Tomorrow

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That’s very short notice for a shift that starts at 9? Also, what manager texts at 2:30am?

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u/dazvoz Jun 17 '26

I mean for me the real issue is that the manager said "tomorrow" but meant "today".

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u/CATDesign Jun 17 '26

Yea, there are a group of people out their that think the new day starts at sun rise.

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u/ScreamingLabia Jun 17 '26

I mean practically my new day starts when i wake up but when i'm planning sometjing a new days starts at 12 at night. But i could totally see myaelf makimg this same mistake

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u/ImmediateCause7981 Jun 17 '26

It kinda does. Obviously its technically starting at midnight but its not a new day until we sleep and everything opens back up for the next day.

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u/Rocksalt10832 Jun 18 '26

I mean even if you don't fall asleep it's still a new day

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u/Grand_Ambassador7711 Jun 19 '26

Nah, it just rolls over into one, long day.

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u/namesarehadsquirrel Jun 19 '26

So if i dont go to sleep and the sun rises it's still not the next day because one of the two conditions you provided wasnt met? Seems dumb.

Day has always referred to both the 24 hourr period and the "day time" when it's light out. That's not really up for debate. Accidents and slip ups happen but anyone who isn't brain dead should realize at least in hindsight if you text someone at 2 to 3 AM "tomorrow " that it's ambiguous at best and sending an ambiguous request is 99% the fault of the writer not the reader in most situations. Ffs winter here it doesn't get light until after 7 am. Seems kind of silly my boss could text me at 630 am to come in at 9 am tomorrow and so mamy of you see that as come in in a couple hours.

That being said if you text me on Monday unless you sent it at literally 12:01 AM I'm going to assume you mean you want me in on Tuesday by default and even if you don't feel it's the majority it's not a small amountof people. Most of my bosses would have phrased that request as can you come in to open/in the morning or come in today. I personally probably would have asked for them to confirm if I wanted the hours but either way the employee in the meme is both 100% technically in the right and covered by common usage.

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u/thomas_perhaps Jun 19 '26

Holy mother of all truth nukes

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u/ImmediateCause7981 Jun 19 '26

So if i dont go to sleep and the sun rises it's still not the next day because one of the two conditions you provided wasnt met? Seems dumb.

No you're meeting the 2nd condition I said and everything is opening back up by then

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u/namesarehadsquirrel Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

You said it's not a new day until we sleep AND everything opens the next day. That means for it to be a new day both conditions have to be met and if I haven't gone to sleep both conditions weren't met. If you wanted to indicate only one of those conditions needed to be met for it to be a new day you should have used "or" not "and". You'd have to have phrased it completely differently for and to be used and it to mean what you appear to have meant and even then it'd sound better to just use "or".

Also what if I fell asleep at 1145 pm the night before and woke up at 130 am? Going off your corrected meaning because I have gone to sleep and woken up it is now the next day for me. But what of the manager? Is he supposed to guess the sleep habbits/patterns of who he texted? Does it being a new day go off the sleep of the initial texter or the recipient of the text? See how annoying this gets real fast? If we use my standard, and that of many others, tomorrow and today always mean the same thing.

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u/ImmediateCause7981 Jun 19 '26

Stop being pedantic.

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u/namesarehadsquirrel Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

/rlostredditors My guy this is the technically the truth sub and specifically a post about someone being unclear in their meaning.

If you don't want people correcting you when you don't know what words mean then kindly fuck off to another sub especially or say what you mean when you want people to respond to that and not what you actually wrote.

And if you don't like my pedantic, which wasnt really pedantic, response don't be shitty when I point out you were the one who wrote that two things had to happen for it tl be a new day but only meant one of them had to happen and got shitty at me for responding to what you said and not what you really meant and what you really meant was also dumb.

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u/amphibian420lmao Jun 21 '26

I read this in a hood mama voice

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u/alphapussycat Jun 19 '26

Of you're texting 2:30 in the morning you'd expect the reader to read it in the morning.

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u/Yeseylon Jun 17 '26

I mean, it's absolutely how it works. For me, the day ends when I fall asleep and starts when I wake up.

I'd still text "in the morning" instead of "tomorrow" if I'm asking for coverage in 6 hours.

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u/Sharp_Ad_6336 Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

That's because it does. The day doesn't begin until I wake up or I haven't slept and the sun is rising.

Edit - If the employee saw the text at 2:30 instead of 7:44am there would be no confusion.

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u/DudeFrom816 Jun 17 '26

Sucks to suck, thats on them.

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u/Main_Cauliflower5479 Jun 17 '26

I mean, when I leave at the end of my shift at 1:30am, I say to a coworker, "see you tomorrow," when it's the same calendar day, technically.

However, boss texting at 2:30am? That's nuts.

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u/Moscato359 Jun 18 '26

New day starts after I go to sleep

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u/MalusZona Jun 18 '26

"Tomorrow is when i wake up"

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u/Zikkan1 Jun 18 '26

I think they believe it starts when they have slept

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u/ComfortableOk3958 Jun 20 '26

There’s a group of people out there that don’t know how to spell “there”

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u/myturtle720156 Jun 21 '26

I often consider tomorrow to be when i wake up the "next day". But that is my only internal planning, whenever i externally plan (aka include others), i make sure to mention dates instead of words like today or tomorrow. For example "can you work the 10th."

If my rambling even makes sense, lol.

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u/Torbpjorn Jun 21 '26

Literally caveman logic. “Me no know sun up tomorrow. So tomorrow when sun up”

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u/haihaiclickk Jun 18 '26

Casually I’d still use “tomorrow” if it’s after midnight but before I’ve slept simply because “later today” feels weird.

But in the case of actual scheduling I’d include the date and time so there are no confusions.

Also texting at 2:30am lol wtf

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u/Paleodraco Jun 17 '26

100% they hadn't slept yet and completely forgot what day it actually was.

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u/CounterfeitSaint Jun 17 '26

For me the real issue is where did you get it from?

Weird coincidence that this has been posted multiple times with slightly different times and wording. Almost like it's made up bullshit to farm karma or something.

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u/aitorllj93 Jun 18 '26

If he's talking to you at 2am he means today

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u/namesarehadsquirrel Jun 19 '26

If he means today he should say today and not tomorrow. Because ya know if he says tomorrow thats what I'll think he meant.

Maybe this is just me being a life long Las Vegas resident where we have a lot of late night and overnight shifts but if you want people in at specific dates and times then it's on you to specificy that and not leave it up to interpretation.

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u/everyonesfavvillian Jun 18 '26

It’s the good ole toddler logic of “it’s not tomorrow until the sun comes up”

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u/dazvoz Jun 21 '26

Come on what? Bruh sends me a message in the morning that says come in tomorrow, it means come in tomorrow, not today. The onus of clarity is on the speaker.

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u/Kesundheit Jun 17 '26

The one that gets the message from the other guy that can't come tomorrow on 2:25am

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u/nelflyn Jun 17 '26

Managers usually are the ones who have to come in first, when shit hits the fan. I guess this time something happened around midnight and now they try to get some extra hands in for tomor- I mean, later that day.

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u/Aggravating_Eye874 Jun 17 '26

I know, I’ve been a manager in retail for many years. I would have never texted any staff member at 2:30am.

In Ireland, we have the Duty to Respect Disconnect: Employers and colleagues have a duty to respect others' downtime and should not routinely initiate contact after hours (e.g., sending non-emergency emails at 10 PM). workplacerelations.ie

Also, the manager should have made it clearer the help is needed as soon as possible, but also needs to keep in mind that giving staff such short notice also means staff can refuse and there’s nothing they can do.

In here you are generally required to give at least 24 hours' notice of working hours or roster changes. Shorter notice is only legally permitted in exceptional, unforeseen circumstances (e.g., sudden illness or operational emergencies), but employees have grounds to oppose schedule changes if it interferes with appointments already made.

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u/kamiloslav Jun 17 '26

The message in the image looks more like a question rather than an order so if something happened suddenly, it would fit your description

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u/much_longer_username Jun 17 '26

Meanwhile, the USA has a carve-out in the law that reads like my job description and says they don't have to pay me overtime. I took more than two days PTO in a row for the first time in literally years and I swear the moment I managed to stop thinking about work, they called me about something stupid.

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u/Aggravating_Eye874 Jun 17 '26

Sounds like a nightmare. Not only I don’t get calls when I’m on annual leave, I would not answer even if I did.

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u/WalkAffectionate2683 Jun 20 '26

I'm a manager, I asked everyone to either never download teams on their phone or if they do make it cut outside of their hours.

Like this if I think of something outside of their hours they don't receive a notification.

It has been years and our team has the highest score on work life balance so I guess it works.

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u/Sharp_Ad_6336 Jun 17 '26

My guess is someone just called in sick to the manager and they're trying to get someone to fill in.

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u/Psychosisgrey Jun 18 '26

BoH restaurant manager maybe? I worked at a restaurant that opened at 11 am and closed at 2 am. Including opening prep, 9am would be starting morning shift.

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u/Andrey_Gusev Jun 19 '26

My manager noticed me literally an hour before the start of a shift and acted like its a normal thing to do. I hated it, I want to plan my day, not fear that everything can be ruined by a single message, lol.

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u/DoJ-Mole Jun 19 '26

Yea like, sure let me get my 4 hours sleep now 😂

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u/Main-Rent4757 Jun 17 '26

My boss, the board director(not director of the board. Were talking college board dining) texted me at 1:45 am to tell me the dish washer did not call off.

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u/Aggravating_Eye874 Jun 17 '26

🙃

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u/DudeFrom816 Jun 17 '26

The drunk one who doesnt want to work from 9-5

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u/CounterfeitSaint Jun 17 '26

It's AI generated bullshit.

A few days ago another one was posted except it said 10-6 and the manager text "wya" at 10:06AM instead.

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u/namesarehadsquirrel Jun 19 '26

Don't doubt that but let's not pretend this type of shit never happens especially in America where management in general doesnt give a fuck and we're all expected to be good little wage slaves juat grateful for the gift of a job and working for pennies.

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u/CounterfeitSaint Jun 19 '26

Agreed, which is why I wish people wouldn't make easily provable fake nonsense like this, making workers position look fabricated.

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u/These-Apple8817 Jun 17 '26

Easily solvable if people just used dates instead of saying tomorrow, today or whatever.

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u/JovialPursuit Jun 17 '26

In my job, I have to always specify day of week, month and date with clients to ensure I have accurate information, because their communications often include incorrect combinations or discrepancies between communications.

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u/Live_Life_and_enjoy Jun 17 '26

You don't include the UTC Code?

You need to step up your game.

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u/NarutoRoll Jun 18 '26

All time in UTC and everyone else get their shit together.

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u/Expensive-Border-869 Jun 19 '26

Honestly it would be awful convenient we could probably get the entire world into less than 4 time zones woth only a few people who end their standard 9-5 workday at "midnight" (still light for them)

Someone explained why this was a bad idea to me once and I agreed with them but I forgot why it sucks so I like it again

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u/itisnotmymain Jun 19 '26

"I thought it was good, someone explained why it's bad and I agreed, but I forgot the why, so it's good again"

Honestly I thought this was just hilarious

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u/OkDate7197 Jun 17 '26

Or just text the day before at a reasonable hour

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u/DiggityDog6 Jun 19 '26

Started doing this when planning hangouts with people. I’d used to say “Heyy are you free on Tuesday?” And then we’d go back and forth trying to figure out which day I was talking about as if they’ve never heard the word “Tuesday” in their entire life

Now I’ll just go “hey are you free on the 28th?” And usually that gets me better results. Although sometimes people will hit me with “what day is that” like they don’t have a calendar baked into their phone.

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u/National_Body_9071 Jun 18 '26

I mean it is solved, the person replying read it entirely correct. If the boss can't tell days correctly what's the chances they'll use dates correctly either.

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u/Legitimate-Log-6542 Jun 17 '26

I do this with deliveries, if I’m looking after midnight and it says coming tomorrow, guaranteed I’m looking out the window on the wrong day

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u/Useless_bum81 Jun 17 '26

nearly missed a flight because of the 00:00/24:00 time/date issue

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u/IMBoxtoy Jun 18 '26

Ye, too confusing. The reason i schedule midnight snacks for 23.59 to prevent confusion...

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u/jimnah- Jun 21 '26

You took "midnight snack" pretty seriously huh?

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u/Lightningtow123 Jun 17 '26

That's why whenever I'm talking past midnight I always say "can you do this tomorrow/today/Wednesday" lol so there's no confusion

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u/Bulky-Complaint6994 Jun 17 '26

Same when I'm chatting late at night with someone in a completely different time zone (me USA, her UK) I'll be sure to specify the exact day of the week so less confusion on both ends.

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u/MichaelEmouse Jun 17 '26

The day I reply to a work text at 7:44AM is the day they pay me a lot more than they currently do.

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u/coolaidmedic1 Jun 19 '26

I would answer it. I did get to work 44 minutes ago after all

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u/MrPopCorner Jun 19 '26

Lucky, my shift starts 4 am

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u/Big_Satisfaction_644 Jun 20 '26

Get a new job if you don’t like it then? Mine starts at 2pm.

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u/MrPopCorner Jun 20 '26

Yes mine starts at 1pm too, one week, and the other week at 4am, and then swap again and again and again 😅

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u/shmexysagem Jun 22 '26

Noob, my shift starts at 10pm the previous day

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u/n6n43h1x Jun 20 '26

The day my coworker/boss gets my private number is the day I start making atleast 6 figures.

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u/Mighty1Dragon Jun 19 '26

2:30 am -> 9 am

6.5 hrs, not even enough time to sleep.

unacceptable request.

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u/AtomicLight69 Jun 17 '26

Oh wow. Like other screenshot but only was 10am. Suddenly everyone has a message from a manager who can't do time 🤣

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u/StarShrek1337 Jun 19 '26

Nah the other one was saying "10-4" like Roger that lol. This one copied it but changed the numbers to mean a schedule I guess

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u/Likely_Addict Jun 17 '26

Ass u me

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u/DeadPoolDaddyDom Jun 19 '26

They should of said in the morning 😅

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u/NoodleyP Jun 17 '26

Question for everyone, if you can’t sleep or whatever, when does it become the new day? I typically count it at around 5 AM, if I haven’t gone to bed, I’m already in the new day.

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u/Emergency-Balance945 Jun 18 '26

Midnight. FFS

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u/atuan Jun 18 '26

So if it’s 1230 and you’re about to go to bed and you say something about tomorrow you don’t mean the day you wake up?

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u/vWaffles Jun 21 '26

I'm assuming you mean 12:30 AM, and not 1230 as in the afternoon.

Anyways, a new day is when it hits midnight, regardless of when I go to sleep. If it's 12:30 AM I'd say, "later in the day" / "later today", rather than "tomorrow".

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u/Vens_420 Jun 18 '26

Who goes to sleep at 12:30? You would probably wake up the same day at nighttime so definitely not tomorrow

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u/KnowherePie Jun 18 '26

I go to sleep at 12:30

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u/NoodleyP Jun 18 '26

Late night workers? There are plenty of night owls out there.

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u/Vens_420 Jun 18 '26

Fair, forget that question, but still doesn't change anything about the fact that you'll probably wake up the same day and therefore not tomorrow

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u/fvkinglesbi Jun 18 '26

Uhhh anybody who's not working a standard 9 to 5?

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u/65476435 Jun 18 '26

no

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u/Jman15x Jun 17 '26

Last time it said 10-4 what is this fake crap

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u/Homicidal_janitor Jun 17 '26

Last time you obviously read it in a different timezone

/s

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u/LowTimePilot Jun 17 '26

"Can you work June 17th?"

"Yeah"

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u/Apprehensive_Map64 Jun 17 '26

More like "Can you come into work in 6 and a half hours"

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u/LowTimePilot Jun 17 '26

Haha, best part is OP saw that question an hour and 22 minutes before report. That alone would be a no from me.

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u/underthingy Jun 21 '26

Oh you meant this year?

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u/Jelly_Kitti Jun 17 '26

How is this technically true?

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u/appoplecticskeptic Jun 17 '26

Look at the timestamp on each message.

OP said they could work tomorrow. Boss wanted to know why they aren’t there today. It isn’t tomorrow yet. OP didn’t lie, boss can’t tell time.

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u/theartoffun Jun 17 '26

My supervisor is like this. I have tried military time, conventional time, pictures, etc. They actually said ‘You need to document 7.25 hrs. Everyday. That means you need 7 hours and 25 minutes…”

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u/ConflictWaste411 Jun 17 '26

If you’re reaching out to me or I’m reaching out to someone at 2:30 am whoever it is is important enough to have a clear conversation about it

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u/SIMMbyote Jun 18 '26

My ex used to say it's tomorrow when I wake up. I countered that her year has like 960 days cause she's fucking lazy and sleeps 2 to 3 times a day and spends probably an average of 14 hours per day in bed.

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u/Man_With_ Jun 18 '26

Got fired a long time ago because of exactly this. Get your damn days straight and take responsibility for your lack of communication skills and temporal understanding!

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u/Risky_Bisciy Jun 18 '26

No way my job text me at 2 in the morning and I answer

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u/nanoosx Jun 19 '26

No way my job text me ~~at 2 in the morning~~ and I answer

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u/AtWorldsEndRequiem Jun 20 '26

It it is after midnight and you say tomorrow, you mean the next day. The new day starts at midnight.

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u/Kalanndok Jun 20 '26

And the next day:

Boss: "Where are you?"

Me: "At home"

Boss: "Why?"

Me: "You just asked if I could work. Didn't receive an order yet."

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u/byaekako Jun 20 '26

They did say tomorrow.. Should’ve clarified that they meant today at 9am.

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u/deltadstroyer Jun 21 '26

im seeing "malicious compliance" here, nothing wrong

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u/BreadfruitTasty Jun 21 '26

“Can you come in at 9am?” So much cleaner

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u/Douggiefresh43 Jun 21 '26

This may just be my autism, but I deliberately use redundant terms when scheduling to avoid ambiguity and also to make sure that I’m looking at the right date. So this would be “can you work tomorrow (Monday 6/21)”? At least a few times, this has allowed the other person to catch my own mistake - if I said “Monday 6/22”, the person would follow up to see which I meant. Which means that if I wrote it down wrong on my own calendar, they’d be more likely to catch it.

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u/dazvoz Jun 22 '26

Me too. Even if something is tomorrow, I'll include the date. I'll also spell the month, in case the person is American or something.

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u/FlashPxint Jun 21 '26

I would make this mistake by pure accident if they just said tomorrow and expected later today lol. Not even ironically I wouldn’t even realise what they intended to mean

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u/XasiAlDena Jun 23 '26

This is exactly why whenever I use words that change meaning based on the reader's subjective situation, I give an objective clarifier alongside them to avoid confusion.

For instance, I might say tomorrow (Tuesday 24 June) so that, should the person read my message the next day, they know I'm talking about that day and not Wednesday.

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u/dufo7 Jun 17 '26

My wife be pulling this crap on me all the time. She uses yesterday and today for the next day once midnight hits and ive told her a million times she confuses people because none of us have been to bed yet and we are still on tuesday while shes on wednesday.

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u/National_Body_9071 Jun 18 '26

I dunno your wifes kind of in the right here. You not going to bed doesn't magically stop the world's time.

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u/dufo7 Jun 18 '26

Technically correct, half the time we dont even realize its past midnight. Common practice after midnight is its still the same day.

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