My Boss’s Wife Called Me a Thief in Front of Customers

that two of the other workers who’d spoken up that day in the office were offered their old hours back with a formal apology letter.

I wasn’t offered my job back.

I didn’t want it back.

My new store was smaller. The stockroom smelled like old cardboard and someone’s forgotten lunch. The parking lot flooded a little when it rained. My manager, a guy named continue reading …