Hi there, I'm not sure what I'm expecting from this, maybe just to hear someone else has similar experiences or even just moral support...
I work part time as a bartender in my local pub. I love my job, it's somewhere I can be really sociable which is good as I'm not good at talking to people usually.
However, I feel really bullied by my manager.
He's not the nicest of people in general, he can be quite insecure and isn't very confident, so I guess he feels he can be like this because we can't really do anything about it, but lately, he's been overstepping the mark.
I usually work 23 hours a week, and at the end of every week, we write down our hours and give them to him and he pays us.
On friday, at the end of my shift, I wrote down 23 hours - £115 and gave it to him. I had forgotten, however, that I left at 7 on thursday and not 8 as usual, but he went mental.
He said "You did NOT work 23 hours!" at which point I remembered, felt embarrassed and apologised saying "Sorry, I left at 7 last night, not 8, it is 22 hours, sorry" but he was having none of it.
At this point, he started shouting at me, saying "I came down at 7:30 and you were NOT here"
I started feeling really embarrassed as there were customers there, people I know and he was making a massive deal out of it. As I left I could hear him telling people about it and I felt awful. I went in last night for a drink and two of the other staff came up to me and said "You've been naughty, I've heard what you did" Apparently, he told them I specifically said I worked until 8, which isn't true, and that I denied I left at 7!
What do I do? I feel he has something against me, as after speaking to other staff, they've never felt he has been bad to them.
Do I talk to him? I don't want to seem as though I'm seeking confrontation, but I also don't want him to think it's ok.
Can anyone please help or give some advice?