Communication breakdown

By FML - 08/11/2009 10:07 - United Kingdom

Today, my dad drove me to work which is an hour away. Twenty minutes into the job, I was told, "Didn't we tell you last week? We let you go." Clearly, no, they didn't. I had to wait one awkward hour, with my colleagues who knew I was fired before I did, for my dad to collect me. FML
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perdix 29

Wouldn't "dad" only be 20 minutes away at that point? I guess he decided to let you stew in the crap for an hour because you are as significant and important to him as you are, scratch that, were to your ex-employer.

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ForestFire0 1

Yeah, so after 20 minutes, she knew she was let go. So her father was 20 minutes from where she works and forty minutes from home. If he had a cell phone, she calls him and he returns in 20 minutes. If he doesn't have a cell phone, she waits the 40 minutes until her father arrives at home and then calls him and it takes him an hour to get back to her former place of employment. So, it either takes 20 minutes for her father to return, or one hour and forty minutes. There is no way for the time between her finding out she lost her job and the time until her father gets there to be one hour. Unless she waiting twenty minutes before calling her father (20 minutes to find out her job is gone, 40 minutes to return), this makes no sense time-wise

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Darthbane2007 17

It depends. We aren't sure if the Dad went straight home, or if he went somewhere else near there..

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StaticDown 0

They told her 20 minutes into the job, doesn't mean that she called him right away, maybe they talked to her for a while and something happened, I'm not saying I'm siding with her, just posting some stuff people might not have thought about. It doesn't really make sense that he's home in 20 minutes... Also maybe it wasn't an hour but when you describe something and you want people to think 'damn that sucks' usually you over exaggerate and end up saying it took an hour even though it was 20 minutes... but that would make the fml bad... so maybe that's why...

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Ohnothingreally 0

"Today, my dad drove me to work which is an hour away. 20 minutes into the job..." She got there in an hour. And then she arrived and stayed at work. But 20 minutes later, in the office building, someone told her that they gave her a message that she was fired.

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StaticDown 0

I know what you're saying and it makes sense and I agree I just also think that there might be a chance that something happened while she was there... Maybe she couldn't reach him... Thats all... Though it doesn't really add up... What would she do for 40 minutes I really don't know... I'd go somewhere if I were her and not sit around... but who knows where she works... but driving an hour away all the time...

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lotusflower007 0

You should ask for 4 hours of pay for compensation. They dropped the ball, and didn't tell you, you were fired. Your dad wasted gas, your time. You could of been spending the weekend looking for another job. They are incompetent for not telling you

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weedking 0

If the dad didn't have a cell, he would have had 40 minutes to drive home before he got the call, and then an hour back. That would be an hour and 40 minutes. not an hour.

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ruben7467 0

it's simple guys. she got dropped off .. 20 mins into the job .. she found out... but let's say at the most 10 mins to get her cell and call her dad.. dad turns around and drives back another 20 mins .. so it's about right.. 50-60 mins total time needed to come back and pick her up...I think the hour might inculde the 20 mins she was already there... that's what I'm thinking...

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TheBigDJ 0

why would you work an hour away from home!

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khung835 6

you think ppl has many choices? like i wanna go to school 2 hours away even tho it's only 30 miles for 7 days a week?

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Cloudy_fml 0

To be honest, I feel more sorry for the father.

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DaveBP 3

um, if you found out you were fired 20 minutes after being dropped off, why would you need to wait another hour for your dad to come pick you up? he would be 20 minutes away. if the dad didnt have a cell, then it would take him 40 minutes to get back, and an hour their again. in which case i feel sorry for the dad. but still not an hour. and no, the original 20 minutes could not count, because it was not awkward until after the time when you found out you were fired. this post= fail

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_20jre 0

well, firstly, OP's dad isn't her personal driver, secondly, her dad probably has a life and has other things to do, and thirdly, stop posting nonsense and gtfo you ******* self-centered douchbag

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