I think i got fired for not being a hamplanet Background: I used to work at a big-box retail store. I worked 2-10 for a month until I overheard one of the managers (all the managers sans 2 are fat women. 1 thin woman and 1 thin guy.) complaining about not having enough people usually on the 5-10 shift, so I volunteered to switch to the 5-10 shift. My area of responsibility was all of electronics, sporting goods, fishing, auto / home, and more often than not, toys, which means that I spent a great deal of my time running around to each section to answer questions and help people find things. I was also the only person who answered the call box in Furniture, which meant I'd often be carrying the heavy boxes of wood furniture packs out to the floor and to their car. If anything heavy needed to be lifted, I was the one they'd call. I was also one of the guys who had to take in the carts at 5 and 10. This frequently left me the good-kind of tired, the one you feel after a really good workout. I should also mention that none of the female staff ever lifted anything heavy or did anything strenuous, and when I off-handedly made a joke about the workout feeling after lifting furniture, one of the obeasts got upset and defensive. The only thing I've ever seen her lift was a Krispy Kreme box to take to her office and snack on.    So long story short, when I was given the spiel about why I'm being fired / let go, they tell me I refused to take my break (store policy is 30 minute off the clock), or took very short ones (which is allowed) and was sometimes abrupt with the managers (probably because of all the running around I do coupled with the fact that I'm the only one doing the heavy lifting). They admitted I was a star with customers too.    Now I'll admit, I'm no Dwayne Johnson. I've got about 15-20 lbs in the middle I'm currently getting rid of. And I hate myself for letting it get this stupid. I used to wrestle in high school, and I was an idiot and didn't cut back my calories after I stopped. But I was doing more to cut fat and sugars than those hamplanets were, and they fired me for not "falling in line". I'm pissed.