after 3 years at sonic i got fired for eating a 1/2 price burger on burger night

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after 3 years at sonic i got fired for eating a 1/2 price burger on burger night

Reply #15 – July 15, 2008, 07:47:33 PM

Make fun of my parts car like i give a not like i have not listen to that for 3 years now i can take more abuse than i should and that why i worked at sonic for 3 years. So forget sonic and they can replace me with groups of people but they can't get a single person to do what i did for the same price or even close.

Theres really not much being left out other than i think i got set-up because i am to honest and i don't think some people can stand the turth or their mistakes being told outloud.

after 3 years at sonic i got fired for eating a 1/2 price burger on burger night

Reply #16 – July 15, 2008, 07:51:04 PM

:poke:

after 3 years at sonic i got fired for eating a 1/2 price burger on burger night

Reply #17 – July 15, 2008, 07:52:22 PM

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Make fun of my parts car like i give a

There was a time not too long ago that it WASN'T your parts car. Besides, that was meant as a joke.

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they can't get a single person to do what i did for the same price or even close

If you say so.....
Details still left out -- not surprised.
Better keep the $2 bills to pay off everything instead of getting new stuff now....
Just to let you know - an overwhelming majority of people who are fired from employment feel that they were model employees.
I guess everyone in prison is innocent as well.
Maybe reflect upon any and all transgressions that occured while at that place of employment and learn from them.

after 3 years at sonic i got fired for eating a 1/2 price burger on burger night

Reply #18 – July 15, 2008, 08:04:08 PM

You still didn't answer my questions... were you on break or on the clock when you were eating?

It makes no sense what so ever that you'd be fired for eating a burger on your break or while off the clock.

after 3 years at sonic i got fired for eating a 1/2 price burger on burger night

Reply #19 – July 15, 2008, 10:17:11 PM

i was set-up and there was only 2 or 3 people that wanted me fired so my GM fired my and my supervisor did not even want me to get fired.

Also i was on Break when i rang up and paided for the burger and it was like 6 or 7pm on Tues night which is half price burger night so at the time i paided 100% of the price and theres nothing i have really done really wrong and i don't care where i work as long as i get some overtime.

after 3 years at sonic i got fired for eating a 1/2 price burger on burger night

Reply #20 – July 16, 2008, 12:28:58 AM

Sounds like you were BURGIN HARD MAN!

after 3 years at sonic i got fired for eating a 1/2 price burger on burger night

Reply #21 – July 16, 2008, 02:01:25 AM

It sucks getting canned, but consider this. I've been fired a couple of times, and each time my life got better. Take this opportunity to make a change for the better.

You are not your job.

after 3 years at sonic i got fired for eating a 1/2 price burger on burger night

Reply #22 – July 16, 2008, 02:12:25 AM

you can work your ass off all you want working fast food, but unless your up for a management postion, your just putting more money in someone else's pocket. They'd rather have some mexican or high school kid work there then listen to you bitch about not getting a raise after working there longer then they have.

Get a job where you can move up, or where you can work as many hours for more pay. If you were making $12 an hour, you'd only have to work half as much...

after 3 years at sonic i got fired for eating a 1/2 price burger on burger night

Reply #23 – July 16, 2008, 07:44:16 AM

Not all of us feel like we were wronged when we got fired. Sometimes, some of us know exactly why, and also agree we were out of line and deserved firing. On the other hand, I was certainly wronged just before I got fired, and my reaction is WHY I got fired. The AM didn't appreciate me waiting for him in the parking lot, and went so far as having TPD drive by and advise me to leave. The WUSS!

I worked at a Mickey D's to get through college as a second job, along with building swimming pools and servicing them any available daylight hours I had. I had the grill to myself one night, and a huge tour bus pulls in. After being told numerous times not to fill up the freezer by the grill at night to avoid handling the meat any more than necessary, I got caught with barely any meat in there, and 200 hungry people in the lobby. I made a mad dash for the freezer in the basp00get, grabbed a box of meat, quickly stacked it in the freezer (mind you I was also cooking at the time). When I emptied the box, I put it on the floor, and gave it a boot to the back door. The AM, who suffered severely from recto-cranial inversion, decides to call me down in front of all the customers about booting the box back there. He was already freaked about the rush, which I was thinking "cool, finally something to do" about. I went to the point of taking my apr0n off, with the intention of leaving him with all the customers, and one counter person besides himself, but went ahead and finished the rush. When done, I asked him to come back to the grill, and told him very politely that if he has a complaint about my tactics for handling a rush by myself, to take it up with me when the rush is over and in private, but NEVER EVER talk to me that way in front of customers again. He, feeling his managerial oats, decided to yell at me again. Bad move. At this point, the store was closed, and I told him I'd meet him in the parking lot to adjust his attitude, when both of us were off the clock, and better explain how he should talk to me. I did have full intentions of wearing out a 32oz softball bat on him, but TPD convinced me I should go home. This guy had been there all of 3 weeks, and I'd worked in that store nearly 4 years. Lets just say Affirmative Action gave him a wee bit too much power, and he let it go to his head. The senior manager came in the next night, and when I showed up, he hated to let me go, but had to, lest I whip the AM's butt right there in the store. I was PO'd, but it was my last semester in school, and since all my big expenses were done and over with, I didn't care about losing the loser job.

The only problem I had with it later was filling out job applications. "Disagreement with management" is NOT exactly what any prospective employer wants to see on an application for a reason why you were fired. Fortunately for me, I was able to leave that job out of the picture because it WAS a second job.

after 3 years at sonic i got fired for eating a 1/2 price burger on burger night

Reply #24 – July 16, 2008, 08:04:35 AM

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Not all of us feel like we were wronged when we got fired. Sometimes, some of us know exactly why, and also agree we were out of line and deserved firing.

For the record I said an overwhelming majority -- that is not the same thing as "all" Those who agree with the fact that they were out of line and "deserved it" as you put it are those who learn from their mistakes.

after 3 years at sonic i got fired for eating a 1/2 price burger on burger night

Reply #25 – July 16, 2008, 08:57:02 AM

My boulder firing was quite simple actually (this was also a college side money job as a stock boy). I had made my usual July 4th plans and 2 months before the 4th I told the manager that I couldn't work on the 4th. Well, Mr. Smug Smarty Pants decides he's going to schedule me to work on the 4th anyway. I told him I would NOT be there as I had my previously decribed plans. He was effing with me for some reason - probably because we talked about his wimpy not-so-macho self at times - he knew I didn't care for him but I was always professional and did what I was told (even though us inner city kids felt like he should have his ass kicked for bringing his sorry ass whiney attitude with him to our part of town).

Anyway, July 4th came and went. He called me in the office and "released me" - I argued that he was informed about my plans 2 months in advance. He acted stupid and tried to act like he had some sort of authority over me. Bad move. Nobody who I don't respect has authority over me - nor can they give me advice once they have fired me. So, later, with another local kid who was also fired for similar personality conflicts with this little homo from a "nice" part of the city, we climbed the cliff near the store and looked down at this vehicle. Man, such giddy fun it was tossing large rocks down - especially the ones that reached the intended target. We were asked about the incident later - we denied it with the shiznit-eating grins on our faces that only "yeah, we did it, but you can prove it" people have. I'd still kick that guys ass today - even if it was over 25 years ago. Too bad it's so difficult to deny that it isn't your fist mark in his eye :D

after 3 years at sonic i got fired for eating a 1/2 price burger on burger night

Reply #26 – July 16, 2008, 02:50:34 PM

Must be much worse in the USA than Canada, when a McJob actually matters. In Canada the fast food places let employees get away with murder because they can't replace 'em. Down east all the labour has moved west, and out west nobody moves thousands of miles for a McJob, so service employees are hard as hell to find all over the country. You can't find a fast food joint, gas station, or corner store in this country without a "Help Wanted" sign hanging in a window. Some even have resorted to renting mobile signs advertising thier positions. Most have even resorted to *gasp* paying more than minimum wage...

Oh, and Carpimp: It's "PAID", not "PAIDED". Not trying to add to your woes by picking on you, but "PAIDED" has to be the worst grammatical error ever (and with you and your utter lack of punctuation, proper sentences and paragraph structure, that's saying something). Say it out loud (please don't tell me you always say it like that). It sounds stupid. For God's sake, have someone proofread any resumes you send out, or you'll be jobless for a long time...

after 3 years at sonic i got fired for eating a 1/2 price burger on burger night

Reply #27 – July 16, 2008, 03:10:25 PM

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You can't find a fast food joint, gas station, or corner store in this country without a "Help Wanted" sign hanging in a window. Some even have resorted to renting mobile signs advertising thier positions. Most have even resorted to *gasp* paying more than minimum wage...

Yeah I remember back in '97 when we were in Ontario, there were such signs out... Hell, down here it''s a revolving door...

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Oh, and Carpimp: It's "PAID", not "PAIDED".

LOL... Got that one covered... Whem someone asks..."so what'd it cost"??? I say, "give $50 for it"...

Wife makes fun saying, "Tom has never paid for anything in his life"... LOL

after 3 years at sonic i got fired for eating a 1/2 price burger on burger night

Reply #28 – July 16, 2008, 06:06:45 PM

Regardless, I've been let go for going above and beyond without question. I worked for 5 years as an armed guard for a security company. This last fall, after my son was born, and we were short of cash, So I decided to pick up extra shifts, like I had in the past. ABSOLUTELY NO REASON why management would be mad with me, as I actually WAS an model employee. The problem is that I let the company walk over me for so long...they expected it of me. So FF to this last fall, I take some extra shifts. My son (2 moths old) gets pretty sick, and 2 weeks ahead of time, I let the owner of the company know (i had a good rapport with him) that i really needed to cut down for a while. He said okay, thats fine. I gave him a few dates for doctors visits that were set in stone, a moth out. No problems yet. i even submitted it in writing. They only required a 7 day in advance warning according to the handbook. So I get to the week of the first appointment. I get my schedual. I'm working when i had requested off. I ask them why, and i get a runaround that they had nobody else to work.....so again I roll over and say, Okay, but this can't happen again. The next week...same thing. The week after, I'm pissed. Guess what I found out? They had plenty of people to work....and some of my co-workers stated that they had been wiling to work the days I needed off, but the boss said no.

I nicely tried to speak with him...but all of a sudden he was "too busy". I let it go for another week. I finally get to talk to him and he gives me a big schpeel about how I'm a supervisor and i need to help the company out. i calmly stated that i have done nothing for 5 years but help this company and cover people's asses so we didnt loose accounts. I stated also that i had NEVER been late, NEVER called in sick (even when i should have been in the hospital a couple of times) and had never even gotten a pay raise. I also said that I don't request days off. I had this time because my newborn was sick. He didn't care. my hours were cut to barely 20 a week, and by this time it was gettign to be christmas and in the dead of winter. I was promised more hours all teh time, but never got them. My children's christmas was horrible, we barely made rent, and if it wasn't for state asistance, we would have had no food on the table.

Thas why I quit...they forced me out.

Point is, i moved on to a great Job, and I'm getting paid a LOT more. And no stress, practically. you will find something man, and it will get better.

after 3 years at sonic i got fired for eating a 1/2 price burger on burger night

Reply #29 – July 16, 2008, 07:09:28 PM

drove by a few times last day all the parking lot is empty and the drive thur is the only place busy i think word is getting out but for good news.

also this I talked to the owner today and hes making my GM show the paperwork on why i got fired and my work record for the last 3 years and hes saying he wants to QUIT So i was thinking about a BMW M3 in a nice color blue not sure yet at all that would be a lot of money but maybe i will get to be GM of my old sonic.