Today, I woke up from an amazing dream. I dreamt that I got a promotion at work and doubled my income, the dream was so great that I tried so hard not to wake up. When I did wake up it was 10 o'clock, two hours late for work I noticed I had a voicemail from my boss. I was fired for being late. FML
I agree, your life sucks (6662) - you totally deserved it (15167)
On 12/29/2009 at 1:01am - work - by mylifesucks22 (man) - United States (Texas)
(+1)There's a wondrous, brilliant new invention called the "alarm clock". They are even integrating it into cell phones nowdays!
YDI.
(0)Loads of FMLs end in people getting fired over nothing. Can employers really fire people for tiny reasons?
#7 - On 12/29/2009 at 7:10am by Alphabetica
(0)I think if you just straight up fired someone for being late in the UK you'd get taken to a tribunal and sued like there's no tomorrow! It would be classed as unfair dismissal.
#18 - On 12/29/2009 at 8:08am by Alphabetica
(0)pretty much since one, "i was to ill to get out of bed to get to my phone" is all you need to win.
#25 - On 12/29/2009 at 12:31pm by Flamersplamer
(0)I have unfortunately. Though one guy was fired for having alcohol at work, he was over four hours late on a WEEKEND yet still had his job for the next few months. Many people here are late, and when complained about, get a "ah well" attitude from the supervisor. One person stayed away for "lunch" for FOUR HOURS because "his ride wasn't going back to work" (yet he had a cell phone he could call and tell people this, so someone could come and get him!). He's still employed after about six months or more of that episode. Someone else was two hours late on a weekend and he's still here.
Yeah, my employer sucks.
#41 - On 12/30/2009 at 12:41pm by AmbrosiaFan
(0)You know, most dreams are only about 15 minutes long, even if you perceive them as longer. And you probably didn't have that dream right before work, either.
(0)...dreams are usually 15 minutes long? So what? How does that make the FML fake? He's not saying the dream was two hours long, just that he slept in by two hours.
(0)I don't think it's fake. But it sounded like the OP believed he was having his dream for the two hours he overslept. He could have easily had a 15-minute dream at midnight, and when he woke up it was the only dream he remembered. So the dream probably had nothing to do with his oversleeping.
(0)I call this bullshit. The OP was either fired for a different reason or this whole FML never happened at all. When you're late and out of touch, they would wait to confront you when they see you next or get a hold of you before firing you. You could have easily been in an accident. Nobody would leave a voice mail saying they notice that you're late, therefore fired!
(0)But technically, we don't know if the OP was late before...
#11 - On 12/29/2009 at 7:34am by Darthbane2007
(0)It's not relevant how many times OP was late before. Any company would wait to find out the reason for being late to minimize any potential litigation for wrongful termination and such, especially at a company in which you get a "promotion" to double your "income"...this doesn't sound like an Arby's fry cook.
More over, a person on the brink of being fired due to frequent tardiness is NOT going to dream about promotions and is NOT going to intentionally oversleep, if that even makes sense.
Another weakass fake FML submitted by a lazy OP.
(0)@rosie14.. i believe it stands for original poster... so the person who posted the fml... dw it toook me ages to figure it out.
#37 - On 12/30/2009 at 4:19am by KatieGoesRawrr
(0)Really? How do you really know that? They could be so full of themselves they think everyone else is late but them. Or think they are the hot stuff at work but aren't. And people WILL fire those with a phone call. I have a feeling the OP was late more often than just that once. Or has messed up at work so much they just said "you're fired".
#42 - On 12/30/2009 at 12:44pm by AmbrosiaFan
(0)This must be a YDI. You must have screwed up many times before for the boss to fire you for something as trivial as being late. I mean, what if you'd had a good reason? Your boss would have at least waited to get in contact with you before firing you.
So you must have screwed up several times already and this is just the last straw.
(0)Alternately, the boss just said "Unless you're in the hospital, don't bother coming in next week" or something of the sort. The OP didn't exactly post a transcript. My one firing was after dozens of tardies and absenses (I was good... when I was there), though, and done in person.
#22 - On 12/29/2009 at 9:22am by foxyshadis
(-1)If we were talking to you on your first day here we would say, "Welcome to planet Earth. There is nothing that you cannot be or do or
have. And your work here-your lifetime career-is to seek joy. "As you think thoughts that feel good to you, you will be in harmony
with who-you-really-are. And in doing so you will utilize your profound freedom. Seek joy first, and all of the growth that you could ever
imagine will come joyously and abundantly unto you."
#15 - On 12/29/2009 at 7:59am by FortunateSon
(0)Actually, I'm impressed that you managed to not wake up during the dream. Once my conscious starts coming back, it's damn near impossible to go back to the dream. Also, YDI.
#17 - On 12/29/2009 at 8:01am by Back_In_Action
(0)You get fired for being late once? You must suck.
All aboard the failboat.
#20 - On 12/29/2009 at 8:58am by Ireplywith_memes
(0)If you got fired for being late, it means you probably were late more than just once.. cause I don't know any job that would fire you over being late once..
#23 - On 12/29/2009 at 10:34am by marc_with_a_c
(0)Whether perceived as a delusion of grandeur or the pursuit of the illusion of avarice (or perhaps both), that's priceless. Good luck chasing your dreams. LOL xD
#27 - On 12/29/2009 at 1:29pm by blastvortex
(0)If you wanted that dream to come true so bad you would have gotten up for work on time. YDI I can't stand it when people are late and don't call.
#30 - On 12/29/2009 at 3:23pm by apparations
(0)No, he was supposed to get up on time so that he could either be there on time or call. Common sense. Use it.
#43 - On 12/30/2009 at 4:17pm by DTbasketball
(0)That sucks beyond all belief. Like really.
I hate when dream is like tooooo good to be true and you don't want to wake up at all.
Even more I hate when it seems as though it's real and you don't think your dreaming but
instead you think it's real life......
That sucks most....
#31 - On 12/29/2009 at 3:54pm by taoKAKA
(0)Yes i have heard of this invention myself, it has help people all over the world man what will they think of next.XD
#33 - On 12/29/2009 at 4:36pm by MzRodriquez95
(0)Crappy boss, hod u work for as long as u did for him...? I wouldnt be able to put up with some idiot thatd fire someone for being late ONCE
#34 - On 12/29/2009 at 6:27pm by MissOriginal
(0)Sounds like YDI. Either the boss was really strict to fire you for being late, OR you have a habit of being late and therefore two hours late was the last straw for him. YDI.
#40 - On 12/30/2009 at 12:39pm by AmbrosiaFan
