Why did you lose your job?

When the smaller company that I worked for was bought out by a larger one, things changed quite a bit. I got a new boss and she immediately eliminated some of the policies that I had become accustomed to using. One day, a single mom came to our office and was very upset about not having the entire payment plus a late fee. She had always been late and we had often times waived the late fee. It was Christmas time and I didn't feel she should be using whatever spare money she had to go towards late fees, but should be used for gifts for her kids. I told her to not worry about the late fee (which was no longer allowed with the new company). As she left, she had a tear of gratitude for being compassionate to her. A couple weeks later, I was called in and had a sheet of paper in front of me with the title across the top... "Audit". I was asked if I had deliberately waived the late fee without prior approval and I said yes and explained. My boss told me that she'd have to document that and it would not look very good on me. The next day, I had another meeting with my boss and the regional manager, where they had a list of things I had "allegedly" done wrong. I told them that I'd do my best to do better in the future. I was told that it would not be necessary and that I was fired. The irony was that I had helped a single mom out and I was suddenly a single mom without a job.

Useless workers needed to vacate the chair and so I left, when told.