Man’s kind gesture to Whataburger workers meets criticism
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TikToker has been criticized for his random act of kindness in venting a Whataburger employee who was sponsored to his manager on New Year’s Eve.
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@TheDadBot’s video went viral on popular social media platforms and received mixed reactions from other users of the application. Some said talking to managers about an employee’s behavior could do more harm than good, while others praised the man’s attempt to speak positively on behalf of his employees.
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@TheDadBot starts the video by speaking to the camera.
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The clip then cuts to TikToker approaching the counter to speak to a young Whataburger employee. He asks if he can speak to their manager and the workers immediately go and get them.
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TikToker then approached the manager and said he wanted to immediately tell and explain what happened to the Whataburger employee. He says the last time he went into a restaurant he needed to change a $100 bill.
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So he told the young man that he needed to buy orange juice because his blood sugar was low, and handed the child a $100 bill for the orange juice. The employee was so concerned about the man’s low blood sugar that he refused to charge him for his OJ, he told TikToker managers.
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He told the manager that he owed him orange juice, but added, “There’s a great young man out there,” adding, “Even that night when I’m leaving, he asks how are you doing? What else?” do you need it?”
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TikToker closed the video by speaking to the camera and saying he’s sure “the good guys are out there.” That was the teenage years. There were many other users on the platform who believed the man hurt more than he helped.
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Many people said they didn’t exactly get the reaction the manager had to the news that one of his employees really cared about his customers, leaving a very noticeable impression on them. so they felt the need to quit their jobs. How to talk to the manager about it.
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And all the manager heard was that one of his employees gave away the product to a customer for free, and some were convinced that it would eventually fall on the employee’s head. Some even said that TikToker’s words may have caused the young man’s dismissal.
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What do you think? @TheDadBot should you just shut up and try to repay the young man in some other way, like setting up a kickstarter or come back and talk to him and give him some cash or a gift card? Is a certain his Whataburger manager just a lame?