I think I made 2 mistakes that led to my release at the end of the seasonal rush. One, on my second day on the job, I was reviewing codes for the various items in Men's, Children's, Infant, and Toys to be sure I was returning things to the correct place. I had taken notes on my iPhone with the Coordinator's knowledge the previous day. Well as I was looking for the location of the code for the item I had, I was approached by a Manager that I'd not previously met. She was eyeing me and my iPhone and I immediately wanted to assure her that I was using my phone as a training aid. She asked if I liked the job so far and I said I did, just that the numbers were tricky to remember. Then the 20-something twit (I'm a 40-something twit lol) asked me if this was my FIRST JOB with so much condescension in her voice, I had to clean it up later. I pulled myself to my full height of five feet and zero inches, looked her in the eye, and smiled sweetly as I said, "Oh no, honey! In my last job, I was principal of an elementary school!" I promise I held in all the snarky comments that came immediately to mind! She looked at me dumbly for a good 10 seconds before remembering how to speak again. So even though I can't articulate what exactly my mistake was, I know that I made a mistake in that brief encounter. My second big mistake was showing up over an hour late to work inventory. Everyone was scheduled to work at 3:30 am on January 7. So I set my alarm to get ready in time to arrive on time and I woke when the alarm sounded. Then I fell right back asleep and I hadn't even snoozed the alarm, so I didn't wake again until an hour later. I dressed and got there as fast as I could and when I arrived, the doors were locked. I had to wait for a manager to unlock the door for me and guess who it was....? Yes the same 20-something twit I'd had my little encounter with on my 2nd day. I apologized for being late and quickly got to work with 2 of the existing teams. A little more than an hour after I'd arrived, she asked to talk with me in the office and I knew that was bad news. She sat me down and said that my part-time seasonal employment was now over and that I would receive my last pay later that day when they had the cash available. I asked her why she didn't simply turn me away at the door so that I could just go back home instead of wasting both our time by having me work for an hour or so. She said because there were certain procedures that had to be followed. Translation: I had to get permission to fire you on the spot before I actually did it. So I know I shouldn't have been late, but I wasn't surprised at all at how my employment ended.