How many people have been in this situation? You're in a minimum wage job, you've been doing good for a year or so, but now your boss is cutting your hours further and further back while being a total dickhead to you.
This is “quiet firing”. This is your boss trying to get you to turn around and quit so that you don't get unemployment and/or he gets the satisfaction of making your life miserable until you figure out that you need to go find a different job.
Currently watching this happen with a cousin of mine. She works at a hardware store and has been there for 2 years now. She made a single mistake at work and now her boss has been cutting her hours more and more while being a total prick. And naturally, he's one of those “nobody wants to work anymore” types. She has had less than 30 hours of work this month and now I'm worried that she's going to end up on the street.