Saturday, May 20, 2006
Why I got fired...
Well there were a few special requests to hear why I got fired.. So I guess I'm obligated to tell my ridiculous story. When I got to Jacksonville I started a job as a waitress in a "fine-dining" restaurant downtown right away. The people that I was working for where foreign.. and a bit crazy, but I thought I could deal. Anyway, I worked there for only a week.. but I started on Saturday and my first day off from the nuthouse was the Sunday of the next week. Now I have to explain what Saturday night was like working. My bosses were a married couple, and they didn't really get a long to terribly well.. actually not at all. They yelled and cursed at each other about every 2 minutes. Not only that, but it was a small facility so everyone in the house could hear them scream (a little embarrasing). The last night I worked, the female boss (who I think is an alcoholic) had a breakdown and started screaming crying and yelling and cursing at her husband (with almost a full house). It was pretty dramatic and I didn't handle it well, but I went on working, the bosses were then all over me because they were mad and emotional at each other and took it out on me. I left that night thinking that I was probably going to quit.. cause it was just such a sucky job. The next day was my day off.. and I went to a trade show with Matt for the day. Half way through the day his parents showed up to take me home because apparently my bosses had called an hour earlier (when no one was home) and left a message that there was a meeting in an hour that I had to go to. I was beyond pissed. I saw someone who I was wokring with that night and asked her about it.. and she said to go. To make a long story not even longer, I just didnt go in the end, I decided that if I was going to be on call for them that I didn't want the job.. if I go in one sunday.. they'll call me whatever sunday they want. So I skipped it. Not really sure what happened after that... but my boss called me up and left a message again before I worked the next day. When I called him back, he fired me. Didnt even give me a reason.. so I didnt know what to do but laugh. HAhah, pretty much the stupidest scenerio ever. I'm glad its all over with too. But yah, the only pooey part is that he jipped me about $80 in my pay when I went to get it on Wednesday.. I wasn't too pleased because the jerk got away with it! Oh welll.. learning experiencE! But there is why I got fired. Have a good one.. I'm almost gonna be late for work!
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hey ash! well, i can sympathize about the getting fired part. i got fired once because i sat outside for my lunch break one day,and the boss thought i was sunbathing, skipping out on work. so then i was off for a couple of days and he told everyone i worked with that i was fired. so when i got back, they told me that, so i went to see him, and he said, 'oh, you're not fired anymore', so then i quite. he was slightly insane also.
that is life, mwahaha. right now, i wish i had a job to get fired from, i'm still looking!!!
-gem
and by 'quite', i mean quit.
Crazy people. I hear the Christian thing to do when someone steals $80 from you is pelt their business with 2 dozen eggs. I'm sure Matt will be up to the task.
-Jeff
Wow. What jerks. It was probably worth the 80 bucks to be free of them.
I remember my first "real job" and I won't say who it was for 'cuz some of you all know who the person was that employed me. They were NUTTY (in my opinion) ...getting me to travel early in the morning to bring the money I made to them on my day off, never giving me my work schedule. I was just about to quit when they were "re-locating" and had to "lay me off". Thank heavens. You're right, it's a learning experience...I learned not to let employers break the law and walk all over me!!
Thanks for satisfying my curiosity about your firing!...lol.
Trash, I got fired this year too and it sucked. I was working at a little store that wasn't doing too well. Everyone I worked for was french, and wouldn't speak to me in English, and the manager had only been there for about a week. Anyway, they fired me because I wasn't friendly enough. Yup, that's me, unfriendly. Anyway, I was pretty ticked off! But I guess it can happen to the best of us.
Love you though, and we should really hang out sometime. Anytime you are passing by Sussex or going to Moncton, give me a call!! :)
:) Leanne
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