Difficulty telling people how I really feel.

Thanks @Faith-and-Hope!

the next chapter to this story is even more interesting. I recently got a job- a really basic, entry-level job doing menial tasks. One of my co-workers told me that the job doesn't pay award rates for the weekends. I thought to myself "Here we go again. This town is really living in the dark ages. No-one seems to pay you properly here."

So today, being the first time I'd ever had to work a weekend day, I printed out all the correct rates of pay for my job from the Fair Work Commission website. I walked into the office and went over it with my boss. I was really nice about it.

Well.... you can imagine her reaction!!

Gradually, she raised her voice higher and higher. Then she demanded my co-worker come straight to the office and tell her what was going on. Then she became verbally abusive towards me. My co-worker was crying by this time. (I felt a bit sorry for my co-worker- of course, she didn't want this to happen.)

Then my boss tried to fire me - saying "You are no longer required here. This is not going to work out."

I replied that "It's not lawful under the Fair Work Act to fire someone for asking to be paid correctly." To which she became incredulous. Obviously she could not believe that a worker would know her rights!

She yelled at me again and even used the "f" word and so I stated "You're abusive"

Then I decided to go. I just handed her the Fair Work paperwork that I'd printed out and left the office and came home. I said "Well, I'll leave these here for your reference, then."

Funny thing is that I actually feel quite good. I did the right thing. I'm glad to be out of there. I stood up for myself and I'm so glad I did. I would do it all again.

@Former-Member, you might be interested in this. xx

@Sahara

I can see your point,the only thing is for the past two years I have had to deal with matters on principal,put a complaint in and lost on every occasion.

One was selling the family farm ,which I can't discuss because it triggers me greatly,the other was the fact that my mother had a face to face with a customer service person at a bank two years ago when she took out car insurance.I was driving us somewhere last year when a object,I think was a tryre hit us did over a thousand damage to the front bumper.I discovered my mother had a insurance policy with no additional drivers.I have drove it for years if we take that car,and it seemed obvious that customer service representative failed to ask my mother "if anyone else drives your car?".My mother is capable of answering this.The bank gave me a complaint form.I felt I'll,if I had a accident and hit someone's car,we could've lost the house.

The complaint went nowhere.The local branch admitted someone failed,but the head honcho failed to acknowledge it.

The real estate,I complained to the Department of Fair Trading,lost that as well,and I had several things on the b****,as including deception under the supposed ACTS they follow.This contributed greatly to my depression last year.Department of Fair Trading is known to protect Real Estates and have been under scrutiny.

You did the right thing @Sahara,but what I'm saying is it's a world out there,I don't understand as we learn all these "principals" that mean nothing.I suggest you do what @Faith-and-Hope suggest.

Some do get away with it unfortunately.

@Faith-and-Hope,I can't go near that estate agent or her business,I could *** her,major trigger.Im so angry that they have good fortune and I don't,can't talk about it any more.

I can understand @Zoe7, many times I don't enjoy being alive.Not strong enough. Have to go off for a while. @Faith-and-Hope.