CronoDAS comments on Open Thread: November 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CronoDAS 02 November 2009 07:32:18PM 4 points [-]

I worked at a supermarket for three days, and was fired for insubordination. (I wanted to read a book when there were no customers coming to my register, and the boss told me not to...)

Comment author: gwern 04 November 2009 12:38:11AM 1 point [-]

I have a similar story; except in my case I was fired because my shirt was insufficiently black.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 04 November 2009 03:30:51AM 2 points [-]

I have a similar story; except in my case I was fired because my shirt was insufficiently black.

Could you elaborate? Were you fired for once not having a black shirt, or for not being able to acquire / evaluate black shirts? or, if it's possible to tell, having a bad attitude about the shirt rule?

Comment author: gwern 04 November 2009 04:53:36PM *  4 points [-]

I had a shirt I felt was black & meet the dress code; the manager felt that it didn't. I felt that since I had already spent something like 60$ on new clothes to meet the dress code, and since I didn't interact with the customers at all, I wasn't going to go and buy a new black shirt. The manager felt I no longer needed to work there.