My workplace has a locker to shut away workers’ phones – but everyone is saying the same thing

A FAST-food worker has revealed how her employer has a locker to hide away employees’ phones – but everyone is suggesting a sneaky trick. A picture posted to Reddit shows the contraption with 36 slots for mobile phones. RedditA fast-food worker has revealed a phone locker has been brought in to prevent them using it during work hours[/caption] In a bid to prevent staff from using their phone during work hours, management are asking them to lock them in the cabinet. It appears they’re then kept behind the clear screen secured by what looks like a flimsy lock. One user made a point of saying: “If this locker is ever fully loaded that’s like £13k+ worth of electronics and personal data just sitting because a £0.13 lock that will open if you look at it too hard. “I’m shocked a business would even bother taking on that liability.” Read More on The Sun NO SHOW Man makes kid cry at Disney World by blocking her view but people are on HIS side JEAN-IUS I'm plus-size & found the perfect jeans in the supermarket, they’re a steal While another said: “I’d rather keep my phone in my car or just leave it at home. “I’m not trusting some sh***y lock just because my boss is psychotic.” The post – which has nearly 2,000 comments on – was also filled with users suggesting the same thing. Many said the staff should put a fake phone in the locker and keep their actual one on them. Most read in News GROUND ZERO Wuhan plunged into lockdown 3yrs after first Covid case with 800k in quarantine SCHOOL'S OUT Schools could start 4-day weeks and reduce learning hours in blow to families FALSE ALARM Jerry Lee Lewis alive in Memphis after rock 'n' roll icon was said to have died RISH, BASH, BOSH Rishi wipes floor with Keir in first PMQs as he vows to balance the books LEAP OF FAITH Photo of 1905 dockyard 'proves' time travellers DO exist... can you spot why? MOWED DOWN Shocking moment woman is sent flying in 'hit-and-run' after countryside row One person said: “I’d give them a dummy flip-phone that looks like it won’t even fit.” While another user commented: “Bring the old brick that takes up three spaces.” With one person even admitting they were subjected to the same thing at their workplace. They said: “I begrudgingly went along with this at first as I saw no way around it. “Until… one day it hit me. I had an old broken Samsung lying around not being used that I could put in my assigned slot. “[My boss] wouldn’t know the difference. Unsure if my “fake” phone idea would work, I decided to just go for it. And it worked!”