Fired from first sales job for not asking for permission to go on break.
24f. Just like the title says. I was fired yesterday for not asking my boss (who literally wasn’t even there because he left early) for permission to go to break.
My last job laughed in my face when I would ask to go on break. They told me, “you’re a grown woman. You don’t need to ask.” My boss had never told me I needed to ask before. I put in my teams status “out on break”.
He blew up my phone the entire time I was on break. I didn’t respond because I was at lunch with a couple of other coworkers and didn’t see his messages until we were driving back to the office. We only stayed out for an hour, we get an hour for lunch. When I came back into the office he messaged me and asked where I was. I said “on break.” He went off on me saying that it was unacceptable to leave without getting his permission. I told my other coworker (who was in the building) that I was going on break and he said “okay.” So I didn’t think it was a big deal. I went at 11am and came back at 11:55.
He came back into the office just to fire me and tell me to pack my stuff up. I was shocked.
My car was in the mechanic so my dad took me to work yesterday. They fired me at 1pm and I had to wait for an hour and a half outside with all of my shit for my dad to pick me up. My boss knew that I didn’t have my car that day because I had told him the day before. I obviously was sobbing and everyone was staring at me through the window.
On top of that I broke my 10 months of sobriety with alcohol and got so drunk. I drank two buzzballs and half a bottle of wine. I was throwing up from 2am-8am.
I feel like the biggest loser in the world.
Edit: First time I’ve ever been fired, and to have it be like that obviously stung more.