Friends and Work: Dingus friends

Dingus friends

By Anonymous - 25/02/2015 11:51 - United Kingdom

Today, I was telling my friends that I'd gotten a paid position to cover a worker's bereavement leave for the next three weeks. They then called me an insensitive bitch for "profiting from someone else's misfortune." FML

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By unemployed and bereaved - 25/11/2013 05:03 - United Kingdom

Today, my boss claimed that I've been lying to get days off because apparently nobody can be so unlucky as to have three family members die within a month. I'm just that unlucky, and suspended. FML

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By Anonymous - 26/10/2023 22:00

Today, my boss is such an unfeeling asshole that he seriously thought he could demand I only stay at my best friend's funeral for 45 minutes then return to work, because it was “just a friend, not a relative', and that when his mother died he "took a whole 2 hours off and was back at work by 11:45.” FML

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By CakeEater - 13/05/2022 04:00

Today, after I let my job know I needed time off for a friend's funeral a week ahead of time and they declined to approve it, telling me to call in sick, the day of the funeral arrived and I called in sick, only to come back to a write-up and threats of being fired for not getting it approved in advance. FML

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Empathy 101

By Anonymous - 16/05/2022 04:00

Today, I was supposed to attend my best friend's funeral. When I asked my boss for time off, she actually said friends don't justify having the day off, unlike say a blood relative. My boss is autistic, so she struggles to understand certain things, but even for her that was a real prick thing to say. FML

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Bad employee

By Anonymous - 18/05/2021 20:01

Today, I ran into my boss when I was at the beach. He told me he was sorry for my loss. I asked him, "What loss?" Then I remembered I’d lied about taking time off under the pretense of bereavement of my grandmother passing away. FML

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By KathleenSchuler - 05/03/2013 03:38 - United States

Today, I took a week off work because my father passed away. I was at the funeral home making arrangements when I overheard the owners complaining about how their insurance agent had left them to fend for themselves. I'm their insurance agent. FML

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Empathy

By Anonymous - 25/06/2020 20:00

Today, my best friend rang me to complain about having to pay childcare fees when she's still working from home. She doesn't understand why I couldn't sympathize with what she was going through. Clearly she forgot I'm a childcare worker who would like to be paid for the work I do. FML

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By MaySheRestinPeace - 06/03/2020 15:00

Today, a friend asked me to cover his shift at work because his grandmother died. Like any decent friend, I obliged. Later, after leaving, I walked by a bar and saw him inside, laughing and doing shots with all of our friends. FML

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By Anonymous - 23/08/2012 07:56 - United States - Las Vegas

Today, after I requested a sick day, a very close co-worker texted her boyfriend that I'm a bitch for pretending to have the same rare illness that she recently suffered. She said it was unlikely, disrespectful and unfair that I didn't even look sick. I know this because she texted me instead. FML

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Busted

By Anonymous - 05/06/2012 18:47 - Brazil - Americana

Today, I was at work, reading some funny stories on my phone. Just as one of my co-workers decided to share that his father had passed away recently, I burst into uncontrollable, teary-eyed laughter at a story. They don't believe my explanation, and have branded me the office asshole. FML

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Hollywoodgirl79 18

Wednesday 25 February 2015 18:25

Nice friends you have there, OP. Just ignore them, it's your job so it's not their concern.

tygerarmy 35

Wednesday 25 February 2015 18:27

You're a good coworker to cover for someone for three weeks. Don't listen to your friends.

Comments

tdawg91 17

Thursday 26 February 2015 0:17

A: it's a job! They need to be taken where they're given in this economy and B: if the company wasn't able to find someone to take on that work load for 3 weeks, that person would have to be grieving for their loved one at their desk because they couldn't get time off

tobedd 13

Thursday 26 February 2015 5:41

Ok, don't shoot me... But... Who gets 3 weeks of bereavement? That seems like a lot. Good on you for being able to cover for her while she's grieving though.

blackonblight 32

Thursday 26 February 2015 8:58

It's the UK, as I understand it they are much more generous with those things than the US is. But also the worker in question may have been with the company for a long time and have built up goodwill with bosses.

SchlomoTheGrinch 18

Thursday 26 February 2015 6:18

You'd be a bitch if you'd gone out and murdered someone, just so you could make them get bereavement leave and take their position for the duration. Somehow, I don't really think that's the case. Oh, and you need smarter friends.

jtea 10

Thursday 26 February 2015 7:04

You need new friends....otherwise this is a YDI for continuing to hang around shitty people.

ally8 21

Thursday 26 February 2015 9:41

Maybe you need smarter friends... That work...

Urpoppy 21

Thursday 26 February 2015 14:06

Lousy friends.

britneyxo 9

Thursday 26 February 2015 17:25

My husband and I got the same response when we talked about buying a foreclosed home. Some people are just idiots.

snarkytruth 37

Monday 2 March 2015 16:44

You're just filing a need for an employer who is shorthanded that's nothing to be embarrassed about or taking advantage of anyone. I think your friends just don't get it. If anything you are just saving the place for the grieving employee and allowing them to take the time off to do what they need to do so they don't lose their job you were not given their job from them. You did them a favor.