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‘Imagine actually taking a 15 minute break’: Walmart worker complains about short 15-minute breaks on the job

‘I just sneak off to the bathroom for a few, they never notice I’m gone.’

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Cecilia Lenzen

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If you have worked in retail, you probably know how valuable breaks are — and how they rarely feel long enough.

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One Walmart worker named Roscoe (@roscoe_miloo) joked about how short his breaks are in a viral TikTok video.

In the video, Roscoe sits down in what appears to be a Walmart break room and gets ready to open a bag of chips. Just as he gets comfortable, an alarm on his phone goes off, signaling that his break is already over. The video’s on-screen text explains the scenario, saying, “Walmart 15-minute breaks be like.”

“Y’all know how it go fr,” Roscoe wrote in the video’s caption.

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@roscoe_miloo Y’all know how it go fr😭😭🤦🏽‍♂️ #fyp #fypシ #viral #comedy #walmart #blowthisup #xyz ♬ original sound – TROY ROSCOE

Viewers sympathized with the TikToker, and several comments claiming to be Walmart workers said they take longer breaks because 15 minutes isn’t enough.

“Nahh I take 20 min breaks and imma keep doing It till somebody say something,” one viewer commented.

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“Nah you tweakin 2 bathroom breaks, walking the store twice, then 30 min break,” a second viewer commented.

Another said, “imagine actually taking a 15 minute break.”

“Nah cause i was that employee that didn’t give a damn imma finish my snack,” one viewer wrote.

The Daily Dot reached out to the creator via TikTok comment.

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