sugabeetus

sugabeetus t1_iubltv0 wrote

I got fired once because I told a supervisor she wasn't allowed to deny me my legal break (it started as a misunderstanding; I thought I was closing and had to work for a few more hours, I had been working at least 6 hours and finally had a chance to grab a bite to eat, but it turned out I wasn't closing and only had about 10 minutes more of work after that, but by the time she told me I'd been on break for 5 minutes and was halfway through my food, so I said I'd just finish up my 10, do my end of shift stuff and go, she insisted I get up immediately and I said that's illegal). Unknown to me, she called one of the managers that night to complain about me. I showed up for my next shift and the manager pulled me into the tiny office, stood over me yelling and swearing (about the weirdest unrelated stuff, too, like he heard I had said I didn't like his cousin that he'd hired??) because he'd been bothered at home on his night off about it. Like I was the one who called him. After a few minutes I calmly said, "I am not going to be yelled at," and left the office. He fired me on the spot. I went home and the first thing I did was type up the entire situation, I didn't even know why. Just to get it out. That was lucky because when I filed for UI, he lied to them and said I was fired for "insubordination" so I printed out my statement and sent it in. I also sent it to the state labor board, in case they wanted to look into the break policy there. I never heard about that but I did get my unemployment. The letter actually said something like, "we have determined that the employer's claim was false." I don't know if they were trying to make a point or if that was just the usual language.

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sugabeetus t1_irvck0x wrote

I started treatment for ADHD which is going well. A little too well, because I forget to stop working. I have set alarms every hour of my workday to remind me to get up, stretch, walk around the apartment, do a load of laundry, etc. It's good for my eyes to take breaks as well.

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