mistreated. When those situations arise, you'll know in your bones that it's time to speak up. However, it's important not to confuse these important moments with meaningless ones, and being asked to switch off a light after you have clocked out is certainly one of the more meaningless scenarios.

This Redditor learned that truth the hard way after folks in the comments called him out for being, well, ridiculous. Switching off a light is not "paid work;" it is just a favor. It is not worth it to make this request emblematic of being underpaid or poorly treated in the workplace because it's simply not the case. Sometimes, humans ask for favors from one another. Complaints like these give far more serious workplace issues a bad name. 

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best critiques in the comments. For more tales of workplace drama, here is one about a boss who asked their employee to reschedule their surgery.