I got blamed for something I didn't do at work. A customer was very rude to me and I couldn't keep pretending it was okay.

I told him I'll do and say what I want when I'm treated poorly. This is after him cussing me and calling me names. He was in the wrong and there's no way I could of done anything differently to appease him. The manager that "fixed" it didn't even do anything different than I did except give them a discount to make up for my attitude.

Now I'm in the hot seat and waiting to hear if he called me in. Yeah I had an attitude. I'm tired of being treated like crap. I'm tired of being nice to people who treat others like crap. I don't want to lose my job, I need the money. But part of me just doesn't care anymore. I'm not allowed to stand up for myself when someone is calling me names. And my manager didn't have my back at all.

I'm actually proud of my reaction. As far as I'm concerned I handled it well. I don't care if being treated like crap is in my job description, I am not going to smile pretty for abuse anymore. Fire me.