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I work at a grocery store, which can be exhausting because I am on the autism spectrum, and after an incredibly busy shift, which is almost every day I work, I have become so overstimulated that I need to listen to my music while helping to clean the store after close. It detresses me, lowers my overstimulation, calms me down and keeps me focused on the tasks at hand, such as conditioning the shelves or putting away returns.
Recently, I was reported while on break by a customer because I had the audacity of wearing headphones to the bathroom -- while on break mind you -- and as such I didn't notice that the customer in question had tried to get my attention. And now I've been told that unless I'm clocked out, I can't wear my headphones anymore to listen to music, and that includes cleaning up the store after close because of "safety hazards", which used to not be an issue for the last two years I have worked at this store. And I should know, because I have asked every manager who has worked there before if it would be alright for me to wear my headphones with my music on after close, so long as I keep one part off of one ear so I can still be aware of my surroundings, and they have all said that it was alright.
I have issues with this because I have explained, many times, why I listen to music after close, and I have seen other employees listening to their own music as well, though they mainly use earbuds. When I pointed this out, the Manager On Duty only informed me that it "wasn't fair" that I used headphones, that "If I was allowed to do it then everyone else would want to do it", ad infinitum, and the end result of that conversation was a threat of being fired if I was "caught" with my headphones on if I was still on the clock.
I find this very unfair, and I don't trust corporate enough to listen to my complaints. Am I in the wrong for this?
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I work at a grocery store, which can be exhausting because I am on the autism spectrum, and after an incredibly busy shift, which is almost every day I work, I have become so overstimulated that I need to listen to my music while helping to clean the store after close. It detresses me, lowers my overstimulation, calms me down and keeps me focused on the tasks at hand, such as conditioning the shelves or putting away returns.
Recently, I was reported while on break by a customer because I had the audacity of wearing headphones to the bathroom -- while on break mind you -- and as such I didn't notice that the customer in question had tried to get my attention. And now I've been told that unless I'm clocked out, I can't wear my headphones anymore to listen to music, and that includes cleaning up the store after close because of "safety hazards", which used to not be an issue for the last two years I have worked at this store. And I should know, because I have asked every manager who has worked there before if it would be alright for me to wear my headphones with my music on after close, so long as I keep one part off of one ear so I can still be aware of my surroundings, and they have all said that it was alright.
I have issues with this because I have explained, many times, why I listen to music after close, and I have seen other employees listening to their own music as well, though they mainly use earbuds. When I pointed this out, the Manager On Duty only informed me that it "wasn't fair" that I used headphones, that "If I was allowed to do it then everyone else would want to do it", ad infinitum, and the end result of that conversation was a threat of being fired if I was "caught" with my headphones on if I was still on the clock.
I find this very unfair, and I don't trust corporate enough to listen to my complaints. Am I in the wrong for this?
professionalism work-environment negotiation autism-spectrum
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"And now I've been told that unless I'm clocked out, I can't wear my headphones anymore to listen to music" - Who told you that?
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I work at a grocery store, which can be exhausting because I am on the autism spectrum, and after an incredibly busy shift, which is almost every day I work, I have become so overstimulated that I need to listen to my music while helping to clean the store after close. It detresses me, lowers my overstimulation, calms me down and keeps me focused on the tasks at hand, such as conditioning the shelves or putting away returns.
Recently, I was reported while on break by a customer because I had the audacity of wearing headphones to the bathroom -- while on break mind you -- and as such I didn't notice that the customer in question had tried to get my attention. And now I've been told that unless I'm clocked out, I can't wear my headphones anymore to listen to music, and that includes cleaning up the store after close because of "safety hazards", which used to not be an issue for the last two years I have worked at this store. And I should know, because I have asked every manager who has worked there before if it would be alright for me to wear my headphones with my music on after close, so long as I keep one part off of one ear so I can still be aware of my surroundings, and they have all said that it was alright.
I have issues with this because I have explained, many times, why I listen to music after close, and I have seen other employees listening to their own music as well, though they mainly use earbuds. When I pointed this out, the Manager On Duty only informed me that it "wasn't fair" that I used headphones, that "If I was allowed to do it then everyone else would want to do it", ad infinitum, and the end result of that conversation was a threat of being fired if I was "caught" with my headphones on if I was still on the clock.
I find this very unfair, and I don't trust corporate enough to listen to my complaints. Am I in the wrong for this?
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I work at a grocery store, which can be exhausting because I am on the autism spectrum, and after an incredibly busy shift, which is almost every day I work, I have become so overstimulated that I need to listen to my music while helping to clean the store after close. It detresses me, lowers my overstimulation, calms me down and keeps me focused on the tasks at hand, such as conditioning the shelves or putting away returns.
Recently, I was reported while on break by a customer because I had the audacity of wearing headphones to the bathroom -- while on break mind you -- and as such I didn't notice that the customer in question had tried to get my attention. And now I've been told that unless I'm clocked out, I can't wear my headphones anymore to listen to music, and that includes cleaning up the store after close because of "safety hazards", which used to not be an issue for the last two years I have worked at this store. And I should know, because I have asked every manager who has worked there before if it would be alright for me to wear my headphones with my music on after close, so long as I keep one part off of one ear so I can still be aware of my surroundings, and they have all said that it was alright.
I have issues with this because I have explained, many times, why I listen to music after close, and I have seen other employees listening to their own music as well, though they mainly use earbuds. When I pointed this out, the Manager On Duty only informed me that it "wasn't fair" that I used headphones, that "If I was allowed to do it then everyone else would want to do it", ad infinitum, and the end result of that conversation was a threat of being fired if I was "caught" with my headphones on if I was still on the clock.
I find this very unfair, and I don't trust corporate enough to listen to my complaints. Am I in the wrong for this?
professionalism work-environment negotiation autism-spectrum
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"And now I've been told that unless I'm clocked out, I can't wear my headphones anymore to listen to music" - Who told you that?
– DarkCygnus
1 min ago
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"And now I've been told that unless I'm clocked out, I can't wear my headphones anymore to listen to music" - Who told you that?
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"And now I've been told that unless I'm clocked out, I can't wear my headphones anymore to listen to music" - Who told you that?
– DarkCygnus
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"And now I've been told that unless I'm clocked out, I can't wear my headphones anymore to listen to music" - Who told you that?
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"And now I've been told that unless I'm clocked out, I can't wear my headphones anymore to listen to music" - Who told you that?
– DarkCygnus
1 min ago