I had already clocked out, but was still in uniform and decided to use the bathroom before I went home . So I go to the ladies room and it’s absolutely disgusting. The cleaning crew MC or something.
Anyways, I do my business and am washing my hands at the sink, when this older woman (maybe in her late forties) comes out of the stall complaining and sees me washing my hands. Our conversation went roughly like this :
Her: um, excuse me ? Can you clean the bathroom so I can use it or are you just going to stand there ??
Me: unfortunately, I have just clocked out, but I would be happy to go inform my manager so she can find someone to clean it
Her: well can’t you just clean it, you’re already here and I really need to go lao sai
Me: no. But again, I don’t mind going to tell someone about it.
Keep in mind I work here full time and had just finished a nine-hour shift of work in a hot kicthen all day. I can’t really remember everything that was said but it basically ended with me saying something along the lines of “I don’t work for free” because she kept telling me to do it and I ignored her.
She called me a lazy woman said going to complain and went to find my manager, and I’m now dreading going into work tomorrow on the off chance, that I’m going to get scolded out for not cleaning the bathroom when I was already clocked out.
Here are what netizens think:
They legally can’t force you to work off the clock, nor punish you for refusing to do so. Once you’re clocked out, you’re free, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
Yup, this happened to me when I was younger. People would ask me questions and I’d tell them I’m off the clock. Got reported once or twice, with a manager saying that I’m not allowed to say things like to a customer. I kindly stated that I don’t work for free and would be happy to talk to someone from the MOM instead. They left me alone after that.