'I wasn't "loyal" to this dealership': Car dealership employee quits on the spot after boss's firing joke goes wrong

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Sep 28, 2024 11:00 AM EDT

This dude's former boss had an interesting idea of what loyalty meant. 

It's an odd query: should you shop where you work? If you work at a restaurant, would they expect you to eat their food? Or if you work at a clothing store, would your boss be offended if you showed up wearing clothes from a different store? It depends on the workplace, but it's a bit strange to force requirements like this on your employees. I mean, don't show up to your retail job wearing the competitor's clothing… but what about if you work at a car dealership and you have to purchase a vehicle? 

This person shared a story about their workplace act of malicious compliance. It seems like u/Dwardo225's boss had a mean streak in his sense of humor: he "fired" his employee as a joke. If you've ever been fired for real, you know how upsetting it is to suddenly lose your income. A lot of people live paycheck to paycheck, and that's no laughing matter! You can check out this person's story below and see for yourself how they handled their boss's unkind words. 

Next up, check out these hilarious online shopping mishaps, like one person who received some fake Airpods in a case the size of wallet!

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    manager told me I was fired as a joke so I quit.
    via u/Dwardo225
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    I worked for a car dealership as a lot porter. I had gotten into an accident that totaled my car right as I was purchasing a house. Which led to a predicament because you don't want to buy a new car while buying a house. Shortly after buying the house I found a different job in a field I love
    via u/Dwardo225
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    So I put in my 2 weeks notice and then I went and bought a from a different dealership because my wife wanted a specific car that my dealership did not sell. I also knew how slimy the one I worked for was. A few days after the purchase of both house and car, one of the sales managers asked me if I was ready to buy a car
    via u/Dwardo225
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    from him. I didn't disclose the fact to anyone that i bought from a different dealer. I informed him I already bought one, so he looks at me in the most serious face and asks if I wanted to pack my things, basically because i wasnt "loyal" to this dealership.
    via u/Dwardo225
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    Knowing I already had a better job that was able to start me immediately, I said sure and turned and walked away to pack my things. He then realized I wasn't going to put up a fight, so he immediately started laughing and told me he was joking. And how they would never fire anyone for giung somewhere else. But I already knew a few people that had gotten fired for that exact reason.
    via u/Dwardo225
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    I told him I don't appreciate being fired as a joke, because first I do have a 1 1/2 year old and if I didn't have a job lined up he could have seriously hurt me financially. But I ended up leaving feeling relieved because this was not a good job.
    via u/Dwardo225
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    The funny thing is, he called me about 30-45 minutes after I left because I had left keys to multiple brand new trucks in my desk that had to have the plastic removed and get parked. Turns out since he "fired" me they made him take care of the stuff.
    via u/Dwardo225
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    I am now fully enjoying my new job with the best bosses I've ever had! I know I probably took it to far but I dont regret it.
    via u/Dwardo225
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    Edit: there was a few good sales managers that really cared and i don't want to throw them under the bus. But the job got too tiring because of the bad ones. I hope this made sense as I am writing this when im so freakin exhausted and sick.
    via u/Dwardo225
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    Icy-Access-4808 I would have filed an unemployment claim because he fired you for no fault of your own and then stopped claiming it when I started my new job. It gets billed to the dealership's Ul So...
    via u/Icy-Access-4808
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    If someone ever "fires you" when you are going to quit? LET THEM. File for unemployment. Enjoy the extra paycheck or 2.
    via u/Icy-Access-4808
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    alwayssummer90 This reminds me of a story I read somewhere in Reddit a few months ago about a guy that got "fired" as an April Fools joke. The person that fired him was calling him the next day asking where he was, and he was like "you fired me, remember? I'm home."
    via u/alwayssummer90
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    Tonsti I worked at a dealership as a photographer for several years. I absolutely loved the job, but the people I worked with were some of the scummiest, childish, and outright horrible people I've ever worked with. They made it abundantly clear that if you weren't a salesperson, you weren't worth
    via u/Tonsti
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    [deleted] You already put in your notice and he thinks when he fires you, you won't walk away? Why wouldn't you, you obviously already have another job lined up, or you wouldn't have quit in the first place. Idiot boss.
    via u/[deleted]
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    kwflick67 Sounds like the Dealership I used to work for as a porter. I'd drive for an hour to another Dealership that sells the same make before I ever purchased from the one I used to work at. Good on you for getting a better job
    via u/kwflick67

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