Her: and then I asked him "oh I'm sorry am I interrupting your Minecraft?" And you know what he said?

Me: yes?

Her: I don't know where he got this attitude

Me: what attitude? You were interrupting his Minecraft. He was answering what he thought was a question.

Her: well it wasn't a question

Me: well he's a kid and he's new at learning how to read toxic communication styles

Her: 😡 I'm not toxic

Me: what was the point of the question? How did you want him to respond?

Her: not like that

Me: but if you don't know how he's supposed to respond how the hell is he supposed to guess? It sounds like you just want to be mad at him.

Her: I want him to pay attention when I talk to him

Me: then give him enough time to shift his attention before you start talking.

Her: why do I have to change?

Me: because what you're doing now isn't working? Because you're mad every day and you don't have to be? Because your kid needs you to???

The counter girl hopped right up when I walked in and was clocking in to help me.

Me: were you on break? I can wait until it's over I'm not in a hurry.

Her: no, we're supposed to clock out when there aren't customers

Me: oh no, honey, no. That's illegal.

Her: 😳

Me: not for you, for your manager or whoever told you to do that.

Her: it is?

Me: it's called wage theft when your boss doesn't pay you what you earned. when your boss requires you to stay here, he needs you pay you for your time.

Her: oh.

Me: here, this is the office number to an employment lawyer, call her and tell her you need to come in to talk about this

Her: I don't have any money

Me: we're gonna get your money, you already earned it sweetie.

Edit message to include a link to info about worker's rights:

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/workers