That wasn’t the only time I was fired.
My first job, right out of high school 1960.
I worked for a music company that sold instruments. I worked the office. One day I was in a restaurant, after lunch I was having a cigarette. The owner of the company came in with some of the managers. They saw me and I said hello. The didn’t respond. Later that afternoon, I was called into his office and told they would have to let me go. Because I was smoking in public and that it would reflect on their company. I was all of 17 yrs. old and was shocked. I gathered up my things and left.
#2. I was fired from my very next job. I was married and 18 years old. I enjoyed the job and received many compliment from the big boss. But about 4 months later I became pregnant and made the mistake of telling one of the girls I worked with. Apparently, she told the son of the big boss. He didn’t say anything, but suddenly he started giving me jobs way out of my job description. Such as carrying heavy boxes up and down a steep flight of stairs. Then big piles of papers were appearing on my desk with a note telling me what to do with them. and this went on and on. I guess he thought I would quit. He finally came and told me I was fired because they didn’t have the insurance to cover a pregnant woman working there. So again, I packed up my things and left.
#3. I worked for a bank processing checks. There were about 12 of us working at different routing stations. We could not go home until everything was done, which meant the tellers had to balance, in order to hand over their paper work for the day. However, there was this one girl that got to go home at 5pm sharp, because she had to pick up her child at the sitters. Some of the rest of us has a child that had to be picked up as well. Everybody was complaining, but doing nothing about it. So, silly me, I went to our immediate boss to voice our issue. He reiterated why she has to leave at that time. I said I also had a child that had to be picked up, and so do some of the other girls. He looked at me and said, I hired you and I can fire you. I said that didn’t seem fair to me. He turned and said fine, then your fired. I said you can’t fire me, because I quit. Again, I went to gather my things and left. None of the other girls came forward. But, the next day 9 girls quit and left him with about 3 workers. He then got fired.
#4. I was working for a medical group in their medical records. My child was just 2 years old. I was still having some incontinent issues. I started to go to the ladies room, when my supervisor said where do you think you are going. I said to the ladies room. She said no you are not, you can wait until your break. I told her I couldn’t wait. She said, you will have to or I will report you. I was not only shocked, but I was close to having wet shoes. So, I turned and said, oh shut up, I am going and you do what you have to. When I came back she said I had to go down stairs to the bosses office. So I went, and he ask me if I said shut up to her. I said yes, and then proceeded to tell him why. He said I understand completely, but we still can’t have insubordination. Then said you wait here and I will get your check. I said, no you go get my check and I be right back. He ask me where I was going and I said, If I am going to get fired for that, I am going to get my money’s worth. He gave me a partial smile and said okay.
So I did get my money’s worth. I was on my way back to pick up my check, and passed a doctor on the way, he said, it is about time someone tells her what everybody wanted to.
#5. The one where I looked in my bosses drawer. Bad me.
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