Today, after my first day at work at a local daycare, I found out that I'm not entitled to breaks because I'm the only worker there who doesn't smoke. My boss asked me, ''What do you need a break for?'' FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my boss decided that we no longer have to clock out for cigarette breaks, but we do for toilet breaks. I'm the only non-smoker on my floor, and I'm getting penalised for it. FML
Today, my boss told me, and only me, to leave work before I was done because I'm a minor and he can't have me sticking around at work as long as I do. I'm not a minor. My coworkers are. FML
Today, on my first day of work, my new boss treated me to lunch. Thinking she was really nice, I thanked her for the treat. She fixed me with a cold, unsmiling stare and said, "Oh, don't thank me. I'm being paid to do this." FML
Today, on my first day of a new factory job, I discovered that my new boss had lied to me about my hours. I found this out when my coworkers burst out laughing when I mentioned having the weekends off, and talking about my recreational plans. FML
Today, my parents found cigarettes in my car. After a long argument lasting over an hour, I convinced them that they weren't mine and that I don't smoke. A few minutes later, I went to work. Guess who decided to visit me during my smoke break. FML
Today, my boss yelled at me because every time he does his checklist walk-through of the warehouse I’m always sat on my ass in the break room, either watching television or fast asleep. Yeah, he does his walk-through every day between 12:30 and 12:45, right in the middle of my lunch break. Idiot. FML
Today, it was the first day of fall break from college, and I was really excited to sleep in and relax the entire weekend. Apparently my boss caught wind of my happiness and scheduled me 8am-2pm each day of break, "seeing how I don't have anything else to do." FML
Today, I was fired from my job for not buying a pack of cigarettes for my boss. I only lasted two months in that junkyard. FML
Today, I found out the position I thought I had earned by working hard was only to separate me from my coworkers because I "talked too much". Instead of addressing the issue like adults, I've essentially been put in time-out. FML
Today, my job has a policy where you can only have two breaks if you work 7 hours or more. I've recently been assigned multiple strings of 6 hour 45 minute shifts. And no, I can't work 15 minutes of overtime so I can have the extra break. FML
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Top comments
iAmPaul 49
Report him. You're just as entitled to a break as everyone else.
TanzWolf 26
That's just sad...
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Comments (179)
nicehotcupoftea 13
Kinda reminds me of that "Friends" episode when Rachel took up smoking because her colleagues I kept making decisions without her on their smoke breaks. Just to clarify, I'm not suggesting you start smoking.
Nessco 36
Move to another daycare. I'm surprised they're allowed to smoke and then work with kids. I'd never put my kids into a daycare where all the staff smoked.
Ichiya 29
That is the most ignorant and stupid thing I have seen today.
JinxedBaby 5
I work at a restaurant in my town. They told me the same thing. That sucks.
zanndraxoxo 3
202 people so far missed the 'your life sucks' button. oops!
taminalaska 3
Contrary to what many employees may believe, there are no federal laws that require employers to grant workers breaks for eating meals or any other purpose during specific intervals, according to the Employee Issues website. Additionally, fewer than half of states have laws requiring employers to give workers time to eat their meals, and even fewer have laws requiring employers to give workers periodic breaks of any kind. Those state laws can be found linked to the U.S. Department of Labor website (see Resources).
rocker_chick23 27
The OP is from Ireland, not the US. The laws might be different over there.
Nessco 36
@ 59 I would argue that there are laws that state breaks etc. We then need to consider that I'm not in the US like yourself or Ireland like the OP. Sounds like it sux to live in the US when you can't even get a meal break during a work day.
jthmtwin 16
The place I last worked at required you to take an unpaid 30 minute break. However we never had enough staff or time to squeeze out for a smoke break (I stepped out for a 'fresh air' break)
Door_Productions 19
Start smoking then
imagineapc 11
******* hell...
cbeigs 5
Ummm.... Break laws are a thing... Why don't you call them out
youneedastop 9
It's okay. In the end you still are healthier and will probably live longer
Neesalun 20
Isn't it illegal to refuse employees a break? You work eight hours and get two fifteen minute breaks by law.
rocker_chick23 27
I looked it up. OP is entitled to breaks while at work. http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/employment_rights_and_conditions/hours_of_work/rest_periods_and_breaks.html