Today, my boss informed me that I'll have to work all weekend to finish a project that's due on Monday. This wouldn't be so bad, except for the fact that my ex-girlfriend is getting married on Saturday, and I was supposed to be in the wedding party. FML
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Today, I found out that I have to reschedule my upcoming honeymoon because my office will be understaffed that week, due to the boss going on vacation right after my wedding. Oh, yeah, and he's in my bridal party. FML
Today, I had to spend a quite considerable chunk of my Saturday on the phone to my boss explaining that no, it is not reasonable or convenient for him to try and cancel my honeymoon leave, all because he messed up the schedules, and doesn’t want to upset the other girl in the office he fancies like mad. FML
Today, I was invited to a party to celebrate my ex-fiancée's recent engagement. The party is at work, because my ex is also my boss. Her new fiancée is some guy she met while on a "business trip" that happened while we were still engaged. FML
Today, my fiancée decided to go on a "vacation." Our wedding is tomorrow. FML
Today, I had to cancel my $15,000 wedding and send a mass e-mail to 90 guests that there won’t be a wedding. My now-ex fiance got fired from his job. Normally this wouldn’t be an issue, if it wasn’t for the fact he got his colleague pregnant. FML
Today, I heard my fiancé tell his friend that he's working on Sunday. Which is my birthday. The birthday I don't even get a party for because of Covid. My only plan was to be with him and my BFF. He says he didn't think to take the day off, and now there's "probably not enough time to get coverage." He's the manager. FML
Today, my girlfriend yelled at me for not showing up to her mother's birthday party. I didn't go because I had to finish a project for work over the weekend. This is the same person who refused to go to my father's funeral because she, "didn't feel like getting dressed up." FML
Today, I requested to have the next Sunday off of my job in retail. Not only did my boss say that we're not allowed to ask for weekends off anymore, but I also have to work on another weekend that I requested off. I guess I'm not going to my sister's wedding. FML
Today, with my girlfriend I planned a trip to Bali on this Thursday and we will celebrate Christmas together. Hotel booking done, flight tickets bought, swimsuits packed. I just forgot one thing: tell my boss I'll be on leave till next week. He gave me a new project. The deadline is next Monday. FML
Today, my boss asked me to work over the entire weekend. That would be fine if I didn't already work a 60 hour week. He also said the extra hours on the weekend wouldn't be paid. FML
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Anderling 33
Your boss’s lack of planning does not automatically constitute an emergency on your part. You are allowed to make plans outside of work and reasonably expect those to go through as planned.
Chazzster 32
That sounds like a great way to get out of something you should never have been part of - An Ex’s wedding.
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Chazzster 32
That sounds like a great way to get out of something you should never have been part of - An Ex’s wedding.
Hangryko 32
@Chazzster - Perhaps they're still friends and he wants to be there to support her.
Chazzster 32
While it’s possible that OP was just trying to be supportive, if you read FML enough you will know that there are a lot of people out there with “crushes” and not-quite-over love who hang around the object of their desire in hopes they will have another shot. That’s not very healthy for anyone for a marriage celebration.
Dr_Alex 10
I say win-win?..
RichardPencil 32
Were you going to try to pull that Dustin Hoffman move from "The Graduate?"
poopface82 25
Maybe he was going there to nail his ex’s mom.
BurnInDemonFire 39
Look for the positives. Mid-week party.
Anderling 33
Your boss’s lack of planning does not automatically constitute an emergency on your part. You are allowed to make plans outside of work and reasonably expect those to go through as planned.
Nazmazh 18
Tell your boss that you have unmovable plans on your regular days off [I mean, the weekend is a long-standing regular pair of days off, and there is an expectation that you won't be working them, period without proper notice and compensation] and this is far too short of notice to change them. So, no - You will not be working all weekend to make up for the company's failure to move the project along at its expected pace.