Do you think I did the right thing? Wasn't the Assistant GM wrong?

[Wade12345]

so my roommate has only a 2nd grade reading level, but he works at a certain fast food chain. He needed to call in sick for today, which he did yesterday. This morning, the assistant GM called him telling him if he didn't come in he was going to be terminated. I happened to be listening to the phone call, because I know he needs help managing his life, and I heard her say that. So I grabbed the phone and told her that was a violation of the OSHA codes and other laws. Then she told me she thought I didn't know the law and hung up.

So a few minutes later, the real GM calls my roommate and wants to speak with me, and I was like, "I'm not trying to get anyone in trouble here, but what I heard her say was illegal."

That's especially true with Food Safety issues. I have multiple years in food-related quality assurance, and if someone went to work with diarrhea and somehow contaminated the kitchen, every customer who went to their window would sue the restaurant as soon as they found out about it.

Long story short, my roommate got the day off, but must come in tomorrow and the next day instead.

[exitseven]

I worked for a place where I had no sick time at all. I used to go to work sick all the time. One winters day I turned my ankle on a storm drain grate. I could feel it POP so I knew it was bad. I went into the office anyway and changed out of my boots into a pair of hi-top basketball sneakers. By the end of the day my foot was so swollen I couldn't get my boots back on. When I got home my wife looked at it. My toenails had tuned black. Xrays said it was a severe sprain. I still went back to work the next day and spent the whole day on it.
Employers do not care about you. Your roomate is lucky to have you for a roommate.

[Guy13]

Damn bulldog…you’re a good friend 💪

[ChefPapiChulo]

Happens all the time in the food industry.