Just lost my job

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I just lost a job after working for a day and being told basically that I was a waste of space. I spent exactly one day on the job where they were training me to put the soles on handmade boots (and there is so much more than I ever knew to it). I was all proud of that job, after having spent 5 months unemployed. I was layed off by a not so scrupulous employer promising training they never gave then claimed they were "changing directions" and "no longer needed my services." At any rate they fired me from the boot factory for two reasons. First the foreman said he saw nothing to indicate I would succeed there, we got through three pairs of boots and normally 5 are done on the first day. Second, and I think this was the biggest reason, was that I was 15 minutes late on my second day. My girlfriend and I got into an argument and at the same time she was driving me to work. I left quite early fully expecting to be 15 minutes early. During the argument I blanked on where the building was. We finally found it and we were real close but according to our clock and the radio we were 5 minutes late (and I realise late is late). I hold no grudge against them or anything, I probably would have done the same in their shoes. My unemployment is up but I am fortunate to have such good friends who are letting me live with them and a girfriend who loves me in spite of me, for whom I am extremely thankful. But my problem is that while I am extremely detail oriented etc I am not fast paced. At least, when I speed up my quality goes down. I never ever got fired from a job till Tuesday but what concerns me is that unlike when I started working years ago when a truly fast paced environment meant more pay now fast paced is listed in a job ad like it is a benefit like a 401 k plan. I want to be productive and enjoy life etc but I cannot keep pace with the increasing speed of the merry-go-round. At least it is becoming a real fear. Having said that my attendence and punctuality are things I pride myself in (despite Tuesday) and those who know my work usually prefer it to someone elses when quality is needed. Working at home over the internet would be great for many reasons. I honestly considered SSI but I honestly do not want to mooch. Still I need income pronto. Even if I were to do SSI I would want it only until the second I could get into a job I could hold and not have to "worry" about because I would do such a good job and have my numbers be so good my boss would never say anything negative to me.

Wow. I really feel your pain dude. I've been there like a million times. I'd buy you a beer if I knew where you lived.

::Emails you beer::

Work sucks.

Is keeping a job always been hard for you?

This is the good time for needing a diagnoses. No diagnoses, no help from the gov.

No I never had a hard time until moving to Spokane. Even then I managed to do well as a telemarketer which strained things to the max but I could do it and do it well. I got offered a job that in retrospect SHOULD have raised every red flag in the land but I took it. It was another telemarketuing job but supposedly much better commissions, training that never happened, and supposedly a base + commissions. I was laid off after a month, and was the first they let go. They let several of us go after that from what I heard and decided they would do no training and that there would be no base pay, commission only. I lived in Philadelphia for many years and basically left there (and what was a good job but was going sour, let's just say the rets were jumping ship and a month or so after I left the company I was working for lost their contract). Also I met my current GF online and thankfully after all this time we are still together (though we have our share of moments). In the 20 years I lived there yes I had issues with supervisors who wanted me to work 24/7 like it was a privilege to work for work's sake and make next to nothing. I wasn't fast enough for them. Funny though how the customers said otherwise. Many only wanted to work with me. Still slowness has been my major issue over the years but never enough to get me fired because I always more than made up for it in qualityand knowledge. Yes I had to teach the bosses things from time to time lol. But in Spokane where office equipment is cared for more than the humans that operate it I seem to have no chance, unless there is something I am missing. It also seems I would have to wait a long time for Disability also and I do not have 3 to 5 months lol. I still intend to get a diagnosis for several reasons besides disability however. I guess the point of this thread besides the vent was to see if others of us have problems keeping up with today's numbers game and if so how do we get a handle on it? I would like to be able to finally get and keep a spokane job and actually enjoy it like everyone else seems to.