Today they fired me, and it’s my fault, i got into a job this week and was happy about it because it waa a calm kitchen,
Well, they told me to get there at 18:15, since i was afraid of being late i got there at 18:00, thing is, it was really cold and i didn’t brought a coat because there wasn’t anywhere on the store to put it
So i was quite cold, and started walking in circles in the block in front of the store,i looked at my phone and it was already 18:27, and there wasn’t anyone there yet to open the door, thing is, i really needed to go to a restroom
I took about 15 minutes to find a market, use the bathroom, and go back to the place, and when i got there the supervisor had arrived and was already on a call with the owner telling him i hadn’t come,
Well i wondered if i should explain myself, i’m not native where i live so everything i say is a bit awkward, so since he was really angry and annoyed i decided to not piss him off with any excuses and just told myself “if he asks me i’ll just say the truth”, well he didn’t ask
And then they fired me the next day, they just said something along the lines of “we’re searching for someone with more experience”
TL;DR: They got on the store late, and since i wasn’t waiting on the door they thought i just wasn’t going to show up, i got afraid of getting him angry with an excuse so i didn’t explain what happened, and that got me fired the next day
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You WERE 30 minutes late. Doesn’t matter if you were there and left.
Why weren’t you just waiting by the door/walking around in sight of it from fifteen past?
This is absolutely your fuck up, but it wasn’t because you didn’t explain yourself lmao
They didn’t think you were 30 minutes late, you were 30 minutes late. You should have either stayed close to the doors and walked in the immediate area to stay warm or just brought a coat with you in the first place.
Your fuck up was being 30 minutes late. Do you really think it would’ve made a difference if you told them 15 minutes was because you were wandering and 15 minutes was because you had to find a bathroom? Come on now. Late is late, and honestly that’s a pretty bad excuse anyway.
There is nothing to explain. You where wrong all alog and its your and only yours fault.
Had nothing to do with not explaining. You fucked up from the get go. It was cold, you didn’t wear a coat, you didn’t wait outside the place and walk around THERE, no you left the premises all together, and then showed up half an hour late on your first day. Major fuck up. Hope you learned something.
even if you explained it…just like this it wouldn’t have looked any better at all…try harder next time, like staying by the door instead of walking a block away…Jesus Christ…
Who tf is on their first day of a new job and isnt thinking “id better be fucking glued to the front door until it opens”
Your real screw up was not contacting a manager before you left your work place.
It doesn’t matter to anybody how long you stood around before hand. You can sleep in the damn carpark for all they care if it makes you on time for your shift.
When other staff arrived at work, you were NOT there.
It doesn’t matter if you were there for the last 3 hours and “just left for a minute”
When people arrived to open up, you weren’t there. When everybody began work, you weren’t there.
If you had a managers contact number you should have called or messaged. “Hey I’ve been here for a bit and the store isn’t open- I’m busting for the bathroom so I might have to run off somewhere to find one ha ha. Any chance someone will be here in a minute?”
Even if a potty run sounds like a terrible excuse, it still would have been the truth and been told BEFORE your shift started. That is the key here.
Explaining what you chose to do would not have helped. First you could have tried calling the place / anyone you had contact with, but then also should have waited around within eyesight of the door for 15 minutes.