Worked at a place that laser-engraves funeral urns. Owner was a huge Trump fan, but fuck it, I figured I’d just never talk about politics.
Turns out that every fucking day, he would sit down and spend 45 minutes talking politics, MAGA bs, blah blah blah.
So after one of his long sessions, he sees me kinda ignoring him (actually trying to do the work he hired me for!) and he says, “So you a Democrat?”
I told him no, but since I was only paying half attention him, I blurted out that I was actually a Socialist.
So after that, every fucking day, he reads me some article on his phone about how horrible and terrible Socialist theory is.
After several days, I’m in full ignore mode, just working. And then he says something to the effect of if I didn’t like what he was saying, not to let the door hit my ass on the way out.
So I brushed it off, and just said, “nah, all good. Your politics don’t bother me.”
But the more I thought about his pissy attitude, the more and more pissed I got. So when I took lunch, I just didn’t go back. No calls from him. No texts. Nothing. And I didn’t call or text them either.
I got a new job the next week, and never thought much of it. Then all of a sudden, I realized that even tho I was telling myself I quit, the reality is, it probably counts as being fired.
And I went my whole life never being fired. So I was kinda bummed that I let him talk me into just leaving. I really should have given notice.
But it’s not like I worked there long enough to even up on a resume or anything. So I guess I can just pretend I never worked there. lol
That’s a great fucking write up, friend. I never knew about any of that. Thank you!