I’m annoyed and I would like to share why. I worked for a small food service start up. Disorganized is being kind, shit show is being truthful. I recently got a second job to help make some more money so I decided to start cleaning kegs there because I would only have to do it once a week.
First day comes around and I sit while the kegs are on the machine cleaning. Before though, I had I got it scrubbed down and any tape I could see peeled off. I’d sit, wait for it to get done, and then move it onto the cart. I would also get up and mop, sweep, wipe surfaces, and get more water to clean the outside of the kegs. Boss comes over to me and gives me a spiel about how “one of the selling points of the company is that we never sit.” And then makes a pouty face once he’s finished and tells me he hopes that wasn’t too mean.
Once he left I went back to sitting and cleaning. I was there for 15 hours and my back and feet were in excruciating pain. Literally every single one of the kegs got cleaned and i went home stinking of sour products.
The next day I get a call where I am being told by my boss that he’s firing me because I sat down after he left and there were still a few pieces of tape on the kegs. Because it’s reasonable to expect an employee who can barely lift kegs over her head to stand for 15 hours. I feel so stupid and guilty over this but also so angry. Why do I have to be cruel to my body so your ego can be fulfilled? Am I in the wrong for sitting?