Today, I folded a stack of 2,500 brochures for the new exhibit we're putting on at the museum where I work. As I was finishing up, I got an email. The dates have just been changed, so all the brochures have to be reprinted and refolded. FML
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Autumn: Leaves and Laughter
When the leaves fall, the laughter rises. Discover autumn stories as crisp as dried leaves!
Today, I printed 500 event posters with the wrong venue because I copied from last year’s file. Client needs them by tomorrow. Now I’m pulling an all-nighter reprinting everything. Coffee is my only friend. FML
Today, my stupid coworker informed the managers that there were no more kids' menus downstairs. Trusting her word, they ordered 3 full boxes. She then asked me where we kept them. We now have 12,000 kids menus to fold. FML
Today, after many days of messing around with wording and pictures, a huge and expensive printed card order came in to the office. I spelled the first word wrong. I can't get a refund. FML
Today, I was given a new responsibility at the law firm where I work. I'm now in charge of punching holes in every single piece of paper to be found in the office, estimated to be in the hundred-thousands. The reason? I finish my daily clerical work too quickly. FML
Today, I found out I've been incorrectly sorting thousands of papers for the past two weeks. My boss wanted them sorted by date, but the co-worker who instructed me said to sort them into alphabetical order just to watch me fail. FML
Today, I printed my 10 page econometrics problem set questions out on $15/100 sheet ivory resume paper that I'd accidentally left in the paper tray on my printer. It turned out to be the wrong assignment. FML
Today, my boss told me to sort and file all the paperwork he'd been randomly shoving into boxes since 2010. Apparently we're being audited, so he expects me to do eight years of filing in two weeks. There's enough paper to fully stock a large public library. Two weeks my ass. FML
Today, my boss finally checked the presentation I have been working on for three weeks. She called me into her office, and told me everything was dreadful, and requested me to start from scratch. It's due in half an hour. FML
Today, I turned in my homework. Too bad I accidentally handed in the printed answer sheet I found online to copy from. FML
Today, at my internship, I was told we were going to do something fun. I was excited, until I found out that this "fun" thing was labeling 500 folders. FML
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Top comments
strugglingatlife 14
Guess your life has been folded the wrong way! Im sorry that was bad
mds9986 24
This is why I always procrastinate on my work. Ok, maybe not.
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Comments (63)
lissabobissa 18
What a waste of paper and time :( sorry op
katertott 44
That happens to me at work quite often. Rather than reprint, we just print out the correct info onto address stickers and use those to cover up the incorrect info. Sometimes we re-use pamphlets from previous years and do the same thing if the rest of the text didn't change.
protoskore 27
don't think of it as wasted effort. think of it as job security
mrjiggles1992 18
Err ask the printing company to fold them. They will have machines that would do it in a minute flat...
rockwrench 18
Nothing like job security. Look at it this way. At least your not licking envelopes.
RpiesSPIES 27
Turn your ability to fold things into something more productive and become a geneticist. Fold DNA like no other.
psyjoniz 12
so you are complaining about being paid to do stuff? im confused.
TallMist 32
She's complaining because she already did her work, but now has to do it all over again. It's not "You get paid how much you work." it's "You get paid how many hours you work." The only extra work you get paid for is overtime. If you printed 2,500 brochures and folded them then had to redo it all again, you wouldn't be happy either, no matter how much you're being paid for it.
RachelAnn23 8
Wow that seriously sucks! Hope that when the new brochures are printed you have some help folding. Good luck!
benjamin03_fml 22
Waste of paper