--Zero- posted... I had something similar happen that some time helped me get past. I was working a security job overnights and there were 2 guard shacks for each side of the facility. During my walking rounds I would have to stop at the other shack to sign a sheet saying I made it. On certain nights there was this other guard over there that would smoke weed and always wanted to talk to me but I usually kept it short and wanted to make it back to my shack as quickly as possible cause it was creepy at night and I used to play my DS at the time.
I guess the guard got paranoid I wasnt gaining his trust and he thought I was going to tell on him for smoking weed. I come back to work a few days later to hear from another guard that the guard in the other shack was talking about me to them saying if I rat them out for the weed that hell put me in a body bag and that hes got weapons to handle me if I do. So I was only a month into the job and that made me really paranoid so I reported it directly to my boss in a written letter and made s police report about what was said and that I wasnt comfortable working when that guard is.
They ended up suspending me for a week before telling me they were letting me go instead. I heard the guard kept their job without issue afterwards. I was told that it was because I broke the chain of command by not going to my captain first who is some old dude that works in the same shack as the weed guard on opposite days. They said I shouldnt had made a police report and let them handle it too. I enjoyed the job and it was my first job after a big move while single so it really hurt at the time cause I enjoyed it quite a bit. I was told that guard was untouchable because he was on some type of disability program that pays the security company essentially to work for them so it was free work for them.
Did you consider suing for wrongful termination? It sounded like you had a case.