An Infuriating Case Of Mistaken Identity

I was surprised to be fired. I had done nothing wrong, my performance was good, I was always on time, and I got along with everyone. Even my manager didn’t know about it until he called me to ask where I was.

After a few weeks, I got a phone call asking me to come back. They also reluctantly agreed to pay for the time “off” I had. It took a lot of pushing and favours to find out what had happened.

Turns out the owner’s daughter, who worked on site from time to time, slept with a guy at the office. For whatever reason, he fell out of favour with her and she gave my name and description. It was only when she came on site and asked why he was still there that they realised the wrong person was sacked.

I started to look for another job as soon as I got my backpay. I’ve never looked back.