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By LuckyLoser9 - 03/11/2011 15:44 - United States

Today, I found out that absentmindedly correcting my boss's use of the word "whom" could result in my immediate termination. FML

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By gt - 23/09/2010 00:52 - Canada

Today, my boss fired me because I corrected him after he misspoke during a meeting. FML

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Spelling Bee

By anda1000douchesscourthispostformistakes - 16/09/2015 13:42 - United States - Meriden

Today, I made it onto my boss's shit-list, after pointing out that he'd misspelled "customer" as "costumer" 6 times in his report, and "college education" as "collage education" twice. It'd be a dick move on his part even if making corrections like this weren't part of my damn job. FML

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Smart

By Anonymous - 22/08/2014 16:56 - New Zealand - Auckland

Today, my boss chewed me out for correcting several spelling and grammar mistakes in one of his reports. The words "Think you're so damn smart, don't ya?" were uttered. I'm his secretary, and proofreading his shit is part of my job. FML

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Get out

By F.U. QFN - 28/03/2021 00:29

Today, I was given my marching orders because I corrected my supervisor on something he was actually doing wrong. It seems I deserve this for "not learning to obey my immediate superiors." FML

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By Anonymous - 08/07/2016 22:09

Today, my boss reprimanded me for a huge screw-up that he was responsible for. FML

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By JadeC - 01/12/2011 18:55 - United States

Today, I was fired. For "lack of attention to details", specifically spelling errors. My now ex-boss misspelled the name of his own company on my severance agreement. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/06/2016 20:42 - United States - Milwaukee

Today, my boss threw me out of her office during a conference call for daring to correct her. The client fired the company because she subsequently got all the information on the call wrong, and plainly had no idea what was going on. From all the screaming, this is now all my fault. FML

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Grammar rules, OK!

By Anonymous - 21/09/2011 12:11 - United States

Today, my new boss lost his shit and flew into a ten minute rant against me about the "value of respect". He told me that if I wanted to stay in "his" company, I'd best start toeing the line. All this because I corrected his misuse of "your" and "you're" in one of his memos. FML

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By Sarah - 21/02/2016 00:13 - United States - San Francisco

Today, my boss mistakenly drunk texted me and was talking shit about me. FML

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By jeed(1) - 25/08/2013 21:36 - France - Marseille

Today, at work, I stepped out for a few minutes to use the bathroom. Shortly after returning, I found out the hard way that one of my coworkers had used my computer to send a profanity-filled email to our boss, calling him an asshole and telling him to go fuck himself. I'm now jobless. FML

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iDaniel525 8

Thursday 3 November 2011 18:57

LIKA BOSS.

SCREAM4meeee 0

Thursday 3 November 2011 19:03

Whom makes a mistake like that?

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evilplatypus 38

Thursday 3 November 2011 20:06

Muffin - You can't in most states.

lolnatalyloves 9

Thursday 3 November 2011 20:07

Sue for wrongful termination

fthislyfe 22

Thursday 3 November 2011 20:21

OK I'll tell him.

brianjman14 22

Thursday 3 November 2011 20:39

How many idiots are going to post this every time someone gets fired? The OP can't. A boss can fire you for any reason at all or for no reason at all. The only time you could sue for being fired is if you were fired because of discrimination.

The_Great_Zucchi 15

Thursday 3 November 2011 22:14

That depends on where you are... The US does seem to get the majority of asshole bosses though and there protection varies from minimal to non-existent.

Druu 53

Sunday 30 June 2013 17:25

@66 Assuming OP is from the US, the individual states have different workplace termination laws.

ColdplaySucks 18

Thursday 3 November 2011 20:12

Bosses who abuse their authority are asswipes.

gunmania0 12

Thursday 3 November 2011 20:13

So op was a grammar nazi in real life?

mrpipp 0

Thursday 3 November 2011 20:14

Grammar nazi

TipOfTheHat 10

Thursday 3 November 2011 20:27

Maybe your boss has an inferiority complex that you touched on! I would email him everyday with corrections to his grammar from conversations!

darkrabbid1 5

Thursday 3 November 2011 20:33

ydi for being a grammer nazi

transfat 0

Friday 4 November 2011 3:42

grammar*

The_Troller 14

Thursday 3 November 2011 20:46

Lol I've grammar Nazi'd IRL before. My mom used the wrong form of affect/effect on a presentation for work, and I pointed it out.

evamusical 12

Thursday 3 November 2011 20:55

20 i love friends references. Always when i want to make one, somebody else did already. And sorry op, that sucks

haw008 14

Thursday 3 November 2011 20:55

Don't be a smart ass

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