lol I got sacked..

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Moonbeam

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I used to wash dishes in an Italian restaurant run by the Mafia in London for 29 cents an hour, 12 hours a day. They gave me the sack too because I was smiling all the time and I washed the dishes clean. Of course when they fired me all I lost was the smell of garlic burned into my flesh. They didn't know I had a caravan of riches on its way to me.

Attitude is everything. We get mad at others for not valuing us because we don't really value ourselves. Don't forget that the kingdom of heaven is within you and you need only be a little child to open its door. And the universe fills with love when you do.
 

zanejohnson

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man things are getting pretty bad in the UK/US


my little bro for example... works HIS ASS OFF.... like he works so hard it's hard to wake him up to go to work.... he slaves...

we're a pretty wealthy family, he's the only one that has to work this hard (we all did at some point), but JESUS h CHRIST. for the $9.39/hr he makes... and they skirt around insurance by scheduling him exactly 78 hours every two weeks... how do they expect normal people to even live???

he's told me his checks are around ~$600 every two weeks after all the taxes/medicaid/etc....

that's 1200 bucks a month..... rent for a 1br in our town, is ~700-800....... RIDICULOUS.


the future in this country is HORRID for anyone who doesnt come from a wealthy background.... going it alone...your fucked, even with a spouse.... you aint gonna afford kids!!!!

welcome to third world folks.
 

Howard

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Not really. I still would of left if it was 10pounds per hour. He treated me like a slave. For example he asked me to go and buy him a meal from McDonald (Couple of times now) and once he said 'What took you so long' that point I got very very very angry and really upset me.
Well, I guess it would be fair to say that you probably aren't cut out for that sort of work.
 

zanejohnson

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OP:

dude sounds like a douchelord, nice work putting him in his place, im sure you'll feel much better now.
 

mikeford

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Well at least you have a certainty of him giving you an honest reference when you apply for your next job.
 

dr150

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My brother got fired too for telling his boss to fuck off.

It's easy to do when earning shit pay at Arby's.

....Different matter to do the same thing when you're earning 6 figs though. :\
 

Elixer

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Well, on the other side of the coin, if the job description said you were going to be a gopher, then, crying about it after the fact seems petty, calling them names after the fact, seems immature, and thinking this is all because your a 'female' (face it, there is no way you can prove what gender you are, even if you say you are a certain gender in your sig), you expect (or perceive) different behavior just because of your gender, when you have no way to know if this person does the same to everyone.

If you were not meant to be a gopher, then, you should have told them in the first place, or go to the HR department (if there was one) and the matter should have been solved much more properly.

Live and learn. :)
 

Cappuccino

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Well, on the other side of the coin, if the job description said you were going to be a gopher, then, crying about it after the fact seems petty, calling them names after the fact, seems immature, and thinking this is all because your a 'female' (face it, there is no way you can prove what gender you are, even if you say you are a certain gender in your sig), you expect (or perceive) different behavior just because of your gender, when you have no way to know if this person does the same to everyone.

If you were not meant to be a gopher, then, you should have told them in the first place, or go to the HR department (if there was one) and the matter should have been solved much more properly.

Live and learn. :)
I don't post pics all over the internet like a slag. You can come meet me irl, at Uni or skype me. FYI I don't Skype everyone you know, I'm not a cam girl. I play with people on Steam here and I use my mic and my voice is certainly female. Who knows I might be shemale. I can say anything on the internet these days and people believe me :)
Feel free not to believe me its the internet afterall, everyone lies.
OP:

dude sounds like a douchelord, nice work putting him in his place, im sure you'll feel much better now.
Yep. I feel way better now. I was so stupid though. I should of spit in his McDonald burger.. why didn't I think of that :(
Does your BF have rental income??
We live together with other Uni students. We are paying 85pounds per week but we don't pay for it, we use our grant/loan obviously we can't afford it unless we are rich :)
 
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gorcorps

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Hmm. If you are old enough to be a NetWare Head, I don't understand how you aren't old enough to know the term "sacked" is British slang for "fired" or "separated employment".
(side note. congrats, you even capitalized the 'N' and the 'W')

I suppose the other possibility is that you thought also don't understand humor or misogyny.

In other news, I typed this on my iPad. The quotes, period, and comma soft buttons all seemed to work without issue. (Written Oxford style to cater to OP)

It's used in the states too. I certainly knew what the OP meant
 

gorcorps

aka Brandon
Jul 18, 2004
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man things are getting pretty bad in the UK/US


my little bro for example... works HIS ASS OFF.... like he works so hard it's hard to wake him up to go to work.... he slaves...

we're a pretty wealthy family, he's the only one that has to work this hard (we all did at some point), but JESUS h CHRIST. for the $9.39/hr he makes... and they skirt around insurance by scheduling him exactly 78 hours every two weeks... how do they expect normal people to even live???

he's told me his checks are around ~$600 every two weeks after all the taxes/medicaid/etc....

that's 1200 bucks a month..... rent for a 1br in our town, is ~700-800....... RIDICULOUS.


the future in this country is HORRID for anyone who doesnt come from a wealthy background.... going it alone...your fucked, even with a spouse.... you aint gonna afford kids!!!!

welcome to third world folks.

Speak for yourself. We were poor enough for me to get financial aid and I took advantage of it. Now I have a job I like enough with a pay that keeps me comfortable. You don't have to have to come from money to make it, you just have to be worth a shit and do the legwork. If your brother has the work ethic you say he does he can do well, he just has to do the legwork to find the job that will pay him for it.