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Shayme		#61	[-]
Posts: 51309 (07/26/2008 2:23 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	KiKiKelly22 wrote: I've refused to do something because I didn't think it was right, but I never walked off. I worked in a meat factory. There were a bunch of hanging salami, that needed to be stripped of the peel it comes in and then packaged to go to the store. We have people that stripped them and then it goes through a machine to package them. Well, the day they were stripped the machine wasn't working, so they put the salami in tubs and put them in the cooler to be packaged later. A week or so later, they found the salami and it still hadn't been packaged. By this time mold had grown on it. Our foremans told us to wipe down the salami to get off the mold and package it. I refused. Eww!
mEEEEchelle		#62	[-]
Posts: 2672 (07/26/2008 2:30 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	At Victoria's Secret it was my first week there and the manager asked me to organize the Very Sexy panty section, which I did and it looked amazing. Of course some asshole off the street came in, destroyed it all within thirty seconds before the manager even saw all the work I did. So, she comes out of the back office, takes a look at the fucked up table, stomps over to me and SCREAMS, "I thought I told you to organize the Very Sexy section! If you can't do what I tell you to when I tell you to then we're going to have serious problems." I mean, bitch was on a real power trip. I didn't even say anything to her, I just walked to the back, grabbed my bag and left. Then there was my first job as a bus girl. I hated the work, hated the waiters, hated the customers, hated it all, so I decided to no call no show and never go back. But my mom made me feel so bad about it that I called them on the day I was scheduled to work and read off a speech that I'd PREWRITTEN saying why I wouldn't be returning to work. It was so ridiculous. The message had to be three or four minutes long and I'm sure they all had a good laugh at my dumb ass. I now know that if you don't want to go back to a job you just... don't go back. You don't leave five minutes answering machine messages explaining why.
Hollywood Whore 2005		#63	[-]
Posts: 3665 (07/26/2008 6:38 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	I quit Walmart after working there for 2 months. it was HORRIBLE!! The customers are so trashy and ghetto, they will belittle you like you won't believe, the managers were no help. I hated it. one night i was about to go to lunch, so i turned off my light, a customer comes up and puts her shit on the counter thing, i told her my lane was closed, she started to argue with me that i needed to ring up her items because "customer's always right" blah blah blah, suddenly 3 other customers come up to my lane and start to make a line behind this bitch, i'm like "this lane is closed", they all start to gang up on me and calling me names and shit, i didn't know what to do, so i just rang the first lady up and told the other customers she was my last one, went to lunch and never went back. those assholes made me cry ( not in front of them, but as i was walking towards my car) i was humiliated by some idiots. they made me feel like shit and it just wasn't worth it. left during lunch and never went back. it was my first job, now i know better, but i don't regret quitting. I just regret not standing up for myself earlier.
justinswifey09		#64	[-]
Posts: 220 (07/26/2008 8:52 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Hollywood Whore 2005 wrote: I quit Walmart after working there for 2 months. it was HORRIBLE!! The customers are so trashy and ghetto, they will belittle you like you won't believe, the managers were no help. I hated it. one night i was about to go to lunch, so i turned off my light, a customer comes up and puts her shit on the counter thing, i told her my lane was closed, she started to argue with me that i needed to ring up her items because "customer's always right" blah blah blah, suddenly 3 other customers come up to my lane and start to make a line behind this bitch, i'm like "this lane is closed", they all start to gang up on me and calling me names and shit, i didn't know what to do, so i just rang the first lady up and told the other customers she was my last one, went to lunch and never went back. those assholes made me cry ( not in front of them, but as i was walking towards my car) i was humiliated by some idiots. they made me feel like shit and it just wasn't worth it. left during lunch and never went back. it was my first job, now i know better, but i don't regret quitting. I just regret not standing up for myself earlier. Girl you're a bigger person than me, and I'm usually pretty passive, but that lady would be waiting a long time for me to ring her shit up. I don't know why people decide to go to a store and get on their high horse. These are people who probably live in trailers, and work at the dollar store, but they need to feel better than others so at the end of the day they go and take it out on other retailers. It was the same way when I worked on mcdonalds people come in and throw a fit ofver a burger they paid 49 cents for, I'm like come on.
caryse		#65	[-]
Posts: 375 (07/26/2008 8:56 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	coboardgirl wrote: No, I've never just walked off out of a job without giving my 2 weeks or letting them know I didn't agree with their policies and just never coming back. I just couldn't do that. I just feel like, no matter how crappy that piece of the job is, if you leave, there's going to be some poor shmoe who has to pick up the slack and I'd rather give them the time to find someone to replace me. I agree. Unless something truly horrible happens, you should know the kind of shitty minimum wage jobs you're getting yourself into when you applied, and at least give them 2 weeks notice to hire someone else. Of course, that seems to be asking a lot for some people.
JulieAnne20		#66	[-]
Posts: 20299 (07/26/2008 9:02 AM) Best Debater '09 Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	WTH @ all you people walkin' off your jobs. Some I can understand. But some? Ehh...put in your 2 weeks notice and deal with it.
Gemma		#67	[-]
Posts: 19420 (07/26/2008 9:02 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Wow, I'm shocked that I'm in the minority that hasn't walked out. Unless I was seriously disrespected, I would never do that. I mean, I've had jobs that I quit because I was absolutely miserable there, but I definitely would never think to just walk out without giving notice. IMO, part of being an adult is owning up to your responsibilities, and sometimes they're not fun or enjoyable, but I just couldn't imagine not having the decency to give notice and let them find someone else just because the job wasn't right for me. Then again, I suck at quitting jobs even when I am miserable That's me to a T. On a related note of walking off the job....There is a big controversy in my area now about 2 lifeguards who were advised by swimmers at a public lake beach that there was human waste (yes, feces) in the water. They checked it out, and there must have been a MASSIVE amount. "More than one person could generate" according to reports. So, they closed the beach, (due to "maintenance") and reported the prob. to their supervisor. So far, so good. The supervisor orders the 2 lifeguards into the water to clean it up. One of them refused and walked off the job. The other one was instructed not to talk to the public or the media about it. (Lifeguard #1 had reported the brewing controversy, and now reporters wanted to get the story.) So lifeguard #2 tells what's going on, gets reprimaned for it, and then HE walks off. OSHA's now getting involved. If it was your kid, wouldn't you want to know there's shit in the water?
caryse		#68	[-]
Posts: 376 (07/26/2008 9:30 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	some people can't do the honorable thing anymore. Like, Hollywood Whore, I understand your situation becuase nobody should have to put up with that day after day. But, like, "oh, i couldn't remember the ingredients..." come on.
orodwen		#69	[-]
Posts: 17805 (07/26/2008 10:31 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Denny's: I was in high school at the time & had a job as hostess. The fill-in manager said it was too busy for me to leave when my work schedule for the evening was up so I walked. I didn't regret it but I felt sorry for the group I had just seated because I was pissed. I set their flatware down & then said, "Sorry. I can't do this.", grabbed my stuff & walked out the door. The look on the manager's face was priceless. They actually tried to persuade me to come back. I guess they knew the fill-in manager was in the wrong.
souldawg		#70	[-]
Posts: 11415 (07/26/2008 10:37 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Never walked out but only gave a week's notice once. I used to PR for a restaurant group and I was verbally abused by the boss' brother, had food thrown in my face by him. I got a better paying job, told the brother how much of an ass his brother was and gave him one week. The brother couldn't fire family but did something to where his brother was sugar and sweetness to me for the final week of employment. haven't looked back.
MonkeyMonkey85		#71	[-]
Posts: 9090 (07/26/2008 10:45 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	I've never walked off a job. But my husband did He was working at a car dealer ship, detailing cars and that sort. He was a detailer along with one other guy but he did most of the work and was treated like shit. He has been working there for about a month when he showed up half an hour late for some reason. His boss was screaming at him and then after he got done screaming at him he told him to go was his car. The night before someone had egged his car. My husband walk off and never came back. A few days later he ran into his other co-worker and the guy was like, "So I take it you aren't coming back"
Batoutofheck		#72	[-]
Posts: 5976 (07/26/2008 10:54 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	shoebaby1 wrote: Its always something stupid...I forgot that I used to work at Tony Romas and I kept messing up the hostess "rotation" or whatever and this black couple came in . They told me I sat them by the restroom because they were black. .... You know what happened next right?? I WALKED OFF! okay that was it.. all the jobs. Damn, you are hardcore. They could make a movie about you called "Runaway Employee."
Sweetie1384		#73	[-]
Posts: 13492 (07/26/2008 11:24 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Batoutofheck wrote: shoebaby1 wrote: Its always something stupid...I forgot that I used to work at Tony Romas and I kept messing up the hostess "rotation" or whatever and this black couple came in . They told me I sat them by the restroom because they were black. .... You know what happened next right?? I WALKED OFF! okay that was it.. all the jobs. Damn, you are hardcore. They could make a movie about you called "Runaway Employee." ^^^ Runaway Employee.. that is a good one!
Dolphin3000		#74	[-]
Posts: 682 (07/26/2008 12:14 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	shoebaby1 wrote: Baskin Robbins called me back and they practically begged me to come back I told them I had pink eye. They told me to come back after that and I told them " I don't know if it will ever go away" .. what was I thinking? I'm actually disappointed that I'm not still a student, because if I was I would definitely have used this for one of the crappy jobs that I had back then.
shoebaby1		#75	[-]
Posts: 18590 (07/26/2008 12:39 PM) Most Dramatic JJBer '08 Most Likely to be Online '09 Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Yeah these were all my first round of jobs when I was a teen. It was funny because I would have an interview and be hired ON THE SPOT for all of those jobs. I probably should have thought it over before just accepting but I was anxious for money to go buy clothes and shit. I have had plenty of jobs that I love I'm fucking old now 27 so those jobs are a distant memory
SweatyTOEhair		#76	[-]
Posts: 7488 (07/26/2008 1:01 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	I got hired at ulta. On my first day i found out my schedule for the rest of the week, and they had scheduled me for all the times i had told them i was unavailable because i had another job too. the manager told me to either quit my other job or find people to cover all my shifts, WHEN I DIDNT EVEN KNOW ANYONE THERE YET! then i asked her if it was just a one time mistake and if it would work out the net week, she said no she wasnt willing to always schedule around my other job. WHICH WASN'T THE CASE AT ALL AND WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HAD SHE PUT MY AVAILABILITY INTO THE COMPUTER CORRECTLY. i said id finish out the week then wouldnt beable to work there anymore. i told my mom this and she said i shouldnt even finish off the week since im not even trained in anything yet. so i never went back. im mad it didnt work out, i wanted that discount, and now im afraid to shop there. I wonder if they'll send my my paycheck for that one day, cause i want it. Edited By: SweatyTOEhair 07/26/2008 1:06 PM. Edited 1 times.
Blueluna26v		#77	[-]
Posts: 3112 (07/26/2008 1:13 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	kariya the dog wrote: I haven't but we've had 3 girls at work just walk off. One went to her car to get her cell phone on our busiest day (she'd only been there like an hour or something) and she never came back. One girl left one night and never returned. She said she'd be there in the morning when she was walking off and yup, never returned. We tried calling her the next day too (our busiest day) and she never called. We even contacted her mom, her mom didn't answer either. And then we had another girl go on lunch break and never return. Turns out she actually had another job interview during lunch and she took that job instead. Thats priceless!
Samantha James		#78	[-]
Posts: 1102 (07/26/2008 1:23 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	MissDivaDoll wrote: KimLikesBigOranges wrote: Wow, I'm shocked that I'm in the minority that hasn't walked out. Unless I was seriously disrespected, I would never do that. I mean, I've had jobs that I quit because I was absolutely miserable there, but I definitely would never think to just walk out without giving notice. IMO, part of being an adult is owning up to your responsibilities, and sometimes they're not fun or enjoyable, but I just couldn't imagine not having the decency to give notice and let them find someone else just because the job wasn't right for me. Then again, I suck at quitting jobs even when I am miserable You realize that the majority of these people said that some of these were their first job and they were 16 or 17? they weren't adults then so they didnt have that mentality. I wouldn't do the same thing now that I did then. I would tough it out for the money.
AmICrazyYet		#79	[-]
Posts: 934 (07/26/2008 1:38 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	I walked out on one job. It was the most psychotic job environment ever. I was newly married, newly moved to the area, husband deployed. The lady was sweet as pie during the interview, offering good terms and salary. I started the following day and was screamed at for 3 hours straight in another language with random personal insults in broken English. I walked at lunch.
KatieSLP		#80	[-]
Posts: 447 (07/26/2008 1:50 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	One time a staffing service sent me to a job in a law office. I think they must have got their job orders mixed up because the law office was moving and had requested someone to pack up a room full of files. I was under 110 pounds and some of the huge packing boxes they expected me to fill with file folders and move were more than that and I had to load multiple ones on a dolly and wheel them out of the file room for the proffesional movers. Another words, this was a job for a guy that was requesting a manual labor job... not me with my 110 pounds and knowledge of Excel. I still tried though because I wanted to do a good job. Plus I was 18. Stupid me . After a couple of hours I was exhausted and my back was killing me. Then one of the lawyers there came into the file room where I was already struggling and (very rudely ) told me to pack up her office RIGHT NOW because she was pregnant and not doing it. I had had it. I told her that I was sorry but that I was supposed to get off at noon (BIG LIE, 8-5 assignment), made a beeline for the elevators and was probably out of the building before she stopped throwing her fit. I did call the staffing service though on my way out and told them that I left, they sent me to the wrong job and that they needed to send someone appropriate for the job ASAP. I still got lots of work from them so I guess what I did was not that bad.

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