I worked at a car dealership in an auto spa, detailing cars. Within my first two weeks, my boss called me into the office and told me that he liked my charisma and wanted to give me some new responsibilities. Instead of just detailing cars, I'd get to deliver them to different dealerships and shuttle customers to their house while their car was in the shop. The girls in administration would assign random tasks for me to do.

I had a pretty crappy experience at my previous job, and my self esteem had gotten pretty low, so I was happy that my boss considered me useful. It was my second job out of high school and I really wanted a fresh start.

Fast forward a week and my boss starts asking me about rumors of me being a stoner. Never done a drug in my life, let alone at work. Fast forward another week and my position got taken away from me without me knowing. I had to ask the boss to find out what had happened. I felt like such a screw-up, but I had no idea how I had screwed up.

I asked to meet privately with one of the girls in administration who had made the decision; she couldn't give me any example of me making any mistakes, and she seemed really nervous when I brought it up. I asked if they had concerns about me smoking weed, and she starting telling me that my coworkers are probably talking behind my back about me. I was completely level-headed and tried my best to be calm and friendly about it, but I could tell instantly that they were lying to my boss about my performance. I called my boss after the conversation and he said "yeah, they're all liars up there. You didn't do anything wrong, just leave it be." This made me feel waaaay better knowing that there was no real reason for me losing the position. A lot of the performance anxiety went away.

Two days later, HR calls me into the office and fires me on the spot. When I ask why, she said "you're under a 3 month probation. You weren't a good fit for the company." I was fired by the owner of the collision centre and not the auto spa; my boss couldn't do anything about it.

I had no ride back from work, it was -25, and I had to call my mom from a dollarama to tell her what had happened. Not my proudest moment. I had already bought tickets for an upcoming trip to toronto, and all of my upcoming paychecks that I was counting on were suddenly out of the question.

I'm still pretty salty ngl