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By Bikinibabe - 07/06/2017 06:17 - United States - Weehawken

Today, I competed in a bikini contest at work. According to the score sheets and the judges, I won the cash prize and an all-expenses paid trip to Vegas. However, I was shunted to second place, and the unattractive girl who sleeps with the company owner's socially awkward son was awarded my win. FML
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Alc95 4

Op here. I didn't have an fml account when I submitted this. I do work at hooters. And I did not mean that this girls "worth" is measured by attractiveness. I'm only pointing out that she is considered "unattractive" because she didn't meet the standard of this particular contest (overweight, excessive acne, unkept hair, etc) and by no means should have won. Beauty standards and confidence are what we are judged on for this contest. And the owners son being socially awkward is an important detail because he has never had a girlfriend before and she told him she would not consider it if she didn't win this contest. So at the last minute, the owner added his sister and girlfriend to the judging panel (they originally weren't supposed to be) and had them vote for her. My managers were told of the rig to the contest by the other judges. The other judges said that even with the sister and girlfriend my scores were still highest and my managers told me because everyone was shocked at what had happened. It was very obvious that the results were tampered with. But the owners announce the results. I just used the words unattractive and socially awkward to make a point because of the word limit for submitting FMLs. And of course, I was angry when I wrote this at the unfairness of the situation and being mistreated by a company I've worked hard for, for years. I was a good sport about it, even after it was confirmed that the contest was rigged because there's nothing I can do anyway and just needed to vent in this fml

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sosterbeck 7

Where do you work that they have bikini contests? In most companies this would lead to lawsuits

Druu 53

I'm sure an impartial panel of FML judges would be able to chime in on the actual winner of the contest. We have the image of your competition, but nothing to compare it to.

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sosterbeck 7

Where do you work that they have bikini contests? In most companies this would lead to lawsuits

Firstly: I agree with the first commenter. Secondly: If the judges and the scoree sheets said you won, how did the owner justify not giving you thee win? I mean, I suppose he/she would at least have to pretend to be impartial or there would literally be no point with the competition.

If they own the company it sounds like he could afford to give you BOTH the prize at the very least!

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the perks of sleeping with the boss or rather bosses son

Druu 53

I'm sure an impartial panel of FML judges would be able to chime in on the actual winner of the contest. We have the image of your competition, but nothing to compare it to.

Just from the first sentence I would say FYL.

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Was that kid rockin' a banana hammock, or what?

Yeah, but she has to have sex with a socially awkward guy - totally not worth it

I didn't see anything said that she has to do it.

Lobby_Bee 17

After seeing you smoking hot in a bikini, I'm sure a lot of other coworkers wouldn't think twice to take you out on an all expenses paid vacation.