Worked at a Starbucks in college that was open until midnight. One time there were a couple of girls hanging out and didn’t leave when 12 rolled around. We started doing our closing tasks, locked the doors, etc. and they still remained. Finally I was starting to mop the floor and one of them said to me, “Were you going to ask us to leave?” And I said, “We’re not allowed to.” They were so apologetic after that. Yeah whatever, just get the hell out.
Some companies, especially bigger ones, value customers far more than they do employees. Many of those have rules against doing anything that might be misconstrued as hostile, such as suggesting to a customer that their presence is no longer desirable (even if this is done completely justifiably and politely).
So if you’re not allowed to I assume you get paid overtime if you have to stay after hours because of this, not doing so would be illegal in most countries. Knowing that I would get some friends to come over, play some games chat and do whatever we would normally do until 3/4 AM every Friday, get to hang out with friends and get paid for it, win/win. If asked I would just say “well, my friends came over to see me, and I couldn’t ask them to leave”.
That’s such a crime that you can’t. There’s probably a lot of the time it’s just lack of awareness.
I’ll always remember this one store we were shopping in, literally killing time. The workers kept asking if we needed help but we were just looking. No big deal. It wasn’t until we left that we saw the sign and realized it was long past closing. We were the assholes out of obliviousness. I will always wish they were allowed to tell us about closing time
It’s especially egregious because most larger stores have announcements. If my grocery can announce “15 minutes ….”, why can’t that little shop?
Worked at a Starbucks in college that was open until midnight. One time there were a couple of girls hanging out and didn’t leave when 12 rolled around. We started doing our closing tasks, locked the doors, etc. and they still remained. Finally I was starting to mop the floor and one of them said to me, “Were you going to ask us to leave?” And I said, “We’re not allowed to.” They were so apologetic after that. Yeah whatever, just get the hell out.
You’re not allowed to ask people to leave after closing? That’s awful, what the hell!
Some companies, especially bigger ones, value customers far more than they do employees. Many of those have rules against doing anything that might be misconstrued as hostile, such as suggesting to a customer that their presence is no longer desirable (even if this is done completely justifiably and politely).
So if you’re not allowed to I assume you get paid overtime if you have to stay after hours because of this, not doing so would be illegal in most countries. Knowing that I would get some friends to come over, play some games chat and do whatever we would normally do until 3/4 AM every Friday, get to hang out with friends and get paid for it, win/win. If asked I would just say “well, my friends came over to see me, and I couldn’t ask them to leave”.
That’s such a crime that you can’t. There’s probably a lot of the time it’s just lack of awareness.
I’ll always remember this one store we were shopping in, literally killing time. The workers kept asking if we needed help but we were just looking. No big deal. It wasn’t until we left that we saw the sign and realized it was long past closing. We were the assholes out of obliviousness. I will always wish they were allowed to tell us about closing time
It’s especially egregious because most larger stores have announcements. If my grocery can announce “15 minutes ….”, why can’t that little shop?