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The 'ultimate' uno reverse rejecting weekend overtime

The meme has two sections: a text conversation at the top, and a reaction image below. The text shows an exchange between a manager and an employee: the manager first tells the employee they need to work that Saturday. The employee pretends to agree, saying they have no issue but may be late due to slow weekend transport. When the manager asks for their arrival time, the employee replies "On Monday", revealing they do not plan to come in to work on the weekend at all. The image below is a flushed, shocked, frustrated animated male character labeled *Manager*, depicting the manager's stunned, annoyed reaction to the employee's clever trick response. The joke is a classic "uno reverse", where the employee avoids unreasonable mandatory overtime by pretending to comply before rejecting the request entirely.
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Dialogue

Manager: I need you to work this Saturday.
Me: No problem I might be late though, transport's slow on weekends.
Manager: What time will you get here?
Me: On Monday
*Manager

Overview

The meme has two sections: a text conversation at the top, and a reaction image below. The text shows an exchange between a manager and an employee: the manager first tells the employee they need to work that Saturday. The employee pretends to agree, saying they have no issue but may be late due to slow weekend transport. When the manager asks for their arrival time, the employee replies "On Monday", revealing they do not plan to come in to work on the weekend at all. The image below is a flushed, shocked, frustrated animated male character labeled Manager, depicting the manager's stunned, annoyed reaction to the employee's clever trick response. The joke is a classic "uno reverse", where the employee avoids unreasonable mandatory overtime by pretending to comply before rejecting the request entirely.

Origin notes

This meme was originally shared on Reddit as a user-uploaded meme under the title "The 'ultimate' uno reverse". It pairs a widely circulated relatable workplace joke about pushing back against unfair weekend overtime requirements with a popular reaction image of the Other Father character from the stop-motion animated film Coraline, edited to look flushed and distressed, a format commonly used in memes to portray someone who is caught off guard and frustrated by an unexpected answer.

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