People Share Their "FIRE ME, I DARE YOU" Stories
Have you ever had a job that you truly hated, down to the very depths of your soul? One that filled you with sadness or anger every day you had to go into work?
Have you ever gotten to the point where you just wanted to scream at your boss until they had no choice but to fire you?
For those of us who have resented a job that badly, there is nothing like that moment of sweet release when you finally break free.
In this list are stories of people who have gotten to the point where they wanted nothing more than to be fired. These people had couldn't hold back to say: "Go on, fire me, I dare you!"
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#1 Can't Be Done!
I worked for a newspaper. I was responsible for arranging everything—placing the stories and pictures where they needed to be, titling, quoting, sourcing, etc.
I was a one-man team and used an overly complicated system that I figured out how to use really effectively. They treated me terribly despite my hard work.
One day, the boss tells me to put a full paper together by the end of the day. He gave me no warning, so I had no articles from the journalists and no photos from photographers. It was my job to collect it all from everyone and he wanted me to do it in a single day?
I told him no. If he wanted it done, he would have to give me more time. He told me if I didn’t have it done by the end of the day he'd fire me, to which I reminded him that his paper would not be able to function without me.
I got a call an hour after I got home. He told me to come in to do the paper and said I could have as much time as I needed. I promptly quit on that jerk.
#2 Anyone Can Do It, Huh?
I worked a job where I was the only one who knew how to take apart, clean, fix, and put all the equipment back together.
One day, my boss told me that I was doing a poor job and that if I didn't step up, I would be fired. He said they had manuals for each piece of equipment, so they could get anyone else to do my job.
That night, I took apart all the equipment, cleaned them, and then just left them unassembled. They would have to figure out how to put everything back together in the morning. I also turned off my phone after getting home.
When I turned it back on the next day, I saw that I had initially received angry texts ordering me to return and put everything back together. This lasted an hour. Then, I received texts begging me to return.
I came in the next day and over half the stuff was still not put back together. I was immediately asked to be seen by my boss to explain myself.
Once in the office, I told them that if they weren't going to apologize they could just fire me right there. They looked at each other, then at me, said sorry, and told me that I could get back to work.
My boss never called me lazy again.
#3 Not A Volunteer
When I was 17, I worked a summer job at Pizza Hut—I had transferred to my hometown restaurant from my university town restaurant.
I was there for five weeks and hadn’t been paid yet. The jerk boss claimed it was because I gave him the wrong employee number. I didn't.
Anyway, after five weeks of no pay, I rang him on New Years’ Eve and said I wasn’t coming to work because I wasn’t a volunteer and I wasn’t going to work for free. He told me if I didn’t go to work, he would fire me.
I didn’t go to work and had a fun New Years instead.
Then, a few days later, I called the Employment Tribunal (I’m in New Zealand) and told them what had happened. They called my boss. He then called me, offered me my job back and was nice as pie for the rest of the summer.
#4 Either Way, You Clean It
I was 17 and working part-time at a fast food restaurant. Someone wrecked the men’s restroom. The manager came out and told me to clean it. I refused. She threatened to fire me, to which I laughed in her face and told her, “You can clean it yourself or you can lose an employee and still clean it yourself. I don’t need this job.”
Needless to say, I wasn’t fired and I didn’t clean it up. I still laugh thinking about it.
