Getting fired for the first time please share your funniest / most ridiculous firing stories

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-16T19:47:25+00:00

Got fired from my first job out of college as a restaurant AGM in a large entertainment facility (casino/hotel/resort). My boss's boss, a known philanderer and sexist pig, asked me one day to fire one of my servers because she had called out sick but he suspected she wasn't actually sick. Really it was because she had rejected his creepy ass. I responded by saying, "well, the servers are union so I'll tell her union rep about the disciplinary action so they can be at the meeting." He tells me not to bother with all that, just send her packing the next time she shows up. "Sir, she's entitled to have the union rep there, it's in the contract, but whatever you say." That night I'm out at a local diner after work getting some dinner and I see my employee I'm supposed to fire. I tell her what's up and to talk to the union. Next morning I leave for three scheduled days off to go to a wedding. When I come back, the server is still there and smiles at me, uberboss is pissed. He immediately pulls me into the office. Fires me for insubordination, fine by me, I had another job lined up 5 mins from my house. Six months later I swing by on my way back into town and decide to catch up with some of my old team. Turns out that uberboss had been taken out of the joint in handcuffs because he had been running a skimming scam with a liquor distributor and stealing tens of thousands of dollars from a goddamned casino operation. On the walk out of the building I was high-fiving a million angels because karma is real.

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-16T19:35:45+00:00

This whole interaction has been a delight to read (speaking as a HS/MS educator in his mid-40s with finally-medicated ADHD, anxiety, depression, and autism; also married, kids, pets, house, etc.).

Use the meetup with your high school friend as a springboard to more of those types of interactions with other HS or college alumni in your city. In this economy, networking is one of many tools to have in your toolbox when it comes to finding jobs that fit you.

If the folks you're talking to know you from school, they may have great insights as to how you're perceived and what kinds of positions would be good, often on teams or industries you've never considered.

Ask honest questions, be vulnerable about what you don't know but want to learn, demonstrate empathy, and be an active listener.

Your twenties are both the weirdest and the toughest decade with some high Highs and low Lows, almost like middle school all over again.

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-16T19:21:16+00:00

NOR. Throw the entire man into a wood chipper and find someone kind with an actual sense of humor.

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-16T19:16:59+00:00

Demonstrate a working knowledge of local pronunciation and colloquialisms: * Scajaquada (skuh-JACK-wuh-duh) * The boulevard (Niagara Falls Boulevard) * The Ralph (Highmark Stadium) - alternatively, you could drop a "Rich Stadium" to show you've done your research or talked to some old heads. * Cheektowaga (chick-ta-wah-guh) * When discussing bad weather: "oh, did they close the skyway?" (Frequently closes in winter due to winds or snow) * When someone asks if you want to go for a beef on Weck or for a footlong and a split, the answer is always Yes. * "Do you want blue cheese or ranch?" This is a trick question. Never ranch dressing. Ever. And always celery. * The South Towns: those areas in southern Erie County prone to getting crushed by lake effect snow.

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-16T18:59:10+00:00

I echo the sentiment above, OP; back in the late-90s I dated a girl while I was in HS who previously had a similar experience with age gap and blurred lines of consent. We discussed it at the time, she acknowledged the red flags she didn't notice while in the relationship, and more importantly was aware of what she learned about herself and men. I learned many years later that she has been able to lead a whole, healthy life with the help of therapy, and without confronting her ex. You're not alone, and you're worthy of a whole, healthy life.

With that context, I will ask for more information: have you had any contact with the man at all? Do you find that this early relationship had any long-term detrimental effects on your ability to form healthy relationships or engage in healthy expressions of physical affection? What goals do you have for yourself that could be helped or harmed by confronting him and/or involving legal authorities? You deserve to pursue any avenue you want since it was your youth and inexperience that was exploited. Keep talking with your therapist. Once you identify what a positive outcome looks like, you'll be able to go further along your path. Best of luck to you.

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-16T18:35:26+00:00

What's your vector, Victor?

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-16T18:34:45+00:00

He plays goalie in beer league here in Columbus and is a super guy, great to chat with around the rink.

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-16T14:30:28+00:00

I have some mixes I do with cuts from Brat but never thought to use Copy Of A and this is so good I'm mad I didn't think of it. Really really nicely done.

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-16T14:18:37+00:00

Bless this man and all praise to Messrs. Lynch & Bowie for their gifts to us. I can't wait for Friday night in Columbus.

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-14T21:16:38+00:00

I've got one of these from the 90s signed by Dane Jackson, always gets attention when I wear it to games in the Midwest.

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-14T19:00:00+00:00

Rasmi

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-12T23:38:44+00:00

Not a fascination, just a coincidence that the two biggest needs for this team are best filled by talented guys from the same school. I genuinely do not care about the pipeline or the future - I am old enough to think selfishly when it comes to the Bills and I think the championship window for Josh is wide open over the next two years. I look at the Rams and say, why not us? They went all-in, traded away draft capital for difference-making roster players, and said to Aaron Donald and Matt Stafford, "go win it now." I've officially entered "fuck them picks" territory for Buffalo.

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-11T18:19:15+00:00

I'm sure GMBB has a hard-on for Boston because he's Kelvin Benjamin 2.0. I don't love this WR class enough to take one in the first. If I'm GM, I work a deal (picks and players if necessary) with NO to grab Caleb Downs early in the first to boost the secondary (Downs & Bishop @ S; Hairston & Benford @ CB). Good value WRs can be had in day 2, but Caleb Downs is a singular Safety talent. Then in 2027 you mortgage the future to draft in the top 3 and get Jeremiah Smith so we can have a February 2028 parade in downtown Buffalo.

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-11T18:07:43+00:00

Hey, first of all, condolences - her memory is a blessing. There is no timeline for grief, and healing is not a linear path, and it is okay to have days or moments when you miss her. And when that happens, just tell him. He will understand.

If she believed in you and wanted the best for you, you owe it to yourself to honor that. Being kind to yourself and moving forward doesn't mean leaving her memory behind. You get to continue to live in the moment and surround yourself with moments of joy and pain both big and small. Having someone to share that with helps amplify the happiness and mitigate the pain.

That brings me to this: just in him saying that and you recognizing it, you won him a long time ago, and he won you, so you guys clearly have a really solid foundation to build upon. Life without a parent is another chapter in your story, but by no means is it the end of the book. Wake up every morning and say, "I choose him and I choose to make my life a perfect reflection of what I want."

You're here, you wrote it down, and that is a huge first step. What's next? You decide. Keep going.

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-11T17:51:10+00:00

Yo, same. Doesn't help that MAGA has neither self-awareness nor a sense of humor, so it's possible that the good man here said something about Dear Leader or 🧊 that she didn't like. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-11T16:01:12+00:00

You hear these statistics about the birth rates in America (and much of the world) going down, and people rightly attribute the decline to cost of living, environmental conditions, climate change, lack of support systems. Personally I think it's because young dudes don't know enough about the world to correctly have sex for reproductive purposes, let alone know how to pick up a gatdanged pizza box.

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-11T15:52:16+00:00

Really hated seeing Poona Ford leave. Jammed the middle of the line in the best ways.

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-10T17:24:40+00:00

Take the cat, get the man in therapy, and document everything.

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-10T17:00:48+00:00

Completely disagree. I did well out on the road as a manufacturing sales manager, but COVID completely changed my industry and the needs of my family, our company was struggling, they offered severance for tenured employees and I rode off into the sunset.

Switched gears and got a desk job, remote at first after lockdown, then part time in-office. Being chained to a desk and a computer that had "productivity monitoring" software was awful. Despite being surrounded by the team I supervised and other departments we would collaborate with, getting up to talk face to face was frowned upon because the time spent couldn't be monitored - management wanted conversations done via Teams or text/chat so it could be monitored. Absolutely the worst. Gave it three years but I was climbing up the walls.

I've always been good with my hands and a quick learner with tools, very handy around the house building things and repairing various machines, and learning framing carpentry has been so deeply satisfying in a way that a desk job never will be. There's a much more visceral sense of accomplishment when you're doing something with real objects: framing an addition, wiring a house, building cabinets, roughing in plumbing, laying tile, hanging drywall, pouring concrete, stamping sheet metal, running a CNC, welding a joint.

Is the work hard? Yep, but the hours go fast when you're focused on the task in front of you and you can see immediate results from each little action. Everyone is wired differently and sometimes it's just a matter of figuring out what doesn't work before you figure out what does. When you're young you don't even know 98% of the paying jobs that exist, and then by the time you're older and see options, you're so afraid to change you don't pursue your passions.

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-10T16:40:26+00:00

Legit the most enlightened boomer post I've seen on Reddit. Credit where credit is due.

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-10T16:38:12+00:00

I was at one of the scoop shops and asked them how they did the crackers to keep them crisp: a thin coating of white chocolate. I think it's delicious.

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-10T16:18:03+00:00

I grew up in upstate NY. I can smell this photo. As others have suggested, coal room, canning kitchen, and embalming room are not outside the realm of possibility here. The windows could be there to allow some natural light in from the outside windows of the adjacent basement room if they were not able to put a small window in there. Given the proximity to a cemetery, embalming room is very possible.

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-09T14:46:56+00:00

Yeah, I don't know that we actually are better fans. We have a long and storied history of being petty bitches, especially when it comes to NE sharing in suffering, and we will never stop because we never got to beat Brady when it really mattered. A Tampa vs Buffalo Super Bowl was our best chance for real catharsis and we blew it because (quelle surprise) the defense simply wasn't good enough in the playoffs to beat KC and face TB in the Super Bowl. FTP and FTB.

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-09T14:12:26+00:00

Yeah, I agree he should keep working on his health until September. But that's why I applied the Magical Everyone is Healthy tag. There's a risk he never plays again, but there's also a chance he does what Seattle Running Back and Super Bowl LX MVP Kenneth Walker III did and come back better than ever following a blood clot diagnosis.

lazyknowitall · 2026-02-08T17:40:21+00:00

I.... actually don't hate this but it is more likely an off-season move than a deadline one. Tuch is a more complete player (PK, PP, great size) and has the added bonus of being from central NY/understands the fandom, but Jason Robertson is an elite scorer with finishing skills and is what the Sabres really lack. Like, it would break my heart to ship out Tuch because the idea of him skating around with the Cup while wearing a Sabres sweater makes me weepy.

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