23 Ex-Employees Share The Reasons They Got Fired From Their Jobs

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mattstaff
Nov 20, 2018 11:00 PM EST

It's almost like some of these exasperated employees tried to give their old companies ANY excuse to get rid of them. We hope they weren't banking on being able to grab references from them.

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  • 01
    Text - RUFUS Follow GRLTelford Replying to @jimmyfalon My daughter worked at as a receptionist at a funeral parlour and was fired because they told her she wasn't bubbly enough.#WhylGotFired 7:55 AM-14 Aug 2018
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    Text - Rash! Follow @27Bajajrashi Replying to @AnotherMother2@jimmyfallon @AnotherMother2 Remember the one lady who got fired because she didn't know where is the power on button for the desktop computer. Irony she was hired as a SME and an IT analyst. #whyshegotfired #WhylGotFired i'd say
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    Text - leah Follow @itsleahbale Replying to @jimmyfallon My friend got fired because he thought he'd be nice and buy the staff brownies to find out they were weed brownies and everyone got high throughout their shift! #WhylGotFired 7:40 AM-14 Aug 2018
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    Text - Michael Thompson Follow @BeastofBarton Replying to @jimmyfallon I work nights in a quiet job so brought my xbox in to keep us all entertained which turned into a gambling tournament I beat my boss so he fired me for illegal activity #WhylGotFired
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    Text - kath kenny Follow @KathKenny4 Replying to @jimmyfallon @FallonTonight I snuck out of my office to see a matinee movie, knowing it would be dead. I was right, there were only 2 other people in the theatre: my boss and his wife. Turns out my boss' best friend wrote Silver Linings Playbook and he couldn't wait to see it. #whyigotfired 7:45 AM 14 Aug 2018
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    Text - Devin Calow Follow @DevinCalow Replying to @jimmyfallon I walked in on the owner and manager mid kiss in the freezer at Popeyes Chicken and that was mysteriously my last shif...? #WhylGotFired
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    Text - Kerri Gray Follow @kerrikgray Replying to @jimmyfallon I got fired because apparently field trips to the mall are not allowed when you're a substitute teacher. #WhylGotFired @Fallon Tonight
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    Text - Melissa Cunningham Follow eShrkluvr76 Replying to @jimmyfallon #WhylGotFired lots of years ago, working for a telemarketer co., sorry ppl, a guy, who sat next to me got fired after a woman asked him who he was and he said "I'm Rick James Bitch!" I could not believe my ears, I was dying LOL 9:34 AM-14 Aug 2018
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    Text - MikD Follow @MikDPhotography Replying to @jimmyfallon That moment when you drunk at a work function but mad at boss so you go to work break in and take a dump on his desk, only to pass out and next morning awaken to everyone at work seeing you asleep at the crime. #WhylGot Fired 7:55 AM-14 Aug 2018
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    Text - Megan Mary Fox Follow @MeganMary19 Replying to @jimmyfallon @jimmyfallon I worked at Dunkin Donuts & every night they threw away giant bags of bagels. I hate food waste, so I took them. (Which is frowned upon.) When questioned, I said it was for medical reasons. My Dr. Told me to eat more HOLE foods. Fired on the spot. #WhylGot Fired
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    Text - Michaela Okland Follow @MichaelaOkla Replying to @jimmyfallon #WhylGotFired I was at Target where I'm a professional shelf stocker. We got some new easy bake ovens & I remembered noticing last night my d*** was whiter than the rest of my body. I thought I might stick it under the bulb to catch a little tan. Didn't see the security camera
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    Text - kath kenny Follow @KathKenny4 Replying to @jimmyfallon @FallonTonight I got fired for accidentally cc'ing my boss on an email in which I called her a "turdburglar" #whyigotfired
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    Text - Mason Butler Follow @electMason Replying to @jimmyfallon #WhylGotFired The started up I worked for celebrated everyone's birthday, but they didn't have enough $ to celebrate mine, so they called me the day before to let me go. 7:24 AM-14 Aug 2018
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    Text - DianeCape Follow @DianesOcean Replying to @jimmyfallon My daughter's friend worked at a supermarket & wanted to get off early but his boss said no; so he got on the PA & announced that the store would be closing in 5 minutes and for customers to please check out now. Yup, he got to "leave early". #WhylGotFired @FallonTonight 7:49 AM-14 Aug 2018
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    Text - Maximus Follow @maxboyce316 Replying to @jimmyfallon A guy I worked with was fired for taking a huff of Helium from the tank in the Floral department and then paging the store manager. "Will the store manager Harry Butts (not his name) please come to the customer service desk." He clocked in as a bag boy and left a legend
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    Skin - comebackdown Follow FaithWatney Replying to @jimmyfallon My mum got fired because she was waxing someone's eyebrows and well that's just say after that she won't need another appointment, she got distracted by a chocolate bar on the other side of the room and waxed her whole eyebrow off #WhylGotFired 7:34 AM-14 Aug 2018
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    Text - Anie Hart Follow @hart_anie Replying to @jimmyfallon I worked at McDonald's when I was 16-18, they called me up when I was 22 and said I never officially quit and I hadn't had a shift for 4 years so they had to let me go... #WhylGotFired #bureaucracy
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    Text - SokkahTwitter Follow @jordansfootball Replying to ejimmyfallon For telling the manager their kid was stealing alcohol... Whilst showing them on video they were stealing alcohol... on the spot... #WhylGotFired 7:25 AM-14 Aug 2018
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    Text - MojoSoMint MYSDNENT@mojosomint Follow Replying to@jimmyfallon #WhylGotFired My friend worked for a supermarket when we were kids. He would clock in, leave, and come back to clock out He never got fired for that... he got tired of clocking in/out and got fired for a no-show after 6 months! Obviously an MVP on the team
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    Motor vehicle - chris Follow @iftyone49plus1 Replying to @jimmyfallon #WhylGotFired I once got stoned on my lunch break and my boss asked me to load a pallet in a semi using a forklift. Needless to say,there's a hole in the roof a semi trailer somewhere. 7:28 AM-14 Aug 2018
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    Text - Lauren Weiner Follow @explaurencreate Replying to @jimmyfallon Baked a cake for the office and everyone got sick. #WhylGotFired
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    Font - Ethan Duffield Follow EthanDuffield Replying to @jimmyfalon I worked as a lifegaurd and I thought it would be funny to wear a shark fin at the beach #WhylGotFired 7:38 AM-14 Aug 2018
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    Text - Muffy Jasper Follow @MuffyJasper Replying to @jimmyfallon I was 16 working in a tea shop and was asked to clean the oven in the kitchen. I sprayed oven cleaner inside. Didn't know it had to be wiped out. Next morning, a cook turned on the oven to pre-heat it and left the kitchen to work on other things Oven door blew off. #WhylGotFired
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