Idiot Gets Fired for Being a Creep, Uses Same Job as Reference, Doesn’t Think It’s a Big Deal

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    Product - Posted by u/thunderkerg 5 hours ago 25 "Tell them the truth" you mean how you were fired because of misconduct? Okey dookey. OC L To be clear, this isn't my story, it's my sister's. She randomly told me this last Friday when I dropped by for dinner, and I just thought it'd fit this sub. Her previous employment was with a branch of a Swedish retail store. They sell expensive, luxurious furniture. When my sister was working there they had about 20 people working the floor, the highest be
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    Font - Each person in this higher office covered a different part of the store. There were, iirc, an accountant, a biller, an HR, a purchaser, and a Head Office, to whom basically everyone reported. My sister was the biller (I never cared enough to ask her what exactly her job was). The purchaser, let's call him Jack, was a competent guy. He did his job to near perfection and would often help others with theirs, as well as went out on the floor interacting with people. But, apart from the high o
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    Font - Until one day, when the boss (the Swedish guy) came in. He would often work remotely and only came in during disarrayed hours. Apparently, when he's about to enter the store, he saw, from outside the window, Jack pestering a female floor attendant. She was clearly very annoyed. The boss observed for a while and eventually caught the guy placing his hand on her thighs. He immediately called the office, all 5 of them, into a meeting, and asked Jack to clarify his intentions. Jack said they'
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    Font - But, because the boss was not from my country, he saw this as a major issue. Despite Jack trying to plead that it's nothing, he decided to launch a store-wide investigation, into the high office as well (my sister included) because he thought they were covering for Jack. My sister said she actually thought she'd be fired, or at least reprimanded, she had never seen him so serious before. The result was... alarming. Each and every female floor attendant (6 or 7 of them) said they'd been pe
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    Font - After a week and a half, another meeting was scheduled, in which Jack was given the option to resign or be fired. No action was taken against everyone else in the high office, but they were told (quite firmly) that this kind of neglect could never happen again. Even at that meeting, Jack's still insisted that it was nothing. He'd spent the whole duration of the investigation complaining to everyone in the store, including the people he's harassed, that the boss was overreacting. People ju
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    Font - Jack -"Yes, I believe I had done my work well enough for you guys to put on a good word" It's true, he's very efficient. In fact, they'd had a hard time finding his replacement, they ended up taking a portion of his work for months while looking for someone suitable. Head Office lady -"But... the commotion...?" Jack -"Oh that, I'm sure it's nothing. Just tell the truth and I think they'll understand" Head Office lady, still baffled -"But... but..." Jack -"Look, I won't ask for more, if so
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    Font - When she got off the phone, she was still stuttering. When everyone knew what happened, they were as well. Nobody knew what to do with it, so they informed their boss. He said it's fine if that's what Jack wanted. Starting the following day, he'd come to the store every day. He also instructed everyone that if it's a call about Jack, it's to be directed to him. I think I also need to mention that after almost 7 years living in VietNam, he can speak decently enough. When the call finally c
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    Font - Boss -"(praising Jack with words that would make even the ugliest of witches look like a fairy godmother)" Also boss -"Anything you'll need to worry about? Oh it's just that incident that gave us no choice but to let him go" The other side asked something Boss -"I'm sure he's told you, but he put his hands on one of our female employees without her consent" The other side -"(gasped)" (okay I imagined this one) The other side asked something Boss -"Yes just once..." He did pause at this Th
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    Font - Boss -"... that I caught him. Every other instance happened without my presence." The other side asked something else Boss -"Yes, I have the meeting record in which he agreed to resign in order for us not to take further actions." The other side said something Boss -"Sure, just contact me via this number. If you want to know anything else I'd be happy to help." Two days later Jack called the Head Office lady again to ask if anyone contacted them for his reference. She said yes and assured

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