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calimary

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36. When I got fired AFTER the ratings went up.

Mon Jul 25, 2022, 09:22 PM

Jul 2022

I was in my early 30s. Hired for the morning shift. Did well. The ratings said so. Then the PD called me into his office and fired me. Regretfully, he said.

What he didn’t say: his longtime best buddy who’d originally turned the job down because he was in love and didn’t want to leave another city where he was - suddenly found himself out of that relationship and gig, and called his pal asking whether that job might still be open.

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How Old Were You When You Realized ... [View all] ItsjustMe Jul 2022 OP

About 30. roamer65 Jul 2022 #1

Way too late in life. egduj Jul 2022 #2

31 displacedtexan Jul 2022 #3

45 iwillalwayswonderwhy Jul 2022 #4

That's the ForgedCrank Jul 2022 #13

Yes. I also always felt my work was both worth doing and doing well, Hortensis Jul 2022 #28

Six years old, first grade Walleye Jul 2022 #5

19 meadowlander Jul 2022 #6

You shouldn't have gone back. I got myself fired on purpose which I had planned out ahead of time ArnoldLayne Jul 2022 #40

32 JanMichael Jul 2022 #7

Why would you expect to be "rewarded" for being decent? brooklynite Jul 2022 #8

Because every person in authority promised it Leith Jul 2022 #11

Sorry, can't relate to the question. brooklynite Jul 2022 #21

Boy, same here. Would I be disappointed if I had. Hortensis Jul 2022 #26

By the time I was five. 2naSalit Jul 2022 #9

Never had such a plan, nor even heard of it. Is that a thing? marybourg Jul 2022 #10

Not sure ForgedCrank Jul 2022 #12

Early twenties. lpbk2713 Jul 2022 #14

About 30? trof Jul 2022 #15

kind of 2 phases rurallib Jul 2022 #16

I spent my working life in a union job SouthernDem4ever Jul 2022 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author czarjak Jul 2022 #18

50 something. trying to break in as a painter. mopinko Jul 2022 #19

You guys are all pretty quick on the uptake. I must have been close to 40. I read books about... Hekate Jul 2022 #20

When my dad died cate94 Jul 2022 #22

Early 30s, I suppose. Way too late. Orrex Jul 2022 #23

Never happened. Just one or both of us working 40 hours a week Hortensis Jul 2022 #24

Never had such a plan JI7 Jul 2022 #25

Rewards without asking is called grace and I don't think the market place has any sanatanadharma Jul 2022 #27

Shortly after Reagan was elected, so about age 20. Meadowoak Jul 2022 #29

Sorry, but that hasn't been my experience PJMcK Jul 2022 #30

8 ancianita Jul 2022 #31

I'm working on it. Xipe Totec Jul 2022 #32

When I was 16 working as a dishwasher nt Javaman Jul 2022 #33

FWIW, this doesn't apply to me, MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2022 #34

About 30.... paleotn Jul 2022 #35

When I got fired AFTER the ratings went up. calimary Jul 2022 #36

27 Chicagogrl1 Jul 2022 #37

Never. That's bullshit. Nt reACTIONary Jul 2022 #38

12 niyad Jul 2022 #39