I, 24F, just quit my day camp job.
Long story short, I worked for a summer day camp job since July of this year as a way to make some additional cash while I’m on break from my paraeducator job. This week, we had 105 kids total signed up for camp, which meant there would be 9 groups, the most we’ve had all summer. I was a part-time float meaning I didn’t have to be attached to one group the whole time. I would just need to cover for the group counselors so they can take their breaks. Today we were short-staffed, I was the only float to cover for everyone to give their 10s. That’s right, all 9 groups, and mind you my shift was from 7:30-12 pm, and camp begins at 9:30 am, so I had to give them all breaks in the span of two-ish hours. And! This day camp was at a really big park in West Seattle, so it takes time walking to each group, walking from one spot at the park to the other would take anywhere between 10-15 mins. It is highly unrealistic to cover all 9 groups given these factors. So, knowing that I was gonna be the only one giving breaks and that my supervisor/leads was not available to help, I go ahead and start to give my coworkers their breaks without having to be asked to – I went above and beyond which I rarely ever do lol. It was approx. 11:40 am, and my supervisor pages me on the walkie-talkie saying “Nemo (my camp name) you’ve been running late to do all the group’s breaks, which is not ok. So why don’t you finish off with this group and then you can go home.” Rather than messaging me privately about this, she had to announce on the walkie-talkie for everyone to hear about how I was late for all the groups. It seems like my supervisor doesn’t care that I’m the only fucking float working for her and she has the audacity to criticize me for not being on time to all 9 groups. I don’t get any thanks from her. This group I had to go and break was all the way down at the beach – I was at the top playground area, which would take 15 mins to walk down, 10 mins with the kids while the counselor is on their break, and then an additional 15 to hike back up to base camp. So I sucked it up and covered this last group as instructed. I was able to cover 5 groups out of 9. My shift ended at 12, but before I could get the chance to leave, my supervisor asks to speak with me privately before I go. I already knew that it was going to be about how I was late and that puts the other things on the agenda behind, and blah blah blah. I was so fed up with how things went today, as well as this job overall, that I didn’t want to stick around for her ridiculing. I walked by her without saying a word, threw my lanyard/name badge on the front table, and walked out of the park. I then called my program director, reported everything that happened today, and he tried to persuade me to stay but to work with another camp. However, summer is nearly over and it would be pointless to start working for another camp at this time. I told him “Thanks for offering, but my decision has already been made. I quit.”
TL/DR – Supervisor publicly criticized me for being late to give people their breaks/not doing a good enough job, so I finished my shift, threw my badge on the table, and called the program director to report what happened and quit.