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Real Stories About How People Got Fired From Their Jobs
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i slipped
one time i was working at a mcdonalds when i was about 15. long story short, some people were playing with the ketchup and mustard guns they have in the kitchen area. i slipped on some ketchup and broke my ankle. they fired me because they had to pay the medical bills
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hamburger chucking
When I was eighteen, I got my first job at wendy's. After a year,they decided to shake up managment, and started rotating new managers in and out. Now, I was only an hourly employee, but I was the 'shift leader' because I'd been there for a while. So, on the Fourth of July, I get called in to work a manager shift (ten hours) when I'd already requested the day off because I had plans with my family. So when I come in I'm not in a good mood. Everyone else is out back smoking their ciggerettes (I was the only non smoker at the time)
so I was inside running the whole store.
Then this fat lady comes in, and I'm not joking. One of those ladies who looks like pigs are fighting in her pants for legs and wears a spare tire the size of texas like a badge of honor.
She ordered a double stack, no onions, so I make her one. She brings it back, claiming she can taste onions.
I make another, and she brings it back again! I keep doing this about four more times, before I lost it.
I chucked the cheeseburger at her head, turned around, flipped off my boss, and walked out. :)
Very satisfying.
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Tried to pull a quick one on me
So I started my first job when I was 17, and began working at a BP station near my house. To set the mood of the story, you need to understand the store I worked in: My bosses were Chinese and were very bad at speaking English, and on top of that were extremely impatient and unwilling to teach me anything. The store was perpetually scorching hot with no fans, and I started during the summer. I got paid minimum wage and in my first week worked 5 days, 3 in a row.
So needless to say, it was a crap job. I was getting paid crap, and I didnt like it. Regardless, I was excited about having a new job.
Long story short: Due to my bosses' impatience in training me, I couldn't learn how to do a lot of things (I only worked there 3 days, mind you), I hated the job, my bosses didn't like me and I didn't like them. Regardless, I came in early, worked hard, and wanted to succeeded.
Then 3 days later a co-worker who I knew called me and told me the bosses were going to work me that weekend (doing their dirty work) and then not work me again, because I was too nervous and because I supposedly stole a drink. Needless to say, I didn't go in that day, or ever again.
It should be noted that a guy who started the same day as me quit the next day, and they have been unable to hold anyone for more than a couple of weeks, aside from my friend, who lasted a month.
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puppy kennels are evil
so basically i was cleaning out the kennels as always at the pet store i work at. as i was putting in a crate that was clean i kinda just let fall into the kennel. Instead of just going in it hit the window and it shattered. I got fired a week after. They told me it was because i didnt close the store the right way...but id only closed 5 times and it was with another girl. so she shoulda been fired too if that was the case. but dont go to pet stores. go to rescue shelters or humane societys. most of the time puppys at stores are from puppy mills and they and the mothers are not treated right...
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greedy boss
my boss paid me a minimum wage at the same time he pushed you. one afternoon i left a minute earlear and got instantly fired without warning
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racist
my co worker was fired when he was working in a indian restrount because he didn't like doing his indian acent
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Caught Shred Handed
ok so my buddy was working at the Steamboat ski area...decided to get piss drunk one day bust a window & try to jack some boards. Needless to say he got fired & put in jail for a bit. He was also working at the Yacht Club restaurant in Steamboat, made the front page of the paper for his little stunt. His boss found the article, he got fired
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HEHE
My friend got fired from MacDonalds after giving everyone in our street free Mc Flurrys.
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Once Upon A Child
So apparently it's against the rules to text while at work, no matter how slow or dead the store may be. This heinous fatty of a boss was paying me minimum wage to do hard work, and then was cheating the customers out of the full value of the clothes they traded in. So when she fired me for texting, I laughed, handed her my employees badge, and gave her the finger. She was less than thriled.
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Pale?
I was working as a cashier in a grocery store when one day this guy who was a manager at a hip, upscale pizza restaurant came through my line. He bought a few items, we made small talk. He had bought some beef from the meat department, and told me it was marked down even though there wasn't a sticker on the package and asked if I'd ring it up at a discount. I said sure, and did. He said, "Hey you've got some great customer service skills there, want to come work as a waiter at *the restaurant*?" I said sure, and he gave me his card. As it goes, I got the job and began training. Now this restaurant, which is locally owned, is a very hip, laid back, college-themed, fun place to be and they serve great pizza. I initially loved it, but I had never worked in a restaurant before or as a waiter. So, while working, I tended to stay quiet unless someone was speaking to me because I was somewhat nervous having no prior experience. On my third day of work, I came in at three, which was the time that the girl I trained with the night before had told me to come in. Apparently, I was actually supposed to come in an hour later than that. It was at a time when business was extremely slow, so I asked them if they'd like for me to leave and return one hour later. They said no, but asked who I had trained with the night before who told me to come in at three when I was scheduled to come in at four. For the life of me, I could not remember the girl's name, so I tried to describe her to them. You know, about this tall, blonde hair, very pale? Hm. I go sit with someone to continue training, and they return and hastily begin to explain that this wasn't going to work and asked me to leave. Completely confused, I asked why they were firing me? Apparently one of the managers overheard me say that the girl from the night before was "pale" and had a fit about it, and told the girl whom I was speaking with to fire me. She then went on to explain that I was too quiet, didn't seem enthusiastic enough, something along those lines. Well, I'm sorry for shutting up during my training so I could absorb information so that I could excel in a job that I had no experience for, and I'm sorry for not doing enough jumping jacks and backflips to show my enthusiasm. But at the end of the day, the main emphasis was on me saying the girl from the night before was "pale" that set the managers over the edge. I don't see why that upset them so much... I wasn't trying to imply that she was ugly or looked sick or something, because that wasn't true at all. If I was trying to describe myself, I would've said "The tall tan guy with short hair." Anyway, I left and went back home. My mom asked why I was home and I told her that I was fired. She asked why, and I told her. She thought it was ridiculous. I went back to the grocery store where I worked before, and all my former co-workers and supervisors asked me how I was and how my new job was working out. I told them I was fired, and they asked why. I told them, and they all laughed hysterically. They also offered me my old job back (saying "You're probably the nicest person that ever worked here") but I had an interview for a new office job set up for soon after. I got the office job, and I still have it today, it's a great job. I should probably add that I go to that restaurant to eat on a regular basis. What can I say, they have good pizza.
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folding chairs of doom
I worked at a hastings entertainment store for one and a half years, and at the time of this story I was a departmental manager (not bad for an 18 year old). I had never called in sick, never been late without just cause, and had only good performance statements and letters of commendation from customers. Everything was fine and dandy until one Monday when I went into work and couldn't find any of my paperwork for the week's new releases. "That's odd," I remember saying aloud before reprinting the papers, which took for-freaking-ever. I got all of my price management and other corporate-monkey stuff done and started the new release wall (Mondays are always new release nights), when suddenly I'm called to the back room. I walked through the store wondering what in the hell was so important that they had to pull me away from the hardest part of my job, and when I opened the door I saw my manager sitting in a folding chair, with an empty one infront of her and papers in her hands. Folding chairs are always a sign of impending doom, mind you. At that moment, I knew I was being sacked, I just didn't know why. Turns out I had let my younger brother purchase a soda with the employee discount--oh my god, that's less than fifty cents of a difference, the company will obviously go out of business, right? So anyway...I calmly held up the new release paperwork, ripped it in half and threw it in the trashcan on my way out. I left the store with a smile on my face, and even waved to my manager as I walked out of the door. Nearly two years of imaculate servitude and what do I get?!--JACK SHIT. So a word of advice...don't work at Hastings. Trust me on that one.
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Journey's
I was working at this shoe store and the assistant manager had been fired a week after I arrived. A girl in the store was promoted to his position. I was still training on the register so the ass. manager was in under my name. Make a long story short she fucked up a transaction on my drawer. Now the store manager has to be called in on her day off. She of course starts swearing at me "what the fucks wrong with you! you dont know what the fuck you are doing" Mind you I didnt complete the transaction. She threatened to write me up and I told her that I quit.
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streak
i worked on set for a movie as an cameraman, and for fun, i brought my friend along to see the filming. he ended up finding the refreshment stand. while filming, he somehow managed to take off his clothes and streak across the set on camera. he was DRUNK. of course, i was fired for lack of control over my friend. thanks buddeh.
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