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b_b  ·  3320 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Fired: Is it as bad as we think it is?

The only job I've ever been fired from was a gig cleaning and parking golf carts. It mainly consisted of me and some buddies smoking dope, stealing empty cans to return to Meijer, and playing a fuckload of free golf. On the slow days, we would race golf carts, and try to spin out into parking spots like stunt drivers. One got away from me, and I ruined the garage door to the cart barn. That lead to my firing, but apparently because I lied about it--not because I was a slacker moron who ruined other people's shit for my own amusement. That was a good lesson. You can suck at your job as much as you want, but do it with honor!

Seriously, though. Good luck at work. Losing your minimum wage job at age 15 doesn't do anything except provide a good laugh even two decades later. Losing your position when you have a family and a mortgage sounds like no kind of fun.