Today, my company is doing so bad that I had to take down my symbolic first dollar so that I could buy a roll of crackers for dinner. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I went to the bank to make a withdrawal in order to celebrate my last day here in Italy with my friends. Apparently I'm overdrawn by 187 dollars so I'm eating nothing but leftover stale crackers to survive until I get free plane food on my way back home. FML
Today, I'm so poor that I've been scrounging around my house all day trying to find quarters and dimes so that I can buy myself a cup of coffee tomorrow. FML
Today, after calling my bank to see where my paycheck was, and waiting on hold for my entire lunch break, my boss told me she forgot to submit my deposit. I was relying on that money to pay for lunch today as I used all I had for bills. Looks like I eat tomorrow. FML
Today, my boss declared total bankruptcy of the company and I lost my job. The good news is my coworkers and I all received McDonald's 10%-off coupons. They expired in 2003. FML
Today, my rather large boss told me how the company needs to save money, how we are going downhill fast, even suggesting that we might go bankrupt very soon. He then went on to ask me to go get him some very expensive scotch using the company credit card to, "help him cope with the stress." FML
Today, I just finished my first week of unemployment. I don't have any money. I also just finished the last toilet paper roll. FML
Today, I thought I was having a nice day at work, until I had a client who paid me $376 in rolls made of 0.05 and 0.10. It took me an hour to count. FML
Today, I get to stand in the unemployment line for the second time in a year because my company can't pay me. My parents own the company. FML
Today, I'm so broke that I had to call in sick to work because I couldn't afford to pay my bus fare. FML
Today, I was laid off on the day I was about to put in an offer on a house. This company promised me the world, and I broke myself working to prove my worth. Turns out, I wasn't getting paid for the lunches and breaks I didn't take either. FML
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Top comments
ariiewilliams 17
Don't give up OP it'll get better eventually.
the_real_dvd 21
Every success story usually starts out like this. A piece of advice: tell everyone, and I mean everyone, what you do and why they should hire you. Be shameless about it. Networking is the key to any successful business.
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Comments (39)
seemore123 10
That's unfortunate OP. You should seek work in other places. If you find a better job, and your current company is still under water, then you should switch jobs. Maybe you can ask a friend or parents for money at the moment.
RayneSmytson 24
Why doesn't anyone seem to realise this person clearly runs their own business? You can't just "switch jobs"! Hang in there OP!
forPetesSake_fml 3
Thank you for being what so far seeming to be the only person who can get that OP is in this position.
forPetesSake_fml 3
And that made no sense sorry
lipun 8
switch company, if and only if u don't hv any kind of bond with ur current employer.look out for better opportunities.
joea21 21
McDonalds is always hiring
ninjuh_wingman 29
Every successful business person has had their business fall on hard times at one point. Don't give up on hope OP.
gracehi 33
I'm sure you're not in the mood to be corrected but, I'm sorry, I just can't help it: *badly
Neopopulas 9
And yet, you can still afford the internet on which to mention it.
Twonty2 6
#23 Exactly.
kozzard 17
or the public library has recently paid their internet bill...just saying
Epikouros 32
Which century are you living in? In 1996, the Internet was a luxury. Today, most businesses couldn't miss it for a day. I'd sell my car, my clothes and my bed before I'd sell my computer.
mFUNdo21 17
34, priorities man. yours are on point
Twonty2 6
Maybe you should sell your computer/phone and be more interested in working than posting on the Internet of your failure to make money.
DrownedMyFish 18
Depending on OP's business those things can be essential.
Miss_Latina 13
Don't worry OP soon you will be saying "started from the bottom now we here"
punky6 2
Yet you have a smart phone
CharresBarkrey 16
FML is mainly a website, you know, on the internet. Which can be accessed via computer.
DrSo 15
^^Which can be accessed at a public library.