This story takes place in winter of 2017.
I (17M at the time) used to live with my family in the state of Hawaii, until spring of 2017 to move back to the state where most of my extended family was. At the time of the story I'd only ever held one job prior to moving.
Since I had graduated high school, I wasn't in a huge rush to get a job. Up until the end of fall came around, and my parents brought up the idea of rent. So I began looking for a job. Eventually, I settled for working at Jack in The box.
After about 2 months of working there, I received the schedule for the week, and saw that I had been scheduled for 9:00 to 5:00 on Christmas Day. Of course, I immediately called and said I couldn't make it, since this was my first Christmas back from being out of state for a decade.
Immediately, I got a phone call from the manager.
“What do you mean you can't come in? I have that day off, and the schedule is the schedule. Nobody else can cover, so you're going to have to come in.”
“I understand the predicament I've put you in, but I cannot come into work. I have a family gathering that day, and I haven't been to one of those in almost 12 years. I apologize for the inconvenience, but I cannot come into work on Christmas.”
“No, you have to come in. If you don't come in, then I'll have to give you a suspension.”
“Fine, I'll take the suspension. I'm also formally putting in my notice.” And I hung up.
She texted me, begging and asking me not to quit, but to please come in on Christmas, but I had already made up my mind.
I heard from one of my co-workers later on, that three other people had called out, so she had to go in and cover all of us.
tldr: manager scheduled me 9:00 to 5:00 on Christmas Day the first Christmas back from being out of state for a decade, so I quit