Miscellaneous: Today, while buying paint, I began to help an elderly woman working...

By Anonymous - 31/12/2012 15:44 - Canada - Sydney

Today, while buying paint, I began to help an elderly woman working to lift some heavy boxes. She told me what a nice young lady I was. Then her boss came over, screamed at her for being lazy and fired her. She cried. So did I. FML

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By peachesthepigeon - 19/01/2011 18:54 - United States

Today, at work, I helped out an employee who was having trouble. I even bought her a bottle of water. After the production manager decided to fire her on the spot, she went out in the parking lot and broke into several cars, including mine. FML

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By NoThanks - 24/08/2009 18:38 - United States

Today, an old lady came to the bank where I worked at to apply for a loan. She obviously didn't qualify for one as she has no income coming in. She looked so pitiful, so I changed a couple of her information so she could. She reported me and I got fired. FML

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By buggyluv - 30/06/2016 15:50 - United States - Edwardsville

Today, at my new job, a coworker offered to help me mop the floors since she wasn't busy. I ended up getting written up by my boss for supposedly being too lazy and making other people finish my work. FML

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Strung out

By bdjsbskl - 07/10/2011 05:55 - Canada

Today, I was at work as a cashier. An old lady unbagged everything I had, and angrily "taught" me how to bag. She put potatoes on her eggs and broke them. She then screamed that I was useless and retarded in front of all my other customers and manager. FML

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By tired of my job - 29/10/2015 08:33 - Canada - Surrey

Today, I was at work, stocking shelves. A customer got mad because I was in the way of her "shopping time" and knocked down all the work I had done. FML

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Make up your mind

By choke on a dick, sir - 01/11/2013 22:47 - United States - Portland

Today, my boss came around to my way of thinking. He called our customers a "bunch of assholes" and to kick them out if they gave me trouble. When a lady began yelling at me for "setting the damn prices too high" I told her to leave. My boss soon bitched me out for being unprofessional. FML

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Everyone is replaceable

By Anonymous - 05/06/2023 12:00

Today, I got in an argument with my boss and I dared him to fire me because he has always said he couldn’t run the shop without me. Turns out he was just being nice all this time, my job could in fact be done by his 14 year-old niece with no training in two thirds the time. Yes, he fired me. FML

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Assumptions

By Toast514 - 29/07/2009 23:49 - Canada

Today, I was short shifted at work because one of my employees decided not to show up. Furious, I wrote her up and made predetermined judgments about her. When she came in, I went off on her for being absent and leaving me stuck. She then informed me her mom tried to commit suicide. FML

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By Adam - 24/05/2011 05:54

Today, while I was walking home, I noticed an elderly man in a wheel chair trying to paint his garage so I went over to help. His response was verbal abuse and a slap to the face with a wet paint brush. FML

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By diablo - 23/05/2018 19:00

Today, I assisted my first customer at my first job as a Target cashier. When I rang up this lady's items and gave her the total, not only did she hiss at me and spit in my face, but she also dragged my manager over and demanded that he fire me. He did. FML

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harrypotter955 19

Monday 31 December 2012 17:56

Kick him in the nuts

cr3ativity 15

Monday 31 December 2012 17:57

**** everyone's lives. But really? Just this instance of helping an employee led to said employee's termination? What the serious ****.

Comments

80skid 15

Monday 31 December 2012 19:22

That's so cold of him. Maybe it was a good thing you witnessed, though. Now you can defend her if she decides to fight for her job.

GhostChickens 17

Monday 31 December 2012 19:25

You can always complain, OP. Send an e-mail or a letter to their superiors. Say you helped the lady without being asked and before she could stop you (that way they can't blame her). Then say the manager made your shopping experience really uncomfortable and he/she created a hostile atmosphere. Ask them to reconsider the dismissal. It was really horrible of the boss to fire someone on the spot like that. If punishment was necessary, a warning would have sufficed.

poccocurantes 7

Monday 31 December 2012 19:44

Generally once someone is fired they are fired, right or wrong. She could file a grievance and get severance for probably up to a year. Or sue even though I am not a big fan of litigation. Part of the problem with hiring and firing in business today is due to our overly litigious society.

GlitterValentina 12

Monday 31 December 2012 23:23

76, She could get her job back.

Daederoth 10

Monday 31 December 2012 19:29

You absolutely must call their corporate and file a complaint against that 'boss'.

poopyfacegirl 28

Monday 31 December 2012 19:30

Definately sucks!

maddygirl820 10

Monday 31 December 2012 19:31

He's cruel :(

bluevayero 42

Monday 31 December 2012 19:33

that is so not Canadian

ramseytt69 8

Monday 31 December 2012 19:44

Legally he cant fire her for that.. She could easily get her job back or sue... As for him, maybe someone should oh i domt know punch him...

lhamil64_fml 5

Monday 31 December 2012 19:46

That's a really bad manager. You probably could have been like "I offered to help!" and then be could get in trouble for upsetting a customer.

Steve95401 49

Monday 31 December 2012 19:47

There are a couple of different issues happening here. #1) The boss is a poor manager. One basic rule of management is that you don't give employees work that they aren't capable of doing. In addition, there was no need for him to yell at his elderly employee and call her lazy. #2) On the other hand, there are potential liability issues for the store if customers are stocking shelves or reaching up above the shelves to grab merchandise. Bottom line is that the store manager handled the situation poorly.