I told my boss I was taking a breather and he fired me?

Question

I had a stash of paperwork waiting on my desk and I thought I'd go to the movies to have some fun so I left him a note on my desk telling that I was taking a breather and asking him to kindly wait for me as I recharge. 2 hours later I was back only to find out that I've been fired. Does this make sense to you?

Answer 1

now you can recharge until you get another job heheheheh sorry bro but you cant watch a movie during work hours

Answer 2

Why didn't you wait till AFTER work? You're getting no sympathy from me.

EDIT: Is this a reference to how Yahoo! Answers constantly takes breathers, by any chance? Sounds kinda familiar...

Answer 3

hello are u that dumb.. Yes he was right to fired ur ***..    Why would u leave.. on work time.. unless ur the CEO.. that was ur bad.. Haha  Young poeple are soo  Stupid now a days...  and then u left for a movie for 2 hours..  u couldnt even say it was a personal issue... Well now u have  weeks to have that breather...  

Answer 4

Expensive breather if you ask me!!! That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard!! You deserve to loose your job!!! Next job, take your breather on you own time! No symphy here!

Answer 5

Oh, sure!!!

if the boss wasn't paying you anything to begin with, it would not be too bad.

Love to see you "fire" that..uh... employee.  

Answer 6

I'm sorry this happened and i hope you are able to talk your boss into rehiring you,but think clearly for a moment,you had a stash of ppwrk waiting and you went to the movies to have fun...you had a resposibility first.

Answer 7

Last I checked, you werent the boss, and if what you did was against company regulations, then it doesnt matter if you took a breather or not. Hm, I like this idea of a 2 hour break. Maybe I'll take a 2 hour break and tell my boss to suck it while i go see a movie.

Answer 8

aah he totally shouldn't have fired you man!

what a *****.

Answer 9

yes.  you deserved to be fired.

Answer 10

Is that you Barack?

Just tell your boss that the files were above your pay grade.

Answer 11

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!

Answer 12

Is your work hold the major importance in your company. Usually including those reasonable guarantee satisfactions factors like money, benefit, bonus, attention, holiday, mortgage, etc. then you should be get fired.   Or check your mobile whether any miss calls from your boss?   If i am a boss of some people , I want my call to them to be answered every single times.

Answer 13

Yes he should have fired you, now you can pursue your dream of becoming a comedian. Yeah.

Answer 14

Is this a serious question because it is obvious you would deserve to be fired. Did you even clock out?

Answer 15

Yes, it makes sense.

You can't just decide to leave work without permission.  It's insubordination and reason enough to fire you for cause.

Answer 16

ummm...kinda yea. im pretty sure you shouldnt go to the movie theater during work. probably why its called work

Answer 17

the corporate world

they can fire you and not really give any particular reason...

it sucks  

Answer 18

Makes perfect sense.  Fun/play comes after work.  Not during.  They can find someone else to do your job who'll not need a 'breather' and just do their job.

Answer 19

Going to the movies during working time isn't a good idea. The right thing to do would be for him to give you a warning or a disciplinary hearing. Check your labour law and find out what it says. If he went against it then you can sue him because he done something illegal. Where I work, 2 warnings are given before being fired.

Good luck!

P.S. I see there's lots of idiots on yahoo answers. Most of these people said it's good that you got fired and were sarcastic but they are really dumb. The law can protect you, you know?

Answer 20

I'm in Arizona a right to work state. An employer can fire you for almost any reason... so you have to be smart. If you are a hard working employee who needs a break, ask for time off ahead of time.. or at least put on a show like food poisoning. You could have taken a long lunch and had a car breakdown and call back. Remember this: No Call -No Show -No Job.

You boss was well in the right to let you go.

Answer 21

off course it makes sense, you left the job site for two hours, what did you expect?

Answer 22

congratulations! now you have LOTS of time to recharge.

Answer 23

Uh, yeah, you can't just leave work whenever you feel like it, and not do your c**p, come on. Good thing he fired you, you're irresponsible. Maybe someone with some work ethic will get your old job.

Answer 24

I hope that this did not seriously happen....... Annyways, yes it makes complete sense to me and yes you did deserve to be fired for not ASKING him if you could. And also not waiting until AFTER work to go and see a movie.....

Answer 25

i think there should have been some sort of warning or probation or something...i don't think you should EVER be fired for a first offense of something...

Answer 26

What kind of job is this?  Sounds like a joke question, really.  Usually you can't leave work to go to the movies at all.  Also, if that was possible, you'd probably want to talk to him in the first place, and not tell him or not go to the movies during the absurdly long break.  So 1) you can't do that 2) writing a note and not telling your boss that you're doing it makes it worse.

Answer 27

lol I think any boss would fire an employee if they left during work hours with a work load waiting for them to complete. Why on earth do you think he wouldn't fire you?

Answer 28

no i don't think it make any sense unless you have just started working there

Answer 29

Sure, if you left work without his agreement during working hours, I would have fired you too.