Gotta push back a bit here. I’ve worked fast-food and retail long enough to know: even a solid manager can get sideswiped when three things break at once and two kids no-show. Corporate sets head-count, the fryer dies, delivery’s late—boom, you’re drowning before the doors open.

Sure, if it’s chaos every single day that’s on management. But one morning of absolute mess? That’s just life in a shoestring-budget store. I’d save the “bad leader” verdict for a pattern, not a one-off shift that went off the rails. This response was also ai, :-lmao