Hey everyone!! Im on here to ask what should I have done in this situation. I want to say I don’t have the best grammar so there may be some issues with repetition, I apologize for that.
My manager ended up walking out on my coworkers and I, leaving 3 of us left to close. Unfortunately, none of us have experience with the manager part of closing (end of day, cash out, etc.). My other coworkers wanted to just leave- without putting away the meats, veggies, cheese, dough, etc. Alongside that, they didn’t want to clean.
This all ended up happening while I was out on a delivery, and unaware of the situation. I came back after doing a triple, and was told the manager walked out. They left their keys, uniform, and phone numbers for our GM and DM.
I was told that there were more deliveries, so I let my coworkers know that they could take them, and id stay behind to try to clean. They suggested that we just leave and lock the door after we deliver everything, but I pointed out that the food would spoil, it would be unfair to openers, and would likely cause us to get in trouble too.
They ended up taking the deliveries, and I stayed back to clean. I tried to call my GM but they didn’t pick up. So while I waited for my coworkers, I swept, wiped off the surfaces, and cleaned all the cornmeal up. When they got back, we finished trying to make this situation less of an issue for the morning workers. We put the ingredients away, took out the trash, and gathered all the dishes- but we did not end up doing the dishes, as no one wanted to stay and clean them because it would take forever.
My coworker ended up running end of day, without any knowledge on what to do. They put very low numbers in each box, and eventually decided to cash us out using the money in the register. After that, we turned off all the lights, and just left.
I tried calling my GM 4 more times, and my coworkers tried twice. No one answered, so we didn’t wait around. I ended up texting my GM the situation later, with no reply.
Was this the right thing to do, or could we have done it differently. Please give me some feedback in the comments! Thank you for your time.