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I'm working over here, leave me alone!

By lifeguardfuckup - 14/02/2019 15:17 - United States

Today, while lifeguarding, I received six prank phone calls on the official pool phone. When it rang again, I picked it up, told them to go fuck themselves, hung up, and then left the phone off the hook. A second later, my cellphone rang. It was my boss, telling me to get a sense of humor. FML

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By ToiletPrankster - 15/03/2022 06:00

Today, I thought it would be funny to prank call my job on my day off. I star 69’ed the numbers and prank called my coworkers. However, when I got to my boss, he knew who I was, and threatened to report me to the police. I’d forgotten to star 69. Safe to say, I was fired on my day off. FML

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You deserved it 3 285

By Anonymous - 02/09/2009 09:39 - New Zealand

Today, my boss rang me for the 5th time on my day off. Frustrated I pushed 'ignore' and yelled a string of obscenities at my phone. Turns out I pushed 'talk'. FML

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By number2 - 18/10/2011 01:14 - United States

Today, while sitting on the toilet, my phone pocket dialed my boss's cell. He was in the next stall. He answered. FML

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You deserved it 4 013

By Username - 18/02/2011 09:33

Today, at work, my phone rang. My intern answered it and told me it was a coworker who'd just left. I picked up and said "What's up bitch? What are you going to complain about now?!" It was actually my boss. FML

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You deserved it 44 913

By Anonymous - 04/06/2013 07:11 - United States - Rainier

Today, I received a prank phone call that woke me up. I actually kept them on the line because they were the first person to call me in weeks. FML

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You deserved it 6 148

Gotcha!

By Anonymous - 08/05/2014 03:57 - United States - State College

Today, while at work as a telemarketer, I called a customer on his home phone. Once I was connected, an automated voice said, "To speak with a customer, please press 1." Confused, I pressed one. I then heard loud laughter followed by, "Oh my god! What a dumbass!" before they hung up. FML

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You deserved it 23 119

By Workhorse - 12/07/2014 21:11 - United States - Athens

Today, my boss called me to inform me that I'm being laid off. In my ensuing fit of rage, I deleted the recent project I've been working on for weeks. Pretty soon after, he called me back to let me know it was a prank. FML

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By qtpieo1 - 13/08/2010 16:14 - United States

Today, I was at the pool with two boys I babysit. The eldest wouldn't get out of the pool so I pretended to call his dad. He then ran out of the pool, pushed me down, grabbed my phone, chucked it into the pool and then ran back into the pool. FML

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You deserved it 9 731

By Anonymous - 29/05/2012 18:43 - United States - Springfield

Today, while taking part in a lifeguarding exercise, I was supposed to "drown" to get another guard to save me. After all was done, my boss called me into his office and screamed at me for "drowning the wrong way," and threatening our reputation. FML

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Lonely times

By Anonymous - 22/12/2010 16:19 - United Kingdom

Today, the highlight of my day was someone prank-calling me. FML

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myname_fml 0

Thursday 3 September 2009 9:10

Your boss sounds like a douche bag. Six prank calls is overboard, unless it wasn't him those six times, but still, grow up.

untoldfame 3

Thursday 3 September 2009 9:07

you should have told him to take a long walk off a short pier!

Comments

untoldfame 3

Thursday 3 September 2009 9:07

you should have told him to take a long walk off a short pier!

DoomJeff91 2

Thursday 3 September 2009 9:55

Yes, then he'd fall in the water, the lifeguard would have to save him, and then he'd get a promotion! You're a genius!

fmlfmlfml15 0

Thursday 3 September 2009 16:18

the OP should be thankful her boss just told her to get a sense of humor instead of firing her on the spot.

Maddoctor 10

Friday 4 September 2009 2:33

Yeah but it would have been out of place for her boss to fire her if the boss was the one being annoying in the first place. Sounds like s/he never grew up past the age of 12.

fmlfmlfml15 0

Friday 4 September 2009 3:49

I mean if the boss was enough of a jackass to be prank calling him during his shift, then I wouldn't be surprised if he fired him when the OP told him off.

Maddoctor 10

Friday 4 September 2009 7:45

Well...the OP's a woman, and I actually don't know how her boss would've reacted. I'm being torn between his sense of humor/immaturity to decide whether or not he would have been offended, although I think the principle of prank calling someone-especially your own employee-shouldn't be grounds enough for dismissing them.

fmlfmlfml15 0

Friday 4 September 2009 17:07

Oh whoops, i keep forgetting to read whether the OP is a man or woman...but i'm just saying, she told her boss to go **** him/herself, she should be lucky that all she got was a slap on the wrist, considering how much of a jackass her boss is. Now it would really be an FML if after she told her boss off, he/she fired her. It's not the OP's fault for telling the prank-caller off (especially since she didn't know that it was her boss) because she was supposed to be working and someone could have drowned. But when she cursed at her boss, she's lucky that all he/she said was "get a sense of humor".

lol123mely 0

Thursday 3 September 2009 9:08

i dont see how this is a "fml" its pretty funny, ur boss would probably understand why you were mad, you were doing your job so no fml kk :)!

myname_fml 0

Thursday 3 September 2009 9:10

Your boss sounds like a douche bag. Six prank calls is overboard, unless it wasn't him those six times, but still, grow up.

time4coffee 3

Thursday 3 September 2009 12:01

What's the FML? you didn't get fired. You boss may be an idiot but when you cursed him out all he did was say get a sense of humor. Nothing seemed to happen except you got a little annoyed

lifeinoz 0

Thursday 3 September 2009 19:41

I agree with #3 - you work for this guy? What an ass-hat. However big of a jerk he is, at least you didn't get fired!

the_stereotype 0

Thursday 3 September 2009 21:57

yeah, that's kind of ridiculous that your boss would do that, especially since the basis of what you did is saving someone's life. just sayin' what if someone had been drowning while your boss was making one of his prank calls?