How am I going to get out of this one??

Nappy · 27-11-2008 06:54PM #1

Right I currently got fired from one of the top retail grocery stores, just part-time work. Anyways, it started on a Sunday when I clocked into work intending to complete my shift, half an hour later I was paintballing at a friends 21st(they kidnapped me), after paintballing(6 hours later) i creep back into work to see if im caught, I see my manager looking around for me and freak out! Thats when I clocked out and escaped home safely only to arrive a week later for work and be told im being done for de -frauding the company(and me with my big worked up excuse). So now I have to go in for a meeting(tomorrow- help) where ill have a union rep representing me, all sounds very serious... Why have'nt they just rid of me and thats the end of it?? A little confused and quietly scared...

Right so basically what would you do/say??

godtabh · 27-11-2008 06:58PM

Nappy wrote: »

Right I currently got fired from one of the top retail grocery stores, just part-time work. Anyways, it started on a Sunday when I clocked into work intending to complete my shift, half an hour later I was paintballing at a friends 21st(they kidnapped me), after paintballing(6 hours later) i creep back into work to see if im caught, I see my manager looking around for me and freak out! Thats when I clocked out and escaped home safely only to arrive a week later for work and be told im being done for de -frauding the company(and me with my big worked up excuse). So now I have to go in for a meeting(tomorrow- help) where ill have a union rep representing me, all sounds very serious... Why have'nt they just rid of me and thats the end of it?? A little confused and quietly scared...

Right so basically what would you do/say??

Got what you deserved to be honest. What did you expect would happen?

Smart Bug · 27-11-2008 06:58PM

Show up at the meeting and keep repeating "I no speaky tha Inglisch" when referred to.

ejmaztec · 27-11-2008 07:00PM

Nappy wrote: »

Right I currently got fired from one of the top retail grocery stores, just part-time work. Anyways, it started on a Sunday when I clocked into work intending to complete my shift, half an hour later I was paintballing at a friends 21st(they kidnapped me), after paintballing(6 hours later) i creep back into work to see if im caught, I see my manager looking around for me and freak out! Thats when I clocked out and escaped home safely only to arrive a week later for work and be told im being done for de -frauding the company(and me with my big worked up excuse). So now I have to go in for a meeting(tomorrow- help) where ill have a union rep representing me, all sounds very serious... Why have'nt they just rid of me and thats the end of it?? A little confused and quietly scared...

Right so basically what would you do/say??

Tell them that you were traumatised because the manager fondled your arse in the store-room and that you had to escape his evil clutches.

sdanseo · 27-11-2008 07:00PM

Be honest, beg leniency, there's always hope:rolleyes:

Edit: actually what ejmaztec said could work (if you can cast aside ruining his career :P )

listermint · 27-11-2008 07:00PM

Em.... Are you really expecting to get away with that?? Come on in fairness?

27-11-2008 07:02PM

Nappy wrote: »

Right I currently got fired from one of the top retail grocery stores, just part-time work. Anyways, it started on a Sunday when I clocked into work intending to complete my shift, half an hour later I was paintballing at a friends 21st(they kidnapped me), after paintballing(6 hours later) i creep back into work to see if im caught, I see my manager looking around for me and freak out! Thats when I clocked out and escaped home safely only to arrive a week later for work and be told im being done for de -frauding the company(and me with my big worked up excuse). So now I have to go in for a meeting(tomorrow- help) where ill have a union rep representing me, all sounds very serious... Why have'nt they just rid of me and thats the end of it?? A little confused and quietly scared...

Right so basically what would you do/say??

it's different to not turning up, clocking in and fucking off is more serious..

27-11-2008 07:03PM

ah you shouldn't have clocked out, number one rule if you're working in a job like that, if you leave early, don't clock out, then tell them you "forgot"

they didn't fire you because they have to make sure they go through the correct procedures so that they don't get themselves in trouble, especially with the union. The union rep is there for you mostly, not them. You probably won't get fired, you'll just get a written warning I'd say.

So, was paintballing fun???

themadchef · 27-11-2008 07:03PM

Say sorry and apply to FAS.

You should fit in well there.

Smart Bug · 27-11-2008 07:03PM

Bring in a doll and use it to show where your boss was touching you...

"and then he made me stick my finger up the baaaadd place"

Guru Maith Agut · 27-11-2008 07:04PM

Worst can happen is they fire you. The reason for all the cloak and dagger stuff with union reps is so you don't take a case afterwards for unfair dismissal and they want to make sure that they have all their info correct. Just make some excuse why you had to leave and stick to that. Sh!t happens.

Apart from that as someone has mentioned already, you asked for it! Jobs are hard enough to comeby nowadays.

Oh and... get some new friends that aren't capable of kidnapping. :pac:

PurpleBerry · 27-11-2008 07:11PM

Nappy wrote: »

Right I currently got fired from one of the top retail grocery stores, just part-time work. Anyways, it started on a Sunday when I clocked into work intending to complete my shift, half an hour later I was paintballing at a friends 21st(they kidnapped me), after paintballing(6 hours later) i creep back into work to see if im caught, I see my manager looking around for me and freak out! Thats when I clocked out and escaped home safely only to arrive a week later for work and be told im being done for de -frauding the company(and me with my big worked up excuse). So now I have to go in for a meeting(tomorrow- help) where ill have a union rep representing me, all sounds very serious... Why have'nt they just rid of me and thats the end of it?? A little confused and quietly scared...

Right so basically what would you do/say??

Okay so please just answer the following question:

The company that I should send my CV to is ..................?

Berty · 27-11-2008 07:16PM

Say nothing. Your Fvcked now anyway.

If you worked for me I would sack you on the grounds of gross dereliction of duties, possibly leaving the shop unsercure. Certain stores need a certain number of staff on duty in order for the Insurance to be valid.

You might need to prove to your boss that you are trustworthy because he probably doubts you are after pissing off.

Smart Bug · 27-11-2008 07:20PM

In addition to the above, if I were your boss I'd kill you in a horrible and fantastic manner, then display your head on a spike outside the shop. I'd carve your tattered cadaver into quarters and send them to the four corners of the premises, and use your innards as festive decorations. As for your manhood, I would have no use for such a tiny article...

ShooterSF · 27-11-2008 07:20PM

You shouldnt have clocked out. Now instead of thinking you skived off for the day they think you skived off for the day yet expected to get paid for it too.

ejmaztec · 27-11-2008 07:21PM

Tell 'em you've got narcolepsy and that you fell into a freezer, before being bought and taken home by a half-blind biddy thinking that she'd got a cheap roast.

27-11-2008 07:25PM

Paid while paint balling the clock?:rolleyes:

Nappy · 27-11-2008 07:35PM

Right thanks I suppose to all your replys, dont have acting skills for the sexual harassment claims..

Jeez smart bug, hope ur not my boss, will there be any legal implications? Can they bring me to court or anything like that?? If its any constellation to the ppl who sent the hate mail, I got shot up pretty bad in paintballing??

Ill let you know how it goes...

ottostreet · 27-11-2008 07:43PM

all i can say is...you're a muppet. enjoy the recession.

out of interest, how exactly were you "kidnapped"?assuming its the type of work im thinking of, im sure someone would have noticed your wild flailing and screaming as you tried desperately to escape your assailants so you could resume working?

Genghis · 27-11-2008 07:47PM

If you think you will be fired, hell just resign and avoid the meeting. If you still want the job and you think the meeting is about a warning the you had better have a good excuse i.e. Not the kidnapped for paintball story. Even still they might fire you regardless

pandamoanium · 27-11-2008 07:48PM

Have you actually been fired already? Or are they calling you into this meeting with the sole purpose of being fired?

If you've already been fired, then if it was me I wouldn't bother going to the meeting.

Let them deduct the days wages you went paintballing from your other wages and leave it at that.

Don't expect a reference though..!

Btw, how long were you actually in the job before this happened?

Wertz · 27-11-2008 07:51PM

Nappy wrote: »

If its any constellation to the ppl who sent the hate mail, I got shot up pretty bad in paintballing??

Are you asking us or telling us?
Oh and what have stars got to do with any of this?

Good luck with the job hunting BTW...

27-11-2008 07:52PM

you have more chance of keeping your job than Mary Harney has of doing 15mins on the threadmill

JæKæ · 27-11-2008 07:55PM

If you are past your probation period, you need to be given a verbal and written warning before dismissal I believe. I've been fired twice, both were the best thing that ever happened me.
I learned from them and went on to far better jobs after

Mr. Presentable · 27-11-2008 07:56PM

Dude, you'll be sacked. But you will get paid. I wouldn't count on a good reference.

Chalk it down to experience. You are an adult now, expect to be expected to behave like one. Sadly, this means no more fun

27-11-2008 07:57PM

JæKæ wrote: »

If you are past your probation period, you need to be given a verbal and written warning before dismissal I believe. I've been fired twice, both were the best thing that ever happened me.
I learned from them and went on to far better jobs after

you should have learned the first time

JæKæ · 27-11-2008 07:57PM

Wertz wrote: »

Are you asking us or telling us?

I think he's telling us in 'Australian English' where everything is spoken in the form of a question

Professey Chin · 27-11-2008 07:57PM

Simple solution but if its a tile or concrete floor in the office youre gonna need kneepads

Dave! · 27-11-2008 07:57PM

Just don't go to the meeting... You'll be sacked obviously, but that's probably as far as it'll go... Supermarkets don't have time to be messing around with silly sh*t like this.

Note: this is not legal advice. Dave! accepts no responsibility for death or injury resulting from following this advice.

pallepille · 27-11-2008 07:59PM

ive done worse in work and got away with it man, just about though. The only slight possibility of getting away with this as in keeping your job id say would be to lie and say that you got a phonecall saying something really bad happened (personal issues) and you absolutely had to be there it was so serious, and u were "so shook up" by the whole thing that u werent acting urself which is why you fcuked off wen u seen boss. Be prepared to say something majorly embarrasing tho the reason would need to be very good. There are certain guidelines that need to be followed before they sack u ya know.

JæKæ · 27-11-2008 08:03PM

Deleted User wrote: »

you should have learned the first time

Oh I learned alright, and rose phoenix-like from the flames. The second one was out of my hands-worked with 2 cuunts.

How am I going to get out of this one??

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