Got fired today for being awesome

polkfarmboy
polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
edited July 2014 in The Clubhouse
Well I got fired from a place I worked for the past year. Made alot of suggestions to the higher up in management on Monday. Well through the week I am thinking that my words will have a positive constructive effect and resonate with the higher ups. Just went to work today to be greeted by the managers **** boy who politely informed me that they were letting me go.
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  • zane77
    zane77 Posts: 1,696
    edited July 2014
    Maybe they didn't like your car!
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited July 2014
    Yeah maybe lol
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited July 2014
    That suck man, sorry.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited July 2014
    Well I speak my mind and there's something wrong in this day and age where people cant speak their mind. Most folks just dont have the mental capacity for confrontation, some just need to man up and they cannot.
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited July 2014
    Do you think it might be you?
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited July 2014
    decal wrote: »
    Do you think it might be you?
    No its really not me at all because I am awesome.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,408
    edited July 2014
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    Well I speak my mind and there's something wrong in this day and age where people cant speak their mind. Most folks just dont have the mental capacity for confrontation, some just need to man up and they cannot.

    Then don't be surprised or upset about the consequences. Or try to blame someone else. Actually, a man knows when to shut the 'eff up so he can keep his job and provide for a family, etc.

    Good luck to you

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  • SDA1C
    SDA1C Posts: 2,072
    edited July 2014
    Some people just cant handle the truth PFB. Sorry you had to learn that the hard way. Good luck. Hope you find work soon.
    Too much **** to list....
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,976
    edited July 2014
    This is for real?
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited July 2014
    Jstas wrote: »
    This is for real?

    You mean my termination? Sure is, me being awesome? subjective lol. Really guys if I never opened my mouth last week then today I would be employed. Never late, never missed days to illness etc...
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,878
    edited July 2014
    Dang, you broke your job ?!

    Good luck, PFB. Base upon your history of landing in **** and coming out smelling like roses, you'll do okay.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,976
    edited July 2014
    Shenanigans
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    You're just jealous 'cause the voices don't talk to you!
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
    edited July 2014
    Things could be worse.....at least you are not fixing to lose your NBA team because your comments didn't fit someone else's agenda....
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,687
    edited July 2014
    And here I thought I had it bad because my fantasy curling team is in the dumps.......
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited July 2014
    Yesssss.
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  • Moose68Bash
    Moose68Bash Posts: 3,843
    edited July 2014
    polkfarmboy,

    I'm sorry you lost your job.

    As a retired HR executive, I'll give you a bit of friendly commentary:

    There are two aspects to giving the "boss" advice -- the substance of your advice and how you deliver it. If suggestions for improvement are delivered sincerely and calmly with a clearly positive attitude, they should be well received by any manager who is committed to growing his/her business.

    On the other hand, if advice -- no matter how well meant -- is delivered arrogantly and truculently, it will likely neither be heard nor appreciated.

    My advice to you is that you reflect on the incident that appears to have brought about your termination and consider how you could have changed your behavior to achieve a different outcome.

    My mother used to tell me, "Remember, Son, when you point your finger at somebody else, three fingers are always pointing back at you!"
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,545
    edited July 2014
    In todays limpdick society, "tell me what you really think" means "tell me what I want to hear."
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,687
    edited July 2014
    Moose68Bash wrote: »
    My mother used to tell me, "Remember, Son, when you point your finger at somebody else, three fingers are always pointing back at you!"

    When I point a finger at somebody..... three fingers are pointing to the ground :wink:
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  • Moose68Bash
    Moose68Bash Posts: 3,843
    edited July 2014
    EnderShadow,

    You are so vulgar! :~)

    Come on, act like a real Hoosier!. You'll give us bad name!

    Cheers,

    A Bedford Stonecutter
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited July 2014
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    You mean my termination? Sure is, me being awesome? subjective lol. Really guys if I never opened my mouth last week then today I would be employed. Never late, never missed days to illness etc...

    How did it go down? What were the circumstances that led to your termination?
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,687
    edited July 2014
    Moose68Bash wrote: »
    EnderShadow,

    You are so vulgar! :~)

    Come on, act like a real Hoosier!. You'll give us bad name!

    Cheers,

    A Bedford Stonecutter

    I do act like a real Hoosier.

    Every night before I go home, I shoot 100 free throws :wink:
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  • Moose68Bash
    Moose68Bash Posts: 3,843
    edited July 2014
    Amen, Bro!

    Three cheers for Bobby Knight!
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited July 2014
    It seems that what they are missing is a method for measuring "Awesome" in that company or you would have been golden.
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,321
    edited July 2014
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    When I point a finger at somebody..... three fingers are pointing to the ground :wink:

    I think that is known as limp wrist. :eek:

    Limp_Wrist_hemsida_2.jpg


    Or you might just have arthritis. Take some Ibuprofen. :biggrin:
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,687
    edited July 2014
    Moose68Bash wrote: »
    Amen, Bro!

    Three cheers for Bobby Knight!

    I forgot to add, I throw a chair on my way out the gym...
    Hermitism wrote: »
    I think that is known as limp wrist. :eek:

    Or you might just have arthritis. Take some Ibuprofen. :biggrin:

    HA! Its from watching all those VCR tapes with the wavy lines during those one parts :wink:
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
    edited July 2014
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    When I point a finger at somebody..... three fingers are pointing to the ground :wink:
    When I point at someone...my middle finger is usually in the 12o'clock position.....Happy Monday all!!!
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  • Moose68Bash
    Moose68Bash Posts: 3,843
    edited July 2014
    Well, the "one-fingered salute" at high-noon position usually points straight up -- that is, toward the heavens.

    I'm not sure I want to place blame in that direction for too many events. However, the three fingers then point downward, and sending blame that way makes a bit more sense.

    Cheers!
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited July 2014
    Couldn't have said it better myself. PFB you have zero tact, and it shows in the ridiculous history you have here.

    I hope you saved up a rainy day fund and didn't blow it on tons of stupid stuff you don't need.
    Moose68Bash wrote: »
    polkfarmboy,

    I'm sorry you lost your job.

    As a retired HR executive, I'll give you a bit of friendly commentary:

    There are two aspects to giving the "boss" advice -- the substance of your advice and how you deliver it. If suggestions for improvement are delivered sincerely and calmly with a clearly positive attitude, they should be well received by any manager who is committed to growing his/her business.

    On the other hand, if advice -- no matter how well meant -- is delivered arrogantly and truculently, it will likely neither be heard nor appreciated.

    My advice to you is that you reflect on the incident that appears to have brought about your termination and consider how you could have changed your behavior to achieve a different outcome.

    My mother used to tell me, "Remember, Son, when you point your finger at somebody else, three fingers are always pointing back at you!"
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited July 2014
    Moose68Bash wrote: »
    ...There are two aspects to giving the "boss" advice -- the substance of your advice and how you deliver it....

    Delivery method aside, I'm interested in what the "substance" was...
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,885
    edited July 2014
    All this over a job at McDonalds????
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