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TimeMachine · 03-01-2011, 12:29 PM

Funny Story.
Talk about perfect timing!
About six years ago I walked into my little minimum wage job I maintained just to get through college. Graduation was around the corner and it was time to move on. I slipped my two weeks notice into my manager's mail cubby and proceeded on about my shift until they arrived.
My manager came in later that day and briskly escorted me to the bathroom (there was no office or break room in this ramshackle dollar store) and abruptly told me I was fired as my hours were difficult to schedule around all my classes.

There it was. The once in a lifetime chance to use this phrase:

"Hey, You can't fire me, I already quit!"

Needless to say I did not serve out my remaining two weeks, I was gone that day.

Anyone else have that perfect timing line up, or was this a fluke of the universe?

chinamen · 03-01-2011, 12:41 PM

Well that is good.

TimeMachine · 03-01-2011, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chinamen

You should have taken the you are fired route because you can collect unemployment for that reason of the schedule not fitting in with your school hours. Now that you said you quit, it will be hard to collect unemployment.

Yes that is good advice most of the time, in this case I was ok as I had already signed on the dotted line for another position that was to begin in less than a month.

tigger865 · 03-01-2011, 02:25 PM

You should have accepted the firing then you could have collected unemployment.

Z3N1TH 0N3 · 03-01-2011, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tigger865

You should have accepted the firing then you could have collected unemployment.

It appears he/she already had another job lined up.

rfr69 · 03-01-2011, 05:18 PM

Not really sure what the point of this thread is.

The employer probably could have handled it better but it's understandable not wanting someone who every 10 weeks has an entirely different school schedule, can only work 2,3,4 hour shifts, etc.

Same for you, understandable that you put classes above a pt job.

Who cares though?

trs810 · 03-07-2011, 07:59 PM

i had the same thing happen. but apparently when i gave my two week notice to the clerical it was "lost" and 6 months later i was fired out of the system. i tried disputing it with corporate because i've since omitted this on my resume, (it was my first job and i was there for 2 years). it sucks.. but i've managed to get by without it on my resume