Yeah, I got fired.
This week we started to talk about training sessions offered in store. I would be the trainer. Briefly, we discussed pricing (We would ask for half the rate or so) in store, and how we would do it. Well this woman came in and needed training. So without my boss around, no way of charging for training and no pricing structure setup, I made a decision. This is usually where I lose my jobs.
I decided to train her off the clock - on my own time, in the store. And then at night I would make up the hour and let my boss know how things went, what we could do differently and what kind of topics were covered. So I did that, she gave me a 20 and went home.
That night my boss came in and we went over the sessions, I told him that because I didn't know what to charge, that I took my own time to do it, and will be keeping the $20 gratuity - while making up the hour that night.
He agreed, sounded reasonable.
He went to his investor (who is of course, my boss too) and went over the financials for the week, andt he investor said that it appeared that I was stealing money. So they blamed me of stealing from the company.
And they even said "Well, basically you're stealing. And we can't trust you anymore, and if we can't trust you then you could have charged that woman $120 and pocketted the money" and that's around about when I flipped my lid. I would say "I quit" but he had the paperwork drawn up before I got into the office.