Employment or death. Let’s see what comes first.

    • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldOP
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      There was a burger on the menu that was dedicated to the owners daughter’s dead boyfriend who died crashing into a tree while drunk. It got a peperoncini stabbed on the top bun.

      A coworker forgot the peperoncini on the burger which sparked him to ask about why it was on the burger. It led to a rabbit hole of finding out he was the owners daughter’s dead boyfriend and my coworker asked why we were celebrating a guy who died like that not knowing who he was to the owner and her daughter.

      It’s the dumbest reason I’ve ever been fired since I was only tangentially involved.

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        That seems like an open shut wrongful dismissal case, but I really don’t know what the labour laws are in your end of the world

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          In the US? You can get fired because the manager doesn’t like the color of your shirt, or the perfume you’re wearing today. As long as they’re not being discriminatory against a federally protected class, (sex, race, religion, old age, disability, and national origin) it’s legal. Welcome to something called “at-will” employment. Meaning the employer or employee can choose to terminate their employment contract at will. They aren’t required to wait out the end of an employment contract, because the contract can be terminated by either party at will.

          And even if they did fire you for being a member of one of those protected classes, (for instance, if they fired you for being a woman, or for being black), you’d need to prove it. And unless they were stupid enough to put that shit in writing, you’ll need to do a lot of investigative work to prove a pattern of discrimination.

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          I am indeed American and can tell you most people do not get fired for things like this on a regular basis.

          It happened mere hours ago and I’m still wrapping my head around it.

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            so you’ll go to a labour tribunal to discuss whether you were legally fired? and reach a settlement where you were clearly fired for no reason which the company is not allowed to do?

            american

            oh. right. lol.

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              My dude I’m at a really low point right now and the snark is not appreciated. I didn’t vote for this shit I was just born into it. I’m dealing with it the best I can. 3 people lost their livelihood because of this.

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        I’m either misreading this or confused. You asked the coworker or you were the one explaining it to the coworker? And got fired for explaining it?

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          I got fired for being next to the coworker asking the questions. All I did was bring up that burger dude died in a car crash and was presumed to be drunk.

          Coworker asked why we celebrated him and next thing I know we’re both jobless.