r/BlackPeopleofReddit 18h ago

Fun Faking it at work...

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u/RareSoulSnatcherz 👀 Lurker 18h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/BZjZpr8tP8lVe
Everyday all day 🤣🤣

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u/FilthyThanksgiving 17h ago

Srsly the shit is exhausting. Working from home saved my sanity

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u/RareSoulSnatcherz 👀 Lurker 17h ago

Aye that’s for real! I be so glad I work from home

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u/KenzParkin 15h ago

Thanks be for WFH jobs and managers who understand when I say that I can’t be on camera with a certain client because I won’t be able to fix my face fast enough to save all our lives.

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u/winkytinks 16h ago

There's a GIF for everything frfr

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u/Karhak 18h ago

I let it slip one day. Working IT and explaining the process for requesting equipment to a newish user. They state this isn't how it was done at their old job, and, without missing a beat, I said "Well we ain't at your old job."

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u/KamikazeMizZ 18h ago

There's just days when you can't mask that shit anymore. Fuck em.

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u/EjaculatingAracnids 17h ago

"Back in 19 dickity do, Johnny Jerkoff used to do it THiS way!...", - old guys at the job

"Yeah well thats why he died of ass cancer... We re doing it this way..." - me, who dropped the mask when i was at my limit

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u/DreadfulDave19 14h ago

I used to work at domino's, asst manager and everything else they could make me do. We had a guy come work for us and he had worked a different Domino's before and whe I was giving him the rundown on I think was the dish routine. He tried telling me that's not how they Did it at his other Dominos store.

"Okay? We're in a different place and I just told you how we do it here."

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u/easy10pins 18h ago

This was me working in a cube farm environment.

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u/Reasonable_Bed7858 17h ago

Working remote has spoiled me low-key.

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u/RareSoulSnatcherz 👀 Lurker 17h ago

When you don’t have to deal with the public at work… it’s a blessing 😂
https://giphy.com/gifs/SBI7lnqk2NaA8

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u/Pop_Joe 17h ago

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u/kufismack 17h ago

Dammit beat me to it 😂😂😂

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u/donttradejaylen 16h ago

The fake happiness literally crushed my soul. I just want a boss and coworkers who understand that none of us want to be there

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u/saintsathyre 17h ago

Maaaaaan the way I cuss these people out while they walk away and hang up zoom. That mask is hanging on by an ear. One day I’m going to get caught punching air.
https://giphy.com/gifs/fWsyssQDTWgFi

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u/Key-Guidance-8552 15h ago

I don't mask my face or my voice. It keeps me stress free and still get promotions. Them folks still think how they want about you.

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u/YouSee-ThisCoat8 18h ago

I felt this in my soul! 

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u/Friendly-Nerve-9745 17h ago

At this point they can’t even get this from me. They’re happy when and if I give them eye contact or say hello. Idgaf 😐

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u/_Blaque 17h ago

👏🏾

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u/ljacks09 18h ago

😂😂😂

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u/hellalg 17h ago

FR, me all day. I don't care for my co workers. Im just here for the pay and benefits.

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u/numbmillenial 17h ago

Whew I'm so happy I don't work in corporate anymore, but this is giving me PTSD

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u/FluorescentRain780 18h ago

I did the same thing at school!

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u/Jwchibi 18h ago

2nd to last real hit home. I didn't mean to answer the call now I have to act like I do want to work more

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u/Uniquegasses 18h ago

They doing the same thing to you

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u/GRF999999999 18h ago

Dead boss, somebody call Red Cross

I guess he got caught up in my mental Holocaust

How much did it cost?

Just a little piece of my mind

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u/Ruffendtv 18h ago

Hilarious

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u/crackedtooth163 17h ago

Worked with too many people like this. Last time resulted in a near fist fight. Just not healthy.

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u/TheMoorNextDoor 16h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/zCIhx4xzAPn0s

Need this song added to the playlist tho

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u/Useful_Hall_2832 16h ago

Da Baby "Pop That Thag"

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u/jennyfromtheeblock 16h ago

Felt this in my very soul. Is this not normal?

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u/optimist_prhyme 13h ago

And I take a long ass break after all that fake.

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u/EarlNod 9h ago

This is why we hate RTO

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u/RoyalSpecialty 6h ago

So glad them days  are over for me 😅

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u/Emergency_You_558 18h ago

Me everyday🫩

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u/beegtuna 17h ago

Changing careers because salespeople are fake af

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u/Competitive_Ride_943 17h ago

Isn't that normal?

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u/cutesyoh 16h ago

So? And?

Why are you policing a Black sub?

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u/lolslim 17h ago

I'm so glad I keep interactions limited I feel like I cause this to my coworkers

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u/Busy-Leader-6192 17h ago

😂🤣 I needed that

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u/Kyyy30 16h ago

So accurate 🤣🤣

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u/DreadfulDave19 14h ago

Suit is snazzy!

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u/chamgireum_ 13h ago

Literally did this today.

I know you ain’t see me a lot cuz I ain’t trying to see you a lot either. Leave me alone

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u/ayyungjeezy 13h ago

This is why I work in a factory 🤣

Can't fake shit 🤣

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u/LifeNavigator 8h ago

I'm so glad my workplace isn't like that. I work with Polish and Germans, they're far too brutally honest and would stop meetings halfway to ask if its necessary to stay if they're not contributing to the meetings.

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u/Due-Arachnid9100 17h ago

The smile drop is so real especially when talking to patients lol. I turn the corner that smile gone 😭

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u/usumoio 14h ago

Well, your outfit is exceptionally fresh while you're faking it. If it makes you feel any better

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u/ZelRonso 51m ago

Literally my coworker today

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u/Odd-Homework-3582 7h ago

This and code switching until I get that promotion 🙌🏾

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u/Johnjambo 2h ago

Anyone got a link to where this is originally from?

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u/TopspinLob 8m ago

This seems like a miserable way to live

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u/MotormaidofJapan 15h ago

I mean, we’re all doing this.

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u/squishyliquid 6h ago

White dude. Have to do this every day. Everyone I know does.

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u/poopsmcbuttington 51m ago

For the record, the white folks are faking it too. Nobody wants to be there