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I worked 13 years in retail being a yes man, with perfect attendance, the highest #'s the company has ever seen, was recognized by the CEO, broke records, and was the "go-to" guy that everyone went to first when shit hit the fan, they needed help, or wanted a solution.
I worked my way up from bagger to manager, never skipped a beat, and was beloved by everyone I ever worked with.
One day I had followed a shoplifter to his car to get his license plate to report to the police. This was around 2018. The shoplifter called corporate on me, and the next week I was fired.
All my hard work, all my suffering, all my yes-manning, my perfect attendance, performance, records, and work ethic didn't mean jack fucking shit. None of it mattered. Not a single damn fucking bit of it mattered. All because of some dumb company rule of "Don't follow shoplifters past the front curb of the store."
"J-j-j-ust don't break the rules!" you might say. Nah, fuck that. I did what was right. Stopping criminals. Do you understand that when these fucks steal a cart full of shit I have to adjust the budget? When they get away with this kinda crap I basically get 1 self checkout, 1 cashier, and no one else but a crippled skeleton crew to run the store and I have to do 15 peoples jobs and work 18 hours on Superbowl fucking Sunday. NO THANKS!
Know what I do now? I fucking play video games. I spent 8 minutes filming a guide, 6-15 minutes doing tag/title/thumbnail and make more in a single week than I did in a YEAR in retail. I don't have a boss. I don't work with anyone, I don't fucking wake up to alarm clocks or drive in traffic. I play vidya games, I get paid, and I don't even "work" hard at what I do now. Thanks youtube!
