If you've ever pulled an overtime shift, you know the psychological warfare that goes on throughout every step of that OT journey. Once you pass hour 8 of your work day, your concept of time starts to warp, turning your workplace into an inescapable purgatory in which you're trapped until your next 15-minute break. For the nurse in our next tale, her accidental overtime shift turned into a nightmare after her relief no-showed, the police showed up, and she was ultimately fired.
As the resident nurse of an extensive care facility, u/throwaway-babi was well aware of her company's bad staffing reputation, but because she was passionate about helping people in need, she persevered. However, a standard Saturday 6AM-2PM shift quickly unraveled, locking this selfless nurse into an overnight shift that was certainly not worth the money. Scroll for the heroic tale of a nurse who put her mind and body on the line during a 30-hour shift to protect her patients–as well as all the nitty-gritty details of how she got payback against her negligent boss.
After this, here's another hellacious tale of another hardworking employee whose work morality was put to the test by a snarky airport Karen.
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