somebody's getting fired after this... - REACTION

[@hopefletcher7420]

Hi from Southern California. My favorite manager told all her staff "If you just can't face coming in to work in the morning just call and say you need a mental health day. It will count as a paid sick day as long as you have enough accrued hours. No need to lie. Just don't abuse it." Great woman.

[@zhenyinghe7152]

I have to say that, that is a great woman

[@mariabunch3541]

I’ll bet she wasn’t the owner. Some people don’t mind wasting someone else’s money. Most people don’t work because they feel like it. Most people work because they need the money.

[@DarkPanda91]

@@mariabunch3541 Word, Maria. Mental health isn't real. No need to take care of it. Let's all work ourselves into the ground making big profits for The Man. And we musn't ever waste his money on things that aren't important, like having lives for ourselves that make us happy. I'm glad someone was brave enough to say it. Though, I'm surprised you had time. Shouldn't you be working? Rest isn't important, Maria. Time off is time you're spending not making money. For yourself OR The Man. And isn't that the biggest waste of all?

[@victoriabrown2534]

​@@mariabunch3541why are you on here? Shouldn't you be working? All day every day? Your mental health is fine. You've never needed days off. You don't need to look after your mental health because you have to work!! Stop wasting someone else's money!! Work!!

[@SeinIshamiado]

​@@mariabunch3541yes we know. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@rossettepardue140]

Here's one for everyone. I once got fired from a nursing home for "making fun of a deaf patient". The stupid head nurse had no idea that I not only knew sign language but the reason I learned when I was 6 was because of the patient's husband who was also deaf and the barber in town. Even the patient tried to tell her I was talking to her, but since head nurse didnt understand sign she had no idea WHAT SHE WAS SAYING

[@mammasrose5525]

As a CNA in a nursing home,that is INSANE.

[@rossettepardue140]

you are very right@@mammasrose5525 it was

[@edithflores2015]

I hope she got fired

[@elovingrosepsychic6771]

I hope you went over her head & complained.

[@rossettepardue140]

@@edithflores2015 nope she sure didnt. When they didn't do anything about her I left and moved to a larger facility

[@uh1yssuh]

I ALMOST got fired from Forever 21 for “not working fast enough.” I got put on a 30 day CAP; during that period I found a dog walking job in my city with less (and better) hours and more pay. I got to leave Forever 21 before the 30 days was up. A few years later, my Forever 21 location closed. I felt a huge sense of validation from it. Truly hated that job.

[@nottori7]

I feel for the girl with RBF, because I got fired for a similar reason. It wasn’t that I had RBF, but the owner’s wife said that I didn’t smile prettily enough. She complained about it to all of my coworkers for like 3 days before finally telling me that it wasn’t going to work out. Was a self-esteem crushing experience.

[@LazyIRanch]

Well, was there anything about that job environment that would give you reason to smile? With such a nosey, unpleasant boss's wife, probably not!

[@ashleighberryman9280]

At one of my jobs I was pulled into the office a for looking angry all the time. It was during Covid so 90% of my face covered. All you got to see were my intense eyes and naturally arched eye brows. Had to get in the habit of literally pulling my mask off to have interactions and explaining to people “it so you can see that I’m not upset”. I didn’t stay there long.

[@ashleywiley3523]

I got pulled into HR because I looked “unapproachable”

[@tate_n]

She must’ve got jealous 😂

[@marywilkinson5937]

I have RBF. I have to work at it!

[@Azurko]

I got fired from my first actual job at Walmart (worked the farm before this) because I stupidly held back a Furby for a customer, told another customer it was on hold, then 5 hours later when the original customer didn't come back I'd decided to clock out 5 minutes early (which we were allowed to do) so I could put the Furby on layaway. I'd actually gotten to like the little guy. Next shift I got called into a meeting with the manager & HR and was told that I was being fired for theft. When I asked what I had stolen, they said the Furby. I told the HR & Manager that they'd better have another excuse for firing me because if I find out they put theft down as my termination reason, I would sue for defamation. When they laughed and asked how that was possible I responded "Is the Furby in question still in the store?" yes. "Did I put the Furby on layaway with my own money?" yes. "Is it policy that an employee can clock out 9 minutes before the end of their shift?" yes. "So I didn't steal time by putting the Furby on layaway on the clock, I didn't remove the Furby from the store, AND I paid for said layaway with my own money. What did I steal that would warrant a theft dismissal?" They then pulled a "oh....we're firing you for no call, no shows on X dates" Looked at them again "You mean the dates I drove to the store while having the flu and being sent home BY YOU *pointed to manager*, those dates?" I threw my keys on the desk after that and walked out of the store. That following Friday I returned, went to Layaway and got my stolen Furby, making sure that the manager saw me and saw the Furby with my receipt. I still have Shammy (it was the limited edition Shamrock Furby) as a reminder that I owe employers nothing other than what they pay for from me.

[@andrijanaginin1168]

I love how a guy went to lengths for the truth....and Furby ❤

[@poopyrose8180]

LMAOOO I'm glad you still have that Fruby. This story will stick to me

[@Jax_the_poo]

👏👏👏👏🤌

[@ARose.1989]

Walmart fired me too but it was because I took leave being pregnant and constantly sick, had a doctor's note for bed rest. They were fine with this and asked me to get a doctor's note for a temporary leave anyways because I was constantly sick at work. 3 months later Started feeling good enough on medicine to want to try to go back to work for at least the two months untill I had the baby and they told me that they would not let me come back unless I would lift 50 lbs and do regular job requirements regardless of me still being pregnant. The problem was the hiring and firing manager could not have kids, she was mad that I was having one when I wasn't even trying to. I was married but we were not actually trying to have kids at the time. Then I did not know it was illegal or that I could sue.

[@cassandraclapp6667]

They fired me for a bogus reason saying I stole time from them. I never stole time. The one time I forgot to clock out at lunch and told my manager about when it happened. It's really a bad work environment anyway. It was toxic.

[@joey5893]

I once got “laid off” because they “didn’t need anyone in that position anymore.” But my mom also worked there and said they hired someone else to replace me, and my mom overheard the boss telling someone that I was actually fired because she “didn’t like the way I sat in chairs.” I essentially got fired because I would slouch.

[@plumdutchess]

Are you in the US? This sounds like something that could only happen there. 😅

[@CallOutToJesus_Romans10_13]

Sounds like a lawsuit?

[@nehamaw]

Lmao smart if them to do that with ur mum working there.

[@thex1373]

Wow, that's messed up. She could've just talked to you about it, but maybe she doesn't like confrotation

[@katieb9066]

​@@CallOutToJesus_Romans10_13not if it's the US. most states are at will states; you can be fired for any or no reason as long as it's not discrimination; which they find their way around that too

[@crIms0ngen]

I was let go and it was deemed unlawful. I had a kidney infection and was not even allowed to take care of my own kid anymore. My doctor only allowed me to go home if I had someone to take care of me and my kid. I landed a job paying 2x as much working from home when I recovered and got a settlement from the place that found a kidney infection unacceptable. My doctor was livid at them. I could barely move when I had left work that night. My family ultimately took me to my doctor. Multiple people at work were begging me to let them take me to the ER because I looked like death. Management was garbage and It ended up definitely in my favor.

[@LazyIRanch]

I had a kidney infection once when I was in my 20s. I thought I was dying! It hurt so much I couldn't drive so I had to call my mom to come take me to the hospital. I hope the management at that workplace was fired! Kidney infections can cause blood poisoning and death, and it's an emergency situation.

[@kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066]

OMG these employers don't care if you literally DIE on the job, so long as you finish your shift first 🙄

[@booklover_gnosis]

I'm so glad it didn't end up much worse. Great on fighting thrm for your due

[@majora5651]

Oh god I'm so sorry that happened to you, I'm very glad your doctor had your back at least - not something you can expect of doctors as a whole these days sadly. My friend had a kidney infection too a couple years ago and it was HELL. She had to spend two full weeks in the hospital and couldn't even go to uni for three more weeks after that because she was in so much pain, she could barely even get out of bed to go to the bathroom. Employers that lack to see the individual that's doing work FOR them should not be employers at all.

[@nyrea8163]

One time my friend had to call my work place and fake an emergency because I'd had a surgery earlier in the week and they told me they were only willing to let me take 2 days off work when I needed a week. I was 18 and stupid and went back to work. I was in so so so much pain I had to beg my manager to let me leave she said no. So I called a friend. She happily called with the best acting skills in the world and got me out of there. A week later I left a note in the middle of my shift with my gear and left them in the middle of a graveyard shift with just her all alone until 8 am. I don't feel bad at all lmfao

[@chrisdavis7617]

I was a cashier at a fancy restaurant. Linen guys didn't show up with napkins that day. I was sent with a van full of bags of dirty napkins to the closest laundromat. It took me 3 hours and I folded them too. When I got back, the owner and manager were arguing. They had made a bet on how long it would take me. Someone lost and I got fired. 1 week later, I got a call begging me to come back to work. I already had another job by then.

[@booklover_gnosis]

How fast were they expecting you to wash, dry, and fold those napkins? When they called you to come back, I'm petty enough to ask that specifically.

[@chrisdavis7617]

@@booklover_gnosis I have no idea. I'm assuming the one that lost the bet lost his cool at me immediately. I never found out specifics because I just walked out. Another worker told me that week about the bet. That's how I knew not to go back, apology or not. The Manager is the one that called me, so I'm assuming the Owner was the bet looser.

[@ingridakerblom7577]

Like WTF 😂😅 I'm SO happy to not live in the US.. your laws are shit..

[@HectorCornejo-r1g]

I joined the Army at the age of 17 and when you sign up, you have to wait for the deployment date. I had a son on the way and had to get ready for all those life changing expenses that were coming. I had about 7 months of dead time to wait til then, so I took a job at Carl's Jr. (known as Hardy's in some states) fast food burger joint near my house as a part time job. My boss was great, she totally knew that I was there basically to wait til deployment and was grateful that I would take pretty much any shift she threw at me to cover holes in her scheduling because I liked her and when you are on my good side, I'm basically crazy loyal to you. She had to hire an assistant manager and she was absent for around a week, though I cant exactly recall why. On this assistant managers second day, I came in to pick up a check and was not on the schedule and she demanded I clock in and work. I was not even in my work clothes and i was like, wait - am I scheduled to be there? I wasn't; she had no one fill a last minute schedule drop and expected me to drop everything I was doing and take the slack. She was furious with me for even asking if I was scheduled. I literally couldn't that day as I was taking my gf at the time to see the doctor for a check in and so said, I'm sorry but this is one day I cant come in. She threatened to fire me so I said, "you have to do what you have to do, I'm sorry that is has to be that way, I'll bring my uniform in tonight when I get back from the doctor's". She was livid, screaming profanities at me in the parking lot as we drove away. Later that night, I turned in my two uniforms (clean and ironed) and left without a word. I didn't even see the manager that night. I should back up a moment to give some background I didn't know went on; when my boss was getting things sorted with the Assistant Manager, she had told her that if she needed to cover anything, to ASK me to come in first because I was usually willing to take the slack when I could. My boss had in passing also said that if I was not going into the military, she would have hired me to be the assistant manager. I guess this is what may have set this whole thing up for failure. My boss called me up once she returned, asking me to come in to pick up paperwork for my termination. I said sure, as I was going to be jogging to the school nearby and could hit the place on the way back. She sat me down and looked very upset with me, but didn't initially ask me anything...just had me sign some paperwork. I complied, and she finally asked what brought me to scream at the assistant manager and threaten her with violence. I sat there stunned; I gave my side of the story and told her no offense, I have no reason to lie and I don't really need this job enough to go toe to toe with someone whom is lying to her. She looked confused, and when I left she called a couple coworkers whom were in the restaurant when the incident happened. She called me again to apologize and told me that the assistant manager was fired. She asked me if I would be willing to return, I told her I found another job and thanked her. She apologized again for not trusting her gut on the matter since she felt the story was "a little off" with my actions in the past. The truth was I didn't have another job to fall back on at the moment, but I didn't want to go back to work for someone that was so easily swayed to a story about me that was false about my character. Of course I felt betrayed but it was not a job worth keeping at that point.

[@danishgilmer3695]

I am so sorry for that situation happening to you. It is very sad that people do things that are so unjustified to others. I am proud of your choice not to go back! And of course, Thank you for your service!!! ❤❤❤

[@zapbutton8553]

It always astonishes me, people lying so blatantly and denunciate another person for their own gain. This sort of people is the worst. Sorry this happened to you.

[@SoftHeart-l9w]

I totally understand why you didn't want to work there.

[@xdragonofpernx]

I was fired from a veterinary office because the vet’s handwriting was illegible and I had to ask them what their prescription said. I didn’t want to prescribe the wrong medication to someone’s pet/family. I worked inventory, booking and billing. Many medications have a one letter difference and that difference matters❤️

[@MissCaraMint]

Oh yes. Spelling absolutely matters. Those medications are dangerous to get wrong.

[@LunnaJannah]

😮 wtf

[@mathilde1212]

Next job time they should tape writing them or record their voices. Nice of you to care about pets.

[@xdragonofpernx]

@@mathilde1212Thanks, love animals in general😊

[@xdragonofpernx]

@@MissCaraMint​​⁠Thanks. I can read and write cursive but the handwriting was that bad. They could’ve just written it in print honestly. Then there’d be no issues.

[@TheFortmatt]

I got fired from a graphic design job right out of college. At my previous jobs I always took on extra responsibilities and never said anything about it, so that's a habit that carried over to this one. Then came the fateful day. I got fired and I don't even remember the excuse the boss gave but it was obvious she only wanted women working in her office. A couple months later I ran into a former co-worker and found out with all the extra stuff I was doing, they had to hire 2 people to pick up everything I was doing and they were still falling behind. Karma, baby!

[@agamersinsanity]

Oooh you should go there and just show the middle fingers and scream "boooya bitches!"

[@Bethsabee_Sheba_Newrose]

Karmic justice tastes delicious! I friggin hate discriminatory agendas.

[@rra7490]

Yeah them jerks! Thats how I was at my job, found out they split my position into two.

[@PoizonIvy1221]

Omg same!! I was a temp for a huge corporation that almost never hired outside of either the company or their sister company. I technically worked in the accounting department, but I was so good at my job that I would go from department to department once I finished all of my daily work in accounting, and I would help in all of these other departments. Because of that, I knew pretty much every job in the building And the only part of the accounting job that I wasn’t allowed to do because I was a temp was run the register and that was just policy. Well, one day I come in and find out that they hired somebody from the outside to work on the register, but Had to be trained to do everything else so I asked my manager for a meeting and just very plainly said, why would you hire her to do a job that I’m already trained to do except for the register and she bluntly told me well she had a degree and I knew I could hire her and keep you too so I can have my cake and eat it too! I said consider this the beginning of my two week notice. Once I left, I was still friends with many people in many departments that work there and I found out they went through five temps and ended up never being able to have someone in that position that I did again, but rather they had to get new temps for each of the different departments, including that one. It was glorious!!

[@rra7490]

@@PoizonIvy1221 Good you left! You deserved better, the nerve of some managers. Hate temp jobs but sometimes it’s necessary.

[@thekathrynwest]

I got fired from a pizza place. I was the only one attempting to clean out the bottles that had butter products in them. Did a few through a first round and they weren't cleaned all the way (because mind you people wouldn't actually clean them) so I told the other people doing dishes in front of the manager "hey leave those bottles drying, I'm going to come back at the end of the night when I close and finish getting them clean" and did. (Also edit to add: no these weren't the only bottles available at the time, or the only ones for this product, we had probably 25-30 more bottles that were clean and several in the fridge holding the same product) I then got fired two days later for "not being able to wash dishes". Also found out after I was fired, before they removed me from the group chat, they were having the exact same issues after I was gone. I was then awarded at my next job "best cleaner and dishwasher" on top of best customer service. I don't think I was the issue. I also hated that job. I never got trained and would often get chewed out of not knowing stuff when I was never trained on how to do it. I worked there for a whooping two months

[@a.n.9800]

I got let go from my second job, I don’t remember exactly what they said but the gist was that I was too slow and took too long to close. I didn’t question it at the time because I’d been having procrastination problems with school and at home (undiagnosed ADHD yippee), but looking back…I’d been moving at the same pace as everyone else, from what I remember. If I was “too slow” closing it was because I was being thorough, because the vacuum didn’t work and sweeping the carpet took twice as long if we wanted it to actually look cleaned, and because I actually mopped under the booths instead of only mopping the paths between. Also they put me on dish several times with no training or supervision (my job was to bus tables and bring stuff to dish, actually doing the dishes was never mentioned as part of the job) and I didn’t know what the expected pace was for dish; I really tried my best but that water was HOT and I was supposed to have my arms submerged for minutes at a time, of course I’m gonna take longer 😭 And now that I’m thinking about it, what the heck? My first job was drive-through, I knew fast-paced work! Never heard any complaints about my performance there! (Quit that job because a new manager was doing questionable things with our time cards, and by that point I’d already worked the number of hours needed for credit in my vocational program.) Anyway it was a chain restaurant and it’s still in business now but that specific location closed. Now I’m a server at a different restaurant and occasionally on the busiest days I’ll be admonished for moving too fast 😅 Everyone likes me there even though I don’t talk much because I always find work to do when there are no customers instead of just standing around, plus I know many helpful things. I’m actually one of the trainers for new hires now 😆 (we’re a training location; managers-in-training will be sent to our location for a few weeks before being assigned their own location, so not only have I trained new servers but I’ve also helped to train MITs).

[@Natalie-Zz87]

My boyfriend at a previous job was told by a female customer that he needed to smile more as he was in customer service and had a nice smile… yet because of the way she told him (a la Karen) he would always purposely not smile for her. I didn’t know him then, but very proud of his pettiness in this case. Cheers

[@runeingebretsen8378]

He should have told her,he had a virus infection that made his face muscles lame,such a virus exists.

[@TheNegZero]

Award for Petty. ❤ U need to gv tht to him. 😆

[@morgie39]

I had a female manager (in an office job) pull me aside and tell me that I needed to control my face because I don't conceal my emotions well and it's not professional. This from a woman who goes on rants around the office and complains about her coworkers to anyone who isn't able to get out of her path.

[@marushka123]

I was told the same sort of thing “Your expressive face makes some of your colleagues uncomfortable, can you please control that as of now?” 😂😂😂

[@veryverte]

Sounds like projeeeeeeectiooon!

[@WickedSk8rGrl]

My last boss did the same thing but we were crying in front of cusotmers bc of how awful we were getting treated by them and our boss.. smh I shouldn’t feel like crying. It’s unprofessional to belittle ppl.

[@runeingebretsen8378]

You should have told her you can't remove your emotions, and your face has a mind of it's own

[@morgie39]

@@runeingebretsen8378 I think that's what my expressive face told her haha

[@elliotgallogly1719]

I worked at two places I was fired from and treated me poorly. One went bust this year, and the other is downsizing. It makes my petty heart happy.

[@fiveamskatesesh]

I was "let go" from a job because i was "creating a toxic workplace" because i was disgusted that my manager gave another employee (who was twice my age) my personal number, assigned said employee to work with me AFTER i told them how uncomfortable he made me, and would have us work alone together when wed have to drive to our other locations. I was only 18 and already had a fear of men and difficulty setting boundaries/being confrontational. It was pretty traumatic but i hadnt really liked the job anyways. I reported them for sexual harassment, breach of contract, etc to their parent company and got a nice little settlement in the end. 6 months pay plus both employees were fired 🥰

[@michellejarvis7878]

Good for you! That manager was waaaay out of line.

[@MissCaraMint]

Good for you getting that settlement.

[@CommDante]

So, they didn't actually do anything wrong and you just accused them for sexual harassment... You're disgusting and should be jailed for that. And next you're going to wonder why men are ignoring and don't want to work with women anymore. You're obviously lacking any morals.

[@justkiddin84]

Good for you!

[@Manglethefox238]

Good for you! That manager crossed the line.

[@chelseylin6724]

I have an AMAZING karmic justice story I need to share! So in 2009 I started working a second job at a retail clothing store (just a pt position, a couple days a week) well after a few weeks I fell in love with the job and the company and eventually one of the 2 full time positions in the store became available (one was the store manager and the other was a full time assistant manager) so I applied and got the full time assistant job. Now it started off good but I soon began hitting heads with the store manager. She would sit in her office the entire shift, she would pop out once or twice every couple hours to ring up some sales to make it look like she was working, she would come to the store in the morning, clock in and then go tan or get her nails done, get food, etc. I didn’t want to cause issues so at first I didn’t say anything. Things continued to get worse as she knew no one that worked there liked her, she was rude, lazy, entitled. Eventually I had enough of doing my job and hers entirely by myself so I confronted her (keep in mind she was so mean to me, I would literally go into work in tears and leave in tears from just how mean she was to me) and of course she gets super defensive and says that she doesn’t do those things. Well about a week later I went into work and she called me into the office and fired me because of a “customer complaint” I didn’t fight it because I knew it wasn’t a healthy work environment for myself anyways but still the nerve she had stayed with me for years, I loved my job (aside from dealing with her) I loved my customers and employees, it was my dream to one day be a store manager for the company myself. so it killed me to not be working there anymore…here’s where Karma is just a beautiful beast! About 4 years ago I was Christmas shopping and ran into someone that worked at the store when I did and they told me that the manager had been fired (I don’t know what for but I’m assuming she finally got busted for what she was doing) so I applied to work back at that store, I got the job, worked my way back up and officially one year ago I WAS OFFERED THE STORE MANAGER JOB! She knows that I have this position and I would of paid any amount of money to have seen the look on her face when she found out 😂 needless to say she didn’t teach me much on running a happy and successful store but she certainly showed me what not to do, and now I have the best and most amazing team under me, they are supportive and encouraging and I just feel so lucky to be where I am! Karma truly is beautiful 🫶🏻

[@crazeecip]

Congratulations!!! Karma…she is a cold b*tch 😂

[@fionam7768]

And so are you!!! Love it when talent outs!!

[@sueladybird6923]

Karmas a bitch for those it comes back too tho...most times l have so desperately wanted to be a fly on the wall, just to see their faces when the reality hits them.

[@dors6143]

Thanks for sharing! Go you!!🎉

[@wdeemarwdeemar8739]

So happy for you. Thank you for sharing your story. Good luck… crush it.

[@DemonGirl24_666]

From somebody whose mother died of kidney failure this really pisses me off like there are some people who actually struggle with this when my mom passed I had just given birth I had to deal with all this hormonal imbalances and the fact that I didn't have anybody that I could call if anything ever happened it's horrible and disgusting for people to fake it

[@kelseyluft10]

I got fired from Coldstone at 16. The original franchise owner that hired me only hired good looking girls and average looking men (he was a pervert). He sold the store to a woman and her soon to be ex-husband. I came in to see my schedule and she told me that one of the managers told her I had resigned. I tried to tell her that wasn’t the case but she threatened to call the cops on me for trespassing. Anyway, she fired most of the girls that worked there. We all decided that it was because she was jealous of our looks and afraid that her husband might be attracted to us (we were all under 18).

[@kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066]

I worked at a coffee shop/bar when the owner sold the place and didn't even tell any of the employees! Didn't even give us our last paycheck! The new owner said they were having only family members work... I applied for unemployment benefits and he actually tried to contest it 😂 Said that he fired me for valid reasons. I sighted my reasons and took it to trial. He didn't show up so he lost by default and had to pay me 200$ every week for 6 months 😁

[@thomasbradley4505]

Ewww. It sounds like being gored was probably in your best interest in the long run.

[@adrianghandtchi1562]

Yikes holy shit, she did you a favor firing you, better to escape the creeps.

[@samc.319]

@@adrianghandtchi1562 I agree, but that's not the way to go about it >

[@chaotic_crafter]

First guy reminded me... My ex husband once told his boss he needed time off as my sister had died We worked for different companies within the same overall group (he was in security, I worked for the industrial cleaning section) I only found out when his boss called me to offer his condolences (we had met at management meetings) ... 🤦‍♀️ Apparently I'd lost several family members that year and his boss felt he had to reach out.

[@IrieRogue]

Smdh, my ex told his job at which he was the assistant manager that his uncle died, when in reality he got so inebriated on painkillers that he fell asleep in the parking lot. They ended up giving him platters for the funeral and everything. They eventually checked the security footage of him getting in his car and not leaving for several hours, to then emerge and reenter the building. They asked for a death certificate or obituary so they could write-off the platters. Clever. He was promptly fired.

[@LazyIRanch]

I was thinking the same thing that Charlotte said, "DON'T PUT THAT OUT INTO THE UNIVERSE!" I would never even want to think about a loved one dying. I don't know if karma is real, but I do feel that it's a round world and if I do something crappy, that crap will come back to me tenfold.

[@kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066]

Glad he's your ex now! He's calling off work, using you as an excuse, but you didn't know.... So what was he doing during that time? Yeah that's shady af!

[@bonnemoms5413]

Wowwwww

[@ivoryphoenix7]

@@LazyIRanch One week, I faked nausea to get out of a few days of school (I forget the reason.). My mom was probably getting suspicious but at the end of the week, I got _actual_ sick enough to visit the emergency room. So technically I got away with the lie but not without suffering :’

[@sleepyspacegremlin]

Hearing about other people getting fired makes me feel a little better about the times I've been fired. I guess it's part of the learning experience 😂

[@mels3958]

I recently lost my own mum to cancer after being diagnosed 5 year previous, and I’d like to say that having a reaction of “oh well, what can you do about it.” Isn’t abnormal. I had years of mourning on pause, it wasn’t easy and yes I am sad that my mum is gone. But I’m also over talking about it. I was very well prepared for what was to come, as I had lost my dad too, but you get too tired after a while. It’s ok, to be ok after a loved one has died. There’s no rule saying you need to break down.

[@faeriesmak]

When my Dad died from COPD at 54 it was actually a relief. He had been so sick for so long…we were so tired. Before he died anytime he had a medical emergency there was another one around the corner. When he passed away it was a relief that the years of medical stress and trauma were over. Plus his quality of life was terrible.

[@mels3958]

@@faeriesmak exactly. My mum wasn’t to bad until the end, but the end was long and drawn out. We were exhausted.

[@SassyYazzy1212]

Yes, agreed . I went to work the day after my dad died. He had been sick for a few years and the last weeks were horrible. I was actually happy I had work that day, keeping me distracted. I was pretty light hearted in my reactions to co workers that day. I was processing it on my own way and others weren't quite getting that but that is ok🤷‍♀️

[@spellbinder3113]

Same. It was a relief.

[@mistyweasleymalfoy]

Lost my cousin in March and my dad in August. I cried more with cousins death. He was only 23 and was doing exams to discover what he had wrong (it was cancer, but he died before the results). My dad was 68, I loved him so much, but I was partially relieved, 'cause he suffered so much and now he can rest. Often, when I have to pay something, I say that I only inherited dad's debts, not his money...that's mums. People look me like I have two heads or something, but I'm okay.

[@cijmo]

We had one at work, it wasn't a death story but a pregnancy story. When someone says they're pregnant - and then loses the baby it's hard enough but this was happening over and over to this woman. So every time she announced, we were all so happy for her and were sad when she miscarried. The fourth time, she carried for a healthy amount of time (if anyone was suspicious, they kept it to themselves and not everyone shows) and left the job. Checked her social media a few months later and absolutely nothing about a baby. Not even another failed pregnancy (which she was very vocal about with the earlier ones). Nothing. I met up with her sister at a store and said "I'm really scared to ask because she has no info - did she lose the baby again?" Sister had no idea what I was talking about. Not with any of the past ones, nor this one that she presumably carried to term. She just loved the attention.

[@Joannapinka17]

At least she didn’t get pregnant and kill them right after? There’s some 1800 bitch who killed like 8 of her children until she was finally caught because she liked the attention she got after each birth

[@Makeuploveculture]

That’s a special kind of crazy

[@StrawberryCakeStudiosYT]

What the hell 😮

[@megmarie2153]

My ex-SIL had a stillbirth so that's absolutely disgusting that people lie about having miscarriages

[@rhondaflesher8313]

When I worked in the dietary department at a local hospital, we had a recent hire announce that she was pregnant with twins via artificial insemination of sperm that her recently unalive boyfriend had saved before his loss. She spun such a great story to the point that both her own mother (a nurse at the same hospital, no less) and the parents of the former boyfriend believed her. The supervisors at work were putting her on light duty due to her "pregnancy." Turns out it was all a lie, and she was so deep into it that after she was fired they caught her back at the hospital lurking around the OB wing trying to steal a baby.

[@jamijenkins3507]

I feel for the last girl. I worked as a bagger at a grocery store years ago, and this one time I was bagging for a lady in her 80's. As she started to leave, she told me that I could smile more. I told her that I had a headache (I didn't, I was just concentrating on my job) and she accepted that answer. The cashier and I then both rolled our eyes once the lady left the store.

[@boopins7909]

I worked with this chick when I was a med tech at a nursing home. She told us one of her two year old twins had brain cancer and was dying. She called out every single day for three months, I switched to nights shifts to cover for her, we all donated PTO time for her got her gift cards and groceries. She calls out saying her daughter is getting brain surgery and brings her two girls in the next night… she should be in the ICU but she’s at our job with a full head of hair. When asked for a doctors note the one she gave was on lines notebook paper. She’s facing 27 years in prison for theft and fraud with a guy she married during all of this and this story ended up in the news. So yeah she got fired

[@brittanybutts4529]

I was about to go into a whole rant about FMLA and lawsuits. And how she may not have been putting in her leave correctly. Then you dropped the bomb! 🤦‍♀

[@lauriemrdjan]

I had something similar where a co-worker said she had cancer and people donated money, platelets, for infusion needed for that type of cancer. She was fine and just wanted time off.

[@brittanybutts4529]

@@lauriemrdjan Wow.

[@baileyarnold2020]

​@@lauriemrdjanwoah..that's a whole different level. Some people are AWFUL. I'd definitely sue

[@lauriemrdjan]

@@baileyarnold2020 I had no money so I only donated platelets and someone benefited from that. Good enough for me. :)

[@kathy_g123]

I had a previous coworker who kept asking for time off (sometimes weeks at a time) because of relatives passing and, as of her final shift, the amount of "family members who had passed away" were: - 8 aunts - 7 uncles - 4 grandpas - 3 grandmas The best part was I went to bible study with her brother and he was always confused whenever I expressed my condolences to the point where every week when I would arrive he'd ask me "so who d!ed this week?" xD

[@thelibrariansupermanny]

Yikes! But, if that were someone from my family, it would make sense. In fact, that is the exact number of aunts and uncles that I have. I also have 80 first cousins. That said, I've had two aunts, an uncle, an aunt's husband, an uncle's wife, 2 grandpas, 2 step grandpas, and one grandma that have already died. All but one of my grands were very old when they died.

[@moniquebell8191]

WHAT?! On a side note though, there was a woman in a similar situation who took a lot of time off in a year because FOUR of her grandmothers died. The employer tried to call her out on it and asked for death certificates for each of her grandmas. She brought all FOUR OF THE DEATH CERTIFICATES in for her next shift. She had TWO pairs of gay grandmothers and all four of them died in the same year.

[@erinhaury5773]

​@@moniquebell8191 I lost three of my grandparents in the span of seven months. I can understand why workplaces start asking questions, but some people have large/extended families where situations like that occur.

[@breannaflores4175]

But in my family a lot o those numbers are plausible- my parents have 6 sisters between them + husbands, plus 5 brothers between them + wives, so I have 8+ aunts and 7+ uncles. My nephews have 4 grandmas counting step-grandmas and great grandmas. On my mom’s side alone I’m 1 out of 20 grandkids, plus 15 great grandkids and counting 😅😅😅

[@SHANDI1967]

😂😂

[@rfhod4732]

I started working when I was 16. Was never fired until I was 58. I’d been with that company for almost 34 years. It was bought by another company which needed information that only I could provide. Once they had everything they needed, they fired me. Luckily, because I had more than 30 years in, I was able to access my retirement benefits and an attorney got me a decent settlement.

[@tiannaroberts6153]

A similar thing happened to my mom. The store she was manager of was bought by a different company and part of the terms of the purchase was that they keep my mom and give her a raise. The new company closed the store for a bit for renovations and was not paying my mom during that time, but she was still technically employed. After a bit, they talked about having her go to a different store location to train for a bit before the original store was reopened. She trained for one day and then was fired. She said the different store location was full of young, busty women, like it was a hooters or something. So she thinks she was fired for being a 50 year old with an a-cup.

[@booksargram]

jordan “come here” jamba juice employee is one of my favorite people. he’s so freaking funny and always popping up in my youtube shorts

[@xushadot4297]

He always pops up when you least expect it! 😂

[@briahnaelisabethdejesusbribunn]

I know this is an old video but I was like omg on here too?! 😂

[@kristalpatton102]

I got fired from a popular fast food place, when I was 16, because of a medical condition that makes me pass out if I stand in one place too long. I didn't feel like fighting it because the manager was a major butt, but I told him when I was applying that I have this condition and I spelled it out for him. He said it was perfectly fine and we can work around it. I offered to do dishes, or clean counters, while doing other things, but he purposefully kept putting me in places where I had to stand in one place (first window register, topping station, etc.) All of the employees were only allowed to do one job for that day, no multi-tasking. If anyone moved from that station, we got a harsh talking to. I was literally offering to do more work, when they tried to say it was because they were short staffed. Like all I needed was to keep moving around. At one time, another employee felt bad when I was standing at the window and she brought me a tall bar stool type of chair. Manager said I was lazy for sitting down, and not to come in the next day. He was fired later for how he ran the place, so justice was served in the end.

[@adriandaniels1]

ugh, I'm so sorry that happened! I swear, the most incompetent, unempathetic people work as managers for stores like that.

[@luciaolyphant5087]

Wow I have the same medical condition,and most people in my family thought it was because of laziness,that is why it has been hard for me to find work because nobody takes this illness seriously☹️☹️☹️

[@jessicaspaw528]

For the story about the guy that got left alone, at that time he really was the manager because he was the only one there so he was managing everything for sure

[@cbpd89]

Both my grandfather died in the same month, so I'm sure you can imagine how hard it was for everyone to get time off for the second funeral. I think my brother ended up bringing in obituaries clipped from the newspaper (we were all listed in it as surviving family) so his boss wouldn't fire him for lying.

[@greenie2390]

My job would let us go for family funerals but to get the paid time and not have absences on our record, we had to show a death certificate or an obit. I am sorry you lost both grandpas at about the same time. Would have been so hard as was.

[@void-vl7jy]

I feel for the girl with RBF because I got fired from a job I had for a month at a bakery because the owner thought I looked miserable and scared. Those were the exact words she used, she fired me in the middle of my shift, didn't even wait until the end of the day to tell me, and had me walk out the front past everyone. It was awful and very embarrassing but now they're having finacial troubles so what comes around

[@Kayenne54]

Bad people management = business failure nearly every time. Sadly, not always. My first job, in a hotel for bar work, I roomed at the hotel. The owner's wife cordially hated me. They had a very spoilt young kid with Down syndrome. It was a nightmare. I had to eat in the kitchen (not an issue) but she micromanaged every second of my time while on duty. After work, I holed up in a very substandard hotel room. Put up with it, because even as a newbie, I was making big money for that time, for a 16 year old. Did my three months, immediately got work elsewhere, and had saved $1000 in about 4 months, still bought myself some clothes, paid parents board and lodging of one third of my weekly income. It was the best paid unskilled work ever. An even better rate for casuals, which eventually I changed to, so I wouldn't have to work boring slow shifts. I was actually almost getting as good a rate per hour as my stepfather driving earthmoving machinery, and I was in air-conditioning, unlike him. Side issue; he tried to scam me out of my savings - didn't succeed. Which is where I got the concept of always have your own secret bank account; tell no one.

[@Dymondslayr]

I got a "talking to" from management for the same thing. (sigh) I can't help my face is built this way...

[@gothnerd887]

I recently got fired for not being able to hide my emotions and having a low social battery.🙃

[@Kayenne54]

@@gothnerd887 Is that even legal?

[@ronaldjeffrey8712]

Funniest story I ever heard. While sitting in a restaurant with my wife we overheard some kids in the next booth, one of whom had obviously just been fired. He commented to the group. "It's weird... it's almost like they know how much money is supposed to be in the regerster."

[@badkitty4922]

I LOVE that you had Jordan in this video! I love his stories, and him saying "Come here" as he zooms in with his camera. He's so funny and intelligent. I'm just glad to see 2 of my favorite people, Charlotte the potato Queen, and Jordan the stallion. ❤❤❤

[@dawnchesbro4189]

Omg yes. I swear Jordan's worked more jobs than years I've been alive - and I'm about the same age as Jordan

[@Rosarium2007]

So nice to see Canada’s Potato Queen and the United States’ President of The Fast Food Secrets Club in the same video.

[@lilycollegemythbusters5532]

I cannot stand Jordan. All his videos are annoying AF! He is so annoying! He has to comment on everything. Just stop!

[@minirth.maggie]

Omg his voice is so soothing

[@mm-ln9sw]

i had a coworker that seemed totally fine when she was first hired, but after some months she let more of her personality out. every other week she was targeting a different employee to be annoyed with, nitpick, and whine to the bosses about. it reached a point where my boss was like “maybe you should consider its not the other people causing problems”. one day she messed with the wrong employee, he immediately put in his 2 week notice, but he is such a good worker my boss didn’t want to lose him so he fired the problem causer finally. work has been so peaceful and fun ever since 😂

[@Emeraldwitch30]

Some one I used to be friends with went through 4 jobs in less than a month with this temp service. Normally I wouldn't think much about it because its temp work. But she started complaining about every job and how there was always one or 2 "dumbasses" she had to work with. She was in her late 50s then too Shes a raging narcissist and we are no longer friends because of it. It became very clear in each job who the actual dumbass was for sure. The last conversation I had with her she had just rage quit another job and I pointed out that if you run into assholes and dumbasses in every job you have has it occurred to you that you're the asshole? 😂 Her mouth dropped open and I just left and put her on block everywhere. Life's easier without that kind of stress you know lol

[@mm-ln9sw]

@@Emeraldwitch30 i completely understand! no one needs that kind of toxicity

[@Emeraldwitch30]

​@@mm-ln9swmay we both be narcissistic free from now on! Lol. Have a great day my petty potato friend 😊

[@LazyIRanch]

@@Emeraldwitch30 That reminds me of an old joke from stand up comic, Emo Philips. "My mother told me 'There's always one weirdo on the bus.' Well I couldn't find him." 🤪🥸

[@RikerBiker]

.... I'm exhausted just by listening to that girl's stories about getting fired.

[@sandybruce9092]

Is it possible for her to talk any faster??? This is where I gave up completely on the rest of the video!!!

[@RikerBiker]

@@sandybruce9092 Right!?! Haha it would almost be impressive if it wasn't so exhausting to listen to.

[@LaCommentaire]

I cut it off halfway through her first story. She's an energy vampire.

[@RikerBiker]

@@LaCommentaire that's a perfect description of her!

[@heatherlowe7330]

Sounds to me like she didn't want to work 😅 and her 2nd job probably had a no phones policy that she decided didn't apply to her 😂

[@BunnyQueen97]

I think it’s HILARIOUS when people tell ten step lies for something so simple 😂 AND SHE HAS A TEN STEP LIE AT EVERY JOB 😂😂😂

[@LazyIRanch]

Abraham Lincoln: "No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar." also... Mark Twain: “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”

[@ladygrndr9424]

I know. At least start with uncles or cousins or something. Pulling out "my mum died" on day 1 is insane.

[@BhappyD]

Her poor mom. That’s just beyond messed up.

[@queenreg7]

Find some distant relative if you want to pull the death excuse.

[@StrangeFacinations]

A girl at work pulled the My Grandma is in town and I need to pick her up and spend time driving her to Santa Barbara (from Los Angeles). The day after that, her real grandma died. She had to leave, fly back east. I said, your 'other' grandma must want to go back home too! Not realizing that was a fake story. She forgot she had lied the day before and 'drove her to Santa Barbara. She stumbled out an 'oh yeah.' You have to remember lies.

[@whatintheheck4692]

I’ve never been fired, but I purposely sabotaged an interview. My husband wanted me to get a job at this place with rotating shifts in a production factory. I absolutely did not want that job, so during the interview I told them that I refused to work holidays. They ended the interview right after that, then I acted clueless as to why I didn’t get hired. Shortly after I got a job at a financial institution where I get nights, weekends, and holidays off with the same pay as my husband.

[@grungekitty77]

bestie, I know I only have one youtube comment to go off, but this doesn't sound like a great marriage. Why did he want you to work a job you didn't want? That paid less? And you didn't feel like you could just tell him no and explain why? Was there some question that you could get something else? What possible reason could it have been easier to secretly bomb an interview then it was to talk to the person that vowed to love and support you? Not going to tell you how to live your life, but I think this is one of those "I didn't know how fucked up my 'funny story' was until I tried to tell it and now everyone is concerned." moments. Change some stuff.

[@whatintheheck4692]

@@grungekitty77 Calm down a bit. It is a funny story. This was during a time when not a lot of places were hiring and it was more difficult to get a job. We were newly weds and it was my first job after not working for a couple of years. My husband worked at this factory and was helping me to get a job there too. I lied to him because he was helping me and I sabotaged it and felt bad about it. After I found my other job I told him the truth and we laughed about it. My husband and I have been married for 15 years now and are still going strong. Thanks for the concern though. “Everyone is concerned”…you’re the only one who seems bothered by it.

[@grungekitty77]

@@whatintheheck4692 ok good. That was why I prefaced it by mentioning I was going off a KZbin comment. It wasn't a full view of situation and I k lnew that, but what I did see sounded a LOT like "funny stories" I hear from people after they leave abusive relationships. I'm relieved to hear there was a good reason to not just tell him you didn't want the job. (and that you eventually did) Also, I was just referencing the phenomenon. It's a very specific feeling.

[@jaybee4118]

@@grungekitty77honestly, reading the comment just now gave me slightly iffy vibes too. Always glad to hear when the vibes were off! OP, I have done similar, but mostly just because when I don’t want a job I think I’m just so weird in the interview, *because* I don’t want it and it’s unconscious, that they’d never give me the job! I’m always much better in interviews for jobs I wanted and always got them, and have never been fired either.

[@whocares650]

​@whatintheheck4692 I wasn't concerned at all. To me it sounded like you weren't working at the time and your husband wanted you to get a job because bills aren't going to pay themselves. Life doesn't stop and wait for you to find a job you like. You gotta do what you have to do until then.

[@MizGizma]

A keyword from that first story ... bereavement pay. They get PAID time off. So what this girl does is get a new job and immediately tell them that her mom has died so she will get 3 days of pay. Now picture someone that cycles through jobs every couple of weeks. That adds up. She says mom to get 3 days ... an uncle is just 1 day.

[@revgurley]

During grad school, I worked at a clothing store. When I started, I told them I could work during the week certain times, and Saturdays, but never on Sunday (grad school is a seminary - I was studying for the ministry). Sundays were very busy, from services to delivering communion to shut-ins, etc. For some reason, after working 5 shifts a week for about a year, the manager started scheduling me on Sundays and Sundays only. I told them to look at my availability - I can't work Sundays. The manager said I would work when he scheduled me or I could walk. At first, I tried talking to company HR (not local). Gave them my original availability, my lack of discipline (I hadn't done anything wrong), and an admittedly scholastic reason why as a Christian minister, I can't work retail on Sundays as there is SO much else to do! The next time they scheduled me - on Sunday - I didn't come in. "No call/no show" so I was fired. But! That experience taught me that I could make my own business/ministry, and have been happily doing that for over a decade. That clothing store is in bankruptcy. My business is booming.

[@amenwalton]

That is not legal.

[@revgurley]

@@amenwalton I figured it wasn't, but honestly didn't have the time to fight for that job anymore. Wasn't related to my future career, just a job to get through school.

[@coffeenoobie]

When they do schedule you like that, on the only day you can't work, they're trying to get you to quit without having to fire you.

[@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim]

your ministry is a business? finally, an honest Christian

[@opus749]

As for the young lady that got fired 3 times; I would normally give the benefit of the doubt on the second accounting job (firing #3) but considering her history of unprofessional behavior, I would suspect she was unaware of something she was doing wrong.

[@minirth.maggie]

I had a manager tell me i wasn't allowed to walk down the hall strangling myself. I guess it was bad for morale? 😅 That was a hell hole. I've been fired a few times, and it's always "It's not your work! We love your work! We just don't like YOU."

[@jl5442]

Strangling yourself? I feel like there's more context needed there

[@randomsandra4039]

I sacked groceries at 15 and actually loved the work. But, I relied on my mom to bring me and pick me up. She always thought we could get anywhere in our city in 15 minutes and I eventually got fired for being late all the time. I kept telling my supervisor I was ready an hour before shift but could not convince my mom to leave the house any earlier than 15 minutes. The job was 20 minutes. I still feel bad.

[@zora2935]

That sucks. I babysitted at 14 as my first Job. My mom for some reason told me that I could do that but I couldn’t take any money for my work. The family ended up asking an older girl from my school to do the Job because it made them feel uncomfortable not being allowed to pay me. 😅

[@mathilde1212]

HI ! you should not , as you know exactly what happens.

[@michelle-agathenormil]

⁠@@zora2935Watching other people’s kids FOR FREE?! That’s actually insane💀😭 Sounds like your mom allowed you to volunteer your time and energy away…

[@truthbetold6942]

HR professional here - Don’t feel bad. Management is probably still laughing at your mom. One thing we understand is that it is near impossible to change human behavior.

[@jewelsfee23]

I got in shit for showing up late because a train kept cutting me off. It would show up between 2-30 mins before I had to be at work. I loved about a 5 min walk from work, I'd usually leave 10 mins before work. After a few times of being cut off, I left earlier and still kept getting cut off. It was like it waited for me. I was only ever like 5-15 mins late depending on the train. My bosses knew why I was late and they said I had to leave even earlier... I was like umm no I'm not coming here earlier than what I'll be paid for.

[@DemonSkunk0408]

That Meg story made me pull up a seat and I wanted to yell "SHUT UP MEG!" like everyone in Family Guy with every new lie being told 😂

[@argrette]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@agamersinsanity]

and you shall rename her to Greg when you get even more mad and say "SHUT UP GREG!"

[@lottieew135]

I don't understand how people can take such a "childish" view to working! I started a Saturday job at a cafe when I was 14, and I was absolutely loved by my manager and coworkers. When I was 16, I went to work for KFC, and yeah, I managed to let my hair down with coworkers when it was quiet. When I was 24, I moved on to working for a bank on the phones. I have received so much recognition for my brilliant customer service skills! And to think, I was shy AF when I was young.

[@Sarah_D.]

Got fired from my last job as a graphic designer at a small local ad agency. I was there about 2.5 years. I'm surprised I lasted that long. I was still attending college several days a week in a town 30 miles away, and both my home and work environment were extremely stressful and toxic. In fact, I ended up having my first mental breakdown during this time. And, every morning, just the thought of going to work gave me a mild panic attack. So, one day, I finally decided I'd had enough. It was a Friday, and I was going to put in my two week notice effective as of Monday. Unfortunately, because I had been trying to calm myself down from my daily panic attack, I was 15-20 minutes late. And, this wasn't the first time. So, as soon as I got there, I got called into the office, and they fired me for being late. I just shrugged as if it was no big deal and was like, "Okay." The guy who fired me (who was the owner's son, btw. Nepotism was kind of a big thing there. And, that was probably my smallest complaint about the place.) he was actually surprised at how cool I was about the whole thing. He probably thought I'd break down and cry like everyone else did when they got fired. (We also had a very high turnover rate among employees who weren't related to the owner.) So, even though I was technically fired, since I was going to put in my notice that day anyway, I just tell people that the parting was mutual and amicable. And, it's not like anyone can contest or verify my version now. The agency unsurprisingly closed not even two years later.

[@mallorydotyeah]

I had a coworker cry to me because she had always gotten comments about her faces and how she needed to smile more. It broke me when she said she really tried that day. People are cruel

[@leila13dnd]

Bro I think if one of my coworkers told me that I would have to be physically held back from punching people. I'm really glad all of my coworkers are really nice.

[@runeingebretsen8378]

@@leila13dnd i would say,it's not in the work contract,and if a contract didn't exist i would not work there.

[@s.b.907]

I had a colleague that all of the sudden said she was pregnant, months on the way already. As she was a bigger girl we all didn’t notice any different. To get maternity leave she had to provide HR some forms, like a doctors note,etc. Which she kept delaying until HR told her they really needed it within the week. All of the sudden she had a miscarriage and told our manager she needed days of to grieve and also a funeral for the baby. Told the funeral would be on Friday 12:00 in this particular city. My manager and my team did not believe it. So she and one of my colleagues bought flowers from our team for the funeral (something we also would have done if all was true). They went to the only funeral home we have in that city. Nope, they did not know about any funeral that day or any other day of a still born baby. The colleague left soon after that as nobody wanted to work with her anymore.

[@jennyhacking1289]

We once had a customer who was always late paying his monthly rent, we would ring him and every month he claimed his dad had just died. On the 5th occassion of him using this excuse I pointed out to him that we make notes on his account regarding any communication we have, after I told him we had a record his dad had died 5 times, he apologised, and never paid his bill late again.

[@Shark4life123]

I was let go from Six Flags, it was my first job and I started at 17. I worked in the games. Once I hit 18, they were terrible to people and made us take breaks once we clocked in and then made us stay until after closing even if our shift was scheduled before that. Your supervisor had to come relieve you and put someone else there or close the game for the night. The day I was let go was right after I gave a boy with special needs a prize after his parents spent over $30. We were all happy and then I got taken into a trailer in the back and told that I can’t let people try to shoot at basketball games and I couldn’t give out any prizes even if the person spent a lot of money. They said they could sue me and would be contacting my mom. I left crying and told my mom. She said they’ll lucky that we don’t sue them especially with letting you go 2 days before my last day. Best part is I (and some of my friends that also worked there at the same time) received compensation from the lawsuit against them for all the illegal things they had done. 🎉😊

[@Basketball069]

When I was fired from a job one of the complaints was I didn’t smile enough.

[@Tree_fairy]

I was fired from a dream job as a wine tasting room manager. It was run by a husband and wife. The husband did the wine making and the wife handled the business side. The husband also loved the young 21 year olds they hired to run the shop, including me…. He would invite me to his house to drink new wines he made. Sounded okay, it was part of the business. But it would always be after work and he’d pour way too much. He’d start flirting and touching until you forced your way to the door and made some excuse to leave. Well the wife found out and fired us all. The winery went under a couple years later. I had a fan base that brought in about $15k a month to that business. A lot for a small winery that only sold 7 different wines.

[@justwonder1404]

Ah, yes, blame the harassment victims, what a sensible woman.

[@samanthaschattilly2980]

WHY are there cameras in the changing rooms of the department store!?! That is one of my fears and the reason why I buy clothes and then return them if they don't fit the way I want them to.

[@jeanams07]

Ohhh good catch? I wonder if the csmeras were just in the hallways of the changing rooms but they were just too obvious about going in and out, or leaving the doors open so you could see what they were doing.

[@cerendawharff4677]

Change room. I assume it’s where they count the register cash? Reset the tills?

[@samanthaschattilly2980]

Money is generally counted in the office so they can put it in the safe afterwards. She also said roomS so they were going into the changing rooms to take shots.

[@danielleking262]

No, no, not for trying on clothes.

[@jayangel6909]

I could listen to the first guy speak for a whole day

[@kazbah5672]

He was a great story teller

[@camillelively]

I just love this Irish kid hahahaha. He's my favorite storyteller ever. Get this kid as a guest, Charlotte, we need to see more from him!

[@LazyIRanch]

I have finally seen a "get ready with me" video that I enjoyed! I laughed when he said that he forgot he was supposed to be getting ready, and pulls out a belt. Yep, my man, that's about all I do to get ready to leave the house! He's darling, I even love his Irish mullet!

[@Bethsabee_Sheba_Newrose]

@@LazyIRanch 😂 I love this! You killed me with “Irish Mullet” 😆

[@Bethsabee_Sheba_Newrose]

@Camillelively That would be epic 😂

[@gwcrispi]

How do you get an accounting degree and NOT KNOW that accounting is going to be boring as hell?

[@andrewgilbert4659]

I'm guessing you see the stability of the job market where that particular degree is concerned, and figure you're capable of doing the work involved, so why not get the manageable degree with so many job opportunities, and then only after do you realize how boring doing accounting full time is 😂

[@lilycollegemythbusters5532]

No kidding! All accounting is pretty low energy and filled with very clique people bc they have a quiet mousy personality.

[@PaulaCollins-wc1hn]

Sometimes you just go to school to go to school

[@MissHellybaybee]

Yep, that lost me too. I worked in accounting and I understood everything she was saying. I think the boredom drives the backstabbing.

[@runeingebretsen8378]

@@andrewgilbert4659 if you don't like to read,accounting is not for you.

[@Gleidys91]

"It's doesn't come eventually" you just suck it up and do it anyway. I worked at 15 and had the mental maturity to take my job and every job I've had seriously. That's the lesson

[@scottbrock2185]

My Mom passed away in 2018. It disgusts me to my core that someone would lie about their mom dying. Especially if I’ve related to them and shown them kindness and empathy. No one deserves that pain and grief. I hope Meg grows TF up.

[@Widdekuu91]

A girl in my school heard that my mom had cancer (she survived btw) and she came up to me to talk about how she felt bad for me. During the conversation, she shared that her mom had had a tumor in her nose/face-area and it was cut off, therefore she no longer had a nose. I stared at her, very upset and said; I am so sorry to hear that, so she can't smell anymore? Wow..does she have a prosthetic nose now? Can she still taste things? And she replied; 'No, no, that's all gone, it is really bad..yeah..yeah cancer in the nose is actually really common..' And I said; 'Really?' and she said; 'No ofcourse not you f*cking dipshit, I was f*cking lying, my mom doesn't have cancer, booh you c*nt' and then she cackled and proceeded to throw her bottle of water-and-lemonademixture all over my head and face, till I was drenched, she then pushed me on the ground and left. I was around the age of 13 and she was 16. Usually the boys were the ones that fought physically, but this girl, that I barely knew, was nasty as f. Coïncidentally she looked a lot like Charlotte, but she was blonde and she wasn't Charlotte xD

[@quinni24]

I think I told you this one before, but here it is. I was about 19 working at a kids park and was put “in charge” of one of its little shops. There wasn’t a lot of foot traffic so I got bored and decided to do inventory. I counted all the little planes, trains, cars, and other shitty “lasts a day” trinket toys and kept the running tally at the register. Came in the next day and it was apparent these crap toys were easy to lift. I then get a brilliant idea of a little self help guild on “How to relieve boredom.” I start creating this artsie masterpiece in between customers. 1. Psychoanalyze parents. 2. Make staple bracelets …and so on. Well, the other store employees found my little project and started making staple bracelets. It gets back to management. Management finds my project. Yells at me for people wasting staples. Fires me. I threw them a quarter to pay for the staples and left. They kept my project which still, after 33 years, pisses me off. Oh, and then at another job I got fired the day after I came back after being in the hospital two weeks for a kidney infection that the job itself indirectly gave me.

[@DragonHeart-cm1tx]

I hated my last job so much that I had a not so necessary surgery (vasectomy) done to get some time off. I've always wanted the procedure done so I had it done so I could get the hell away from the place for a bit.

[@jaybeyoutubification]

Got fired from a high end store cause I refused to wear a full face of makeup daily. The owner was a perv, they only hired young girls and we weren’t allowed loose fitting clothes, to put our hair up or minimal/no makeup. I was young so didn’t want my face to be ruined by daily foundation etc, I didn’t even realize how messed up it was.

[@andrijanaginin1168]

Most companies have some kind of grooming requirements, whether it's about clothes, hair, make up, nails. I don't understand your complaint. Either you're very inexperienced worker or an entitled brat. Anyhow, if you don't like the conditions - you don't waste anyone's time by applying for that job.

[@jessschwarze8126]

That’s crazyyyyyy

[@runeingebretsen8378]

im suprised he didn't demand you wore a coctail dress one size too small and 3 inch heels,and red lipstick reeking of perfume,and g-string panties,what that store went for, was putting young girls in a position of potential sexual harrassment,and also in high risk of sexual assault.

[@Localinternetstalker]

Wow sry

[@DemonGirl24_666]

Okay this comment was very ignorant because you do realize that there are sexual predators out here everywhere for women and yes there may be standards but there's also a point where it's illegal to do some of this s*** and how do you know there was another signs that he was a perv ​@@andrijanaginin1168

[@jaroddoak4965]

I was once fired from a job for not being "bubbly enough", exact words from the manager.

[@sjed323]

My sister got fired for this same reason once! I was like “they fired you for what now??”😂

[@Nevertoleave]

I remember a co-worker got told he wasn’t happy enough as their excuse for firing him. We worked in insurance. Monotone was just how he talked. If you didn’t pay attention then it might be easy to miss his small smile and slight uptone in voice when he was joking around. After he was fired his friend/co-worker was called in and told off for talking bad about the company with him, which they only every did over the messaging system. So the company was reading our messages. Later they tried to claim he was telling client information to a guy who had been fired months before. It was a very bullshit excuse that they came up with months later. So I suspect they found out they couldn’t fire someone for being unhappy with how their work is being managed so they tried to claim he was doing something illegal

[@runeingebretsen8378]

And you are too slimy,you should have said back.

[@engmed4400]

First story. When my mother died, we knew it was coming. She'd been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's, and it progressed so rapidly that we knew she didn't have long. Despite knowing it was coming, preparing for it over the course of three years, and even having a couple days notice at the end of it, it was still a devastating loss. If someone lost their mother under similar circumstances, and were entirely flippant about it, I'd question their sanity, their honesty, or both.

[@markmckeever734]

At my last job, someone called in sick. The following day he was invited into the managers office, where they asked him why he was seen jumping around and celebrating behind the goal, in a televised Liverpool match!

[@rebny7801]

This story is fit for Charlotte's video!

[@jl5442]

I had a coworker call in sick because she was hungover. But she SAID she was hungover. I never liked her quality of work, but I always gave her credit for at least telling the truth about not coming to work cuz of a hangover.

[@Unstoppable_Unicorn]

I got fired from my first job at a animal kennel/vet (like a huge what they called “pet resort”) it was awful, making people pay 10 dollars a day for extra play times for their animals while they were away and when I did those play times I got into so much trouble. Anyway, I found out that one of my coworkers who was good friends with my direct boss, was using the industrial washer and dryers we use to WASH HER OWN LAUNDRY!! I mean, we are talking poop, urine, blood, who knows what goes into those machines! 🤮 She was super embarrassed and I just slowly backed out of the room. I wasn’t even going to tell on her or anything either. Who tf was going to believe a 16 year old? Anyway, she had been looking for ways to get me fired for forever and I needed to pick up a dog’s food for surgery the next day so I put it in the basket on the dog’s kennel with a cover on it. Go in to work the next day to find out it had “magically” found its way in its cage. Either one of the other kennel techs messed up and saw she didn’t have food and didn’t bother reading her paperwork to see why or that other lady put the food back in the kennel and waited for me to take the fall. She was even at the table with me when I was getting fired and I said “you put the food back in the kennel because I saw you using the washer and dryer for your personal clothes didn’t you?” So on my way out I made sure they knew what she had been doing too. GOD, if social media had been around when I was fired from this place I would have been spilling the MF TEA! Rich people brought their babies here, they don’t mess around when someone isn’t treating their animals well and is lying to them about the services.

[@katie4165]

No amount of savings would ever make me feel okay about sharing a washer and dryer with a kennel of animals. Gross lol.

[@Unstoppable_Unicorn]

@@katie4165 SAMMEEE! After I walked out of that room I legit gagged. I mean, poop, urine, blood, it ALL goes in there!

[@shannonlaforme8344]

The washer/dryer thing is 🤮 yes but I wanted to comment on the treatment of rich peoples pets. It’s not just rich people and I’d be so mad if one of my babies were mistreated or not given services I’ve paid for. I don’t even let my pets go to the groomers because I’ve seen terrible videos of dogs being abused. I do all their care myself. And I could never kennel them while we went on vacation, makes me sad to think that my boys wouldn’t understand and might think we were never coming back for them.

[@blanchekonieczka9935]

Decades ago I worked with a woman that kept calling off because her adult son was dying. Her sister worked with us too and was off work for a few days. When she came back I expressed my sympathy for her nephew being so sick. She said he looked fine two days ago when he took her out to lunch. The bosses told her they needed a note from his doctor to continue letting her take time off. She said okay but just like Meg, she never came back to work.

[@phyllisswett3780]

As someone with a resting "witch" face, I understand the last girl completely. People think you are in a bad mood, shooting them miserable looks, or giving them a serious side eye if you are not constantly smiling, which is, of course unreasonable. I have never been fired for it, but I have always gotten comments to cheer up, or been told to smile. Keep on keepin' on.

[@Widdekuu91]

Mine looks worried/upset appareantely. I get told I look lost and upset, like a child that is on their own in the store. Whenever I try not to have that face, I get told I look frickin' arrogant. I now think it has a lot to do with people's projection too.

[@truthseeker9249]

Despite me being a very fiery person, my resting b**ch face is a look of ice cold death. I look like either I want to kill myself or I want to kill you. Think Wednesday Addams but black. So everyone who loves and cares for me is always worried and wanting me to feel better even if I'm fine and people who don't like me are always threatened by me even when I've (surprisingly) given them no reason to be scared of me or think I'm dangerous. My boyfriend's mean sister is one of those people. It's another reason why I've always hated my face. Everyone thinks I'm ugly and even the ones that don't think I have an evil face. I just hope my own children are never scared of my face cause then my mind will really start going to dark places.

[@joycampi7233]

Me too!

[@sarahkinsey5434]

Sometimes I wonder how I would react to something like that. I'm a pretty smiley person but when I get focused or stressed I think I scowl

[@nyneeveanya8861]

On the first story I started feeling sorry for Meg. My mom died after a long battle with cancer complications. The cancer was gone but it left many health problems behind. After 10 years caring for her she passed away and I had that type of reaction. After a long decline it is numbing when they pass but you feel glad they’re no longer in pain. The loss of her didn’t really hit me until about three months later. Immediately after, I only felt at ease that her suffering was over. I thought that might be why Meg was reacting like she said. What a prick to use this type of situation that people really go through just to get a couple days off.

[@KitKat10281]

My dad died of pancreatic cancer 8 years ago (tomorrow, actually), after a grueling and painful battle - he had been given 2 months to live and fought tooth-and-nail for 3.5 more years. He was/is my hero. When he passed, I reacted like you - it took me about 4.5 months to process it, and that's when the true grief hit. 😢 The next year was really rough for me. Prayers and love to you and love to our lost ones! ❤

[@checkoutchick9023]

I'm so sorry for your loss, I was diagnosed with stage 3 pancreatic cancer 3 weeks ago and told that I had 12 to 15 months.... I'm ignoring that and I'm aiming for at the very least 2 years. X

[@WinterEdition]

@@checkoutchick9023how are you?

[@emergencyfood7135]

11:54 Rule #1 Don't be good at something you don't want to do. - Rodrick Heffley.

[@pollockm3]

I got fired from my first job at 17. It was a fast food type job in the summer. I scheduled a weekend off to travel but before leaving checked to see when I was scheduled for the first half of the following week. While I was gone they changed the schedule and scheduled me a day sooner than the original schedule without informing me. When I didn't show up, they fired me for being a no show. Previously any changes to the schedule after being posted were made with phone calls or emails to the personnel that were moved. When I went in to get my last paycheck, they tried to apologize and say it was a misunderstanding, they were desperate to not lose me right 2 weeks before a holiday that was usually busy. I told them I already found a better job (I hadn't). Lol

[@jenw9271]

The only time I was fired, was technically an “I’m gonna quit before you can fire me” situation. I have autoimmune diseases that make daily tasks difficult when they flare up. I was only at this place for about two months when I had a flare, still came into work, and tried my best to give 100%. The owner took me into the bathroom to berate me for not doing a good job, and when I explained my situation, she told me to try reading a self-help book… I remember thinking “gee thanks, if only I had known that reading a self-help book would have cured all of my physical ailments 16 years ago, that would have saved me so much suffering!!”

[@TheBaumcm]

If you are American, under the Americans with disabilities Act this would be a wrongful termination.

[@featherlightfox1292]

Those people really do need to just shut up about things they don't understand. My mother has a complex because of the amount of people who told her throughout her life to just tough it out when she was suffering, and now she can't help but push herself too far. Anytime I go shopping with her, I have to physically take the bags from her so she won't carry anything too heavy, because she won't think to ask for help before picking them up herself.

[@levalpat]

the young girl bragging about being fired three times is what is wrong with many people today....... Basically, if you love your job then you are one of the rare lucky few... if you tolerate your job, you are one of the many... if you hate your job , then you are not alone....... but tough shit... if you need to work.. then you work .. or get another job.... before you quit your current one.

[@jodiestarks556]

Though I didn’t get fired, I left because I saw it coming. I once worked as a teller for a bank. During the interview and hiring process, I was very clear that I was like 4 months pregnant and had to take first time mother classes in order for the insurances to cover my hospital and clinic fees for the pregnancy. I was also very clear as to when those classes were and the days that I would have to leave early or come in late. They HIRED me!!!!! 4 weeks into my job, they pulled me into the office and told me they couldn’t work with my schedule. That is the only mark I had against me the whole time I worked there. My cash drawer and the till were ALWAYS PERFECT!!! So, before they could utter the words “we’ll have to let you go”, I told them: “I can’t work for a company that is not willing to work with me, consider this my resignation.”

[@myliza700]

Lmao honestly I would get it in writing if I ever agreed to specific terms ever again. I picked up a second job once. Keep in mind that my other job was full time. 5 days a week. I told them I’d work zANY day aside from Saturday. I gave them my Sundays. I was asking for one. Goddamn. Day. One. Add that I was walking 4 miles every day I worked both jobs bc I can’t drive. The hiring manager agreed that was fine and reasonable. She had me scheduled a few sat to retrain me which I said was fine. But when I went to the scheduling manager and told her that I was not supposed to be scheduled sat anymore she got snotty with me and said “ we’ll that’s what we hired you for “ in reality they asked me to be a manager 3 times and I told them no. She pissed me off I got it fixed with the boss. But sweet sweet revenge was the day I quit. She’d driven me to my edge. Sent my hand home without asking and we got slammed. Bitched at me for how I was handling it. I took her hand to the side said listen I’m not screwing you over look back there tell me what you need I got you then I’m out. She said nothing bc she was just as annoyed told me anything she needed. Clocked out and was walking out just as the manager was walking to the office.. to count the drawer. Meaning there’s be nobody up front. Bc they didn’t know how to run with two people. Oops.

[@klorraineb9818]

You could have sued if they did fire you sadly. But yeah i tried to work my whole pregnancy but same the place would only schedule me on dr apts and i was higher risk so i had more apts and eventually i kind of just told them ill take a leave and they were okay with u employment and also me coming back the next year lol but some places that just outright r so stupid like that completely make me mad and honestly wish i could be a stay at home because atleast my family loves me but some places at work treat u awful for bringing new life in but the fact they knowingly hired u preg, girl u deff maybe still could even do some thing lol..

[@cyan1deoverdose]

i have severe bipolar disorder and sometimes i got super depressed i watch one of charlotte's video and it feels like gossiping with a friend. this beautiful woman has officially increased my life span 😭😭

[@hollysteinke9833]

I got written up at an office assistant job for "yawning to much" my boss said that because I yawned 3 times during my shift that I must be bored and uninterested 😂 so I printed out an article titled "Why we Yawn" put it on his desk and told him he was boring and uninteresting and walked out 😂

[@abigailburks1073]

This sounds made up! 😂 Fired for yawning??? Good lord he must’ve had it out for you!

[@hollysteinke9833]

@abigailburks1073 it was insane 😳 I actually found out through the grapevine that the girl who took my spot was having an affair with him so....... makes sense now 🤣🤣

[@abigailburks1073]

@@hollysteinke9833 he could’ve came up with a better excuse! I knew there was more to it! 😆

[@lizg6051]

I got my first job at 16 as a hostess at IHOP. I worked there three days before being fired over the phone for not smiling enough. My manager didn't even call me, he made a coworker do it. What's messed up is I was in a ton of pain because my wisdom teeth were coming in crooked. I actually had an appointment to get them removed

[@Obeytheunseen]

I worked at ihop as a "hostess" when i was 18 for exactly a day. I even dyed my hair from blue to black for the job bc they required it. I was fired bc they provided literally zero training and worked me as a waitress which i had never done before and as one would expect, wasnt very good at it my first day. Ihop sucks. Its also gross.

[@auggiet8380]

IHOP was my second job, and I lasted a week. My best friend literally died in a car wreck that week, and when I called out because I was absolutely devastated, they fired me. My mom called and chewed them out BIG TIME for making one of the worst days of my life even more awful. They offered me my job back, but I fully knew I did not ever want to work there again.

[@dedspark]

Only time I got fired. I was doing a co-op job during college(12 credits). Doing programming in basic back in the 80s. I had only had one course in it but the management at the company thought it was fine. The job turned out to be a project developing software to help manage a manufacturing facility. I worked for this guy who supposedly was very knowledgeable in the subject. I worked on my own. Every time I ran into an issue or had a question my boss was like "figure it out yourself". This was complicated programming. The project got way behind and I got fired. I couldn't stay late to work on it because I had a ride there and back and had to leave when they did. There was no "work at home option" in the 80s. Getting fired and failing the 12 credits was a big hit to the GPA. After a lot of discussion with the people at the college they ended up giving me a "C" for the time. Only satisfaction I got from the experience was the boss was fired very soon after I left.

[@jacklow9611]

I was fired from a job because they'd hired me for one job, but added another and I had to come in early to finish one before I could start on the other, and that included having to finish up for the night shift before, but the manager never came in until later in the morning, and I would be taking my required break. One day I asked if I could leave a bit early for a function, and was fired immediately. I found out, when I went to get my last check that the manager had been fired himself for being such a bad manager and arguing with the chef..

[@hollydennison159]

Pancreatic cancer is horrific. Once you're FINALLY diagnosed, you have less than 6 months. There's NO CURE!!! PERIOD!!! THIS GIRL is Horrid!!!!

[@lavaunjohns7796]

When I first started out working in my late teens I was chronically late a minute or two. I got a government job and instead of writing me up, my boss told me that I needed to be at work 15 minutes earlier than the start of my shift. I was never exactly 15 minutes early but I have never been late for work since then and I'm now 62. Genius!

[@rebny7801]

I could easely cycle to work, but I know I would end up late all the time. So I take the bus. About 4to 5times a year I miss the bus, but it is not as bad as beeing late everiday.

[@hopefletcher7420]

My very first was at a company with a start time of 8:45. There was a 45. Instead lunch break and day ended at 4:30pm. When I mentioned that 8:45 was an odd starting time I was told so many people were always 5-10 minutes late the company changed from 8:30 to 8:45 and reduced the lunch break from 1 hour to 45 minutes. Didn't work. The problem people were still late every morning.

[@lavaunjohns7796]

@@hopefletcher7420 That's because they changed the start time not the time they had to be there.

[@KazekageGaaraGirl109]

I work at a paint and sip, and once had a coworker that should have fired SO many times! On a good handful of occasions, he would leave his shift to go grab a beer, and come back to help finish cleaning, all while on the clock. He also was ALWAYS on his phone instead of really interacting with the customers. There were times while going through instructing a painting, would get frustrated at customers for asking questions or wanting help... He literally told me that wasn't his job. Dude you are a painting teacher, that's EXACTLY WHAT YOU DO.

[@aralornwolf3140]

Painting _teacher_ . . . I thought he was an alcoholic.

[@semiprokeloi]

So many of these stories are just a great example of terrible management and training not staff incompetence. Even the first story. My first office job, it was mostly admin but some extra stuff. In about month 4 the boss sat me down to go over what needed improving to continue my employment, the only critique she gave me was I didn't have enough 'sparkle' when answering the phones. I asked for an example because I honestly had no idea what that meant. She told me she couldn't explain but I needed to fix it. The day after I'd passed the probationary period they were 'restructuring' and my role was being split into two separate roles, I wasn't suitable for either role (despite it being the same tasks split into two!) so I was made redundant. In Aus there are redundancy laws, so she was required to pay out my leave and a certain amount for my time there. She tried to claim this payment was 'out of the kindness of her heart' not a legal requirement. I went to pack up my desk, I brought in my own keyboard because their keyboard sucked and meant you had to sit in an awkward position to use it because the cord was so short. She tried to claim it was the businesses keyboard and I was stealing it, until the other staff member there to do the firing told her they didn't own it, despite it literally having my name on it and not being looking anything like any of the other keyboards. This same business told my friend they would hold her position while she went on maternity leave, she hadn't been there the required amount for them to legally be required to do so by about 1 week, had she thought this would be an issue she would have happily gone on maternity leave a week later. They told her once she was on her maternity leave, they wouldn't be holding the role. It was role as a journalist, not only did they f*ck her over job wise they systematically went through the entire site and changed her byline on every story she'd ever written for them to her managers byline, making it significantly harder for her to get a new role. This was a company that worked in the not-for-profit sector, which enrages me even more with the bs businesses get away with.

[@ulrikekrause9831]

I got fired from my first ever real job at a hotel reception. They employed me to do the back office stuff of the hotel, like ordering stuff, planning the overbookings and stuff, just general computer work. So the lady that's supposed to teach me everything is very sweet and very pregnant at that time and gets into stress-relayed premature labor and can't teach me anymore, so I had to work the front office. I was so introverted and overwhelmed that I suddenly had to interact with people that I focused on my work and not so much on the guests. My boss, a raging choleric as well as an alcoholic, insisted on me making small talk with every guest, so I was failing miserably. He yelled at me daily in front of staff and guests alike and eventually kicked me out after 6 months. I cried pretty hard because I felt like a failure for losing my first job, but I was also sooooo relieved because I would never have quit on my own. I would have probably dealt with that abuse for years if he hadn't kicked me out. Oh yes, and the hotel is now closed due to his alcoholism.

[@shelliewaller8781]

I was “quiet fired” from my last job by being blindsided with poor performance review leading to being placed on a “performance improvement plan” for “lack of communication” and needing to better learn the “office culture.” How communication issues were my fault is laughable when it would take multiple emails to get feedback on my work which often came as conflicting edits and opinions if I got any feedback back at all, let alone approval. As far as learning the “office culture,” my desk was positioned so everyone on my team had their backs to me and most days no one even spoke to me the whole 9 hours I was there. Also, I’ve never been made to feel more aware of “pretty privilege” by a company…also my lack of it despite my expertise and talent in my field. I’m in a great place now and am finally getting to LOVE what I get to do for a living and am appreciated for my contributions to the team. (An encouragement to all you who are struggling to get free from your toxic work environments)

[@truthseeker9249]

I recently broke free of a toxic work environment and trying to find my perfect forever job and what you said is exactly what I want. I want to BE somebody. I want to be respected and treated like I'm part of the team just like everybody else and I want the things I do to matter. No I don't need a medal or public validation but I do need acknowledgement and appreciation.

[@mellvee]

I've been working since I was 15 m. I'm 49 now, and I've never been fired from a single job. I did walk out of a shift at Kmart, flipping off the security officer as I left, though. It was all very dramatic. He'd accused all of the cashiers of stealing money out of the drawer, and I didn't think I should have to deal with that. So I didn't. That was my dad's favorite story about me until the day he died. 😂

[@arandanomyrtille3087]

I was fired from my last job for not communicating enough and not being independent enough. At a previous job, I was frequently reprimanded for not asking enough questions - because when I did ask questions, the answer was always "You should know that" or "It doesn't matter."

[@christinelinford7487]

Meg has a problem 😂😂😂😂😂 I thought I knew where that was going but that took a few turns. Thank you for making us laugh Charlotte!!!❤

[@rppdfire]

Had a job a few years back where I was fired three separate times, the manager and I would get into an argument and if I was winning he'd tell me to get the hell out and I was fired, I'd grab my jacket and head for the door, as I'd open it he'd just say see ya tomorrow. He just needed me out of his sight while he came to terms with me winning. We were actually good friends.

[@lisaflower5994]

I love telling my work history because the world has changed so much, that people are horrified to know the jobs i held at such a young age. My first job was when i had just turned 13. Hyde Park in Sydney in January is deep in ‘festival of Syd’ celebration. My cousin, 9 months older than me, and i, ran a chip van. Imagine a 13 and 14 year old, in a small food truck that was basically huge vats of boiling oil on wheels. Alone. January in Sydney runs temperatures of 40°+, it must have been closer to 55 or hotter in the van. A tub of ‘chips’ (potato strips, fried in oil and sprinkled with salt, with perhaps a side of tomato sauce (ketchup) mayonnaise or BBQ sauce) cost $1 and we usually counted into the 2000s by the end of our 6 hour shift, no breaks. The lines were sooo long! The owner relieved us in the afternoon, paid us $30 daily which was a LOT of money, hugged and thanked us and we returned the next day. The festival of Sydney runs for one month and when it ended, I returned to school but the owner employed me on Sat mornings in the same van, making steak sandwiches at the local abattoir. The work was so much easier but again, i was just 13 and using huge butchers knives to cut thin slices of steak from a whole rump. Toasting bread, shredding lettuce and preparing other fillings, cooking the steaks and running a food van, on my own. I worked 2 festivals of Syd but after the 2nd one, the owner sold her business so i began looking for work. In Australia at the time, you had to be 15 and 9 months to work for supermarkets or any part time jobs but i knew a lady who managed the deli section of our local Woolworths and the boss took her word for it that i was almost 16 ( i was 14 and 4 months) and i began working for Woolworths in the deli and take away food section, again, frying but donuts this time, and in an air conditioned supermarket. Working 5 hours on a Thursday night and 6 hrs on a Sat morning earned me $28, less than one shift in the chip van! I held a variety of part time jobs while i studied, but the chip van is always the most shocking. I also lived one hour train journey from the centre of Sydney so i was catching a train, alone, my cousin joined the train on it’s 3rd stop and we continued together. Even just that would be very unusual these days. I guess what i think about this is that even at 13, some kids are sensible enough to take a job seriously. I feared being burnet so was very cautious, and never was. I now think it was irresponsible of the adults to allow 2children to do a job like this, but we were clearly, able. No accidents happened but i wonder if we would have had the skills to cope if they had. I certainly would never have allowed my own children to do a job like that, though my eldest had his first paid job at 13, refereeing junior soccer. What did i do with my money? My first spend was on 1kg of strawberries. Both my Mama and i adore strawberries but they were not afforded in our very modest budget so Mama and i walked to a local park, gorged on strawberries and had a race on a swing set, seeing who could swing the highest. Mama always won. I bought my Mama a treat every day, whether it was a special chocolate that i found a speciality shop on my wonderings through Syd after work each day, or a pretty little hand painted card. Mama still has a box of the silly things i squandered (her word ) my money on. Mama is 89. We still go sit in the garden and eat strawberries, particularly our own home grown ones. We now grow strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, joster berries, loganberries, redcurrants, blackcurrants, raspberries, strawberry guavas….we also have plum and apricot trees, apple, orange, lemon, lime, lemonade and cumquat trees. We have grapes and figs and garden beds full of salad vegetables and vegetables and a wonderful herb garden. It is spring here at the moment and all the fruit has flowered and our bees are very busy. I cannot wait to begin to harvest the fruit and spend long lazy, hot evenings filling our tummies from the abundance on our land. We don’t have a swing though i am sure she would still swing higher than me if we did. We do have the frame of an old swing, it has been repurposed as a salad bar or soup bar depending on the season and the climbing plants use the frame as a trellis and the swings have become shelves for lettuce. Thankyou to anyone who has spent their time reminiscing with me, i am sorry it was such a long read and mostly, not on topic. At the same time that i was earning $30 for a 6 hr shift, my Mama was earning $20 a day, working in a green (hot) house, planting seeds and repotting seedlings.

[@atinemassare]

I loved your story❤

[@lisaflower5994]

@@atinemassare thankyou!

[@deianeirawalker4628]

This was a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing it.

[@lisaflower5994]

@@deianeirawalker4628 thankyou!

[@verbinrain]

This is such a beautiful retelling of some of your life experiences. You sound like truly the apple of your mama’s eye and an absolute sweetheart ❤

[@Dobviews]

As a florist shop owner I used to offer my employees a FrackItAll Day. After 120 days of employment I would gift my employees 1 day to call off (could not be during a wedding weekend) for a FrackItAll mental health day. My employees loved the fact they could call off for a much needed mental health day without it counting against them. (I added this in honor of how many days in school my father let me skip for a mental health day. If I was overwhelmed and overly anxious dad would call in for me and let me stay home as long as I completed my missed work while I was home.) Miss you dad! RIP WHB 2014.❤

[@tbekcan]

I used to work with a physical therapist assistant who NEVER smiled. One year, the staff therapists posted up their favorite family photo on the staff fridge. One of the photos was of a happy family-I was asking, “who is the new therapist?” It turns out that it was him in the photo. He looked completely different with a smile. I guess his happy place was with family and not work.

[@Meggimagine]

I still have trauma from being let go. I was so happy to get that job and they basically said that they had made a mistake after a selection process of three months on their part and five months of working with them. I was literally crushed because I had spent so long looking for a job like this, and getting an offer for a permanent contract scares me now. So thanks for the laughs, Charlotte!

[@xoselhket]

I refuse to work with customers due to the abuse I received from rostered call in phone. NOt a call centre, but along those lines. I can't even handle my phone ringing now. But now companies have scripts, and calls are recorded and you're allowed to hang up. Back then, none of that existed.

[@Krystaltips]

@xoselhket yeah it's been over 20 years since I dealt with abusive telephone customers too and I still panic when my phone rings. Even a phone ringing on the TV scares me.

[@joybailey2776]

I have only been fired once and it really stung even though I won my hearing against them. I definitely had plans of leaving to start my own business but told a friend I had wanted to leave on my own terms. She told me "but then they wouldn't be paying your unemployment" straight up....she became one of my first clients and is still extremely supportive. Everything happens for a reason whether we see it at the time or not. And while it does sting, better things are on the horizon.

[@peekaboots01]

What do you do? What kind of job was that?

[@Meggimagine]

@@peekaboots01 In terms of mistakes, nothing. There was a trial period and they basically said thay they had made a mistake by the end of it when everyone else in the team thought it was a done deal. And it was an office job with a big firm in my country

[@n.e9831]

Story #2 - saying you didn't get to work as a teenager as an excuse for poor behaviour is a cop out. You don't learn manners and professionalism from working as a teen, it's part of who you are and something your parents could have taught you also. It's pretty easy to turn up to work on time not hungover, be polite to customers and do your job. Lol

[@moosecat]

Apparently she also didn't learn how to speak without saying "like", either.

[@endlessstudent3512]

Yeah, i didn't have to work either as a teen, only after college, but still i knew that i actually have to work for the money, that i have to be punctual, not steal from my employer (taking too many breaks is stealing!), let them know if couldn't come and be aware that that not coming is in fact vacation time and so on. Because those are basic rules of normal human behavior. I dunno if her parents really failed to raise her with decent manners or if she just chose not to listen. Also in regards to the first story, the comments giving tips how to lie instead to get paid freetime is quite telling, they are no better. I mean, should not the advise have been: do not screw over your employer, if you want time of, take vacation or overtime hours, be fair. Its like the employer saying: Oh, i don't feel like paying you today and lie about the bank account being robbed. In our company, 10 years ago, if a family member died, including grands, aunts/uncles etc they got 2 days of without any stress. But out company also got lied to by some ahole employees. Well, now you only the 2 days of in case of parents or own childrens death, none anymore or anyone else in the family and you have to prove with death certificate. Employees like that are the reason why employers are not tolerant at all anymore. People always complain about all employers beeing monsterst, but fairness and decency go both ways.

[@arlettasloan6453]

I worked with such teenagers and young adults, and yeah, it is an excuse. A lot of parents and teachers opt out of teaching anything that is like "good citizenship" or "social skills". Almost everyone I met who was just a couple years younger than me were so much more child-like and incapable when they got to the age of working. Even in school, we couldn't stand most of them. I think that's because my classmates were at the tail end of children being forced to say the pledge of alllegiance or to step out in the hallway while everyone else does it, get swats for bad behavior, get grades for good behavior and with teachers that were allowed to grab you by your ear and march you to where you were supposed to be. I really do.

[@featherlightfox1292]

Definitely just an excuse. I didn't get my first job until I was 18 and I never, to this day, have ever gotten a warning about my behaviour. I went to high school in the late 2000s/early 2010s and I can't imagine any of my classmates having acted like that girl at a job without knowing it was inappropriate. I can think of a few who would have done it, but they all knew full well what was expected of them in that kind of environment, even if they didn't care.

[@svampebob007]

my First job was when I was 22 because my mom enabled me for way to long.... I moved out at 15 getting monthly support by my "loving mother"... finally got a job as a cashier age 22 after dropping out of uni. age 28 I got promoted to manager, and today I went on an interview for regional manager... I'm fucking glad that I never worked a day in my life before 22, because it's a joke the shit you have to deal with 😂... BUT "I'm a hard working 16-20 year Old" yeah no my brother didn't work until he 21 either... he has a masters Age 25, we found out our mom had been hiding LARGE credit card debt, me and my brother paid it off that same day. The day before I got picked for an interview we bought a plot of land for our mother so she can retire early... She spent 30 years "raising un-grateful monster" Worked her ass of so we didn't have to... and look at who's saying "you shouldn't have!" The piss poor attitude you see from teens and young adults stems from bad parents. At the age of 15-now my mom kept saying I can move back if I need, she can buy me shoes if I can't, if my dog needs food I can call her. 😭😍 I love you mom!, but I'm 30 you gave up so much for us! no I didn't want to grow up a cashier, and you taught me how not to be that! Being a single mom for... 26 years, it's time to enjoy the good life that your Boys got you. it was originally going to be a comment about how getting a job early doesn't teach you how to behave, but it turned to be a love letter to my mom😆 Also dad you and mom never saw eye to eye she still hates your guts (50 years of brainwashing will do that), but you visited us every two years it wasn't until her fathers death that we learned how racist our moms side was and learned why she chose to move 2000km away from you and her parents 💕

[@thepinkflamingostrikesagai7319]

I just watched a video where Charlotte said she worked at the tanning salon when she was 14 and got fired because a lady who was addicted to tanning pooped in a tanning bed. Charlotte refused to clean it up. Because 9.00 an hour was not enough to clean up leather handbag's poop.🤢

[@evelinedejong2989]

A former employee (recently fired) where I worked at the time came in and told all of us that her three year old daughter had died and she could not pay for her burial. We were all sympathetic and took a collection and were able to give her a large amount of money to help her out. Months later we found out that it was a lie. Her daughter was fine , she apparently needed drug money.

[@bonjourputas]

I'd call the police

[@teleportingpotatoe]

jesus

[@clara6608]

Bro…

[@alamedadanceparty]

Omggggg 😮

[@Nizhonibearcreek]

As a mother who actually lost her child when she was 10 to a drunk driver this infuriates me

[@blondangel79]

One time I got fired from an after school program. Company policy said that we couldn't take the students outside under 40 degrees Fahrenheit. The kids asked to go outside when it was 35 and I said no. They protested another worker took them out the day before and it was cooler and Isaid I couldn't because my asthma kicks up when it's cold out. A parent complained I "wasn't taking the kids out because of my asthma" and they fired me. Never mind the fact that I was the only adult alone with almost a hundred kids (the law says 20 per adult). Who exactly was with the kids the rest the day? It sure as hell wasn't going to be me.

[@paulchavez3039]

Literally wearing my old Jamba sweatshirt right now 😂 yah the secret menu is a thing. The butterfinger is great. The pb&j is an old favorite of mine, perfect for after pumping some iron. Used to be obsessed with the fruity pebbles before it started hurting my cavities 😂

[@Holldacity]

Fired from a sporting goods store for missing work. I was suffering from chronic migraines, would literally have to run from my register to go throw up, and was missing work to see my neurologist constantly. I had drs notes for every absence. I remembered asking my team lead where to turn in my drs notes and her telling me “it doesn’t matter. We don’t do anything with them.” Should’ve been a red flag. One day they brought me in to the office, gave me three “warnings” and a termination all at once. I was young and didn’t realize how super illegal that was. I signed, had to be escorted to my locker, and out the door.

[@cassandrareedy7369]

Middle-aged woman at a previous job lied about her father having a heart attack. Then her father, full well, came in to eat after she was fired for a different lie. He wanted to know why she wasn't working there anymore. I skirted the issue. I'm glad I didn't blow it. Here, she was the victim of domestic abuse and was ashamed. Praying for her to this day!

[@Free-Speech-And-Truth]

My x boyfriend got a week off of work once because his mom died. The only thing his boss didnt know was his mom did die but it was 10 years prior. He never got fired because in the end, he never lied.

[@chachiem]

One of my ex-coworkers told us her aunt passed away. I volunteered to stay to work her 4hr shift in addition to the 10 hours I have already worked so she could go home because she was crying hysterically because her aunt was like a second mom because she only had her one aunt...... 2 weeks later she is talking about how her aunt and her were going to go shopping or something.... I look at her and say, "You mean your dead aunt?"" The look on her face was pure terror... she slipped up. They gave her a week off because her aunt was like her mom and the funeral was in a different state...... yeah... her hours were reduced after that because we were not allowed to let her go for that fiasco.