I don't like firing people

One of my assistants told me that one of my ex assistants, who also lives in the apartment complex, said I liked firing people. My response to that was, "What?" No, I do not like it. I fired her because, firstly, she tried to kill my cat when she had him over Christmas. Even though I told her he was allergic to cat nip, she gave it to him anyway. Secondly, she broke into my mailbox without my authorization and then got me in trouble with the postmaster. My mother had to pay a fine, and that was not fun. I'm still hearing about that almost a year later. Lastly, she finally got fired when I caught her trying to lie about hours. It should have never gotten to that point. The first thing should have caused me to be done with her as an employee. Richard is a living thing and people need to treat him as such. He is not a pocketbook.

So, no, I don't really like to fire people. In fact, I tend to give people too many chances. If you have the power to hire and fire at your job, do you enjoy this?