Today, my boss was angry at me because I had filed a complaint about him refusing to change our phone service to something more reliable. Later, a customer called him and said I had hung up on him. I got fired. I didn't hang up on the customer, the phone service just dropped the call. FML
I agree, your life sucks (24485) - you totally deserved it (1074)
On 10/20/2009 at 3:35pm - work - by ShayanFCB (man) - United States (New York)
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#1 - On 10/20/2009 at 7:30pm by OMGoriginality
I guess he didn't get the message. It is not your fault. Sorry you got fired. But did you explain it--well you probably did and got the shit end of the stick cause your boss is cheap.
#28 - On 10/20/2009 at 10:50pm by TenebrificTurtle
Except this doesn't include Angela throwing Bandit through the ceiling.
#8 - On 10/20/2009 at 7:38pm by allmidnighteyes
I have The Office board game- that's where I got my Support the Rabid bracelet. I don't know if you can get it separately. Maybe.
#40 - On 10/21/2009 at 8:03am by turnedoffTVgrey
#6
isn't the point of this site to whine about how life isnt fair?
#9 - On 10/20/2009 at 7:39pm by stone_light
Pr0n and bitching ftw.
And the intellectually-challenged people like me who like to look at brainless, hilarious pictures.
:]
#26 - On 10/20/2009 at 10:31pm by Witchcraft
I just got on this site and i love it. I feel better about my life already. And if I didn't think my life sucked already, if I ever get a post on then I can get torn apart by jerks when all I want is someone to UNDERSTAND... sob #6, you just have to undermine yourself. Why are you one here if you don't think people should whine?
#29 - On 10/20/2009 at 10:52pm by TenebrificTurtle
I was kind of thinking the same thing, but it's possible that the company doesn't record the numbers that call them, because a) that would be a lot of numbers to record and b) it might make callers nervous about their numbers being sold. I mean it seems like you should at least be able to use *69, but there might be a company policy against it. Or maybe the customer immediately called the boss, so the OP got a busy signal when he called back.
You also could have gone straight to the boss to tell him what had happened... but again, in the case of the customer immediately calling him you'd still be screwed. Sorry, dude.
Listen here, young people, YOU MAY NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT YOUR BOSS.
If your boss is doing something really illegal or against the company rules, many places have anonymous whistle-blower hotlines. If you don't, then get an unsigned note to someone who can do something about it. Make sure you are not the only one who knows the incriminating information, or he will know it's from you.
Remember my wisdom from yesterday about the guy "stealing" leftover bread? Remember how a bunch of people came and backed me up on that? This is yet another one of those BS things that goes on in the business world. How do you think the whole subprime thing worked? No one has the guts to tell about wrong and illegal things going on.
You might think you are coming here for some laughs, but you might accidentally learn a thing or two about the "real world."
Nooo I don't want to learn!
And now I am dead.
You've killed me with knowledge, Perdix. :/
#27 - On 10/20/2009 at 10:35pm by Witchcraft
Trust me, when you get into the "real world," you start getting a lot of FMLs regarding the fucked-up nature of the business world.
Please come haunt me at my office and you will see what you mean. I don't think we are serious about the "No-Ghost" policy.
I've seen a lot of horrifying crap that goes on in daycares. Now, if I had one, I'd be terrified to put my kid in daycare. :/
Maybe I will. I'm your new stalker-ghost, and you can't get rid of me. :]
#31 - On 10/20/2009 at 11:12pm by Witchcraft
Actually that sounds pretty good. I have to spend a lot of time alone at work and some time with some rather boring people, so having a lively spirit around is most welcome.
Can you invent shit? I would try to give you credit for the stuff we come up with, but I am afraid the Patent Office won't let me have a ghost that sounds like Catherine Zeta-Jones as a co-inventor, even though we know the truth. ;)
Maybe you can roam around the spirit world and get Archimedes, Da Vinci, Edison, Tesla, the Wright Brothers, etc. to look at my work and brainstorm ideas. This could be great!
Don't worry, I'll scare all the boring people away with my frightening hauntings!
Oh, yes, I can definitely invent things! I co-created and helped experiment with a wonderful, stomach-filling, tastebud-satisfying creation just a few weeks ago, in fact, with a very clever man!
Boo, Catherine Zeta. My lack of faith in her husband's "acting" skills has resulted in somewhat of a grudge against her. :/
I might have to go haunt her, too, but in a bad, spooky way.
P.S. I talked to Archimedes about it, but he told me to fuck off. How very rude.
#38 - On 10/21/2009 at 2:21am by Witchcraft
Oh, Witchy-ghost! Thanks for the effort. I'm impressed that you know ancient Greek.
Did you see that example of corporate waste I just experienced? Of course, you did, you're an all-seeing ghost. We just moved offices and have hundreds of nice cardboard boxes that we have emptied. What did we do with the empties? Did we sell them? Recycle them? Give them to another department in our company? Noooooooooooo! We just tossed them into the Dumpster. I objected, but once I realized that no one else cared, I just shut the F up.
It's true. I'm also fluent in Latin...though when I speak it, people throw stones at me. :[
I did see that, and I got angry on your behalf. Don't worry, though...I've sent a few malicious spooks (think Genghis Khan-type ghosts) over to your co-workers' houses to give them a little...erm...surprise tonight.
Pretend you know nothing in the morning when your co-workers complain about being raped and pillaged the night before. :]
If you want, I can slip a few drugs from beyond the grave into their morning coffee so that you can have free-reign over their actions. Why just stop at making them recycle cardboard boxes? You could take over the company!
But think of the possibilities those cardboard boxes could have served!
Massive fort?
Home for a hobo?
The "box" in a box of kittens?
#49 - On 10/21/2009 at 8:55pm by Witchcraft
Witchy-ghost, you are awesome!
This morning when I came in to work, I had eight cups of steaming hot coffee on my desk and many donuts all with notes saying "Please make it stop!"
I used to be very good in Latin, but never spoke it. Mostly I scanned the Aeneid for meter and identified the poetic devices. I considered having Classics as my second major, but I did not like the faculty of the department. I am so rusty in it now. Keep working at the Latin, though, it seems to do great things for your brain. But who am I to tell you when you can ask Great Caesar's Ghost?
Why thank you...Perdy-live? Perdy-solid? Nope, can't think of anything cute. :[
Oh, good, so it's working! Genghis told me last night that he and his minions went ape-shit on your co-workers, even more so than when he was alive. I'm glad he refrained from killing them, though, I don't want to meet them on this side yet! They sound too dull.
Well, that's impressive! At least you can speak some of it, it tends to astound people! How much of it do you know?
I'll let you in on a little secret, though...
When you die, you are automatically knowledgeable in Latin, because it's necessary to communicate with anyone who's anyone on the other side.
I must warn you though, if you try to talk to Caesar, make sure you enunciate your words. If not, he'll scream at you.
#51 - On 10/22/2009 at 3:29pm by Witchcraft
FYL.. but maybe you should have called the customer back.
If there was no way to do that, such as you didn't have their number, then FYL.
#20 - On 10/20/2009 at 9:40pm by allihall127
Go over this person's head to their boss and tell them what happened?
If that doesn't work, look into a wrongful termination suit against the boss. Seems like he fired you to punish you, not because you did something wrong.
#24 - On 10/20/2009 at 10:30pm by TheTruth1428
I've had this happen before. Got yelled at by a bitchy stepmom for hanging up on someone because I was too lazy to go find the person they were calling for. Except I didn't, it just disconnected... V_v
maybe you should go back and tell the employer about this problem...
#34 - On 10/21/2009 at 12:23am by 21sparrow7
Seek revenge for the dropped call. Drop kick the phone through your boss's window. That will teach him. That was a pun by the way. Get it... Dropped call, litterally, drop kicking a phone. Get it?
#36 - On 10/21/2009 at 1:11am by AnnoyingFlamingo
Well, you can contest that to the next level up as well, and the phone service's logs should prove it. Your boss is the one that should be getting fired. If that doesn't happen though, even after you prove your innocence, I wouldn't recommend actually trying to get your job back. Actually, I'd be curious to find out how your boss discovered what happened since those kinds of reports are supposed to be anonymous anyway... (unless it's something you've complained about before, in which case, you should've realized this could happen)...
#37 - On 10/21/2009 at 1:13am by blastvortex
contest the firing at the unemployment office. Tell them what happened and that you were fired because the phone service dropped the call. I contested being fired from a job once and after about 5 week I was offered my job back. The process will take a few weeks because the unemployment office has to call your employer and other shit.
When something technical or human is preventing you from doing your job properly you must document everything. The time it happens, what went wrong, how it could be prevented. Do not go over your boss's head, do not blow whistles over something as small as this. Simply present the evidence, if they still fire you then you can sue for wrongful dismissal and / or still collect EI, remind them of this only as a last resort.
You don't deserve it, but you should have seen it coming. ESPECIALLY in this economy, the squeaky wheel is far less likely to get the oil than it is to get REPLACED.
#42 - On 10/21/2009 at 9:38am by thousandinone
there are a lot of stupid people in charge out there. sorry for your misfortune.
#44 - On 10/21/2009 at 11:31am by Superawesomestev
YDI for not explaining the situation. If you had a complaint on file about your boss and the phone system, the firing should've been seen as retaliatory and thus not justified.
YDI for filing a complaint against your boss. So you have a bad phone system? Tell your boss. Email him and explain the problem. Maybe even cc his superior when you email HIM about the SYSTEM causing dropped calls or other problems. Filing a complaint against the boss for not changing the phone system is rather chicken-shit, petty behavior, that just leaves the boss - and probably anyone above him who read the complaint - itching for a reason to can you. Nobody likes to have someone "tell" on them when there's another way to handle the situation. That made you untrustworthy in your boss' eyes, and put you on the fast track for a pink slip. You learned a valuable lesson about human relations and the workplace - hopefully. Now move on.
NEVER dis your boss no matter what. they will find a way to get you fired or laid off. unless its sexual harassment or discrimination your boss will ruin your career if you dis them.
#53 - On 10/25/2009 at 6:10pm by ladiesman14
