My coworkers started charging a cancellation fee for bailing on team lunch.
By @benagain · Work
I had to skip our weekly lunch because my son's camp nurse called. Now my work group chat is jokingly (but not really) demanding I Venmo our team lead $10 for the "inconvenience.".
The full story
We have a weekly tradition where someone makes a reservation for the whole team. Today was my turn to get a spot for 8 people. Right as we were about to leave, I got a call that my son wasn't feeling well and I had to go pick him up. Obviously I bailed. An hour later I see a message in our team chat saying from now on, anyone who bails last-minute owes the group lead $10. They say it's to hold us 'accountable' but it feels nuts to me. A few people are defending it. Am I wrong to think it's ridiculous to penalize someone for a family emergency?
How people voted
- Bad Move — 21% (4 votes)
- Needs Context — 47% (9 votes)
- Reasonable — 32% (6 votes)
Readers say “Needs Context” (47%) — 19 votes and 5 comments so far.
What people are saying
@xenaish — lmao
@ian — Work is for working, not for making friends you have to pay to get away from.
@nialiterally — They're just mad they don't have a better reason to leave work early.
@hmmtho — ah yes, team building via venmo request.
@willaok — This feels like a policy that was created because of one person specifically.
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