When I was 19 I worked in apartment leasing and they hired a new manager who fired me for not going around door to door to do lease renewals on my day off.

I was too young to know this was probably illegal. She also told me I was obviously stupid because I asked questions about office procedures, etc. Apparently smart people don’t ask questions.

I ended up eventually going to college and, ultimately, getting a Ph.D. in molecular biology and doing research at an Ivy League lab. They didn’t mind me asking questions, lol.