It was with a former boss, when they fired me. (Thankfully, I had another job lined up the same day, before the firing)!

I'd been working at a massage establishment and was wanting to find work closer to home, since I'd been having about a 45-minute commute to work 5 days a week. I got an interview for a closer place, and scheduled it for 10:00 a.m., an hour before my shift was to start, and left home at a time such that I wouldn't be late for my interview.

On the way there, I ended up missing a turn, and after a little bit, realized my error and turned around. That caused me to be late for my interview (the person interviewing me wasn't upset about it, and they even helped me to find their place). Once I was certain that I'd be late for work, I texted my boss to let her know that I was going to be late because of an interview. (Had I just said I was going to be late, she most likely would have asked why, anyway).

Some time after, I arrived at work. With the other massage therapists currently in sessions, I was alone in the reception area. A lady came in to ask if we had something of hers that she was thinking she left behind after her massage some days prior. I began to look around, and the phone rang.

It was my boss. She screamed: “Rachel, you're fired! You can't pull that $!#% on me and expect to continue working for me!!! GET OUT OF MY SHOP!!!” Turns out, she had sent a text shortly before, firing me, but I didn't see it right away because I had been looking for that lady's lost item.

I hung up the phone, told the lady everything my boss just said to me, she apologized and wished me good luck, and she left. And of course, so did I.

I wasn't upset about being fired, but I was taken aback by her unprofessionalism. I understand perfectly well what it's like when people show up late, which is why I sent her a courtesy text; for that, she ought to have handled the firing in a more mature, professional manner, especially since I had never been late before. Seeing how things went down, she probably would have fired me anyway upon learning that I'd no longer be working for her, had she been present and I hadn't been late. Her extreme unprofessionalism towards me just allowed her true colors to be exposed, and they certainly reflect in all the negative online reviews from clients, as well as her responses to them!