[offtop5]

This can happen if you just don't read the room right.

Although getting fired for something like this implies you are already on thin ice, and you basically pushed your luck.

All respect to the op though, these companies aren't your friends, and the very second you have a better opportunity you need to take it. By far the best experiences of my early adulthood was getting fired, I learned at a young age to not feel any loyalty to these companies. They don't care if your wife, or your kids are sick. They don't care if you need HealthCare coverage to keep living, they only care about the bottom line

Take care of yourself, and save your money.