US vegan bakery puts up aggressive note demanding staff clock out to use the bathroom

The boss of a bakery has drawn the ire of the internet over a bizarre list of rules they plastered over a door staff needed to pass through to get to the bathroom.

A boss has been berated online after demanding employees clock out for bathroom breaks and when discussing “personal requests”.

The unbelievable list of rules at a vegan bakery in Bend, Oregon, USA, was plastered on the door in the form of a passive-aggressive note, The Sun reported.

Staff were warned to always clock out before passing the door – with a bizarre list of conditions.

The tyrannical boss demanded employees punch out for bathroom trips, breaks and even when asking questions “regarding personal requests”.

The shocking poster read: “Always clock out when passing this door.

“Including: bathroom breaks, 10-minute shift breaks, lunch breaks, questions regarding personal requests.”

And it seems the frosty boss of the bakery had no time for small talk with their colleagues at all.

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The tyrannical set of rules enforced by the vegan bakery boss left social media users in disbelief. Posted by u/VurucaAssault

The note continued: “Questions regarding production should not require leaving the production area, please see floor manager on duty.

“Paid break times will be added to your paycheck (sic) in accordance with hours worked.”

Reddit users were left in disbelief at the rudely worded set of rules, while the original poster claimed his pal who worked there had handed in their notice in retaliation.

He captioned the image: “How to lose 1/4 of your staff in one go.”

One user commented: “If you want to buy my body for 8 hours, you will pay for its needs, too.”

Another wrote: “The fact that they are writing a long diatribe means they are in the wrong for their 10 minute clock out break rule.”

And a third added: “I need water and food to get through a work day. That means I need to get rid of that water and food during the work day as well. Don‘t like it? Hire a robot.”

Vegan bakery Red Plate Foods then eventually owned up to it being their company after facing backlash online.

Boss Becca apologised to her employees and explained the store was “trying to track a new door – not the activities that happened beyond the door”.

She said the policies were never implemented after “realising the harm the changes caused and our mistake of not involving employees in discussion”.

The red-faced boss also said bathroom breaks were never docked from employees’ pay packets.

This article originally appeared in The Sun and was reproduced with permission

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