Employee Got Fired For Accidentally Making A Joke At The Expense Of Company Owner’s Disabled Daughter

Accidents can cost us a lot. For some people accidents can cost lives, for others it can cost them their job. Reddit user u/bookluvr83 had one of these accidents and lost his job because of it while he was still on probation.

During a quarterly retreat that took place at the company. Everyone was there including OP as well the owner of the business and his disabled daughter, Amy. Amy also worked in the company.

All employees participated in some teambuilding exercises that were conducted. In one exercise, the workers were tasked to create something to convince potential clients. Amy, due to her disability, made a drawing that didn’t look the best. Everyone was allowed to critique each other’s work and people were laughing at and joking about terrible work as well as complimenting the good effort. Everything was being taken lightly until OP make a joke about a drawing that looked extremely terrible.

Turns out that the drawing belonged to Amy. OP’s boss fired him for this and he didn’t have much time to process what had happened as he quickly got escorted out of the building by security.

Scroll down below to read how it all went down!

1. Fasten your seatbelt and enjoy this long, dramatic story with lots of ups and downs.

2. While stressed he now has to look for a new job, OP decided to share the story of how he lost his previous one.

3. In the previous company OP was still on probation, working in the sales and advertising department.

4. OP had high ambitions that he would successfully pass the probation period and start full-time.

5. Everything was going smoothly for OP until the company’s quarterly retreat took place. All employees gathered at the main regional office.

6. The owner was also present at the retreat along with his disabled daughter, Amy.

7. OP was advised by his coworker to be nice to Amy. To OP it felt Amy’s main struggle was linked with her not being able to completely express herself.

8. Amy also had difficulty moving her body around the way she wanted to. OP decided to share the only interaction he had had with Amy before the main event happened.

9. OP interacted with Amy one time when he went to refill his coffee and saw her struggle to make one for herself. He decided to help by making her coffee.

10. The two had a cute little chat, thanked each other, and went back their ways.

11. During the retreat everyone participated in various team-building exercises.

12. Then came the last exercise of the day where employees in groups of three had to attract fictitious clients through any strategy i.e. make illustrations, use slogans, etc.

13. This exercise was important because the owner was already in touch with the members of the list of clients he gave to the workers. So impressing the owner with his work could potentially result in OP landing an account.

14. OP and his group submitted a recording of a rhyming jingle they made for the brand they selected.

15. After everyone submitted their work, everyone gathered up for the critique.

16. Some outcomes got great compliments while some got laughed upon. The ones who made bad products didn’t get offended by the laughs and the mood was chill all around.

17. OP’s jingle rhyme also got mixed feedback, laughs, and praise, which he took with a bright smile on his face. Good guy!

18. After having his own product reviewed, OP felt a little relaxed giving feedback on other works. He gave all sorts of feedback on all sorts of products including a joke he made about a 3-year-old making a drawing that he saw followed by a laugh.

19. But he was the only one who laughed. There was pin-drop silence in the room after he made that joke. The owner did not like that comment at all and OP’s boss told him to get back to his desk.

20. Don’t tell me it was Amy’s drawing…

21. Yes, it was her’s! This won’t go well for OP.

22. Everyone was joking and the mood was light so OP, having no idea it was Amy’s drawing, decided to joke about it as well.

23. As soon as the event ended, OP tried apologizing to his boss for what happened.

24. But none of it was going to work. OP got fired.

25. It was clear that OP had been fired for joking about Amy’s drawing.

26. Without being allowed to even process the news, the security got called and OP got escorted out of the office.

27. An hour later, one of OP’s ex-teammates called him to join them at the bar and have a drink one last time. OP agreed.

28. OP thought he might as well talk to his coworkers for references as now he would be searching for a new job. So he went to the bar.

29. The teammates shared that crude drawing that Amy made is standard practice, she does that on every retreat and everyone always says nice things about them.

30. If only OP knew this before. It was too late now, he had already lost his job.

31. OP got to know more about Amy, that how she barely works at one of the satellite offices she is mostly at.

32. It is kind of unfortunate that Amy’s dad would leave her at one of the offices to be babysit by other workers because he didn’t want to be bothered.

33. The team shared Amy was desperate to get married and her father would go on to hara*s simple employees to go on dates with her in order for her to get into a relationship with one.

34. It was clear that Amy herself didn’t understand relationships well and this idea of her getting married was structured by her father.

35. The team members also told OP they would happily give OP a reference.

36. Oh…now this is big news. Amy sent a friend request to OP. Why?

37. OP went into a dilemma of whether to accept the request or ignore it.

38. He decided to give himself some time, process and absorb everything that had happened so far, and then resume life.

I am sure you guys are curious to know “What about the friend request?”. Well, here’s an update OP made to share all of that.

39. OP finally resorted to his best buddy Dave for advice who he considered his brother from another mother.

40. Dave advised OP to accept the friend request, apologize to Amy, and clear his heart out.

41. Finally accepted her friend request and sent an apology message to Amy. She responded by thanking him and proceeded to apologize to OP as well for being the reason he lost his job.

42. Amy requested if she could send OP a note, and he agreed.

43. I wonder what the note will say.

44. She shared she incurred a brain injury when she was little and it makes her take a lot of time to type messages..she was apologizing for responding slowly.

45. OP assured her he was completely fine with it.

46. The two kept chatting for hours and it made OP feel the two could become good friends.

47. Their entire interaction mostly revolved around Amy and her condition. OP wanted to know more about it.

48. Amy shared she received her injury while she was in a car that met an accident. Her mother couldn’t survive it and Amy’s motor abilities got compromised.

49. This just goes on to show Amy was never mentally challenged.

50. Amy’s main issue revolved around communication. No one had the patience to wait as she would take a while to respond.

51. The chat circled back to apologizing to Amy for joking about her drawing with her saying she only got upset because she knew things were about to go terribly for OP.

52. Amy told OP she felt super upset when she learned OP had been fired. She tried convincing her father to reserve his decision but he didn’t listen.

53. Amy just feels bad she can’t make any contributions to anything but feels very good when she gets busy and tasks are assigned to her.

54. She tries her level best to make her father proud but he just doesn’t communicate with her the way she expects from him.

55. The way these two are talking, I sense a lot of chemistry between them.

56. The two had been talking for quite some time and now it was time to say goodnight and rest well.

57. OP is understanding her really well at this point.

58. So it was a goodnight, not a goodbye. Amy showed hints of interest by leaving the conversation only to continue it again on a topic of mutual interest. I like where this friendship is going.

Here’s the internet’s view on this:

59. If Amy gets into college, I am sure she will pass out with flying colors.

60. I am happy OP and Amy became friends after all that happened.

61. Definitely not!

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