‘What’s the dumbest thing you’ve been fired for?’ – 23 jaw-dropping miscarriages of justice
12.
‘For correcting my boss.’
–winkisser
13.
‘I got fired from a grocery store for being too enthusiastic. They said they didn’t think it was a good fit- that maybe I should be a camp counsellor. Joke’s on them – I did go on to become a camp counsellor and I loved it. Ha.’
–omgjackimflying
14.
‘For going to work. I interviewed with the general manager of a restaurant, did the walk around, accept the offer, and got the company apron. Showed up for my first day and the assistant manager told me the general manager never let him know anything. Took my apron. GM called me to fire me at the end of my first week for ‘no call/ no show’.’
–hp640us
15.
‘Returned from vacation to find out I didn’t have a job because incompetent, scatter-brained managers thought I wasn’t coming in because I had quit. They realised their mistake and apologised and then were just like, ‘Well, we’ve already replaced you. Sorry.”
–hamilton_morris
16.
‘Got fired from a bookstore because I organised the self-help section alphabetically instead of by publisher. My manager said it would ‘confuse the customers.’ Still think I did them a favour.’
–PetitevxPrincess
17.
‘I got fired for accidentally emailing a joke to clients.’
–TenderMyrla
18.
‘Not turning up to work (It was a retail position, so no work from home) for 18 months. Not a dumb reason, more dumb that it took them that long. But hey, I enjoyed the employee discount that whole time.’
–Shaggyninja
19.
‘My sales went up. It was an inbound call center. I made a slight change to the order in which I read the upsell offer paragraphs. I didn’t change the words at all. My sales went up because I was giving the explanation and offer in a more logical order. Supervisor said, ‘Just read the script.’
‘I explained what I was doing and why. I showed the statistics. I suggested having the marketing group modify the script so everyone’s sales could similarly improve. Supervisor said, ‘Just read the script.’
‘Technically, I quit before they could fire me, but I knew the paperwork was in progress.’
–HawaiianShirtsOR
20.
‘Stealing boxes but it wasn’t me. I wasn’t even there, it was my day off.’
–JFCMFRR
21.
‘Not going to the office holiday party.’
–wu-dai_clan2
22.
‘Yawning too much. It was at a place that assembled headlights for bicycles. I wasn’t peppy enough for that particular assembly line.’
–Thebigpicture42
23.
‘The restaurant supervisor asked if I liked his new decorations. I said no, it had changed from elegant to looking like a kid’s birthday party. He fired me on the spot.
‘I kid you not, that was the entire reason.’
–FourSeasons_allday
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