Mistake

I lost my job today; and all because I made a mistake and did something I didn’t even know was against the rules.  While I was working as a cashier last week this woman said she didn’t want her promotional gift card because she always forgot she had it and so she never ended up using it and so she gave it to me.  It never crossed my mind that there would be a problem with this, so I of course thanked her and took it.  The next day when I used it apparently somehow they knew that I wasn’t the one who bought the stuff to get it and sent a notification to the HR who told me today that this was against company policy to take gift cards from guests and that my employment there was terminated.  It was all I could do not to cry standing in the locker room at work.  Once I got home I cried some and my grandmother and I went out shopping to take my mind off of things, though we of course didn’t buy anything as I now have no job.  I’m applying for another job in lots of other places, but I will really miss my work family at my old job.  I loved working there.  Who knew you couldn’t accept a gift from someone like that. *sigh*

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