Absolutely! My kids make this argument all the time (they got a half centimeter more juice than me!! waaah!!), and if they complain, I take it away. I was always taught, “you get what you get and you don’t get upset,” which works fantastically when divvying up things like this. I’m not going to make a stink over a $25 food voucher or whatever, it’s just a way to replace not having a benefit available elsewhere (a cafeteria), and if you’re whining about someone else using the whole $25 when you don’t, then you’re a super selfish person who I wouldn’t want to work with anyway.
If I was a manager in this situation, I’d deal with it exactly as I do with my kids: I’d take away the voucher. No disciplinary action, just removing the benefit if it’s causing problems. I would probably also not want to recommend them for promotion because this type of behavior often indicates other issues, but I wouldn’t do that just because of this stupid benefit violation.
Absolutely! My kids make this argument all the time (they got a half centimeter more juice than me!! waaah!!), and if they complain, I take it away. I was always taught, “you get what you get and you don’t get upset,” which works fantastically when divvying up things like this. I’m not going to make a stink over a $25 food voucher or whatever, it’s just a way to replace not having a benefit available elsewhere (a cafeteria), and if you’re whining about someone else using the whole $25 when you don’t, then you’re a super selfish person who I wouldn’t want to work with anyway.
If I was a manager in this situation, I’d deal with it exactly as I do with my kids: I’d take away the voucher. No disciplinary action, just removing the benefit if it’s causing problems. I would probably also not want to recommend them for promotion because this type of behavior often indicates other issues, but I wouldn’t do that just because of this stupid benefit violation.