Karen Manager Wants Employee To Print Out A Video File, Revenge Ensues

Who on earth would think to print out a video file?

It’s truly a unique experience to witness someone request the printing of an MP4 file. I’m left utterly perplexed by her thought process. Now, please understand, I’m not here to belittle those who might be less technologically inclined due to their age. Yet, such a disposition doesn’t grant the license to wield entitlement and rudeness toward employees, especially when they’re attempting to convey a valid point. It’s worth noting that age should never be a barrier to learning something new.

However, this particular individual seems to harbor a different perspective. When informed that printing an MP4 file wasn’t feasible, she persisted in her demand, seemingly determined to uphold her stance. I’m uncertain whether she comprehended the nature of the file, or if her primary objective was to assert her correctness. One’s adherence to a particular method throughout their career doesn’t necessarily render it the ‘right way.’ If you continue reading, you’ll uncover how this employee responded after being reprimanded for not complying.

Source: Reddit

She received exactly what she had asked for.

The majority of his colleagues were genuinely good people.

Yet, there inevitably emerges an individual who disrupts the harmony.

They attempted to explain the impossibility of the request, but their words fell on deaf ears.

Hence, they opted to fulfill her request, even securing written confirmation.

And they dedicated themselves wholeheartedly to the task.

The story didn’t culminate there; in fact, her long-anticipated comeuppance finally arrived.

In a delightful twist, everyone was treated to something special by week’s end.

It’s evident that she was firmly entrenched in her ways and exhibited reluctance to adapt.

In my wife’s old job the owner would have his secretary print out all his emails and put them on his desk. Then he’d write his replies in pen on the printouts, and his secretary would type them up and send them.

The company went bankrupt. Mostly because their competitors had bad-but-functional webshops, and they had a single page with their logo, a picture of the company owner with their “we do personal service!” slogan underneath, and a phone number. –ScriptThat

These Reddit narratives have certainly imparted a lesson.

This incident marked a first for me as well.

Apparently, numerous individuals across various backgrounds possess an aversion to listening to others.

Admittedly, it might have been a rather mundane task, but perseverance ultimately prevailed.

Our former company president questioned the invoices from the company maintaining our websites (six brands; six sites). I explained the volume of work on multiple sites. He said I needed to print the websites, so he would have an idea how big it was. I tried to explain that the sites are huge, change all the time, and are available to view at any time, so you don’t need a printed copy. Nope, he wanted a printed copy. I was not going to waste my time on this stupidity, so I got a quote from the web developers to do it.

A couple of weeks later we received two huge three-ring binders of printed website pages – a veritable monument to the company president’s idiocy. I dropped them on his desk along with an invoice for almost $3,000. I am pretty sure he never got past the first five pages before he realized how stupid it was to read printed web pages. He was forced out within the year for his horrid management practices (and we later found out he was screwing the frumpy HR assistant).

The executive assistant brought the binders to my office and asked if I needed them. “No, you can throw them in the rubbish.” –zinsser

What are your impressions of this tale of retribution? Have you found yourself entangled in a similar scenario? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section below.