Today, I decided to show up early for work and really try to get off my manager's shit-list. On my way to work, my manager called to bitch me out for already being 30 minutes late. Yeah, I forgot about Daylight Savings Time. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I arrived at work and was immediately given a disciplinary write-up for being two hours late for my shift. Apparently the manager had changed my schedule that morning and failed to tell me. FML
Today, my boss yelled at me for leaving on time. After months of management hounding us about our overtime, I get in trouble for doing what I was supposed to do. FML
Today, I finally got up early enough to get to work on time. I arrived 15 minutes early only to realize that I'd left my work laptop at home. Ended up being 30 minutes late. FML
Today, I woke up at 5:30 and made the half hour drive to work only to find out that it was my day off. After finally getting back home and into bed, my boss called, requesting that I come back to work since I was "already up". FML
Today, my boss told me that my attitude to work is awesome and that he'd follow my example of coming in half-an-hour early every day from now on. I relish those 30 minutes as the only time I can get work done without him constantly interrupting me. So much for that. FML
Today, I was yelled at and almost fired for showing up "late" to work. I was the first one here. FML
Today, I woke up late, got ready within 10 minutes, and drove to work. I walked in and apologized to my boss. He said, "Go home, it's your day off…" Walk of Shame. FML
Today, I was asked to “schedule a quick call” with a client in a different time zone. I double-checked everything… except daylight savings. I sent the invite, joined the call early, and waited alone for 20 minutes before realising I'd scheduled it an hour off. My manager had to email the client an apology while I learned more about time zones than I ever wanted. FML
Today, I showed up to work at 6am, only to find out the schedule was changed. I wasn't actually supposed to be there until 9:15. My boss never told me this. I didn't get to go home either, he just said, "Oh well. Get to work." FML
Today, I was chastised by the CEO in the middle of a management meeting for showing up late to work every day, despite being in my office before 9:00am every morning. It was my 5th day on the job and no one had bothered to tell me that the office opens at 8:00am, and not 9:00am. FML
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dontlookman 20
At least you tried to make an effort, op!
Steve95401 49
You are far from the only person who forgot to change their clocks last night.
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Comments (73)
RMLrapemylife 14
What kind of third world country still uses this daylight saving fiasco? -_-
russfml 31
All of Canada and the U.S.
brand125 17
11 - youre an idiot
Zebediabolical 45
*most of Canada and the US. There are entire states that don't.
ihatedouchbags 17
You're *
henrylikestreats 22
I'm in Arizona and have never lived out of the state. I'm nearly 21 years old and still have never been affected by daylight savings time. Not all of the U.S. uses it.
lizzie57 19
UK uses it but a different one to the US. ours doesn't kick in till 29th march
missmum2010 17
Parts of Australia uses it
valalvax 13
Actually there's only one state that in its entirety doesn't use DLS, Hawaii... The Navajo use it, so a small part of Arizona actually does
simplylittle_fml 8
Well, France does too. Although I wonder if it's really making us save energy, since we use in the morning the energy we save in the evening, but whatever... at least we got to sleep for one more hour once a year ;)
wellhi 7
Most of them... actually.
superwhovian 16
I forgot too
hoosiergirl94 31
On a Sunday, calm down boss
Shmatterhorn 38
Sorry, but the manager did not forget, so he (or she) expected the OP to not forget as well. I still feel sorry for OP, but this is both a FML and a YDI.
Brandi_Faith 34
14, Sunday or not, op was obviously working. Being late to work is a big deal no matter what day it is.
Livin_Like_Larry 29
Hopefully if you explain that you forgot that it was daylight savings, he will understand. If not then that shows how big of a different co he is and you are better off without him
assassinbanana0 20
It isn't really fair to say that OP is better off without the manager since OP was the irresponsible one and forgot to change his/her clocks
Livin_Like_Larry 29
What I'm trying to say is that the boss should freak out so much over a small thing like this. On the other hand if OP is always late for work, then I totally understand the boss
Arwen_Evenstar 37
With already being in the manager's bad books, I'm thinking OP isn't so responsible to begin with. It just feels like it could be another in a string of issues.
russfml 31
It should be understandable on day lights saving! A tidbit I started doing since I had a smart phone is use that as an alarm, it automatically sets your clock to daylight savings.
SookyLala 13
Dont let it get ya down man, the effort was there, just try again, i assume youre not fired, so you can still make it better
snowflake_3325 7
YDI, daylight savings time is advertised all over the tv and radio, plus smartphones change on their own. Don't have a smartphone? Don't watch cable? Most people have been talking about it verbally and it's also on printed calendars. If you have to work and you know the clocks are changing sometime soon, it's your responsibility to make sure you know and that you're at work on time. Especially if you're already on the boss's shit list. It's called being an adult, and living in the real world.
Garnetshaddow 30
We're all human. Mistakes happen. Cut people some slack!
snowflake_3325 7
If they are already on their boss's shit list, it is likely for a reason. If they're never late and this was an isolated mistake then yeah, for sure, cut them some slack. But that isn't really how the fml is worded ...
OMCheezbread 9
Not just smart phones update the time. All cell phones do.
Fairyjoshy 13
There are also many legitimate reasons for the OP to be on a manager's shit list that don't involve the OP being at fault. Such as the manager is an asshole. You are making assumptions.
RyWillieMitch 16
#75 is right, at one of my old jobs, my supervisor hated me with a passion simply because he and my dad didn't like each other
Jake42100 17
Seems to me like you just cant win huh?...Atleast you're trying and not just being lazy
toaster87 19
Oh the convenience of a cell phone... Use that as your alarm and you'll never have to worry about daylight savings again.
hammonds92 21
Might has well pick a bottle of lube up on the way.hopefully everything gets better op