Work: Today, my boss confessed to me that she doesn't know how to change...

By Idiocracy - 24/04/2009 04:36 - United States

Today, my boss confessed to me that she doesn't know how to change the staples in the staplers at work, so she just switches them when they run out. We work at an office supply store. She makes six figures. I make $10 an hour. And she just got awarded a trip to Aruba for doing a "great job". FML

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Today, my coworker got a raise by making our boss give me a pay cut for doing his job while he was slacking off. As we were heading home for the day, he found $100. FML

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Today, I got a lot of tips at work, but little did I know our boss takes it out of our paychecks. FML

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By BossesLittleBrat - 25/09/2016 12:47 - United States - Jamestown

Today, my brat of a coworker tried to convince our boss that I should get paid half of what I'm making because I broke my right arm. I'm left-handed, broke it on the job, and still doing a better job than her. She makes double what I do. FML

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By Anonymous - 24/05/2011 04:38

Today, my boss ate a small piece of paper off her desk, thinking it was frosting. I have to work for this woman. FML

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By JBK06262009 - 12/11/2009 21:40 - United States

Today, I was informed by my boss that he has been stealing quarters out of my change bowl to pay for his bus rides. He makes six times the amount I make. FML

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By annie - 10/01/2023 11:00 - United States

Today, I was told I would also be covering some of my boss's shifts next week. She gets to go on a vacation to Europe with the bonus we earned her last year. That's why she was tightening our deadlines to the point where some of the employees had to hire babysitters for their children so we could stay at work. FML

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By Anonymous - 24/02/2024 09:00 - Jamaica

Today, after six months of doing the job of 2 people, because all my coworker does is sleep and sit down with her phone, I told my boss that I can't be doing my coworker's job and getting the same salary as her. My boss added just $10 to my salary and told me to let her carry on doing nothing, while I still do the work of 2 people. FML

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By raquelcita - 26/08/2016 06:05 - United States - Winter Park

Today, I went to my boss with concerns that my manager is dumping her responsibilities on me. He agreed and told me to just do whatever she wants. She gets paid twice as much as me to talk on her cellphone all day. FML

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kooterintruder 0

Friday 24 April 2009 12:40

I seriously doubt that anyone working at a supply store makes a six figure salary.

xxmollyxx 25

Friday 24 April 2009 12:19

i'm sure theres more to the job than things like that

Comments

bunnygirl 2

Friday 24 April 2009 21:32

Your company isn't paying people big bucks to know how to change staples in staplers. Her skills are much more valuable than that. Get over yourself.

pierrette_fml 0

Friday 24 April 2009 22:18

Look at it the other way around. Your knowledge of how to change staples may be basic, but it's utterly insignificant.

frozen_heart 0

Friday 24 April 2009 22:36

one reason why someone is a manager...they're not smart enough to be a regular employee

rakhil11 7

Saturday 25 April 2009 1:30

XD so_me!!! and swy but who cares? (although, yes, this is a fairly simple skill that would take her all of 2 seconds 2 learn)

djmodifyd 0

Saturday 25 April 2009 1:44

this is the truth in every job..the more you make the less you do

i_failed 0

Saturday 25 April 2009 2:08

it would be really funny if you work at staples...

chaya12 0

Saturday 25 April 2009 2:09

six figures at a store i doubt it

ammali 0

Saturday 25 April 2009 2:10

#4 is so right. Isn't it weird how that works? It's the same at my job and it makes me so frustrated I want to shoot myself at times.

Frlf 0

Saturday 25 April 2009 2:29

Teach the boss?

MarkO_fml 0

Saturday 25 April 2009 2:54

It's obvious by the comments who is destined to clean the fryers at McDonald's and which ones aren't. Those of you at the bottom of the totem pole are just so convinced that you're smarter than you're boss that you can't even imagine how they tie their shoes in the morning. Multi-million dollar companies don't hand over a set of keys and a warehouse full of inventory to an 18 year old know-it-all. Somewhere along the line, someone put that sense of entitlement into your noggin and that didn't do you any favors. Pay your dues and prove your worth before thinking you're even close to being ready for that trip to Aruba. Just because you know how to take the cover off of the stapler doesn't make you ready to be the regional manager of an international corporation.