really
Australia
Today, after telling my boss about my hearing problem, she simply told me to "listen harder". FML
Collection
Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Same thing different taste
Anonymous
Good one, guys, thanks
Today, I was fixing something for a guy at a steel manufacturing company. His employees told me that their boss can't hear properly, so I'd have to be loud when talking to him. When I'd finished, he asked me if I normally talked like that, or if there was something wrong with me. FML
Anonymous
United Kingdom
Earache
Today, I asked my boss for a couple of days off to recover from a nasty ear infection which has left me hard of hearing. However, he didn't understand why that would affect my job and refused. I work in a telephone call centre. FML
people suck
Oakland, United States
Working here sucks
Today, while at work, a customer refused to speak louder, despite me asking her to do it several times. As a result, I took her order incorrectly. The customer then finally decided to raise her voice, but only to yell at me about my poor listening skills. FML
disturbedgd
South Africa
Listen up
Today, after years of listening to my coworker complaining about everything in her life, including her job, I finally stood up to her and bitched at her for complaining and not doing anything about it. She went to my boss, and now it's in my job description to listen to her when she complains. FML
Anonymous
Cecil, United States
Time for tinnitus
Today, my roommate shouted his entire part of the conversation at the dinner table. He refuses to get his hearing checked, nor lower his voice, so now my ears hurt for the rest of the evening. FML
Anonymous
San Francisco, United States
Today, I shouldn't have told my boss that I was interested in management. She now throws any problem she doesn't want to solve at me and either gets mad when I can't work it out or takes credit when I do. FML
melikeyturtles
United States
Today, I went to work as a home health-aid, and found out that my client turns his hearing aid off on purpose because he can't stand my voice. FML
mrjude
This FML is from back in 2019 but it's good stuff
Whiner!
Today, my boss yelled at me, telling me that I can't answer the phone anymore. Not because I do a bad job, but because a co-worker whined about it being her job. People call her and complain about how rude she is and then ask to talk to me. FML
Anonymous
Keyboard warrior goes clackity clack
Today, the guy in the cubicle across from me complained about me to our boss. Apparently, his relatives heard me typing something on his daily 8+ hour call to them, and now don't believe he has his own office. My boss took his side and asked me to type quieter. FML
Anonymous
He's the boss
Today, I lost my earbuds on the subway to work, so I had to listen to my boss's terrible music all day. FML
Top comments
mermaidkeels 26
You mentioned you have hearing problem, what's her excuse for not listening?
cootiequeen4444 11
Dont let your boss undermine your issue. Disabilities are legit and it sucks how, regarding "invisible' ones, some people assume they are like fictional thing that the disabled persons made up to get special treatment or something. Definitely an "innocent (disabled) unless proven guilty (not disabled). Anywho, is your boss the top of the food chain, OP? Or does she have her own boss. I'd go to him/her of there is one above her. Or HR if the company you work for has one. Most companies in most areas of the world have policies (not to mention national/local laws) that require disabled workers be accommodated for, especially if within reason asking for assistance due to being hard of hearing, is reasonable. you could probably at least get a scribe for meetings or get the meetings recorded (if you aren't completely deaf) so you could read/listen at your own pace/volume level... not to mention getting seats near the presenter at presentations and a memo ( if op is ok with this)to your co workers stating how to handle communication with you. the kind of stuff in the case you aren't completely deaf or that if you and the company can't afford a sign language translator ( for meetings, important stuff as I'm unsure if a company would hire one full time... that would probably have to done through government aide or something..
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Comments (23)
Tamandua 19
Tell her you'll listen harder when she empathizes better.
xxiiixix7 2
Clearly she's the one that needs to listen harder
Cali 57
It sounds like she has an empathy problem.
Jay18 22
dam you're everywhere
Cali 57
That's my job!
mermaidkeels 26
You mentioned you have hearing problem, what's her excuse for not listening?
c420racer 13
As someone who is deaf in one ear I know how much of a pain hearing loss is. Simply tell her to "talk louder" and use her big girl voice.
CGPainting 0
Lol, well that IS something a boss would say
Tripartita 45
"Holy shit! Have you told anybody else about this innovative and exotic hearing remedy? If not, we should definitely get listening 'harder' patented!"
Dat_Class_Tho 26
"Doctors and hearing-aid manufacturers hate them, click below to find out how they beat deafness with this one weird trick!"
Platinum69 8
What an utter moron!
wanted_2_want 40
"What did you say?" Would've been the perfect answer/comeback
cootiequeen4444 11
Dont let your boss undermine your issue. Disabilities are legit and it sucks how, regarding "invisible' ones, some people assume they are like fictional thing that the disabled persons made up to get special treatment or something. Definitely an "innocent (disabled) unless proven guilty (not disabled). Anywho, is your boss the top of the food chain, OP? Or does she have her own boss. I'd go to him/her of there is one above her. Or HR if the company you work for has one. Most companies in most areas of the world have policies (not to mention national/local laws) that require disabled workers be accommodated for, especially if within reason asking for assistance due to being hard of hearing, is reasonable. you could probably at least get a scribe for meetings or get the meetings recorded (if you aren't completely deaf) so you could read/listen at your own pace/volume level... not to mention getting seats near the presenter at presentations and a memo ( if op is ok with this)to your co workers stating how to handle communication with you. the kind of stuff in the case you aren't completely deaf or that if you and the company can't afford a sign language translator ( for meetings, important stuff as I'm unsure if a company would hire one full time... that would probably have to done through government aide or something..