Today, I was fired from my job because I, in my boss's words, "Abided by company policy to such an extent that customers were starting to hate me." FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I got fired from my job because my boss thinks that me doing everything he says makes me untrustworthy. FML
Today, I was fired for being a very happy and perky employee. According to my boss, it freaks both the customers and my co-workers out. 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, my boss was angry at me because I had filed a complaint about him refusing to change our phone service to something more reliable. Later, a customer called him and said I had hung up on him. I got fired. I didn't hang up on the customer, the phone service just dropped the call. FML
Today, I was fired for "customer dissatisfaction." I work in IT and have never met one of my company's customers. FML
Today, I got fired from my job. I caught a customer taking pictures up my skirt, and my boss fired me for calling the police and "making a big deal out of it". 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, despite filling all the parameters for a model employee and being praised by multiple people over the time I was working, I was fired because a client complained to my manager that I didn't seem to know what I was doing. FML
Today, I told my supervisor how awful my coworker was at her job. I then got fired. FML
Today, I was fired on my second day of work after a year and a half of unemployment. Apparently, my "tendency to solve problems instead of just accepting them made the other workers uneasy". FML
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Top comments
Welshite 40
Look, man, I know you need their address for documentation, but following them home isn't the way to do it.
TigranPet 24
Rule number 1: There are no rules
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Comments (33)
ShadyWildDog 10
How does that even work?
AznLuvsMusic 26
My guess is that OP didn't bend over backwards for demanding customers like some places will do.
HylianWarrior 21
A lot of places have stupid policies, that nobody actually follows, and you are not supposed to actually follow. They make things harder on everyone, and really just exist to save the owner's ass. OP was probably following those policies.
cornyrob 33
#16, i hear you. My policy is this: People who follow the rules and work with integrity don't have to worry about snitches and micromanagers.
wakka9876 17
that's exactly the opposite of what #16 just said, #18
Welshite 40
Look, man, I know you need their address for documentation, but following them home isn't the way to do it.
TigranPet 24
Rule number 1: There are no rules
claudiajean 24
Literally, I swear every job I've gone for, they tell you the rules and policies then you learn most of it doesn't apply
Mooglefox 24
Are you one of those tele-callers?
extremereviews 26
You're not in the USA so I can't say "sue for wrongful termination"
italiano234 7
That's not a thing everywhere in the US. Like in Tennessee, it's a right to work state, meaning they can fire you for whatever they want.
jay_south 19
So... you got fired for doing your job correctly?
interesting33 37
So why were you fired from your last job? I followed the rules. Ask my employer. As a side note OP would the army be good to try? I think they quite like people who follow the rules?
writerchic85 26
This kind of thing always pisses me off. What's the point of having policies and rules if you're allowed to change them around?
Frid_Kun 7
to avoid lawsuits.
InfiniteSunshine 32
I wasn't fired for it, but I know how you feel. At my old job, corporate had rules they told us to follow or we would be fired, but the store managers would often violate them and get us to too, even getting angry if we didn't abide by what they said. It was incredibly aggravating. I got into an argument with my keyholder once because she told me to violate a policy (entering an item in manually, which doesn't show which item was bought, just the price, so it messes up inventory), I refused and went and got the item to scan it, took 2 seconds, the other customers can wait for that. She was angry, but I wasn't risking my job because she can't follow the proper rules.
zealove 7
Thumbs up, do you really want a job like that? Don't ever let corporations ruin your life and make you the person you aren't!