I'm slightly dirty right now. I have been at my new job for about 5 weeks. Its in a bar/nightclub. Hours are awful (7pm-3am), but it was paying the bills.
I worked on Thursday night after being called in at the last second because someone called in sick. Worked 9 hours. Was supposed to work tonight and tomorrow night too.
I had a bit of a big one last night, and since I haven't slept yet, decided, fuck it, I am going to call in sick. I've never called in sick here, and its flu season, so fuck it. I rang at 11am to give the boss plenty of notice, told him I woke up with a cracking dose of sinus, and vomitting (the usual sickie shit), and before I have even gotten half a sentence out, he says
"You know what, I'm just going to leave you off the roster. You had that time off a fortnight ago (a night that I arranged to take off before I took the job), and you aren't available all the time (I, like 90% of the employees, am full time at uni), so I'm not going to bother." And thats it. I've apparently been 'sacked' (well taken off the roster. Wanker didn't even have the guts to say "you're sacked"), for doing exactly what I was covering on Thursday (except with 8 hours more notice).
I mean shit. I know I shouldn't get fucked up and call in sick, but its a sickie. People get sick. As far as he would have been concerned, -if I had been able to give him my sickie spiel- I would have called in sick for the first time.
But fuck. I wasn't the biggest fan of the job, the security guards, or the clientele (bogans and more bogans); but it was paying the bills. And also this is the first time I have lost a job, and I wasn't even actually fired.
The most galling part is, when someone leaves the pub, they are made to go in to get their last pay in the form of a cheque, so they can have their last say.
Not to mention I need to find another job.