Today, after 8 months of being belittled and treated like trash at my job as a prep cook in a high-end kitchen, I stood up for myself to the line cooks. Not only did everyone laugh at me, I got fired for causing a scene during service and insubordination. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, the slow, incompetent kitchen staff was keeping customers waiting for their food for 20 minutes. I got sick of a bunch of grown adults with kids my age ganging up on me, so I quit on the spot, and walked. Some guy grabbed me by the collar and dragged me back to the register. People cheered. FML
Today, I was preparing a customer's meal in my restaurant's kitchen, when I choked on my own saliva and went into a coughing fit. The head chef, who's always hated my guts, accused me of trying to hock a loogie into the meal and fired me on the spot. FML
Today, I got fired from work. Why? I finally took a stand for myself and confronted my coworker of writing things up in my name for herself, and it getting deducted from my check. So she went to the manager and accused me of sexual harassment. FML
Today, I was fired from my job as a waitress, all because someone complained there was too much seasoning in their food. As I said, I'm a waitress. This happened the same week I was hired. FML
Today, I was fired without warning from my job because I was not consulting my boss about things like washing dishes and throwing away garbage. Basically, I was fired for being too good at my job. FML
Today, I was getting lunch at a fast food restaurant. My boss was in front of me, and in order to get on his good side I offered to pay. Instead, I got fired because I guess my boss assumed I was making fun of his salary, which I knew nothing about. FML
Today, I was fired from my job because I would "scare" the customers. Two days ago, a coworker spilled fry oil onto the grill, causing flames to singe my eyebrows and the front of my hair off. FML
Today, I got fired from my job as a seafood manager because an entire wedding group came in and started yelling at me, saying the shrimp was horrible and I ruined their wedding. They showed me the leftovers; they never cooked them. They fed raw shrimp at a wedding dinner party. FML
Today, I was fired because I spoke up about a supervisor mistreating me. The assistant VP spent the meeting demeaning me to “teach me a lesson” and then said she was firing me because I “stirred the pot." Man, I really loved that job but I won’t miss the toxic work culture. FML
Today, I assisted a customer at work. She was asking me all sorts of stupid questions and acting like an entitled, spoiled brat. When she left, since I had a mask on, I meant to mouth, "Stupid bitch" but I blurted it out loud. Everyone heard. I was fired. FML
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Top comments
dweeds508 24
At least you tried to stand up for yourself. You don't deserve to be treated like that.
nesscafe_fml 17
Maybe if you did it with a knife in your hand they wouldnt have laughed so much...
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Comments (105)
perdix 31
Are you sure it wasn't just destructive criticism of your work? Maybe, you're not a very good prep cook?
JesseAttack 21
It's better off for you seeing no one had respect for you.
Goblin182 27
One man's hazing is another man's ******** on. It could have been as bad as the OP makes it out to be or it could be our OP has very thin skin. When you are at the bottom of the food chain you get dumped on, shit rolls down hill. Climb up the food chain and the shit rolls down hill past you. Welcome to the real world.
perdix 31
#37, well put, but all this talk of shit rolling around where my food is being made has made me lose my appetite!
Goblin182 27
Lunch anyone? I'm buying!
shlup_luck 1
You deserved it and the reason why is because you shoulda stood up for yourself when it all first started happening and it wouldn't have been so bad. Then perhaps you would still have your job.
calucalay 13
you deserved it becauase you shouldnt cause a scene at work durinf the time customers are around. still im sorry that had to suck, hopefully youll find a new job
blackwidowtaco 31
Well, technically since op is a cook and more than likely working in a high end restaurant, I'm pretty sure they've probably got the kitchen well isolated so that customers cannot see directly into it nor hear the cooks comments from where they are sitting in the restaurant.
crazytrainer 5
you have your pride though. well done.
Rianokami 22
Yes, but now no job.
myeviltwin 20
I imagine you were just being hazed a bit and blew up at the wrong time. I worked in the restaurant industry for years as a cook. Let me tell you we always busted the new guys' balls (dishwashers, busboys, prep cooks etc) It was part of the fun and a good way to see if someone can deal with pressure. If they handled it well and could even bust balls back (without interrupting service) then they made it into the inner circle. If not oh well.
Icemist 6
Also worked in food industry for years and a few flat tires when your runnung the trash out works wonders. But you never get in the cooks face durring the service. wait till after of call the owner. 9 times out of 10 trouble between the one making the food an anyone else will not turn out good
cutiepie99 17
You go glen coco! Stand up for yourself have some pride I'm proud
DFresh503 8
OP you gotta learn to pick your battles better. Shoulda just kept chopping those vegetables... I heard Denny's is hiring
jwebster 8
Why can't people just do the job they are paid for? You were a PREP cook. Your job is to PREP food. If you had been doing this, you would not have been belittled.