“Fired within 3 hours of my first shift at a fast food joint” headlined a now-deleted Reddit post. The original poster went on to explain how the day went badly. They wrote:
“Went there early, dressed properly for the job which was about helping with making burgers in a fast food. They knew it’s my first experience in this field. The place is really dead so I just get expained the ropes and stand around for a hour or so doing nothing but looking around. When customers finally started coming in I do what I’m told, putting the ingredients on the table and preparing the burger while the cook was cooking the meat. I’m slow at learning how to package the burgers properly. The owner warns me that I need to get faster. I told him it’s a matter of getting used to it.
Come the fourth customer or so, after completing the order he pulls me aside and tells me that this job isn’t for me because I lack basic knowledge and this is a job where you’re “supposed to learn on instinct”, calls out several minor mistakes I made and says he doesn’t believe that by Saturday when they’ll have plenty of customers I’ll be ready to help. He apologizes for wasting my time, gives me money for the hours I worked for and I get sent home.
Back to the endless job hunting 🙂 I guess you’re not allowed to make mistakes or be slow on your first day ever at a new job.”
Now, first I do feel sorry for the original poster. While they write it was the “first experience in this field,” I suspect it was probably their first job, ever. It does sound like the owner wasn’t interested in spending a long time training. Regardless, there are some really good lessons for business owners in this story.
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