Was let go for “using phone” and wearing tiny bag.
Before you judge, just read first.
I’ve worked for 6 months part-time at a musical theatre playgroup for kids as an assistant. Today, a few hours after work, I was told by my employer that I was let go.
She told me that there were complaints from parents because I was checking my phone during class and wearing my bag near the end of class.
First, I was using my phone BECAUSE the lead teacher had asked my to record her and the class. I would then send the videos to her later.
My bag was tiny and could fill maybe 10L of stuff. I picked it up literally two minutes before class had officially ended and there was nothing left for me to do when I was waiting for the lead teacher to do her thing. And if there was anything to do, the bag would not be a distraction at all since it was tiny.
I asked my boss if I could be let go with a warning this time, she said no and fired me.
Of all the jobs that I was let go from, even the tiny ones, this had by far the worst reason to fire me.
EDIT: When I mean I was let go from other jobs(not ones like this), I mean work with private clients as a sports coach who had no idea what they wanted or decided they were no longer interested. Not every sport needs years of dedication to learn. This was one of the few jobs where I worked at an actual company. The other companies no longer had enough clients to justify keeping me around which was why I was let go for them.
EDIT 2: This was maybe my second time ever carrying a bag and using my phone to record the class. I normally put my small umbrella in it. I had spent the majority of my employment period working during winter, when I carried absolutely nothing except my wallet and my phone in my pockets. Using the phone wasn’t specifically part of the job description. I did it because the lead teacher had asked me to only very recently.
