GAF, I've made a huge mistake. (Job related.)

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Forearm Star

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Why did not having your computer set up matter if you didn't know what to do or have anyone to train you at that exact moment in time.

I agree, should have asked for something to do before calling them out for being unorganized. Even worse was calling them out, leaving and then asking for your job back. You literally did nothing to warrant a second chance. Best take this lesson and not stress next time.
 
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Lan Dong Mik

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lol don't feel too bad about it OP, but damn, you reacted poorly and made a terrible mistake. Just don't let it happen again.
 
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Aztechnology

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https://youtu.be/LQCU36pkH7c
This is how I felt after reading the OP.

OP I'm not sure if you've ever had a job before, but a lot of jobs even at the blue collar level don't have you doing much for the first few days. My latest retail gig I was never a trained and they didn't get around to actually assigning me work for nearly two weeks. Take the initiative next time or just stay out of people's way until they determine they need you depending on the situation. Personally I ended up just going around and assisting people in any way I could, getting acquainted with my fellow workers in a tactful way without interrupting their work etc. There were many choices you could have made outside of doing what you did. You really screwed up there. Take it as a learning experience and become a more adaptive person. Getting flustered and making brash actions after 2.5 hours shows you have a lot to learn.
 
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| Praxis |

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What is it with GAF and some members being impatient? Wasn't there that other member that stormed out of an interview because they thought they were wasing their time?
 
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The_Inquisitor

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OP you are going to fail so hard. You actually weren't a good fit BECAUSE YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN NETWORKING during this time. Don't have your PC ready? Walk around and start introducing yourself to people. Walk around and familiarize yourself with building. There were a million other things you could have done in your first 2 and 1/2 hours and you decided playing on your phone and having a hissy fit was the best option. Grow up OP.

I don't know why but this story really upset me enough to where I got angry lol.
 
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TyrantII

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Hey, it might not be for you. But, in the future be more proactive than reactive. Instead of quiting and sitting for hours, go find people your are working with and see if they can start training you or give you some small tasks to do while you wait on HR / On boarding.

That said large corporations are soul sucking. Probably made the right choice. Just act like it never happened on the resume, and use it as an learning experience.
 
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DizzyCaffeine

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If you can walk after 2 hours, you must not need the job...right? Otherwise, it just doesn't make sense. Do you have other job offers lined up?
 
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Skeyser

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Lmao what an entitled child. Enjoy your future of working at Walmart.

At least they'll get a good laugh out of you.
 
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This will be forever immortalized as "I quit my job after the first 2.5 hours because I was being paid to do nothing"

Seriously OP, you sounded entitled and expected people to move their schedule to accommodate you. That is NOT how anything works unless you're paying them.

Since the company of paying them, their responsibilities are more important than having to stop doing things that most likely are on a deadline to instead train the new guy.
 
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Carcetti

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The people at the company are probably high fiving each other having dodged a bullet. You did a stupider thing even our most terrible interns have managed to do.
 
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G0523

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SkeptiMism said:
Please don't think it like that. And especially don't suicide because of it. Please. If you're seriously feeling like that, then talk to someone about it.

It's just one fuck up. It happens. You'll get over it and you'll get another job. Next time you'll know better.
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I'm trying not to but the thought has crossed my mind, especially since my mom keeps calling me and yelling at me over the phone, telling me how stupid I am, that I fucked up my life, etc. because she "worked so hard" to get me this job.
 
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LegendofDragoonLives

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What in the hell were you thinking man? Seriously...? The least you could do is see how it is for 2 weeks, since a lot of times the first week for me anyways is quite different than how it usually will be. And then if you still don't like it, stay there until you find another job.

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What is it with GAF and some members being impatient? Wasn't there that other member that stormed out of an interview because they thought they were wasing their time?
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Randolph Freelander

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Keep the specifics of this day to yourself. Find a new job. Do not repeat this day on that first day. A few weeks later, laugh about today.

In a few years, tell the story and allow people to laugh with you.
 
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la flama blanca

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BTW OP some people are becoming incredibly awful in this thread. You didn't fuck up a single thing for your future, just learn from it and move on.
 
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Maaaaaardy

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This is legit the funniest thing ever.

EDIT: You haven't fucked anything up. It's just funny because you got bored doing nothing for 2.5 hours. Believe me, you'll be bored doing nothing 9 hours a day in a corporate job.
 
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cpp_is_king

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2.5 hours? WTF dude. If that's not a rash decision I don't know what is.

I agree someone should have communicated with you in the first 2.5 hours, but shit happens sometimes. Maybe the person who was supposed to train you got into a severe car accident and was late.

instead of just saying "This sucks, I quit", you could have gone to your boss and said "Is there something I can work on while waiting for the training to start?"

In any case, everyone has one "omg what the fuck was I thinking?" moment in the career. Let this be yours.
 
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LyleLanley

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G0523 said:
I'm trying not to but the thought has crossed my mind, especially since my mom keeps calling me and yelling at me over the phone, telling me how stupid I am, that I fucked up my life, etc. because she "worked so hard" to get me this job.
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Don't let it beat you up too much man, you messed up but you'll be fine.
 
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Yep that's a pretty epic, and hilarious, fuck up lol.

Chalk it up to experience and move on, your mum will calm down and you've only ruined your future at this company, there will be other opportunities, just don't be so quick to quit next time.
 
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RustyNails

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Banzai said:
Holy shit this is hilarious. 2.5 hours and you said to your boss "this isnt a good fit"? AHAHAH oh man. I can't stop laughing when I imagine what she must think of you.
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OP basically made sure that the boss is never ever going to hire someone fresh out of college/inexperienced hence closing the door for aspiring fresh candidates. She learned her lesson. That's what she's thinking.
 
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shadowkat

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G0523 said:
I was specifically told to report to an employee on my first day and she will train me. I met her for a few seconds while getting a tour and nothing else happened. So I was expecting at least some sort of training.
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Did you go find her after the tour? Ask her about when training was starting or what to do before training starts? Ask if you could shadow her until formal training starts?
 
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Ravager61

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Holy shit OP. I mean.. jesus. I don't want to pile on here but your first though was to quit? Not ask if there was anything they could have you do? Not ask when they thought the training would start? I'm just baffled.

It took me a month before I had anything real to do at my job. Corporate culture just moves at a snails pace.
 
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DizzyCaffeine

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G0523 said:
I'm trying not to but the thought has crossed my mind, especially since my mom keeps calling me and yelling at me over the phone, telling me how stupid I am, that I fucked up my life, etc. because she "worked so hard" to get me this job.
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Everything will be okay. But you really need to find a new job asap. It's the only way you'll get over it.
 
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Gospel

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G0523 said:
I'm trying not to but the thought has crossed my mind, especially since my mom keeps calling me and yelling at me over the phone, telling me how stupid I am, that I fucked up my life, etc. because she "worked so hard" to get me this job.
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How long did it take your Mom to get you this job?

Was it more than 2 and a half hours?
 
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Bubba T

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I'm at work now reading this while doing nothing. Youthful mistake for sure. You could of at least amused yourself by other means while getting paid for it.
 
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NeOak

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RustyNails said:
OP basically made sure that the boss is never ever going to hire someone fresh out of college/inexperienced hence closing the door for aspiring fresh candidates. She learned her lesson. That's what she's thinking.
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More like the OP burned the bridges his/her mom used to get him/her the job.
 
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Pastry

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I didn't do anything for the first two months of my current job and I didn't really start to get stuff to do until 6 months in. I can't believe this lol.
 
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FunkyPajamas

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Tertullian said:
She told him "it's only the first day" and "that [he's] in training," but she didn't actually do anything to start training him. She didn't say "Oh yeah, lemme come over to your cube and start training you," or even "I should have time this afternoon to start training you, just hold on tight until them." She just said to wait. That's obviously a polite dismissal, her telling him that she didn't know what exactly he should be doing yet, and that he should just wait for his damn power brick. Are you really refusing to see the clear-as-day subtext here?

Obviously I'm not suggesting that the supervisor did anything wrong. I'm sure she's very busy and was perfectly polite, and no one's disputing that the OP's reaction was ridiculous. Of course the OP was ridiculous to get upset and quit.

Besides, the original comments I was replying to said that he should have talked to his supervisor. I was just pointing out that he did talk to his supervisor, and that he only quit when she didn't really tell him anything useful and didn't actually give him anything to do. That was obviously the point of my original post, so I have no idea why you're being so combative and pedantic about it. Those posters said he should have talked to his supervisor, but he did talk to his supervisor and she didn't actually give him anything to do, so their advice was superfluous. That's it. That's the point of what I'm saying.
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I've never disputed that he talked to his supervisor (something you're assuming again?), but I disagree with your assertion that she dismissed him by saying "I'm busy". I'm not being combative or pedantic about this; other than finding OP's reaction to be absurd and childish I have no horse in this race.

But you know, if you do believe I am being combative and pedantic then I apologize. It wasn't my intention to come out that way and I hope I didn't offend you.
 
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Gospel

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Maybe you should try retail instead. put in applications at places like mcdonalds or walgreens or something and work there for a while. See if it doesn't teach you some skills like patience that you can take with you when ready to enter serious work positions.
 
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Ryan242004

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lol Wow... When I started my first corporate accounting job it was like that off and on for two weeks... Those are the good times when you can sit and do nothing and still get paid for it. You messed up pretty bad man.

Wow...
 
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WanderingWind

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Also, OP, I know you kind of glossed over this, but what were you doing on your phone for 2 hours while on your first day of a new job? Was this literally your first job ever? I'm trying to figure out any job where that would acceptable for a first day hire.
 
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LegendofDragoonLives

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entremet said:
It's not a GAF thing.

It's a lack of experience thing.
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Experience has nothing to do with it, just stupidity.

Reading through it, it seems you're depressed. What's done is done. You did a really dumbass thing, but it's done and not the end of the world. Obviously never do anything close to this ever again and look to find a job that you will like even more. Try to make an excuse on why you left your last job when you get interviewed for your new one.
 
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E92 M3

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OP your mom pulled strings for the job and you walked out? Forget the job, why did you do your mom so wrong and embarrass her?
 
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Vandiger

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G0523 said:
I'm trying not to but the thought has crossed my mind, especially since my mom keeps calling me and yelling at me over the phone, telling me how stupid I am, that I fucked up my life, etc. because she "worked so hard" to get me this job.
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I'm losing any pity for you, your mom hooked you up and now her reputation is tarnished...Good Job :p
 
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Forearm Star

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G0523 said:
I'm trying not to but the thought has crossed my mind, especially since my mom keeps calling me and yelling at me over the phone, telling me how stupid I am, that I fucked up my life, etc. because she "worked so hard" to get me this job.
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Just curious.. Did you try consulting your mom before rage quitting the job about what she might have thought? It seems even more bizarre that someone put themselves out there for you and you didn't consider that before taking action.
 
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