Work: Today, our new boss showed up for his first day of work. I thought...

By Poorman - 11/12/2011 01:03 - United Kingdom

Today, our new boss showed up for his first day of work. I thought I'd seen it all, but he demands that we say "Hail to the King" every time he passes through the office. When I called HR about it, the guy on the other end told me to "man up and deal with it". FML

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By earths_venus - 24/07/2010 07:44 - Australia

Today, my new coworker told me he expects me to call him King Kong and bow down to him whenever he walks past. FML

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Workplace etiquette

By Anonymous - 04/03/2024 15:00 - United States

Today, my new boss sat me down and told me he's seriously reconsidering my hire, all because I greeted him with, "Howdy, boss!" instead of, "Good morning, sir." Apparently this indicates a lack of respect for his authority. FML

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Suck up

By Anonymous - 22/08/2015 06:58 - United States - Cadillac

Today, I showed up to my new job early, hoping to impress my new boss. When he arrived, he walked by me and muttered, "Fucking tryhard." FML

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Nepotism rules

By SHIIIIITTTT - 10/08/2012 23:16 - United States - Houston

Today, my new boss, the CEO's son, finally showed up for work, three days late and right after lunch break. His first order of business was to call a meeting and scream at everyone for not having a diet latte waiting for him on his desk. God help us all. FML

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Meritocracy is a lie

By Anonymous - 30/05/2023 00:02

Today, we got a new manager in his 20’s who has never worked our industry before. His introductory speech included, “and you will respect me as your superior.” Our veterans have pranked him three times already and he blames me because mine is the only name he seems able to remember. FML

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Goofs and gaffes

By Chelsea - 23/02/2023 12:00 - United States

Today, I called my new boss by my old boss's name during a meeting. My new boss said nothing, but just glared at me in silence. Somehow, I think he wasn't impressed. FML

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Grammar rules, OK!

By Anonymous - 21/09/2011 12:11 - United States

Today, my new boss lost his shit and flew into a ten minute rant against me about the "value of respect". He told me that if I wanted to stay in "his" company, I'd best start toeing the line. All this because I corrected his misuse of "your" and "you're" in one of his memos. FML

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By texasbest - 02/09/2015 02:39 - United States - Lindale

Today, at my new job, I walked into the office to hear my supervisor and HR manager talking about how, "the new guy isn't very smart, but we can get him to do the shit work for a couple weeks." Gee, thanks. FML

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Pleased to me you

By Anonymous - 25/08/2012 00:20 - United Kingdom - Manchester

Today, a thirty-something guy swaggered into my workplace. He was wearing shutter shades and torn jeans, and claimed to be our new boss. I called security to throw him out, at which point he produced his ID and let me know I'd be attending an employee review session next week. FML

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Office Space

By Mishlette - 23/01/2015 13:27 - United Kingdom - Derby

Today, I started at my new job. Turns out my boss is a complete douchebag. He spent most of the day looking over our shoulders and making cuntish comments about our work, then called a guy a piece of shit for farting and forced him to spray disinfectant on his chair. FML

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Sunday 11 December 2011 2:52

**** that!!! I'd tell him to shove it!! FYL

StoryOfTheYear 14

Sunday 11 December 2011 2:56

I suggest a rebellion.

Comments

wellthatsukx 0

Monday 12 December 2011 10:51

That HR guy's a prick. Don't call him that. If he presses the issue, talk to someone else in HR.

trentdubb05 0

Monday 12 December 2011 17:47

Is his name Michael Scott?

MsMeiriona 2

Monday 12 December 2011 18:39

Tell him you don't think the Queen would approve, then forget about it.

capnbzarr 43

Monday 12 December 2011 20:19

Start doing it along with an excessive, elaborate bow. Eventually, he'll feel ridiculous and tell you to stop.

afullerjr 0

Saturday 17 December 2011 1:49

To hell with that. I'd tell him to piss off. Maybe he's trying to see who has the balls to stand up and say no.

chocomilkshake 5

Saturday 17 December 2011 16:19

I'm not gonna lie, if I had a new boss who demanded that I might have gotten really excited. YES! HAIL TO THE KING. I'd probably get jealous and want to usurp the throne though, I've always wanted to be addressed as a king. :( Get a crown and everything. End up getting fired. shoot. hahaha the revolution would be egging the boss' window ahhhhhhh now I feel sad.

toxicthree 2

Sunday 8 January 2012 3:31

That would be illegal in most of the United States…

yozakura06 2

Tuesday 6 March 2012 18:12

Down with the king

kikkilinu 3

Thursday 1 November 2012 6:51

Is your boss Duke Nukem or something?

DrCheese 16

Sunday 3 May 2015 21:43

If it were a woman that called HR, that boss would've been fired. But since you're a man, society expects you to toughen up...****** up world we live in kids.