So,I've been fired for something of a mistake.

[The3rdEye]

Perhaps the way YOU worded it,but when I have no gas,no avaliable friends,and my old bike is missing a front wheel,plus its at least 2-3 miles away,Its sort of my only option.

First of, your situation isn't entirely your fault, with the tardiness, the irresponsibility, etc, but only in the same way the earth isn't entirely covered in water.

No gas - if your mother was going to drive you, why not siphon gas off her car, or the lawnmower if you're incredibly desperate

Failing that- If you can work you can have a credit card, if you can have have a credit card you can call a cab. Shoulda called a cab.

Failing that - It's only 2-3 miles away!? Call in and run, really fast.

What does the escapist think I should do here?I'm at a loss.

Suck it up buttercup move on, you might be able to squeeze something out of the art contract, but keep things amiable, (although if you actually signed away ALL your artist rights then... wow...) and get another job. Any way you look at it you diddled yourself on this one.

 

[Arionis]

Um.....get an alarm clock?

Sorry, but, the title of thread, to me at least, is a lie, albeit partially.

 

[Pyode]

I was late 1/10 times due to oversleeping.

That's still a lot.

Mostly it never mattered as I worked when I was called in,not on a strict schedule,and often the boss didn't mind.

Just because you don't have set hours, doesn't mean you are any less responsible for showing up when you are called in. If your boss calls you and tells you he needs you at the office at 9:00 AM the next day, you are just as responsible for being there as you would be if you knew two weeks in advance.

It was the fact I was late to the final production meeting which got me fired. Otherwise I could've just gotten a memo.

If it was that important, it makes it that much worse that you where unprepared.

Also, the mentality of "if it was a less important meeting, I could have just gotten a memo" is not a good one to have. If you really like your job, and you want to stay on your bosses good side, you should treat every meeting like it's important. It will make them more likely to forgive you when something does happen and you can't make it.

My advice, just take the loss and learn from it. Perhaps after this, you won't be so irresponsible at future jobs.

 

[KiruTheMant]

Perhaps the way YOU worded it,but when I have no gas,no avaliable friends,and my old bike is missing a front wheel,plus its at least 2-3 miles away,Its sort of my only option.

First of, your situation isn't entirely your fault, with the tardiness, the irresponsibility, etc, but only in the same way the earth isn't entirely covered in water.

No gas - if your mother was going to drive you, why not siphon gas off her car, or the lawnmower if you're incredibly desperate

Failing that- If you can work you can have a credit card, if you can have have a credit card you can call a cab. Shoulda called a cab.

Failing that - It's only 2-3 miles away!? Call in and run, really fast.

What does the escapist think I should do here?I'm at a loss.

Suck it up buttercup move on, you might be able to squeeze something out of the art contract, but keep things amiable, (although if you actually signed away ALL your artist rights then... wow...) and get another job. Any way you look at it you diddled yourself on this one.

I don't really have a yellow pages,I generally have anyone I need written dwn on a board. As for the Siphoning? Yeah,Thats a very good idea. The running 3 Miles in 20 minutes for a past Smoker who sits at a computer all day? I find your comedy funny sir.

 

[Plurralbles]

WELCOME TO MOTHER FUCKING LIFE, MAN! Grab a pipe and enjoy that as you pick yourself up and dust off your pants.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Accept the loss, get your own car.

seconded. Too bad your company didn't promote any sort of car pool program. There was always the options of public transit or calling for a cab as well but I guess those won't help now.

 

[The3rdEye]

I don't really have a yellow pages,I generally have anyone I need written dwn on a board.

If you have the service
Dial "411"
"Operator, how may I help you?"
"I need a cab. Now. As in Now! now."

If not,
Dial "0"
"Operator, how may I help you?"
"I need a cab. Now. As in Now! now."

As for the Siphoning? Yeah,Thats a very good idea. The running 3 Miles in 20 minutes for a past Smoker who sits at a computer all day? I find your comedy funny sir.

I am a smoker, and do computer work all day and have high BP and I would have run it. While I may not have made in in 20 minutes, they'd be at least a little more hesitant to can me given that I called ahead and then ran my ass off to the point of total exhaustion (or death, I'm pretty sure they can't fire you postmortem)rather than just throw my hands up.

 

[Brad Shepard]

Nothing you really can do Kiru, just cut your lose and try to find another job.

 

[Pyode]

That may be pushing it a teensy bit. Not watching your gas may or may not count as a bit irresponsible...

Not watching the gas in the vehicle that you rely on to get to work is absolutely irresponsible.

...but asking someone to walk 3 miles in a hurry just makes no sense.

That is not that far. Especially if all of his other options didn't pan out.

Plus he said twice a week.Being a little late shouldn't be grounds to say someone deserves to be fired.

I already corrected my post, but being late for work once every two weeks, especially for oversleeping, is still really bad.

 

[KiruTheMant]

Accept the loss, get your own car.

seconded. Too bad your company didn't promote any sort of car pool program. There was always the options of public transit or calling for a cab as well but I guess those won't help now.

Actually,I do have a car,I was just on E.

-snip-

At this point Its not irresponsibility,its overly carefreeness. The issues I faced were coincidental or accidental, and Being overprepared does NOT stop accidents

 

[Escapefromwhatever]

I did. Point in Point,All the backups backfired. I didn't watch my gas gauge,and it got stuck at the house with a Empty tank. Sadly Automatic, so no clutch popping. Friends were busy,and walking was a bit out of the way.

So you were irresponsible and didn't watch your gas gauge as well as not being willing to walk 3 miles. Not to mention you admitted to being late at least once a week, sometimes due to sleeping in. Sounds to me like you deserved to be fired.

I walked the 3 miles,or else I would have NEVER shown up at the center. As for the gas,well,that is my own fault,I admit,and I was late 1/10 times due to oversleeping. Mostly it never mattered as I worked when I was called in,not on a strict schedule,and often the boss didn't mind. It was the fact I was late to the final production meeting which got me fired. Otherwise I could've just gotten a memo.

I can see your Mom's point. She wants you to learn to take responsibility for your own actions. You had planned to go there yourself, and you didn't have enough gas. It would have been nice if she drove you, but she had no obligation to do so. This is your fault.

 

[dududf]

Get your own drivers license? Couldn't you have just borrowed the car and driven? Or do you not have a license?

 

[KiruTheMant]

I did. Point in Point,All the backups backfired. I didn't watch my gas gauge,and it got stuck at the house with a Empty tank. Sadly Automatic, so no clutch popping. Friends were busy,and walking was a bit out of the way.

So you were irresponsible and didn't watch your gas gauge as well as not being willing to walk 3 miles. Not to mention you admitted to being late at least once a week, sometimes due to sleeping in. Sounds to me like you deserved to be fired.

I walked the 3 miles,or else I would have NEVER shown up at the center. As for the gas,well,that is my own fault,I admit,and I was late 1/10 times due to oversleeping. Mostly it never mattered as I worked when I was called in,not on a strict schedule,and often the boss didn't mind. It was the fact I was late to the final production meeting which got me fired. Otherwise I could've just gotten a memo.

I can see your Mom's point. She wants you to learn to take responsibility for your own actions. You had planned to go there yourself, and you didn't have enough gas. It would have been nice if she drove you, but she had no obligation to do so. This is your fault.

Well Aware this is my fault. As for Obligation,She had none,but she also had nothing else to do,and wouldn't let me borrow her car. Also,I like the avatar,Is that Kirby with an AK-47?

 

[KiruTheMant]

Get your own drivers license? Couldn't you have just borrowed the car and driven? Or do you not have a license?

Have a license,and a car,just lacked Gas IN said car. She wouldn't let me borrow her car,so I asked for a ride,and she ignored me and confronted the neighbor about stamps,so I took off running.

 

[Pyode]

At this point Its not irresponsibility,its overly carefreeness. The issues I faced were coincidental or accidental, and Being overprepared does NOT stop accidents

Being late once every two weeks is not accidental or coincidental, it's just laziness.

Also, keeping an eye on your gas gauge is not what I would call being "over-prepared". It's just regular prepared.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

You have a car, therefore you have a license. You could have easily borrowed your mom's car. You could have taken it to the gas station to fill a gas tank, drove back home, gassed up and been on your way.

 

[theSovietConnection]

I've basically been robbed of a large amount of sprites and had my credit ripped from the credits, and due to my contract,I cannot claim or sue.

Is there anything in the contract about being summarily fired for being what is (relatively speaking) only a couple minutes late?

 

[KiruTheMant]

You have a car, therefore you have a license. You could have easily borrowed your mom's car. You could have taken it to the gas station to fill a gas tank, drove back home, gassed up and been on your way.

She wouldn't let me drive it at all though, or that option might have passed my mind (Though most likely I would've just driven it to the meeting an apologized later in her mind.)

 

[KiruTheMant]

I've basically been robbed of a large amount of sprites and had my credit ripped from the credits, and due to my contract,I cannot claim or sue.

Is there anything in the contract about being summarily fired for being what is (relatively speaking) only a couple minutes late?

Nothing in the contract about Severance of Being fired other than "Only the head of the Project can sever my employment permanently,while the directors can put me on temporary leave and appeal it" and it WAS a director. Thus the thread,so I can try and get my job back.

 

[Pyode]

Is there anything in the contract about being summarily fired for being what is (relatively speaking) only a couple minutes late?

It wasn't just a few minutes. He was late on a regular basis, mostly due to oversleeping. Also, the reason he couldn't make is on time was not because his mom wouldn't take him. It was because he irresponsibly let his car run out of gas and his mom wouldn't bail him out.