I got into trouble at work. Was I wrong?

[jobber2thestars]

On Tuesday's and Wednesday's I work with groups of 6-8th graders on the gym where I am a trainer. It should be easy enough; they walk on a treadmill for 3 miles and then play dodgeball. Well, they make it much, much harder. In the three weeks I've been working with the groups, I have been called every swear in the Spanish language and every racial slur they have for white people. I got angry when one kid told me I look like a Jew who should be in the Holocaust, and decided that if they were old enough to dish stuff like that out, they should be old enough to take it, too. I told one kid that he was going to be fat his whole life if he doesn't get on the treadmill like he should be doing, and told another that if I look like a Jew without the hat, he look's like a Mexican with a pair of handcuffs on his wrist. Now, I know I should have been more mature, but I was just pissed. So today, I got called into the office of one of the higher-ups, and got a talking to about the whole thing.

So my question is was I really wrong in going back word for word with the kids. Yes, they are 14 and I am 23, but they are more than old enough to know better. Not that I was any better, since I should have known better, too.

[Deleted]

Kinda

[The Ichi]

Maybe the Mexican remark was out of line but I don't blame you for losing your temper. f*** those kids, I'd either complain or quit.

[Big Daddy Bad Booking]

While I know you're wrong here, do you work at a school or a fitness facility?

[BigJerichool222]

Yes.

Why on Earth would you lower yourself to their level?

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

I think you already know the answer.

[Johnny Truant]

You were most certainly wrong, yeah. Just because someone calls me something doesn't mean I can call them something back and be like "WELL HE DID IT FIRST, GEEZ."

[Wolfpack Bitch]

uh yeah, way wrong. They're just kids and even if they need soap in their mouths.. it's not your place to put it there.

[The Ichi]

I think some of you are forgetting that we can all lose our temper. I'm not jewish but if I was one and got "holocaust" remarks from a bunch of kids, I wouldn't keep my cool. It's easy to say you would do when it's not happening to you.

[Monty Dawson]

You're lucky to still have a job. I know that you were pissed, and it happens (Believe me, I feel for you) but if I were in charge you would be looking for a job

[dabossftw]

While the kids were out of line, they're kids. You are an adult. You were in the wrong, though I can't say I wouldn't have done the same thing.

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Apr 12, 2011 14:54:06 GMT -5 @leopoldogodi said:

Kinda

[Predator McBroski]

You didn't do it the smart way. Should of told their teachers/parents, etc.

[CM Dazz]

I would have kicked the kids out, and fired you.

[Deleted]

I wouldn't talk trash back to them, I'd just exercise them until they were about to puke.

[Curt Hawkins Fan]

Make those littler f***ers run for 10 miles on the treadmill. It isn't wise to taunt kids but rhaboing them would give them a good lesson.

[lennon]

As annoying as these kids sound, you're still an adult and should know better.

["Twisted and Tormented" Ash]

Apr 12, 2011 15:46:10 GMT -5 @akeem said:

I wouldn't talk trash back to them, I'd just exercise them until they were about to puke.

[Joe Galt]

You should of pulled a CM Punk maneuver. "You`re fat, ugly, and you don`t have any friends!"

[Deleted]

You're wrong. You're supposed to know better and act better than they do.