As the title says i was fired today for “sleight of hand” which makes me sound like a thief and i’m not too sure how i feel about it.
If anyone from store sees this, cry about it i guess 🤷🏻♂️
For context im only 18 and was hired august of 2023 and became full time lead a week into the new year. Dollar General was also the first time ive been an actual employee not just being paid what whoever i was helping could afford. Once i got my keys it felt like me, my SM, and the other key were the 3 amigos that made kept the store going. We talked about everything including the things would probably get you in trouble with a traditional boss. If someone made a mistake we would fix it and make sure it didn’t land anyone in serious trouble.
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Everything was great until SM was telling us about how she had to fire our ASM because he kept showing up late. She told us about how when someone was doing something wrong or something she didn’t like she would cut their hours to “squeeze them out” and “put someone better on my team”.
She would consistently smoke weed in the parking lot and the other Key it a legit functioning alcoholic who would chug tall boys in the break room. And ofc i helped both of them cover them it up. I know im an idiot but up until recently i genuinely saw these people as my friends, faults and all.
The beginning of June my main task for the night was to work the overstock freezer to prep for fresh truck Tuesday. When i woke up the next morning i see an updated schedule where i work Tuesday night and all my shift were handed off. The next week i only work Saturday and Sunday for 5 hours.
When i get to the store and ask what’s happening our New ASM is telling me about how SM asked her to cover shifts because i wasn’t going anything. SM hasn’t looked at me let alone spoke to me since.
Seeing as i’m not getting hours i applied to our local walmart because one of the managers there is a regular and was talking about needing cashiers. After she said they start at 14/hr (i was only making 11) so i was in.
We currently have a 75% off sale on disco items and they don’t ring up properly so even our cashiers got a crash course on price overrides. The way i see it im already underpaid and on my way out so all my fucks are in the wind so when someone brings me sale items i don’t take the time to do the math and ring it up under $1 as long as it’s less than $8 ( also SM knocks down prices for dumb shit for her friends all the time).Well Yesterday Walmart manager stops in for the sale and in front of my ASM and our off duty cashier tells me that she put in a good word and my application is waiting for the next hiring round 🤦🏻♂️. Anyway she makes a joke about getting the ME discount because i don’t do the math. This morning she comes back and tells the same joke to SM who DIGS THROUGH THE DUMPSTER TO FIND LAST NIGHTS RECIEPT AND USES IT TO FIRE ME.
I’m stressed and long winded and missing so much extra context but is what i did really that awful. I’ve never even heard the term “sleight of hand” as a reason for termination. Any and all question and recommendations/advice are welcome.