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Fired for eating due to health issues

I apologize for the formatting. Did this on my phone. So, I used to work at a 7-Eleven for $11 an hour. My employers knew I have health issues and I'm living off of one meal a day. I'll be honest, I'm not sure why but when I don't eat I get dizzy and then faint. Well, in order to not faint, I grabbed a slice of pizza (we got free food and drinks), and was scarfing it down as quickly as I could while the store was empty with not a customer in sight. Well, my boss reprimands me for it saying I'm not working hard enough (I was on register duty?) and within probably like 30 or so minutes, my husband who works at the local library goes to get his lunch. He sees something is clearly wrong and I try to speak with him. My boss then…


I apologize for the formatting. Did this on my phone.

So, I used to work at a 7-Eleven for $11 an hour. My employers knew I have health issues and I'm living off of one meal a day. I'll be honest, I'm not sure why but when I don't eat I get dizzy and then faint. Well, in order to not faint, I grabbed a slice of pizza (we got free food and drinks), and was scarfing it down as quickly as I could while the store was empty with not a customer in sight. Well, my boss reprimands me for it saying I'm not working hard enough (I was on register duty?) and within probably like 30 or so minutes, my husband who works at the local library goes to get his lunch. He sees something is clearly wrong and I try to speak with him. My boss then tells me to go on break or whatever (I just needed a moment to wind down or well… not be really upset?) But I tell my husband what has been going on at work this whole time (as in the months I've worked there) and his face gets redder by the second. I experienced ableism (boss complaining about my lack of mobility due to being in a huge car wreck as well as being told “everyone is a little bit autistic” or “everyone struggles with that; you're not unique” in response to my lack of understanding something or a social cue.

I don't know where to go from here. At this point I feel like as a disabled person I have no reason to exist. I genuinely hate the position I'm in now.

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