Have you ever been fired from a job? If so, why?
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Ut oh. I sense yet another barrage of red cards! lulz
Peace!
And one green.......
I dig your stories about life and the ex-wife/girlfriend and love. I guess being the errand boy in a law office has it's benefits. You always make me laugh, rock on dude :0074
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:mj07::mj07::mj07::mj07: but he does have the nicest office/desk on this site still
I know. You come from an elitist place where it's only good to be a bumblebrag and a (shitty) tout, whether it be about your life or sports (betwithjon).
Fact is, anything I share about my personal life is the real me. And ya know what? Plenty of people here care. You being in the population of people that doesn't care what I have to say means nothing. In fact I prefer it. I don't associate with people who care more about stepping on others and/or fucking them over. Call it having a good mom and dad.
But again....please drop by any time and kill threads. You're the life of the party after all.
Still not sure where "errand boy" comes from either.....but whatever
I have. Was a waiter in college at UK (3 years, helped pay school and expenses) at a place called Cork and Cleaver, and this particular Saturday I was waiter "1" meaning I had to be there at 4 to set up the salad bar, prep, etc. Well, this also happened to be Bear Bryants last game at Kentucky before retiring, and the frat had a crazy tailgate since early that morning. We were doing shots of schnapps and/or Makers everytime UK had to punt. Well, that was quite a few shots. Had to leave end of 3rd quarter which made me pissed, and I was literally drunk when I went to the restaurant, and I knew it. Bottom line, salad bar looked like shit, other "professional adult waiters/waitresses" knew it, and tried to cover for me somewhat. Impossible. Just a college kid having a college experience. Screwed up my first two orders so bad, they each asked the Manager if I was OK. I answered in front of he and the first table, "NO, I am actually drunk and don't want to be here, I want to be partying with my frat brothers back at the house. I mean, this was ALABAMA!!!! BEAR fucking BRYANT!!! LEGEND!!
So my boss said, just get out of here, you are fired. So I went back to the waiters station where the 6 meals I had screwed up were sitting , bagged them all up in 3 combined doggie bags (2 king crab orders, 3 steaks, order of shrimp and steak) and ran out the back door, and feasted with 3 brothers back at the house. And needless to say, partied all night with the crew. Classic. Irony of it all, my Manager called me that Monday, we spoke for a half hour, I profusely apologized, he actually laughed at this point, and told me they were still going to be short a waiter the next weekend and told me to come back then. No problem, away game, ...etc. and I ended up staying on as a waiter until graduating and getting a real job. True story.
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So my boss said, just get out of here, you are fired. So I went back to the waiters station where the 6 meals I had screwed up were sitting , bagged them all up in 3 combined doggie bags (2 king crab orders, 3 steaks, order of shrimp and steak) and ran out the back door, and feasted with 3 brothers back at the house. And needless to say, partied all night with the crew. Classic. Irony of it all, my Manager called me that Monday, we spoke for a half hour, I profusely apologized, he actually laughed at this point, and told me they were still going to be short a waiter the next weekend and told me to come back then. No problem, away game, ...etc. and I ended up staying on as a waiter until graduating and getting a real job. True story.
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Lol........I love it. You've got chutzpah for days and small town charm. Great combo:toast:
I've been fired once and downsized another time. Landed on my feet with a better job both times.
I was fired because I went to the 1997 National Championship Orange Bowl game, Tom Osborne's last game as head coach at Nebraska, even though I got permission to go. Long story and not worth typing, but I'm called into boss' office on a Friday afternoon after I go back into the office. After about 30 minutes of getting my ass chewed, I stood up and asked if he was firing me. He said no. I left his office. I was called to that same office on Monday morning and let go.
7 years later after 3 years of being a PM at an insurance company, I got the call that I was 'downsized' while I was on vacation with my family. I had a couple of missed calls on my cell from work, but didn't return them because, hey, I'm on vacaction. I was putting my golf clubs on my cart and got another call from work. This one I answered. When my now former boss told me, I asked why in the hell did he tell me I was let go when I was on vacation, the jackass said he didn't want me to find out 'through channels." I should have billed the bastards for my green fees that day because I freaking shot 107 and I'm a five handicap golfer.
I was fired because I went to the 1997 National Championship Orange Bowl game, Tom Osborne's last game as head coach at Nebraska, even though I got permission to go. Long story and not worth typing, but I'm called into boss' office on a Friday afternoon after I go back into the office. After about 30 minutes of getting my ass chewed, I stood up and asked if he was firing me. He said no. I left his office. I was called to that same office on Monday morning and let go.
7 years later after 3 years of being a PM at an insurance company, I got the call that I was 'downsized' while I was on vacation with my family. I had a couple of missed calls on my cell from work, but didn't return them because, hey, I'm on vacaction. I was putting my golf clubs on my cart and got another call from work. This one I answered. When my now former boss told me, I asked why in the hell did he tell me I was let go when I was on vacation, the jackass said he didn't want me to find out 'through channels." I should have billed the bastards for my green fees that day because I freaking shot 107 and I'm a five handicap golfer.
In a similar situation when I was in college, a guy I knew was told he was fired from his job by email on the first day of spring break while at the beach. He went to the local bookstore, pulled 100 subscription cards from magazines, filled out his bosses home address and checked the "bill me later" box on all the cards. Genius.
Nope never fired. But my CPA taught me how to skim/embezzle from 2 clothing stores I owned in the early 70's to the early 80's. I took myself for a lot. :lol:
