Work: Cheating cheater

Cheating cheater

By anahira6 - 27/09/2013 19:41 - United States - Houston

Today, my boss's son is training to take over my job as head translator, after having convinced his dad that he's fluent in Spanish, and that my skills suck. I soon walked in on him using Google Translate on a legal document. My boss refuses to believe me. FML

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You deserved it 3 037

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Same thing different taste

By zoosmell pooplord - 02/09/2012 19:41 - Norway - Geilo

Today, my boss got angry at me because my English is better than his. He accused me of trying to steal his management position, and implied that I'll be lucky if I still have a job by the end of the month. FML

I agree, your life sucks 25 999

You deserved it 1 746

Bosses gonna boss

By Anonymous - 15/12/2024 08:00 - United Kingdom

Today, I noticed I spend most of my day translating French, German, and other languages for my boss, as he talks to people overseas. As his assistant I make crap money. If I were promoted to a Translator I’d make a lot more. He won’t promote me. In fact he threatened to fire me if I asked again. FML

I agree, your life sucks 587

You deserved it 127

By PuddlePirate - 07/09/2012 16:23 - United States - Mountain Iron

Today, my co-worker and I were having a conversation in Russian. Our boss overheard us talking, shouted, "I know you're talking about me! I speak Spanish too!" and threatened to fire us. FML

I agree, your life sucks 30 671

You deserved it 3 438

Make it make sense

By Claudine - 30/06/2015 06:18 - Belgium - Liège

Today, my boss is on the phone with a Russian customer, who keeps saying, "Speak Russian please!" My boss asks me to translate, as he hired me for my knowledge of Russian. He says something, I translate in Russian, then the customer says, "Speak English please!" FML

I agree, your life sucks 26 379

You deserved it 2 091

Communication Breakdown

By rosie - 08/03/2021 13:59

Today, I was unable to communicate with a customer who only spoke French. As a result, my boss called me a "monolingual idiot." I speak Spanish, German, and Japanese. FML

I agree, your life sucks 1 143

You deserved it 73

Duolingo

By Anonymous - 17/04/2025 03:00 - United States

Today, a client came in and was struggling to speak properly. He said, “Sorry, no good English” so I offered a Spanish speaking colleague who could assist. He frowned and said he was from Greece. He threw a fit and got my manager involved. I got a write up and have to do an online sensitivity training. FML

I agree, your life sucks 412

You deserved it 282

Get out

By hackshack - 08/06/2012 19:45 - Brazil - Porto Alegre

Today, my English teacher kicked me out of class for being "rude and disruptive." In actuality, I had called her out for having blatantly used Google Translate for several example sentences, all of which sounded as if a semi-literate foreigner had constructed them. FML

I agree, your life sucks 25 510

You deserved it 3 943

Meritocracy

By Anonymous - 04/12/2023 05:00 - United Kingdom

Today, my boss brought his son in as our new manager. This kid has zero experience in our industry and yet waltzed into a £75,000 job where his sole responsibility is telling me how to do a skilled job I started before he was born. Plus half the stuff he tries to tell me is incorrect. Cretin. FML

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You deserved it 87

By anon_1996 - 08/05/2013 16:59 - United Kingdom - Haslemere

Today, my boss asked me to read through a document. I gave my feedback, saying it seemed like it had been written by an 8-year-old. Turns out it was in fact written by him. FML

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You deserved it 16 177

Differences

By Anonymous - 17/06/2014 15:28 - United States - Saint Louis

Today, I almost got written up for insubordination by my boss. All I did was explain to him that I couldn't help a tourist out because I speak Japanese, not Korean, and that it's not in fact "the same Asian shit" as he seemed to think. FML

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You deserved it 3 329

hghrider123456 9

Saturday 28 September 2013 1:16

bad time gonna have he translate

hghrider123456 9

Saturday 28 September 2013 1:22

bad time have sarcasm with you

Comments

jansleevee 2

Saturday 28 September 2013 2:22

I would suggest for you to quit. When,and I say when not if, the bosses son messes up something major, he just might claim you set him up or trained him improperly.if you quit, and he messes up and you are not there to blame, then your boss will have to face the fact that his son screwed him over.

ballpython 15

Saturday 28 September 2013 3:43

#39 - The way your post reads is you are implying that the OP is responsible for teaching the kid Spanish.

an3ph 20

Saturday 28 September 2013 2:46

How would a father not know what languages his son is fluent in?

caitiebug1119 15

Saturday 28 September 2013 2:50

Ask him something complicated in Spanish in front of your boss and watch him struggle to respond. Tell him something ridiculous in Spanish and if he doesn't seem weirded out, pop out a Spanish-English dictionary and show them what you said.

ranger_13 5

Saturday 28 September 2013 2:57

Just seeing if my profile works

Bradley_Dillon 39

Thursday 10 October 2013 5:56

Congratulations! It works.

raecattach 7

Saturday 28 September 2013 3:03

It will very soon become apparent that this guy has no idea if he is left alone to mess up! There is no way he's going to be able to hide he has no Spanish language knowledge for too long.

Euphrates 10

Saturday 28 September 2013 3:04

ahh the world is an unfair place

Bradley_Dillon 39

Thursday 10 October 2013 6:10

Naaaw! The world can be fair.

hazardmuffin 21

Saturday 28 September 2013 3:09

At least he won't be able to get away with it for long. Hopefully you'll get an apology from your boss, and the son gets what's coming to him.

Obey_StudBoii 23

Saturday 28 September 2013 3:36

Wow that's terrible. Hopefully you can report this to corporate if this is a big company. Best of luck

castleofg1ass 19

Saturday 28 September 2013 3:45

Quit the job, apply for other jobs. Let the son take over and **** up the business, and when your boss wants you back go back on the condition of a pay raise