I need you to make a reddit post detailing what the fuck was going on in that workplace because genuinely, what the fuck? I mean that kindly, I'm just confused.
I'm not going to make a reddit account just to write out a work stories post. I've already told most of the story anyways. It was a truckstop out in rural America. I worked in the kitchen. Most of my coworkers were crazy, the ones that weren't didn't last. I lasted because... well, I thought I wasn't going to live much longer. So I went four years working that place. Saw all kinds.
That weird mommy culture didn't really happen until the first manager quit without anyone to replace her. Without that high-energy no-nonsense brick-wall of a woman there was just the three assistants, who quickly formed a pseudo-political front against one another in a bid for the Restaurant General Manager position.
The actual mommy thing started off of one girl who was extremely close to one of the AMs before working there. The 17-year-old guy who heard her call the AM mom started asking questions about it. Then he wanted to participate. It was really obvious they felt uncomfortable but put up with it because they knew he was a bit socially inept and didn't want to hurt his feelings. I didn't mention anything because outside of racism, sexism, or serious food safety issues, I figured adults could handle their own issues.
I noticed another guy started up on the mom thing, with a different AM. I just figured it was weird but w/e. Couple weeks later I realized every guy I was working with had latched on like that to someone or another.
(Except my buddy Whippets Guy, who despite the name and the recreational drug use, was really intelligent and down to earth. I was super into him physically and mentally, but I thought he wasn't really ready for a relationship, and I don't care for casual stuff, so I never pushed for it. Still the one time he showed me his abs to... idk why actually, i don't remember anything about that moment except how hot he was lol). That same 17-year-old I had mentioned earlier actually just called almost any woman older than him working there mom. He was a special case, it was odd.
Eventually, the truck stop managed to get a new RGM in. It was not any of the three women who had been gunning for it. However, the mommy culture had already cemented itself, it was just one of those things ig. Nobody really acknowledged it, but I can't have been the only one who thought it was weird.