My girlfriend got asked to get her boss breakfast on her second day

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So my girlfriend is an attractive 18 year old. She just started a new job at a call center. It is her second day and her boss told her to go grab him a biscuit for breakfast. I believe that's demeaning and inappropriate. It seems like he was testing her to see if she would do it. She doesn't want to get fired on her second day so she complied. Is that a normal request to a new employee?






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    There's a lot of context missing here: what is her job (secretary, assistant, call center tech), how was it said, and so on.
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So my girlfriend is an attractive 18 year old. She just started a new job at a call center. It is her second day and her boss told her to go grab him a biscuit for breakfast. I believe that's demeaning and inappropriate. It seems like he was testing her to see if she would do it. She doesn't want to get fired on her second day so she complied. Is that a normal request to a new employee?






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    There's a lot of context missing here: what is her job (secretary, assistant, call center tech), how was it said, and so on.
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So my girlfriend is an attractive 18 year old. She just started a new job at a call center. It is her second day and her boss told her to go grab him a biscuit for breakfast. I believe that's demeaning and inappropriate. It seems like he was testing her to see if she would do it. She doesn't want to get fired on her second day so she complied. Is that a normal request to a new employee?






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So my girlfriend is an attractive 18 year old. She just started a new job at a call center. It is her second day and her boss told her to go grab him a biscuit for breakfast. I believe that's demeaning and inappropriate. It seems like he was testing her to see if she would do it. She doesn't want to get fired on her second day so she complied. Is that a normal request to a new employee?






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    There's a lot of context missing here: what is her job (secretary, assistant, call center tech), how was it said, and so on.
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There's a lot of context missing here: what is her job (secretary, assistant, call center tech), how was it said, and so on.
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There's a lot of context missing here: what is her job (secretary, assistant, call center tech), how was it said, and so on.
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I'm not saying I necessarily agree with it but it's not uncommon for managers/senior managers have lower-rung employees run errands for them and this doesn't just apply to the "newest" staff member either.



Over the years I've been asked to do everything from "go grab breakfast" to "my girlfriend's car has broken down, I need you to 'drive' it back while I tow it".



Generally the more "useful" your time becomes to the company the less you get sent out on trivial errands, simply because the impact on the company in terms of losing that time of you working becomes bigger but in my experience it doesn't usually go away completely.





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    I'm not saying I necessarily agree with it but it's not uncommon for managers/senior managers have lower-rung employees run errands for them and this doesn't just apply to the "newest" staff member either.



    Over the years I've been asked to do everything from "go grab breakfast" to "my girlfriend's car has broken down, I need you to 'drive' it back while I tow it".



    Generally the more "useful" your time becomes to the company the less you get sent out on trivial errands, simply because the impact on the company in terms of losing that time of you working becomes bigger but in my experience it doesn't usually go away completely.





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      I'm not saying I necessarily agree with it but it's not uncommon for managers/senior managers have lower-rung employees run errands for them and this doesn't just apply to the "newest" staff member either.



      Over the years I've been asked to do everything from "go grab breakfast" to "my girlfriend's car has broken down, I need you to 'drive' it back while I tow it".



      Generally the more "useful" your time becomes to the company the less you get sent out on trivial errands, simply because the impact on the company in terms of losing that time of you working becomes bigger but in my experience it doesn't usually go away completely.





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        I'm not saying I necessarily agree with it but it's not uncommon for managers/senior managers have lower-rung employees run errands for them and this doesn't just apply to the "newest" staff member either.



        Over the years I've been asked to do everything from "go grab breakfast" to "my girlfriend's car has broken down, I need you to 'drive' it back while I tow it".



        Generally the more "useful" your time becomes to the company the less you get sent out on trivial errands, simply because the impact on the company in terms of losing that time of you working becomes bigger but in my experience it doesn't usually go away completely.





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        I'm not saying I necessarily agree with it but it's not uncommon for managers/senior managers have lower-rung employees run errands for them and this doesn't just apply to the "newest" staff member either.



        Over the years I've been asked to do everything from "go grab breakfast" to "my girlfriend's car has broken down, I need you to 'drive' it back while I tow it".



        Generally the more "useful" your time becomes to the company the less you get sent out on trivial errands, simply because the impact on the company in terms of losing that time of you working becomes bigger but in my experience it doesn't usually go away completely.






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