It's usually about office or personal politics, or even relatives as in the OP's case.
I took a travelling job for about two years,just for a break from law enforcement.It was a family owned business and I made alot of money. A LOT of money.
The owner's son treated the customers like red headed step children and talked to them like dogs on the phone. No wonder business fell off. Then the punk wanted to blame me!
I wasn't exactly fired,but he asked me if I would like a vacation. A permanent one.I told him I sure as **** would.
I had some money saved and went to work the next week at a Sheriff's Dept. in a neighboring county. Yeah,I took a week vacation,first.
In less than a year the business folded and sonny was looking for a job.
The customer base was all over Georgia,Alabama,Tennesee,and parts of Kentucky.
What an idiot he was.