20 Employees Share The Reasons Why They Were Rightfully Fired From Their Jobs

Landing a job is not as easy as it sounds. Going through the process of even looking for an opening that checks all of your boxes is difficult enough without the added hoops of a series of interviews.

After successfully acing all of those, there is a sense of fulfillment when you know you have the job in the bag. You are now finally gainfully employed, and the real work begins.

Your new company will begin honing your set of skills and adding you to the many cogs of their money-making machine. At this stage, you will know if this job is for you; you'll get an internal estimate of how long you'll be keeping this job.

If the workplace environment is healthy enough, if the pay is right, and if you get along with your colleagues, then you might just last. Without those magical ingredients, and if you fall short of what the company expects from you, then you better be updating your CV once again.

Nobody wants to get fired, but it is always a possibility. This can happen to any employee, especially if you're just not really good at your job or if you're deliberately trying to get the chop; then your days are pretty much numbered.

Take this story for example:

TikTok user Kirstie G. shared the reason why she got fired from Target. She was working in the food section of their store when one coworker approached her wanting to buy breadsticks.

Instead of charging her coworker the actual price for the breadsticks, which was $1, she gave them to her colleague for the price of silly straws, which was 25 cents. Their manager caught that and asked Kirstie if she had given away free food, but she said no.

Then the manager asked if she sold the breadsticks for the price of a silly straw; Kirstie said yes and was promptly fired. Her video received a lot of attention, and people responded with why they were rightfully fired from their past jobs.

@hey_brighteyes

You can watch her full story time video below:

1. Colleen Ballinger, also known as her character Miranda, was fired from her job at Disneyland because she sang in her Miranda voice after being asked by her coworkers to do so. The management of the most magical place on earth told her she needed singing lessons.

@colleen / Via tiktok.com

2. That's 96% off! What a steal!

@callmemooncow

3. How many hamsters were those, and why did they need that many?

@wavy...1

4. That's a double shot that was not on the menu that day.

@blondebun7

5. She didn't deserve to be fired. What a legend!

@yazzyisamess

6. Your time has run out, my friend.

@braingarner

7. This has "you can't fire me because I quit" energy, and what a way to welcome your 21st year: unemployed.

@hjcarp29

8. Did you say that when they asked why you left your station?

@poppunksquid

9. She made a dog and a dog owner happy that day, at least.

@oops.myb

10. This employee is definitely in the wrong industry. Do you have the fire department on speed dial?

@scottmurri

11. Their company is lucky to have them both.

katybetz00

12. Ranch-flavored soft serve? Only at Mickey D's.

@fattmatt90

13. When the recruiter asks you why you were let go from your previous job, how can you frame, "I got fired because I farted over the loudspeaker at the dealership," better?

@benadrylbill

14. The company listened, and now you're unemployed. You can't say they don't listen to the needs of their employees.

@mammamia2903

15. At least you now know you can't also forge checks — that's another industry off your list.

@myramechelle

16. There was a leak in the company, alright, but not in the tanks.

@dutchlikesk200

17. This one really put the snow in white Christmas.

ebonysaintrose16

18. At least you can laugh about it now, friend.

@user5534747955157285

19. Your friend has bigger issues than unemployment.

@mentallyillmarvelfan

20. That's not how you want to meet the CEO of your workplace.

@nyx4237

Half of the things people did in this list you can't spin to make them better. Some are illegal, life-endangering, and definitely warrant immediate firing (possibly jail time).

The good thing is they know they deserved to be let go and didn't try to chalk it up to "professional differences." Good luck out there, kids; the rat race ain't fun.