"I Got Fired from My Job for Saying Sorry Too Much": Nigerian Lady Who Moved to Canada Opens up

"I Got Fired from My Job for Saying Sorry Too Much": Nigerian Lady Who Moved to Canada Opens up

  • A Nigerian lady has narrated how she lost her new job in Canada over her habitual apology to the employer
  • According to the lady, her employer was always in constant pain and her being empathetic would always say sorry
  • Days after she refused to stop using the magic word, she received an official notice from her employer

A Nigerian lady in the diaspora, @mmariaammx, has revealed she was fired from her care attendant job in Canada for saying sorry too often.

In what came as culture shock, the young lady said sorry is a default word in Nigeria but that is not the case in Canada.

Mixed reactions as Nigerian lady loses her job in Canada for saying sorry too much
She said she has learnt her lesson. Photo Credit: P A Thompson, TikTok/@mmariaammx
Source: UGC

How 'sorry' led to her sack in Canada

In a TikTok video, she advised people to be ready to unlearn and relearn when emigrating to foreign countries, saying she has learnt her lesson.

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She explained that she got a care attendant job as a side hustle as she already had a 9-5 work in Canada. On the first day of work, she noticed her employer had a health challenge that put her in pain daily and tried to be empathetic by always apologising.

@mmariaammx's employer called her to order, noting that the constant 'sorry' gets on her nerves. She refused to listen and this got her sacked days later.

Watch the video below:

People react to her Canadian culture shock

Amee_braiding said:

"I also do say sorry to my employer, but she doesn’t respond and I will be like when I go understand these people."

blackjezebel said:

"So they gave you instructions regarding your client and you completely disregarded it."

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Solexbrown said:

"Hope u no finally tell her sorry ma , well am sorry about what happened to you ,, hope you are ok now."

Horlarwumi-Braids said:

"She is right o...am learning how to stop saying sorry too...because they complain each time you say sorry."

anonymous said:

"You are very right…I once told a resident “it’s okay” she said No it’s not okay, don’t Telme it’s okay.I was like Naso dem Dey do for here?"

Nwakaibeya said:

"In Canada when you say sorry they tell you it’s not your fault or why are you saying sorry."

Raw & Regal said:

"As a Canadian Social Worker that works with vulnerable ppl you always have to choose your words carefully clients and coworkers will come for your head!"

Lady gets a job with the NHS, moves to the UK

Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh reported that a Nigerian lady who is a nurse relocated to the UK after getting a job there.

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The lady got a job with the NHS and immediately packed her things and moved. She said her decision to relocate was the best decision ever.

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Delali Adogla-Bessa (Current Affairs Editor) Delali Adogla-Bessa is a Current Affairs Editor with YEN.com.gh. Delali previously worked as a freelance journalist in Ghana and has over seven years of experience in media, primarily with Citi FM, Equal Times, Ubuntu Times. Delali also volunteers with the Ghana Institute of Language Literacy and Bible Translation, where he documents efforts to preserve local languages. He graduated from the University of Ghana in 2014 with a BA in Information Studies. Email: delali.adogla-bessa@yen.com.gh.

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