“Got Scolded at Work” Advice Thread Derails Into a Fried Rice Debate After OP’s Explanation Falls Short

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When the original poster (OP) sought advice after getting scolded at work, commenters piled on, criticizing the explanation as too vague. The back-and-forth over break times and whether a report was even necessary went nowhere, and before long the thread derailed into a casual chat about favorite fried rice and ramen.

1Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 19:40:01.20ID:ID:JitJwQpd0
Contacted the client scheduled for the afternoon and had them move it to the morning

While sorting that out it hit 1:00 PM, so I took my break
2Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 19:40:57.39ID:Z7zJ3aE90
Write it in more detail, I can't tell what happened at all
7Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 19:43:42.31ID:JitJwQpd0
>>2
If I write more it'll turn into a wall of text
>>3
I did take my break
10Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 19:44:28.95ID:Z7zJ3aE90
>>7
Long is fine
This text tells us nothing
16Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 19:46:46.37ID:XbaDCKxfd
>>7
No, that's not it — wasn't the temp worker paired with you basically saying "skip the break and stick to schedule"?
Which means OP wasn't wrong to take the break
3Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 19:41:24.93ID:XbaDCKxfd
Pretty sure you're required to take breaks, right?
Forget the temp worker, this one's on the company
6Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 19:42:59.45ID:Rq5o4A6l0
Am I the only one who has no clue what's going on here…
12Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 19:45:02.59ID:JitJwQpd0
>>6
Yep, just you
>>8
You'll just get reported on again
8Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 19:44:00.56ID:X1OnzdOP0
Just put that out-of-line temp worker in their place and this whole thing's over
14Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 19:45:52.29ID:7kSnnKZe0
If you were actually a good worker, nobody would've reported you over something like this — so this one's on you
17Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 19:46:52.69ID:JitJwQpd0
>>14
I am a good worker
>>15
I wasn't slacking off
15Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 19:46:06.82ID:Rq5o4A6l0
So basically, you're a temp worker too who got scolded for slacking off?
54Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 20:11:48.51ID:pp5jJmXl0
I wish burnt-soy-sauce fried rice zealots would just disappear — the right amount of soy sauce in fried rice is an amount you can barely even taste
55Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 20:12:36.16ID:Rq5o4A6l0
Lately I'm into skipping shantan (Chinese-style chicken bouillon powder)
But I dump in an absurd amount of MSG
56Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 20:13:17.34ID:Rq5o4A6l0
>>54
Well, that's one school of thought I guess
Hate to admit it, but fair
66Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 20:16:32.39ID:JitJwQpd0
>>54
Yep
>>55
What's shantan?
65Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 20:16:29.95ID:pp5jJmXl0
I always order fried rice and ramen together and judge a shop's whole level off both — is Wao the only one who does this? ("Wao" = the poster's own self-given nickname)
74Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 20:19:15.90ID:JitJwQpd0
>>64
Not lying
>>65
Wao
78Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 20:20:11.02ID:Rq5o4A6l0
>>65
I get where you're coming from
But there are fewer and fewer shops where you can even judge both like that, and that's sad
79Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 20:20:29.19ID:vh/GMI/h0
What's this even about?
82Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 20:21:41.72ID:Rq5o4A6l0
>>79
Apparently OP got scolded at work, but the explanation was such garbage that we ended up talking about fried rice instead
84Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 20:22:26.13ID:JitJwQpd0
>>78
Oh, so it's a restaurant thing
>>79
No, it's about getting scolded at work
85Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 20:23:31.63ID:JitJwQpd0
>>82
What exactly was garbage about the explanation?
>>83
Because you won't answer people's questions
Just answer yes or no
93Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 20:25:06.97ID:Rq5o4A6l0
>>85
You couldn't make sense of anything from the original post — it only started to click after several rounds of follow-up questions
But you're actually replying and trying to explain, so I don't hate you for it
102Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 20:28:40.74ID:JitJwQpd0
>>91
And here we go rebuilding the story again
>>93
Well, writing the whole thing out would make it way too long
103Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 20:30:00.65ID:Rq5o4A6l0
>>102
That's considerate in a way
You grow a little every time you start a thread
107Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 20:31:43.82ID:pp5jJmXl0
>>102
Long is fine, just hurry up and write it — or we're taking this over to the ramen thread
86Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 20:23:46.73ID:pp5jJmXl0
>>78
I get that, but you'd be surprised how many places still do it
Hunting them down and going on food trips is half the fun
92Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 20:24:59.63ID:JitJwQpd0
>>86
Deeper than it looks
>>87
That's just trolling
98Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 20:27:39.98ID:Rq5o4A6l0
>>86
Nice
I'm going exploring this weekend
87Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 20:23:47.08ID:Rq5o4A6l0
This thread's really taking off
Kind of jealous of how popular it got
125Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 20:46:36.26ID:pp5jJmXl0
Lately I don't get out for ramen much, and honestly cup ramen's starting to feel like enough — what is this phenomenon
127Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 20:47:26.90ID:1jOBG6d40
>>125
It's the era of ¥1,000 (~$7) a bowl now
Can't justify spending that much on just ramen
130Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 20:51:04.52ID:JitJwQpd0
>>125
Sounds like you're just broke
>>127
Everything's gotten more expensive, that's just how it is now

※This article is excerpted and summarized from a 5ch (Anything Goes Live board / なんでも実況G) thread titled “I got scolded at work, but I’m not in the wrong here, right?“.

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