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What is the smallest mistake you've seen someone get fired for?Back in the day, I was fired by Home Depot for leaving the grounds during my 15-minute break.I had just graduated from college with my Dual Major B.S. degree.I owed $20,000 in FAFSA student loans.I was working a full-time job, with decent pay, I was hired to start the same week I graduated with my Dual Major B.S. in May 6th of 1996. This job was Mon-Fri from 8 am to 5 pm. But it was not enough to pay off my student loan in record time.Hughes Electronics (at the time the largest employer in Socal) their division HCI Hughes Communications Inc.; Hired me on May 1st; 1 week before I was scheduled to graduate on May 6th in 1996. It was our division that created and launched all the DirecTV satellites and network and broadcast; DirecTV Latin America, DirecTV Japan.So I got a part-time job on top of my FULL-Time Employment job, aka (FTE) job.This part-time job was at Home Depot in SoCal. So I would work there Mon-Fri from 6 pm until closing which was at 11 pm (so 5 hours; 5 x 5 = 25 hours a week) and then 8 hours on Saturday and Sunday (8 x 2= 16 hrs). 25 + 16 = 41 hours a week.So basically I was working 2 full-time jobs. And every paycheck from Home Depot, I wouldn’t even look at it. I just paid the whole check to my FAFSA student loan. And thus I paid OFF my $20k FAFSA student loan in 1 1/2 years. Back then Home Depot paid $13 an hour, which was good pay, very good pay for a part-time job.But man that Home Depot job was “work”. You “worked”: helping customers find things in the plumbing Dept. where I worked, show them the right faucets, they right pipes, the right sprinkler systems, the right sinks, the right sewer traps, the right fiberglass shower stalls, and the right water heaters and so on so forth, then closing every night you had to straighten out each aisle and sweep the floors to make it neat for the next day and morning opening crew. The point is with that job, you didn’t sit on your laurels, you were constantly on your feet and moving.But it was FUN, I loved it. The time flew by. Except for my painful achy-breaky feet hurt so bad at nights, I cried after getting off work and wanted to quit.The first few days and weeks, I remember going home and crying my feet hurt so badly. For the first time in my life, I understood and had empathy for ladies and women who I had heard say “my feet are killing me” I guess from wearing high heels or whatever. In the first few weeks, I didn’t know if I could make it my feet hurt so bad every night after getting off of work.At my job, regular day job, we wore the “pedometers”. And it showed I walked 3 miles a day in an 8 hour day because I did IT Tech support and we walked to all the employees who’s computer we had to fix. But the place was OFFICE SPACE and “Carpeted and partly has insulation and that foam also underneath the carpet”.At Home Depot I walked 3 miles also in a 5-hour shift.That concrete floor with reinforced rebar in the Home Depot store must have 2′ to 3′ thick. That floor did not give at all. I tried and tried different shoes, tennis shoes, track shoes, running shoes, walking shoes, construction shoes, boots, I finally found one, they were called “Wolverines” and Sears carried them. They were construction boots but they worked. And I still have them, I never threw them out. After I found those shoes my feet stopped hurting, Then I knew I could make it working two jobs.=======================Well, the way the Labor laws work. The 15 minutes breaks belong to the Employer so they can dictate what you can and can’t do during those 15 minutes. And Home Depot’s policy was you could ‘NOT’ leave their grounds on your break.Lunchtime was your time because you clocked out and were free to do whatever and go where ever you wanted.Looking back, if we had Uber-Eats back then I would not have gotten fired. LOLWell, it was a Saturday, and we had an early morning 5 am all hands and feet meeting. And when the meeting was over we opened the store at 6 am and worked.Well by 8 am we were starving. So Caesar in the phone room says to me, Dude calls ahead and order 4 Denny’s Grand Slam BREAKFAST (which at the time were on special $2.00 each; and included 2 eggs, 2 pancakes, 2 sausages, 2 bacon) and run to Denny’s and get them. Here’s $20.00 one for me, you, Sal, and Valerie.Caesar was treating us to breakfast.So I called ahead and went picked up the 4 Denny’s Grand Slams and came back in less than 10 minutes. Denny’s was right up the street as the next block over.=====================================The Home Depot Assistant Manager at the time saw the 4 Denny’s breakfast and went around, “who got these Grand slam breakfasts? who left the grounds”? He kept asking and asking around and no one would answer. Finally, someone says to go ask ‘me’.Well, I was fired for that, for leaving the Home Depot Grounds to pickup 4 Denny’s Grand Slam breakfasts for the 4 of us on my 15-minute break.The Assistant Manager handed me the CASH right there counted it out and my stint at Home Depot was OVER. I had already worked there for 1 1/2 years at this point part-time in the Plumbing dept. They didn’t even cut me some slack or a warning or written write up, just paid me and GONE.Under California Labor laws when you fired, let go, discharged, laid off, whatever? The employer has to pay you and give your last check or cash right then and there. So they paid me the cash and counted it out and handed the cash to me and I took off my Orange Home Depot Apron and left.Follow-up: Several fellow Home Depot employees’ at that store and customers got him, GOT IN the Assistant Managers FACE, RIGHT UP IN HIS FACE, and said, “why’d you fire him for, he was a good worker”?“I was the pipe cutter and threader specialist”. In the Home Depot Plumbing Dept. Customers would buy custom length galvanized pipe and needed them cut to length and threaded. A lot of the customers were contractors and knew me by sight and by name. And I was the specialist on that machine. I was also good at making good recommendations for the right Faucets to buy and why, the right drain traps and how to put them together, and the right sprinkler systems for their yards, the right water heaters, and much more.It scared the be-Jesus out of that Assistant Manager and he transferred out of that store.I was okay with it, I did what I wanted to do. which was to use that part-time job at $13 dollars an hour to pay-off my FAFSA Student loan and I did that. I paid off the $20k in record time in that 1 1/2 year. That’s like taking a 2nd job and paying for and paying off a decent car for $20k, which are about what they go for today. But I did it in 1 1/2 years.I got over it, It was a kind of relief to get fired, I was tired of working 2 jobs for almost 2 years straight. LOL. So it was a blessing in disguise. No big deal I moved on.==========================================================Yeah, then later I went back to school and got my MBA $20k that cost me. i PAID THAT OFF ALSO.Then I went back to Law School and got my J.D. Law Degree and owed $100k, I whittled it down; now I only owe $46k I think.==========================================================BTW if you ever need to replace your home water heater? Here are the steps.Replaced a 40-gallon water heater by myself. Mildly difficult. Here are the steps.At night (Maybe a Friday night) (so you can work on it Saturday Morning) after everyone is done with showers around 9–10–11 pm.Turn off the water heater pilot flame, by closing the Gas Valve at the water heater or if it’s electric turn-off the electrical connection.The water in the heater will cool over-night and be cool by morning.In the morning, let everyone brush their teeth, then TURN-OFF the Water main so there is no water pressure. Then proceed with the next instruction.Get a long garden hose, or long enough to plug into the bottom outlet on the water heater to where ever is closest outside.Open that valve and drain the water heater. That may take a good 15 to 20 minutes.Now the water heater should be pretty light to move and remove.Close the gas line to the house or the fuse if it’s an electric water heater.remove the topwater lines, gas lines and heater vent,Remove any earthquake straps and pull out the water heater. It’s slightly heavy so get some help or just walk the heater, swing it back and forth to get it outside.Install the new water heater and everything in reverse.Then TURN-ON the Water main and check for leaks.Make sure you use “white plumbers tape” on the threaded parts to create a good seal for the water lines.12. Yellow plumbers tape is for the gas line.A TIP: If this is a Gas Water heater. Once the New Water Heater is installed? The igniter will not light up until you BLEED THE GAS LINE to get the Air bubbles out. To do this open the valve at the top until you smell gas then close it. Then bleed the bottom valve by the igniter by opening it up until you smell gas then close it. NOW IGNITE THE PILOT FLAME and it should light up immediately.NOW ANOTHER TIP: DO NOT, DO NOT, DO NOT Buy a GE water heater, their IGNITER ELEMENT ALWAYS GOES BAD, AND HAS A KNOWN DEFECT. That’s why Home Depot no longer carries GE, they now carry Rheem WATER HEATERS which are much better quality.If you call Home Depot, they’ll just give you the phone number for GE Customer support and GE WILL have you do some troubleshooting then GE will send you a new igniter in the mail. And you have to open the bottom igniter apparatus and replace the igniter element. All this can take days or a whole week to wait for the igniter to arrive by mail. So you have a WHOLE FREAKING WEEK WITHOUT HOT WATER. Ouch!One last suggestion, if you want your water heater to LAST 15–20–30 years, do this preventative maintenance. Once a year FLUSH THE WATER HEATER:TURN-OFF the pilot flame in your water heater after the last shower at night on a Friday. Or cut the fuse or electrical switch for Electric water heaters. By morning the tank will be cool. Hook up the same hose and OPEN THE VALVE and DRAIN The Tank with the hose. TURN OFF THE WATER MAIN. Once water stopped coming out.Now TURN-ON the Water Main, let the water pressure flush out all the built-up calcium deposits. Run it for about 5 minutes THEN close the valve and disconnect the hose and let the water heater fill up for about 30 minutes.Now Re-Ignite the Pilot flame or turn on the fuse for the electric water heater.This whole process will KEEP CALCIUM DEPOSITS OUT and make your water heater double or triple it’s life span.if you like this answer please give me an upvote below - ThanksThank you for all the Upvotes. 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McDonald’s actually has pretty high standards for cleanliness and quality. I guess I cant speak for every store, but the store I worked at was a stickler. They were all about washing your hands any time you stepped away from your station, or had any questionable contact with anything, or at the least every 30 minutes. When I was working on the grill floor either assembling sandwiches or cooking meats, we were told that when in doubt, to always just throw things away. Even if we were ridiculously busy, if the timers ran out on the meats, throw away that batch and make more. If the buns were past the expiration date, even if they would still be good being one day past due, we’d end up throwing away the whole batch of buns. Once when I was assembling a sandwich and the wrapper slid off the table, I caught the wrapper in my hand very quickly at hip level, nowhere near the floor, but was told to throw it away anyways.McDonald’s actually offers a variety of benefits that big corporations offer employees. They have healthcare benefits, granted I don’t know how good they were back in high school because I was still under my parent’s health plan. They did offer some tuition reimbursement if you were in school while working. I think if you worked at least 20 hrs a week, they offered on the order of magnitude of ~$500 per semester if you were part time and ~$1000 per semester for full-time students (don’t quote me on these values).McDonald’s pushed for fresh made-to-order sandwiches and changed the way a lot of fast food businesses were run. I worked at McDonald’s for 4.5 years, from Sophomore year in High School to my Sophomore summer home from college. If you look closely at the restaurant itself, you will see that at most McDonald’s today, there is an assembly line on the grill floor. At the rear is a screen with bun racks, which the “starter” toasts the buns and places the appropriate buns on the appropriate wrappers to start the sandwiches as much as possible before handing off to the “assembler”. The assembler then takes the sandwich and adds condiments and meat patties before wrapping and sending it to a heat tray. Each sandwich is made to order.It was not always like this. This change to making things fresh to order happened around the early 2000’s. Back when I started work in the late 90’s, there was a big burger bin. Rows of specific burgers filled certain rows. Burgers were made in batches, microwaved, and stored in the bin. Numbers were placed behind each batch to signify how long ago it was made and for that batch to be thrown away after a given time. The person running the microwave was charged with calling back to the starter/assembler to make so-many of each batch of burger to keep the burger bin stocked. This was very inefficient as this required guessing at filling the bin without over-stocking and throwing away food when it passed the allowed time before getting sold. These burger bins can still be seen in some older movies from the 90’s. I think Burger King and Arby's still uses these bins at many of their stores, but they make things to order nowadays.McDonald’s is always changing and trying new things. I’ve witnessed many era’s of menu items being added and removed from the menu. I’ve gone thru the Arch Deluxe, MBX, Pita sandwiches, Mighty Wings phases, and the removal of the Super-Sized combo option. When they started adding parfaits to the breakfast menu and salad shakers to the lunch menu, I dreaded working the opening shift. Those salad shakers were such a bad idea. For those who don’t remember, it was a salad inside a clear, tall, over-sized sundae cup with a lid, filled to the brim with salad. Then it was meant to pour the dressing in, close the lid, and shake it up, "supposedly" better suited for eating on-the-go. Well, as bad designs go, the dressing just got smeared all over the lid and only penetrated the top layer of the salad. So naturally, after about six months to a year of that nonsense, they went back to regular salads on a plate, but added more gourmet to it.I do wish more McD's restaurants would serve the McRib more regularly, with it's weird shaped pork patty, slatthered in bbq sauce, the sharp bite of slivered onions, mellowed out by the sweet tang from the two to three pickles meticulously/randomly placed, all melded together on a toasted roll (not bun).. mmmm mmm.. So this sandwich is actually only sold certain times of the year, pending pork prices, as well as by choice of the local McD's store owner. So this has led to a bit of a cult-following for this seasonal burger, even with a website with a McRib Locator.Nowadays, I find Mcdonald’s doing a pretty decent job, with their McCafe fancy coffees, and gourmet quarter pounds, they’re adding variety within a pretty safe zone. They also have plenty of healthy options like apple slices and salads for sides and egg whites and oatmeal for breakfast. They even removed the Super-Size option from the value meals (I personally am not too big of a fan of that cuz I'm a glutton, and I feel the consumer should take responsibility for what they order and dont order).McDonald's caters to alot of different tastes in different areas of the world, adapting to local cuisines and tongues. They have always been on the forefront of research and doing what it takes to start new trends and push fast food into new directions. It almost sounds like I work for them, do I? No. But am I partial to their ways because I worked there so long? Maybe.I just always loved their food and will continue to eat there, periodically and within reason.

I was working while preparing for CAT so I used to put in 2-3 hours everyday for about 3 months. I joined weekend classes but never went. Instead I put in an hour or two on weekends as well.My maths is really good and even though I read a lot, my grammar is a little weak. So I focused more on English and Math was mostly done as a revision basis. I gave just one mock test in which I scored a 20-30 percentile ( I don't remember exactly).I used to go for football every Monday with office friends, weekends were for going out and watching movies and I simply focused on the basics. I never put myself under any pressure or stress and simply focused on the task at hand. I got a 99.28.