Category: Antiwork

The headline says it all. I was just terminated because I was talking to another employee about my salary. According to my boss, it was “stirring up trouble” by talking about my salary. So, they terminated me. Maybe my salary wouldn't “stir up trouble” if they paid people what they were worth. ​ Edit: I was a contractor – if that makes a difference. Also, I am not going to sue them because I don't really have the resources to do that. It will be too much trouble for very little outcome. I did however file a complaint with the state and will be filing a complaint with the feds when I get a chance.

I work at a hotel as a valet and had an entitled boomer (sorry to the cool boomers on this sub but your generation SUCKS), get angry and abusive because I politely asked her to move her car 10 feet so that she would not be blocking the flow of traffic on the drive. She proceeds to yell at me calling me an idiot and insulting my intelligence talking about how I “probably only have a high school diploma” (not that it matters or conveys intelligence in itself but I have a degree from a very good university). Anyway this Karen obviously thought I would just stand there and take it, but instead I berated her right back. I called her a miserable entitled old woman, an elitist, and an idiot. Obviously, Karen did not like this so she stormed off to talk to management. I had both my direct…