Today, I found out that I have to work Christmas Day. There's no public transport running and taxis are triple fare. It'll cost me more getting to work than I'll actually earn during the shift. 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, it's Christmas day. Normally, I'd be spending it with family. However, my boss decided everyone has to work today, despite the fact that there's enough people who want to work to run the place. Apparently it's "fairer" if we all have to do it - except him. FML
Today, I went to work only to serve one table, make a $9.00 tip, get sent home because it was slow, have the city busses stop running because of weather, and have to pay a $20 cab fare to get home. FML
Today, I had to take a taxi to work, because I was pressed for time, and didn't have a ride there. When I got to work, I paid the cab driver, and realized I had spent more money on the cab than I was going to make at work. FML
Today, the bus I needed to catch, that replaced the train I needed to catch, to get the flight home was full. I had to get a taxi instead. £140 to the nearest working train station. FML
Today, my manager rejected my leave application for Christmas. Later I found out that I'm going to be the only employee working at the office during Christmas. FML
Today, I'm so broke that I had to call in sick to work because I couldn't afford to pay my bus fare. FML
Today, my boss thought it would be a great idea to delay paying me until after Christmas. There goes rent, bills, food and of course Christmas presents. FML
Today, after spending Christmas alone because my bus home got cancelled due to Covid, I found that I have to spend the New Year alone and potentially homeless because my flight home got cancelled. FML
Today, I'm supposed to be starting on the first part of a 9 hour road trip. My only coworker called in sick, so instead I had to go into work. One hour there, one hour back, and a 9-to-5 day. This would have been my first holiday in 7 years. After getting to work, I realised I'd forgotten my work keys in my other clothes. FML
Today, on Christmas Eve, as I was getting my car loaded for the holiday rounds to the in-laws and parents, my car decided now was the time to break down. I recently put in over $1000 fixing it. FML
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josh78 0
sick days???
Flamersplamer 0
fake your own death.
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Comments (85)
gloostuck 0
I live in Buckinghamshire too. want A ride? :D
Malinkrot 3
how do you know it isn't a trick to lure some unsuspecting FML commenter
darkmis1 18
That sucks. I'd call out sick.......or if you have a car, you might want to drive that? FYL thought. FYL.
majorcrabs 0
that sucks. don't u get paid overtime though for working on a desinated holiday?
Tahsis 4
This is fake most likely, very similar to a previous one - just look up "I had to take a taxi to work" and check the only result.
lilgazelleX 0
i noticed that, it was posted by fml37.. doesn't mean its fake though
bailo 0
I. FEEL. SO. *******. BAD. FOR. YOU. i was a little bit annoyed i had to work the morning of the 24th. i would say, skip work and tell that ******* boss to **** off. if this means you no longer have your job, it's probably healthier anyway.
Alphabetica 0
Most employers will reinburse you for the cost of your journey if on a one off you can't get in any other way than taxi! When you pay the driver ask for a receipt and give it in at work! I've done this a few times after missing the last bus and my boss refunds me the fare!
HyperExecuter 0
then don't go
lilgazelleX 0
i thought you were entitled, by law, to take 3 days off for religious holidays? is that just over here? just take a sickie then.. sucks though
cindybuzz 5
I think it is over here aswell.......but, OP waited until christmas eve....bit late to sort it now. Days you don't want to/can't work, you have to tell your ******* boss!
cindybuzz 5
Not "Barstaff" however....guessing that isn't a random name for OP. :P
TheLoneWolf87 4
This FML is overdone.
bailo 0
but i feel intensely bad for the OP every single time anyway.
izziieB 0
then don't go stupid, and what asshole would make you work on Christmas day