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I got "terminated" from work today. It was my last day so I guess they just processed me early. But they acted as if they wanted me out of there and fast.
I had no ride home, so I called my step-father and he ended up leaving work to pick me up. he was ok with it though. He said he'd be there at 10:30.
They didn't wanna wait that long so they said they'd call a Cab. I called my stepfather and he said he'd l;eave early and get me immediately.
On the way home, Charles, my neighbor and employer, called me saying he got phone calls ringing off the hook saying things like...
"We cannot find the work Logan has been working on for the past week."
"Logan and Lauren (my sister) had attitude problems and weren't approachable."
"Logan and Lauren played video games on the clock and were paid for doing nothing."
"Because Logan's work cannot be found, this will become a legal issue that will be sent to court."
Charles and I are completely confused. He said he was going to a meeting to discuss this so he asked me if I can provide any information. Well...this is basically the things I said.
1) My work is on the shared file. I had overwritten the old documents with the ones I edited so they're all there. And to prove it, I had printed out all 500 pages and handed them in on friday.
2) I had no attitude problems at work at all! I didn't wanna get in trouble for having an attitude. And Lauren was the same way. We both were friendly people!!!
3) Video games? Lauren didn't play video games! I didn't either! I browsed the internet, yes, but I didn't play video games! If you wanna know who played video games, then everyone did. Flash games like tetris and pac man and computer games like mindsweeper. Everyone was guilty of that.
4) WTF?! Why would I wanna steal work from McGraw-Hill? They think I was stealing information like I was some kind of god damn spy. And its a legal issue that will be in court? WTF?!?!?!
5) Finally...if I was such a problem, why didn't they approach me earlier? If I wasn't doing work on time, why didn't they come up to me and say "Logan, you're not doing your work on time, so speed it up." Or "Logan, you're not being paid to be on the internet. If it happens again then you're going to be fired." I got NO coaching. Period. I was never talked to about any of this. If I was such a problem over these 3 months, why did they wait until my LAST DAY to call Charles and tell him all of this? If they needed the work done sooner or if there was concern about my working habits and behavior, they should have talked to me, e-mailed me, called me, or whatever. They should NOT wait until my last day and then drop the bomb on me for which I will have a hard time to recover. I turned my work in on time, I didn't steal anything, and I did NOT have an attitude problem. I will not deny I spent time on the internet, but I did not play video games. Everyone else did.
So yeah...I'm freaked out right now. Literally. I'm shaking. More in fear than in anger. Whats happening? Why is it happening? Why couldn't this be addressed sooner so it could have been resolved sooner? Why? And now I'm gonna be in trouble with the law? WTF is going on?!
I don't know what to do!
I had no ride home, so I called my step-father and he ended up leaving work to pick me up. he was ok with it though. He said he'd be there at 10:30.
They didn't wanna wait that long so they said they'd call a Cab. I called my stepfather and he said he'd l;eave early and get me immediately.
On the way home, Charles, my neighbor and employer, called me saying he got phone calls ringing off the hook saying things like...
"We cannot find the work Logan has been working on for the past week."
"Logan and Lauren (my sister) had attitude problems and weren't approachable."
"Logan and Lauren played video games on the clock and were paid for doing nothing."
"Because Logan's work cannot be found, this will become a legal issue that will be sent to court."
Charles and I are completely confused. He said he was going to a meeting to discuss this so he asked me if I can provide any information. Well...this is basically the things I said.
1) My work is on the shared file. I had overwritten the old documents with the ones I edited so they're all there. And to prove it, I had printed out all 500 pages and handed them in on friday.
2) I had no attitude problems at work at all! I didn't wanna get in trouble for having an attitude. And Lauren was the same way. We both were friendly people!!!
3) Video games? Lauren didn't play video games! I didn't either! I browsed the internet, yes, but I didn't play video games! If you wanna know who played video games, then everyone did. Flash games like tetris and pac man and computer games like mindsweeper. Everyone was guilty of that.
4) WTF?! Why would I wanna steal work from McGraw-Hill? They think I was stealing information like I was some kind of god damn spy. And its a legal issue that will be in court? WTF?!?!?!
5) Finally...if I was such a problem, why didn't they approach me earlier? If I wasn't doing work on time, why didn't they come up to me and say "Logan, you're not doing your work on time, so speed it up." Or "Logan, you're not being paid to be on the internet. If it happens again then you're going to be fired." I got NO coaching. Period. I was never talked to about any of this. If I was such a problem over these 3 months, why did they wait until my LAST DAY to call Charles and tell him all of this? If they needed the work done sooner or if there was concern about my working habits and behavior, they should have talked to me, e-mailed me, called me, or whatever. They should NOT wait until my last day and then drop the bomb on me for which I will have a hard time to recover. I turned my work in on time, I didn't steal anything, and I did NOT have an attitude problem. I will not deny I spent time on the internet, but I did not play video games. Everyone else did.
So yeah...I'm freaked out right now. Literally. I'm shaking. More in fear than in anger. Whats happening? Why is it happening? Why couldn't this be addressed sooner so it could have been resolved sooner? Why? And now I'm gonna be in trouble with the law? WTF is going on?!
I don't know what to do!