After 4.5 years working for Target, my autism got the best of me. I have high functioning autism and learned to hide it in most cases. Unloading trailer daily i have had a few up and downs until one day. I've had a history of head injuries and if i got hit by a box i get concussion like symptoms due my anxiety playing a big part. I was already having a bad day going into work, after a few after minutes throwing the truck i got hit on familiar spot on my head and totally lost it. Full meltdown, telling one employee to get into f*' truck, saying how i am tired of get hit in the f' head every god d* time. I was still under the adrenaline one of the boxes came off the line was a box full of books, and a new team member ask where it went. I go grab the box and tell the tm that "it not going on vehicle because Alex isn't going to work it because he is a f*' hack, I dont know how he got this job." Eventually i walk off to cool down and had some cognitive issue that i couldnt remember the doorway code. I go back, and apparently a couple people thought I said the word "ft", which i looked confuse when my supervisor thought i said then i explain to her what actually said, who promise not to report me because of my outburst and have no memory of saying that word. Later on as my shift was getting ready to end my SD wanting to talk to me and inform me someone reported me and told me she has to send it to her HR team to investigate. I thought my supervisor reported me and the SD told me she not the one who reported me. I said my side about me saying "f***' hack" Fast forward i talk to someone from corporate hr and explain my side of the story and i felt good about it but then this past friday i met with the store head of hr telling me i was found in violation for harassment. Immediately terminated me without warning or real explanation. I was very good worker, i always show up, rarely call out, never got written up for virtually anything, but my meltdown had a misheard and i ended up paying for it. I am father 2 girls with one whom does have autism as well. This has been a very hard few days due to my wife and i just moving into our new apartment in October. Losing my dental and vision that was needed for mostly my kids. The brightside, my wife gets ssi benefits and im getting unemployment. The accusations does hurt more because it pretty much label as a homophobe, which feel like slander to me as person who has friends and family who part of lgbtq+ community. I support lgbtq+ rights, and should be able to live their lives the way they want, without discrimination of any kind.
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What does ft mean ??? And even if I don't know what it means ... You said a lot of things that shouldn't have been said either way while in the presence of other workers who aren't your friends. It isn't because someone misheard what you said.
Um….. I think they’re censoring “faggot”. This level of explosive meltdown would have gotten you fired anywhere. 😬 sorry OP
F****t is the slur towards gay men. People on the line have had few meltdowns, my supervisor had meltdown one other time and said some words that she shouldn't have said. The line brings the worst out of us when we are severely understaffed.
Oh, I hadn't heard it worded that way, and I'm a gay guy.
I'm not saying you having a meltdown was bad, I've been in jobs where things have made me say some things. But I'm always careful of what words are said and if I can I'll replace curse words with other children friendly words. As I stated unless you were around a friend group who was super chill and understanding then you were not in a safe area or say such things, even if your manager may have said words along what you said.
Manager and employee are two separate worlds, you have different rules to follow and have to act a certain way around them.
I hope you can find something easily.
I'll replace curse words with other children friendly words....
Son of a bee sting!
Well shut the front door!
Go eat a big long juicy 12" sandwich!
Reddit coding bleeped it, but OP was accused of using the F-word that has an a, an o, and two g's in it.
OP explained what word it was, but I think you're wrong about reddit bleeping it, I think that was either OP or a voice to text system. Because I've seen that word on here more than once without the asterisks.
You didn’t tell HR you are Autistic, communication is hard and this reeks of misunderstanding. Not once was a middle ground met.
I’m honestly sorry you had to deal with this. I’ve been terminated, fired which ever you want to spin it. All of which boiled down to how I communicated. Hell, since I’ve been formally diagnosed for almost two weeks down. I know by telling HR, I’m protected by law.
I wish you luck and hopefully you’ll find something better soon.
Fk target
ain't readin all that