15+ Employees who got fired for odd reasons: '[He] fired both me and my boss on the spot'

Getting fired from a job is rarely a pleasant experience for either the boss or employee, but sometimes it's a necessary step. 

In the good old US of A, bosses can easily fire most employees for almost any reason, no matter how silly the reason may be. If they want an employee gone, they can easily piece together an excuse to lay them off. Downsizing, restructuring, removing the role entirely… the list goes on. Not to mention that most employers don't bother giving out severance checks, either. Employees are just left to fend for themselves after months or years of having a reliable paycheck. 

These people got fired for some interesting reasons! Some stories make it obvious exactly why that worker got sent packing. But other people clearly just had bosses that had it out for them, and would give any excuse to get them to leave. For example, one worker was scolded for sitting down, even when there was no one else in the store. Their manager told them to stand in order to look professional… to which the worker retorted asking why that manager was sitting in their back office all day. Zing! Got him! And they also lost their job for that. Sometimes the joke is good enough to cost you a job, and hopefully that witty individual found something better soon after. 

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