![]() "At six in the morning on the big day, Joe shows up in the alley behind the big job and starts tearing into me. A big job was coming up for a personal friend of Joe's, so a top installer and I worked 12-hour days in the field for several days beforehand to complete an existing order. "Backstory: The owner (let's call him Joe) had inherited the business from his much-loved father and mistreated the still loyal and highly capable workforce. "I told off the owner of the business in front of all the vice presidents and the most important customer - in a classy way. ![]() "At this moment I blanked out, said a few choice words I can't quite recall, stormed through the back, threw my apron across the counter, and made it known that the next and last time he'd see me was when I'd return to pick up my check." - Anonymous "My aggravated response was, 'Didn't you hear the trainee say she'd do it?' The last thing I remember was his exact response: 'Boy, don't play with me.' A minute later, my manager made the same request - this time with more emphasis: 'Didn't I say to cut onions?' As she went to the back, I decided to continue the conversation with my classmate at the counter. Seeing the expression on my face, a newly hired employee jumped in and offered to do this. I told him we were getting on it soon and that we'd been busy. "He asked about how things were going and about the food prep. My manager had finally arrived back from doing who knows what. When we finally slowed down that day, I decided to take a break around two hours into my shift. ![]() ![]() My manager started taking advantage of the position by placing all of his duties on me as he walked around the mall socializing for the majority of his shift. I was 16 years old with a great work ethic, and I didn't really have anything to lose. "I was working at in the food court of our local mall. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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