Fired for not catering to THE President?(Sep.2005 entry)

simplyfiredstories submitted 595 days ago

Several of my friends have worked at a deli chain so when I needed another job, I applied at their location in Waco as a delivery driver, hoping to get enough money in tips to pay off some excessive credit card bills (I needed the $2000 laptop, I swear!).

So the interview went great, the woman liked me and all that and I informed her that I wasn't very familiar with the roads of Waco because I only come here for school. She said that was fine and that I would be able to learn from the other delivery drivers where the main customers were located. The first few days were hectic but OK, and my driver trainer was really cool about everything.

My third day driving on my own, however, was a complete disaster. I was given the wrong locations for the first two deliveries, which meant that I had no way of delivering on time, and, unfortunately, no tips. The last delivery was a HUGE order, over $300 of food, and was supposed to go to this XX Electronics place located in the middle of nowhere outside town. I had no clue how to get there, and I ended up going about 10 miles the wrong direction on the highway before finally getting irritated and calling my supervisor. She was already mad because I was at least a half hour late, and they assumed that I had just abandoned or something. I got to the address, where I was very surprised to have to stop at a security checkpoint where some military-looking guy told me there had already been a delivery from the deli. What?? I looked over and one of the other drivers was unloading the order, which meant that the $300 worth of stuff in the back of my car was useless. I was told that
the customer had already called and screamed at the deli, and demanded the food be brought immediately and that he not be charged. The manager decided that was the only way to do it, since this was a major customer (they make a lot of high dollar orders) and he couldn't afford not to appease them. Well, I'm SOL so I go back to the deli expecting the worst.

I find out when I get there that the general manager wants to fire me (to say the least) and the delivery manager can't allow me to do anymore deliveries because of too many complaints from other customers (which I had a grand total of like 10 deliveries for three days!). Lame!

Jobless, I went home and my girlfriend was watching TV when I told her about my firing. She started laughing and told me "Holy crap, President Bush is hosting some huge meeting at that Electronics place with a bunch of foreign diplomats!! That delivery was probably catering for them!! You got fired for pissing off the PRESIDENT, man!" :)

That's my story!!