My toxic manager is constantly picking on me specifically, as he micromanages me in a way that honestly is so debilitating and so demoralizing.

But after finally realizing that he's only doing this to me, I'm honestly at my breaking point, because right now I seriously don't know what to do.

Here's what happened.

To start things out, I'm a host, and the previous place that I worked did not have takeout or the host didn't do takeout. It was high volume, so all I did was seating, reservations, and phone calls. My current place basically has the servers rotate whoever does take out. And it's basically one of those things where if you see it while in the ticket and your section isn't full, then go ahead and take care of it. If a customer walks in for

their order and it's still not packed, the host tells the server and they finish up that ticket.

Other than weekend nights, we are hardly slammed and we have enough servers so it still works out.

Well, suddenly the manager sends me a long message saying that he wants me to step up on takeout.

I always take all the phone calls and I put in the order,

but he wants me to pack everything. And he even told the servers not to touch packing takeout.

But now suddenly there's five tickets unpacked and left alone while I scramble to figure it out.

The servers are told to seat people and answer the phone for me as I'm stuck in the back packing

takeout. It's like what is going on right now? The other manager screams at me that I'm doing it wrong, even if I'm doing it right. He says things are missing when they're not. He says hot and cold items should be separated, but then says hot should be on top, but cold should be on the bottom, while also complaining about some items being double-bagged and saying,

oh, this one should and this one shouldn't. And it's like, what are you doing? He's even waved a bag in front of my face in front of the other manager and staff, and this is because it was a 20-ounce and not a 16-ounce. He would micromanage that I put two sauce packets in and not three, or only utensils and not four. All dishes should be upright and all takeout with a menu. Now, despite this, I've packed it exactly as he says like it's a science. But opening up

takeout I've packed and staple to examine for mistakes is absolutely crazy. When I've started taking

out bags and putting utensils in them, making them ready for orders and to pack,

he puts them away and only wants me to start opening a bag when the kitchen finishes everything

in that specific order. And it's just so crazy to me. And it would be one thing if it was actually

a complex system. But we only have three types of bags, three types of containers, and three

types of boxes. So packing our cuisine is

essentially a pizza place level easy in terms of packing. Since then, I've actually passed over

takeout for months before I know for a fact this special training was only happening to me,

and the two new servers never got any of it. But every server has forgotten sauces, gotten orders

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