So about a week ago I started working at a local restaurant in the area. The pay sucked but I figured hours would make up for it. Well, turns out the owners were another problem.
I started working same day as a friend of mine. We both worked at our last job together so we figured this job might be a step up and we would be able to get more fair hours. Problems started first day so I shoulda seen the signs.
Apparently there's 3 people that all own the place (2 brothers and 1 I assume is a friend) They never communicate with each other so it's common to get told different things by different people. They never gave me or some other people a code to clock in, so I never logged my hours, and yesterday I made a tongue-in-cheek joke about working a full 8 hour shift with no free meal (something I had asked about a few times) when one of the brothers walked in from the other room.
Apparently he heard the joke I made to my coworker about the meal and he got very confrontational. Asking if it was disrespect before just outright telling me “fuck off, you don't work here anymore”. I took the news pretty well, hasn't been the first time I got fired so I just left and texted the 3rd guy that I won't be able to work next day. He ended up calling me and asking me to wait, saying things like “well it's ACTUALLY my place, so I get final say” but I already figured it was set in stone.
Now I got tons of questions; am I still gonna get paid? Are they really allowed to just outright lie to people like that? A few people were already talking about quitting and the place just opened. Do I just move on or is there something I can do to make sure I get my money? I got tipped off that they're just lying about the whole incident and the 3rd guy just ignores people who ask about it so what can I do?
Tl;Dr: I said “working 8 hours with no meal changes a man” to my coworker and got fired for my insolence when the owner heard me from the other room. Now I need to figure out how to get my money.