What did you do that immediately got you kicked out of a job?

After graduating from grad school, I was having trouble finding jobs in my chosen career.

I'd ended up applying to retail jobs just to get an income.

I got hired at Old Navy. I went through training and even had one to two shifts.

Then I got hired in my chosen career. Great! I went and told one of my managers, who was totally

cool with it, and understood, and even said I might be able to stay on part-time and help out

during the holidays. Cool! Next shift, I have to tell the other manager that I got a new job. I just

clocked in to start work, told this manager, and she tells me, I can leave. I clocked back out.

I wasn't even allowed to work

that shift. I barely knew her, but just from the short interactions I had with her, she seemed like

a total jerk. I was 21, my first real, full-time job was as an apprentice in an aircraft

instrument repair shop. It was a small shop, just the owner, a bookkeeper, and myself.

I loved it and was really enjoying working with my hands and being around the aircraft all the

time.

Just as we were closing up one day, the owner got a call.

A customer needed an instrument.

Did we have it and could we send it right away?

We did have it and since it was closing time,

the owner told me to box up the part and label it. While I was doing that, he wrote a check to

UPS and left the amount blank. He gave me the check and told me it was very important that the part

get to UPS on time and to fill in the amount when I sent it. He also told me to be sure and bring back the receipt.

The owner left me to lock up and take the package to UPS on the way home. I finished boxing up

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