I was working construction. The work they had us doing didnt require supervision. We were working on a new 60 storey condo tower. Our shift was 8-4, and I noticed on the first day that most people packed up and left at 345pm. Being new, I didnt want to ruffle any feathers so I worked until 4 before packing up and this happened for almost 3 months. Fast forward to the last week of my probabtion when I realized that no one was ever getting in trouble for this and so I figured why not? Supervisor sees me leave at 345 and calls me on my phone as Im walking to my car. fuck. “Where are you going? come back.” Even while everyone else was leaving. They didnt call anyone else.
They wrote me up and a few days later on my review day they fired me. I felt so stupid for getting caught and angry that no one else was being disciplined.