Work: Life imitates life

Life imitates life

By Anonymous - 20/08/2015 17:48 - United Kingdom - Glenrothes

Today, my boss bitched me out for violating workplace privacy, after he found an FML post from last year that eerily resembled a situation that happened the same year. He thought I posted it and twisted things to make him look like an idiot. I've never posted here in my life. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/08/2022 00:00

Today, it was a coworker's last day. Over the last 6 months, he has been talking smack about me because he assumed I'd ratted him out for a Facebook post, ranting about our place of employment. I decided to confront him after work to let him know that I didn't do it. He then reported me for harassment to all of my supervisors. FML

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By arknvl - 07/03/2013 18:12 - Norway - Trondheim

Today, my boss yelled at me for visiting Facebook on my work computer. He says that since I can't be trusted, I'll be supervised from now on. I was uploading pictures to the company's Facebook page, which I have to do once a week as part of my job. FML

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By poop - 08/01/2011 01:31 - United States

Today, my boss decided to post a photo of a piece of crap on Facebook. He tagged me in it. FML

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By DingusGinger - 21/04/2019 02:00

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

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By janice - 03/06/2011 23:23 - United States

Today, my boss called me to his office, and played back a recording of me telling a co-worker that if I still worked there in a year, I would hang myself. He then bitched me out for unprofessional conduct. The taped conversation took place over a year ago, with my recently ex-boyfriend. FML

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You deserved it 7 719

By kalamar5 - 25/05/2014 20:54 - Norway - Sarpsborg

Today, my boss bitched me out for doing some random web browsing while waiting for some documents I needed to arrive, then went back to his desk and went on Facebook, thinking I couldn't see. FML

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By Loopylogo - 10/01/2017 14:01

Today, my boss came into the office asked how I was doing and seemed totally normal and happy, then said, "I have to let you go. I heard some bad things about you." He wouldn't tell me what he heard, or from whom. FML

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By jalisc512 - 21/08/2014 20:16 - United States - Aurora

Today, my boss threatened to write me up, after I made a slightly rude joke about a coworker everyone hates. A while later, a colleague told me the same joke. Turns out my boss had gone around telling it to everyone else and taking all the credit. FML

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Whipping boy

By Anonymous - 02/03/2021 02:01 - United States

Today, like every day, my boss was complaining about something or other, but this time it was work that I knew he'd done himself, and he still blamed me. FML

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By are you kidding me???? - 20/07/2012 04:58 - United States - Chaplin

Today, my boss fired me for "fooling around" on my phone. I was looking for supplies for a surprise party we are throwing him for his birthday, and I didn't want to do it on my work computer because he has access to our history. Also, this happened during my lunch break. FML

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AGhost5445 25

Friday 21 August 2015 7:03

I have a feeling if he reads this he's going to believe you even less

Blackhawk706 23

Friday 21 August 2015 7:03

Well now you're ******

Comments

fhlakd 25

Friday 21 August 2015 7:12

well now you have!

FitFriday 32

Friday 21 August 2015 7:16

"i've never posted here in my life", until now. *face palm*

koganti 18

Friday 21 August 2015 7:19

Well Now You're Here......

SolarLunix 21

Friday 21 August 2015 7:24

So... After being accused of violating work privacy by poring on here and making your boss look dumb... You violate work privacy by posting on here and make your boss look dumb for not noticing the date the first FML was posted... As others have said... There's a really good chance you're fired if he reads this... Good luck.

chuka81 27

Friday 21 August 2015 8:22

Legally, he hasn't violated any kind of work place privacy. OP is anonymous and therefore unknown to the readers of FML. Therefore, we don't know where his workplace is, or who his boss is. It could easily be anyone. There would have been a problem if he mentioned any particular workplace. So OP's boss would have a really hard time proving to any reasonable person that OP violated any kind of privacy.

corky1992 33

Friday 21 August 2015 9:32

Why do you keep saying he didn't violate anything when the post clearly states that it is against their work policy? It doesn't matter if you don't use the company name or not. They can still fire you for it. It has happened to several people before.

ChibiChibi_fml 27

Friday 21 August 2015 17:58

It does not clearly say that it's against their policy. It says the OP was bitched out for violating "workplace privacy" which is not the same thing. A policy would be something written by the company and signed by the OP. What the boss is going on about is the idea that what happens at work stays at work. Basically the boss would have been just as pissed if they found out that the OP went home and complained about the situation to their significant other.

corky1992 33

Friday 21 August 2015 7:43

And your first thought was to immediately post on here with the chance of him seeing this???

WOTAN1488 24

Friday 21 August 2015 7:43

And if he finds this one lol??

jonjonguapito 15

Friday 21 August 2015 18:42

OP's gonna write another FML

Eliiara 11

Friday 21 August 2015 7:53

"Today, my boss bitched me out for violating workplace privacy after he found an FML post from this year that eerily resembled a situation that happened this year. He thought I posted it and twisted things to make him look like an idiot. I'm now unemployed. FML"

MercyFrag 22

Friday 21 August 2015 7:56

Irony aside, I still think it's pretty funny. Plus how's his boss to prove it was him anyway? I don't think he legally can do anything about it as long as OP remains "Anonymous. "

corky1992 33

Friday 21 August 2015 9:30

Eh he could. His boss gets on this site and it'd be too big of a coincidence if he sees this post soon..now if it were weeks or months later then yeah probably not. Especially if there was someone else who witnessed the boss talking to his employee about this it could still possibly end up in termination.