Today, I had to proofread a document my boss had written. When I pointed out that he spelled "college" as "collage" multiple times, he angrily accused me of trying to make him look stupid. This is the guy who constantly boasts about his "genius" IQ level to the whole office. FML
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Packed lecture halls, a sketchy roommate and frat parties: welcome to college, the real thing.
Today, my boss chewed me out for correcting several spelling and grammar mistakes in one of his reports. The words "Think you're so damn smart, don't ya?" were uttered. I'm his secretary, and proofreading his shit is part of my job. FML
Today, I made it onto my boss's shit-list, after pointing out that he'd misspelled "customer" as "costumer" 6 times in his report, and "college education" as "collage education" twice. It'd be a dick move on his part even if making corrections like this weren't part of my damn job. FML
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
Today, my boss and I were preparing a lunch order for a nearby real-estate agency. I noticed that the order was riddled with spelling mistakes, so I laughed and mocked the realtors, calling them stupid and incompetent. My boss then pointed out that the order was written in his handwriting. FML
Today, my boss yelled at me for ruining the report she was supposed to write with my "terrible spelling and grammar". I've checked it thoroughly, and all of her 'corrections' are wrong. She doesn’t believe me, and is refusing to look at a dictionary. FML
Today, I had to proof-read a terrible paper containing a bunch of mistakes. It took me 4 hours and I didn't eat dinner until I was done. His response when he got it back was, "What the fuck did you do to my paper?! You bitch!" FML
Today, my boss asked me to send an email on his behalf with an important report attached. I've already received 3 responses from directors commenting on poor spelling and factual errors. I get paid 1/4 the salary of my boss and he can't even write properly. FML
Today, I had to reply to my boss's comments to a 50+ page document. Every second comment could be answered by, "See the sentence above/below" because apparently someone has problems with his short term memory. FML
Today, my boss told me that he’d hired me because he thought I looked intelligent. He then went on to say that it was about time that I proved that I was. FML
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
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Top comments
Crazc 15
report the bitch to hr for being a dumbass
peve3 12
People never want to believe that they are wrong. The only way they'd admit it is if a superior found the mistake. Then they'd blame it on you for not fixing it.
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Comments (83)
Sniper_Chick4110 20
Depends on the circumstance, were there people around, Proofreading is to save your boss from embarrassment, If you point out his mistakes in front of clients or other employees then it defeats the purpose of him asking you to proofread. If it was in private then disregard that last part and remind him that you are doing what was asked of you. Also I agree with #22
Dthsapprntc 23
The internet.
worldclassrager 41
That happens...he just doesn't want to admit it...
aire101 16
The Church of Scientology
aire101 16
The guy obviously has an inferiority complex a mile wide. Either he had some learning problems growing up or there's something else he's trying to make up for by pumping up his ego with his 'iq level'.
JMichael 26
He should join the class that thinks Uncle Sam founded KFC.
DanielleinDC 34
Unless you corrected him in front of a whole bunch of people, I would argue that you're trying to prevent him from looking stupid by making sure he uses the right word. Spell check is great, but it won't catch people who write "your" when the proper word is "you're" or "form" when you mean "from" (a common typo I make but usually catch quickly). It's not as if he left the "l" out of "public" on something.
pbnjrox 10
Nothing makes you smarter than misspelling college.
siriusgamer 1
Stephen Hawking once said "People who boast about their IQ are losers"
Neoking 4
If he doesn't want to be wrong, why is he making you proofread it in the first place?...