Today, neither I nor any of my coworkers understand why our boss hates me enough that I feel the need to carry pepperspray on me at all times. FML
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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, my spineless shitwhip of a boss made me go fire a notoriously abusive employee. I had to act like firing him was my decision, even though I'm the secretary. Now I get to live in constant fear that the guy was serious when he threatened to find out where I live and kill me. FML
Today, my boss is still refusing to fire my psychotic coworker, who's made it his mission to insult, annoy, bully and threaten me every day into making me quit. My boss is convinced the guy just has "assburger's" and that the company would get sued if we fired him. FML
Today, my boss was watching taser pranks online, when he said he was going to "get me". We often take turns playing pranks on each other, and I was the last to prank him. Now I'm terrified to move or turn my back on anything other than a wall at work. FML
Today, I found out my boss likes to shit talk about me when I'm not around. The best part is that I don't know what I've done to piss him off. FML
Today, my boss grabbed my arm, raised it above my head, closed my other hand into a fist, and pushed it into his armpit. After staring at me for several seconds, he winked and left without saying a word. This isn't the weirdest thing he's done, and I'm actually starting to fear for my safety. FML
Today, my boss fired me. I still can't really explain where the slap I gave him for it came from, though. FML
Today, I knew my coworker was stealing my lunch, so I made a sandwich with tons of incredibly spicy peppers. He took a bite, shrieked in pain, and ran off sobbing. Unfortunately, he was also in an emergency meeting with an important client, so now my whole department looks like a bunch of morons. FML
Today, I got mugged. But luckily I had on my keyring the pepper spray that my husband had insisted I keep with me. Unlucky for me, my husband's co-worker, who borrowed my keys, emptied my pepper by spraying it on a brick wall one day when he was bored. FML
Today, I nearly lost a hand at work, because a supervisor decided to remove a 'useless' safety guard on a machine despite my warnings. He doesn't understand why I'm so upset with him. FML
Today, like every day for the past six months, I have to go to work and walk on eggshells so the newest employee doesn't feel like I'm being passive-aggressive. I need a new job. FML
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Top comments
krplapp 14
Sounds like a problem with your boss, not you. Make sure any threatening behavior is reported to the proper people. Your safety is your number one priority.
NonScaryPumkin 22
Why have you not gotten the police involved? Or the higher ups?
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nzhx 23
If you feel threatened OP you definitely need to either talk to his superior or if that's not an option either ask to be transferred to a different branch or start sending out your resume. Depending on how bad this is, get the police involved quickly.
amileah13 26
WHOA that's intense! And really scary too, I'm sorry you're going through that op! Maybe you and your coworkers can talk to HR to discuss some possibilities of security and protection at work?
hardcorefan16 22
Then maybe you shouldn't work there if you feel threaten.
LPac5295 27
If you feel that threatened then contact a higher up. You shouldn't feel the need to carry around a defensive device with you at all times at work.
TheLastCenturion 19
You should definitely take that up the chain if things are so serious that you need to carry around a defense at all times.
GeorgiaBea 28
Creating a hostile work environment is illegal. Please speak to your boss' superiors, or HR department.
werdwerdus 11
bonus points for correct grammar (neither/nor)
slavka012 11
I'll start off with YDI. If you enter a hostile situation when you have an option of NOT ENTERING IT, with a weapon then you can't claim self-defense. If you end up using the pepper spray, you will be charged with assault. If you fear for your safety get police involved, there is no way around it. Also, have you considered that maybe your boss hates you cause you carry pepperspray to hurt him?
soullyfe 33
@18: I'm pretty sure when OP first got the job they didn't expect for their boss to hate them. So, I don't see how they entered a hostile situation willingly. Plus, they carry pepper spray because the boss hates them; not the other way around and no one said that the boss even knows about the pepper spray. Why would they tell them that?!
Fairyjoshy 13
18, how did you arrive to this conclusion? The FML implies that they started carrying pepper spray in response to their boss's hostility. As far as calling the police goes, they might be worried that it could end with them being fired - especially if the police don't take the situation seriously. While the other coworkers seem to understand that there's a reason for the OP to carry pepper spray, they may also be worried about losing their jobs. Furthermore, they are not "knowingly entering a hostile situation", they have the pepper spray on them in case it becomes a violent situation. It will still be self-defense, and unless the OP is black and their boss is white, the courts will most likely agree that it is in self-defense. This is a situation that best deserves the phrase "Stuck between a rock and a hard place."
slavka012 11
#24, let me break that down for you. If you come to work and your boss threatens you, you can always leave and call police. If instead you go back to your car, take your baseball bat, come back and end up beating the crap out of the boss, you can't claim self defense. I don't think. Because you willingly returned to the hostile environment, and the fact that you carry a weapon with you means A) you've taken the threat seriously B) you intend to do some damage. Maybe think one or two steps ahead, will you? Obviously the job was not hostile at first, but it is now since the OP does not feel safe there anymore. And he goes back without dealing with the problem in a proper manner.
weatherxveins 29
But if the boss attacks OP and OP uses pepper spray in the moment, that's self defense.
moh907 10
Anyone else think of American psycho?
pedinhuh 23
Sounds like harassment to me, you should try to get him sacked, if that doesn't work then get a new job, if you're really threattened you should value your life over an income, always.