After one years successful employment as lead cook at a diner, my employer suddenly told me he had to terminate me as he "was wishing for his diner to be a place everyone would enjoy coming to work, and that he could not have me making "death threats" to staff. I honestly do not know for sure what death threat this was....he said, someone said, a student waitress had made mistakes on her orders, and I said I'd have to kill her...I don't honestly recall the event, it would have been in jest in the sense of "if I told you the secret I'd have to kill you" humour, certainly not with malice intended...it was never that sort of environment.
The owner of the restaurant is super conservative menonite, a good man whom I highly respect, the staff mostly mennoninte, and amish backgrounds, so possibly my sense of humor was mistaken for malice.
My employer confessed that the person making the complaint was a person that I had shown displeasure with her work performance, the previous shift. long scenario, I know. Questions are am I wrongfully terminated? never had a warning or issue ever with this job. He seemed very remorseful, and said he was sorry to have to do this but he had to terminate me. Thanks for your imput