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This one started with a favor.
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At work, Maya was asked to cover a shift.
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Just one evening.
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Nothing complicated.
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She agreed.
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Later that night, she got a message.
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They asked where her coworker was.
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Maya was confused.
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That coworker wasn't meant to be on the rota.
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She checked the schedule.
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Maya's name wasn't there.
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The shift was still in her coworker's name.
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The shift had not been swapped.
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Not officially.
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Not through a manager.
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She'd been working the shift for free.
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Maya raised it the next day.
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The response was casual.
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The coworker said they had forgot to swap it, said they would fix it.
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They assumed it would be fine.
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Payroll didn't see it that way.
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The hours weren't logged.
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The system showed nothing.
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When Maya asked for it to be fixed, the coworker stopped replying.
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The manager said they couldn't change hours without proof the rota was fixed.
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That night, Maya posted the story online.
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People focused on one thing, not the unpaid shift.
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The fact her name wasn't on the rota.
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That she worked the shift without knowing the final update was short.
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The hours were never paid.
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The coworker avoided her.
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And Maya stopped agreeing to favors at work.
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