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Need help wording employment termination on resume...?

I was fired from one of my previous jobs, and I recently received an application for employment and also a date for an interview with USPS. How would you nicely word the following: I was terminated because my district leader said that I did not follow a few procedures as I was suppose to. I informed my district leader that I did not know about the policies, and she basically said that I was still fired for "lack of knowledge". I moved from Virginia to California so the S.O.P.'s (Standard operating procedures) WERE different. How do I justify being fired the way I was in an application where professionalism is a MUST! Supposedly I signed a paper that stated these proceduces existed, although I KNOW I did not sign ANYTHING upon transferring to California. I had worked for the company for several years in Virginia. It was nothing that caused destruction to the companys property, or that could have caused bodily harm to ANYONE. I let my fiance in the store after hours because when I worked in Virginia it was okay...I thought that it was okay PERIOD...and that was what I was fired for...letting my fiance in the store. "Compromising security"

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1. I need more specifics. Where these procedures common knowledge? Was violation of such something that could result in death or destruction of property?
2. Never put info like that on a resume. Simply the dates you were employed is fine. If it comes up in an interview, be prepared to answer it. But if you put it in writing, you might as well shout "don't hire me!".