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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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)
Deku_Cutie 12
This happened to a coworker of mine yesterday. She's in the same situation as you. Don't worry OP.
scums 2
This makes zero sense. This is just more proof that people make up stories on here! You would have been an hour and a half early to work cuz we set the clocks forward not backwards. Ugh. Scums
ftloosenfanzfree 7
No, when the clocks go forward you lose an hour. If you normally go to work at 9 and you didn't change your clock (and somehow didn't see a cell phone?) you would go to work when you think it is 9 but it would actually be 10. You would be an hour late.
myeviltwin 20
Wrong! If your clock says 6 am but it is really 7 am and you arrive at 6:30 am by your clock to be early for a 7 am start time you are a half an hour late.
ftloosenfanzfree 7
I honestly can't even think of how someone could not know about daylight savings time if they have a cell phone. Now if you don't use your phone as your alarm, I can see how you might wake up an hour late and then freak out and have to rush to get to work on time (if you're working on Sunday as OP presumably was--by Monday there is no excuse!). But I don't know how you could get to the point of "on my way to work" without having ever glanced at a phone and realized your mistake.
linnie_wesker 20
Sometimes I don't bother turning my phone on until my lunch break... not everyone is completely dependent on their phone...
hardy24 9
That does suck OP....happens to the best of us sometimes
noah909 6
same here i was 38 minites late to my job
msfent04 1
Usually if they are so quick so accuse you of cheating it's because they have a guilty conscience. Maybe he's the one cheating??
deaddonkey 15
Just another reason why we should get rid of daylight savings time.
incan_fml 1
But. We sprung foreward, so if you were an hour behind, you should've gotten to work an hour and a half early.
twistedtwincity 17
Who doesn't use their cell for a alarm? Don't have to worry about that shit
sugoi72 27
**** daylight savings