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My SO and I have been living together for 4 years.  We both just got full time ("big-kid") jobs, we got a puppy, and he bought my engagement ring (which I haven't received yet).  We are really starting to grow and build our lives together.  We were also working part time at a restaurant as supplemental income.  SO really depends on that money right now until he is actually making money in the real estate biz...which essentially means that WE depend on that money because we live together.

I got a phone call yesterday on my way to a work training... SO got fired from the restaurant job.  He went into work, paid for parking, and called his dad to bring down his work clothes (there was a car swap during the day).  He walks into work and the manager said that someone needed to talk to him.  They pulled him aside and basically told him that they were given instructions from the restaurant GM (who is a total tool anyway) to fire SO.  The managers explained that they didn't know the reason he was being fired and that he would have to discuss it with the GM who was conveniently not there. 

As I listened to this... I started to worry about my job because I am only there one day a week.  I was supposed to pick up a shift for someone else and asked her to OK it with the managers.  When she called, the manager told her that "it isn't a good idea" and that someone else would take the shift.  The manager also informed this coworker that she had just finished a conversation with my boyfriend regarding his employment with the restaurant.  The restaurant never called me to actually fire me, they just told another employee that my status was no longer valid. 

Not only am i pissed about the lack of professional courtesy, but I've never been fired from a job in my life!  I have been working since I was 13 and have held over 20 different jobs... and i have NEVER been fired!  I am also terrified... we are going to be living off of my income as a state social worker alone...

I am so stressed out!  BLAH@H!)@!)*@$

HELP BEES!!!

That’s so unprofessional for them to fire you through other co-workers.  Can they even do that?  Hang in there, girl!

awww i am sorry this is happening to you guys!

can you guys survive on your full time "big kid" job in the mean time?

@aug6bride- we can barely survive on my salary... we are in a ton of debt right now (that we both attributed to) which we were trying to pay down before we started planning a wedding, etc. I can make the minimum payments on a lot of bills... but we have a lot on our plates right now.

@cricket1524-  it isn't a corporate restaurant and my SO actually works with one of the investors at his real estate agency, who was as surprised as we were that we were canned...

@teaadntoast- all of it is in credit card debt, we actually were going to buy a house over the summer but couldn't because the debt to income ratio is too high.  luckily, my parents paid for my entire college education!  i am going to hit the pavement tomorrow and see what i can find, my only concern is that I couldn't be at a second job until at least 5pm and most restaurants in Philly have a 4pm night shift start time.

Unfortunately, that is just how that company rolls..... And it is independently owned so they just do as they please.... BOOO that shiz!