The employee, who works in a private bank, shared the screenshots of the chat on Reddit with the title, “What should I do with this kind of manager?” What also grabbed attention was his manager’s poor English.
Sharing his doctor’s prescription, he informed his manager that he visited the hospital on Saturday, October 11. The doctor suspected fissures at best and haemorrhoids at worst.
“I’m unable to sit or stand for a long time. Please provide me with medical leave for today. I’ll be back in the office once this is more manageable. Please excuse,” he wrote.
The next day, he requested another leave: “Good morning, sir, it is still not manageable. I can’t sit properly. Please, I request you to extend the leave for today as well.”
His manager’s reply, full of spelling and grammatical errors, read, “Who tought [taught] you decipline [discipline]? Look at the time when you are asking for a leave. It will be a loss of pay for both the days.”
The employee apologised, explaining his situation, “Please understand my situation, sir, I am asking for medical reasons. I have also shared the doctor’s prescription and the diagnosis. Also, I am sorry for not informing you about my inability to come to the office because of my health ailments.”
The manager again replied in horrible English, “Who will do you business? The more you run away from your responsibility and commitment the more problem. You didn’t stand by your commitment as far as first 10 days are concerned.”
The Redditor then calmly informed the manager that he was merely asking for time to recover and wasn’t skipping work. “I will do it, sir. I’m not running away from my commitments. I will cover up after I return to the office,” he replied.
Many users were amused by his manager’s “poor English,” while others criticised his tone.
One person commented, “Send him to English class and then humanitarian class.”
Another wrote, “Texts ‘wHo tOuGhT YoU dEcIpLinE?’ and he’s a branch manager. Wow, I’m at a loss of words.”
One user advised him to publicly call out his manager and suggested he at least mention his name in his resignation letter. “Just posting chat here will do you no good,” he wrote. To which the employee replied, “Well, I have joined this bank recently, this is my 5th month here, I don’t think I can resign now.”
“Ask your manager to use appropriate grammar and spelling,” wrote the next.
“The audacity to say things with such vocabulary,” commented another.
In another incident, a manager refused to grant leave to an employee who complained of a headache. “Take the medicine and come. It’s nothing, it will get better. It’s just a headache,” the manager sent him a message, rejecting his leave.
“You don’t get leave for a headache. What are you talking about? You are not in school any more,” he said.
