Lying for my boss

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I work in a pizza place and there are several occasions when an order to be delivered takes longer than desired to be sent out. The customers call asking about their food and my boss will whisper to me ‘tell them it just left!’ and then proceed to get the order out as fast as possible.

Just the other day my boss got in a somewhat serious argument on the phone with a former employee. The situation has not been resolved yet and she said to me ‘If he calls, I am NOT here.’ Later the person did call and, as instructed, I told him the boss was not in.

I am not a liar and I don’t feel comfortable with this. What should I do in these cases?
 
There’re always ‘he’s not available’ and ‘it’s on the way’, which are both perfectly true.

But that’s really how business goes. I can’t think of any job where one doesn’t have to cover for someone else (or even yourself!) at least occasionally.
 
Nuruns said:
I work in a pizza place and there are several occasions when an order to be delivered takes longer than desired to be sent out. The customers call asking about their food and my boss will whisper to me ‘tell them it just left!’ and then proceed to get the order out as fast as possible.

Just the other day my boss got in a somewhat serious argument on the phone with a former employee. The situation has not been resolved yet and she said to me ‘If he calls, I am NOT here.’ Later the person did call and, as instructed, I told him the boss was not in.

I am not a liar and I don’t feel comfortable with this. What should I do in these cases?
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You don’t have to worry I have been in that predicament an when I asked the Lord about it He said to me. It is on his (boss) sholders not yours youare payed to do what you are told. You can give it up to Jesus and tell Jesus that you don’t like doing this and pray for your boss.
God bless
littleone
 
I was in that situation when I worked parttime at a clothing store.

My manager would request similar things, such as when our DM called, she would tell me to say she’s NOT here. Or when a customer was complaining, say whatever it took to calm them down.

People who request such things probably have a non-confrontational manner that makes them afraid to deal with the situation.

I always told my manager “I won’t lie for you” but I would try to accomodate her by saying things such as “she is unavailable to speak with you.”
 
You may not under any circumstance utter a falsehood with intent to deceive and if you are ordered to do it you are obliged not to. As others have said, “He’s not available” or something like it is acceptable.

Scott
 
I’ve once heard of a situation where a boss said to the person answering the phone, “Tell them I’m not here.” The person said to the receiver, just one second my boss is right here. After the boss got off the phone and was furious, the employee quickly defended his actions saying, “If I can lie for you, I can lie to you, and I’m not willing to do either.”
 
It is never acceptable to lie. Take the other posters advice and fill your responses with statements like “It is on the way” or “He is not available” There is always a tactful and proper response you can give. The hard ones can be answered with, “I think you need to ask the boss that when he is available.” That is the response I got when I asked a man why his boss asked me to come in to see him… Translation was… I put in my notice and the boss is going to offer you my job, but it’s not my place to tell you that. It can be used as a good thing or as a bad thing… I got the job I had been trying to get for over a year!
 
My boss knows I won’t lie for them. So when the DM comes into the store I am usually sent to another part of the store to so some dirty task that the DM is not interested in. LOL

The few times I have talked to the DM I have answered truthfully what was asked. I just don’t add anything.
 
Scottgun said:
You may not under any circumstance utter a falsehood with intent to deceive and if you are ordered to do it you are obliged not to. As others have said, “He’s not available” or something like it is acceptable.

Scott
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I agree with you all that it is wrong to lie. I should have explained that my situation was different in that my boss was seen by me talking to the leading hand. About 10 minutes later the leading hand came to me and told me to take two packets of timber to a certain place. I was furious and knew that they were stealing the timber for themself.

I prayed and asked Jesus what to do " Jesus told me it is on their sholders I should do what I was told". I was furious but did what I was told. However when I got back I couldn’t help myself. I went straight to the boss and told him that he was not my God and that I was not scared of him. He tried to blame the leading hand and so I told the boss that if they ever tried to use me to steal again I would report them and they would be right down the road…

From that day onwards the boss treated me with much respect and dignity. To the point of taking me to his place and asking me what decor and lighting I thought he should get for the extentions on his house.
Well that was a good outcome although I was not interested in any of the bosses situations. Also he never asked me abut christianity.
God bless
littleone
 
AntonMurphy said:
“If I can lie for you, I can lie to you, and I’m not willing to do either.”
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That’s similar to what I have filed away in my brain to tell bosses when these situations come up: “I will not lie to you; I will not lie about you; and I will not lie for you.” Actually, the situation has never come up.

DaveBj
 
Nuruns said:
I work in a pizza place and there are several occasions when an order to be delivered takes longer than desired to be sent out. The customers call asking about their food and my boss will whisper to me ‘tell them it just left!’ and then proceed to get the order out as fast as possible.

Just the other day my boss got in a somewhat serious argument on the phone with a former employee. The situation has not been resolved yet and she said to me ‘If he calls, I am NOT here.’ Later the person did call and, as instructed, I told him the boss was not in.

I am not a liar and I don’t feel comfortable with this. What should I do in these cases?
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In the first circumstance just say “I just checked with my boss and he said it just went out”

In the second circumstance just say “he is not available”
 
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