I’ve been working food service for the past 9 months, and just got fired. I was having a bad day, a customer called me a “disgusting human being” and I snapped back, and now I’m out on my ass. Obviously it was “unprofessional” and I get how I fucked up, and I’m going to do a better job of keeping my cool at work in my next job.
The thing is, how do I get my next job? My first job with Amazon I quit after a year and a half. My next two jobs were contract based. (Maybe ironic that I could handle working in an Amazon warehouse but not front of house customer service.) I’ve never been fired. Obviously, people get fired from jobs and go on to new ones all the time, but what do I say about it? I can’t very well tell an employer “Yeah at my last job I bugged out and cursed out a customer, but I won’t do that here if you hire me!” So what do I say when they ask why I’m no longer at that place?