Well that escalated quickly
First day of work, a coworker asks for a short break and some space in a storage closet to put down his prayer rug. Was fired almost immediately. About six months later we were all laid off when the company went bankrupt paying out his discrimination lawsuit.
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What is the fastest you have ever seen a new co-worker get fired?
Overview
This is a text-based screenshot meme of a Reddit thread. The top-level post asks users to share the fastest time they have seen a new coworker get fired. A top-voted comment describes a new employee who requested a short break and space in a storage closet to use his prayer rug on his first day of work, and was fired almost immediately. The story takes an unexpected twist when the commenter reveals that six months after the firing, the entire company went bankrupt paying out the fired worker's religious discrimination lawsuit, leading to all remaining staff being laid off, which perfectly aligns with the viral phrase 'well that escalated quickly'.
Origin notes
The core content of this meme is an anonymous user comment posted on Reddit by user sjbluebirds 72 days prior to the screenshot being captured. The screenshot was later reposted to 9Gag (provided as the RSS source) with the title 'Well that escalated quickly', and circulated widely as a viral anecdote about workplace karma and the costly consequences of unlawful employment discrimination.
