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)
I_am_stupid_also 6
Santa had the same problem. Rudolph came through for him.
me5 0
Too late to get sick?
Powerage66 16
Call in sick.
ZiggyMorrison 0
This is truly an FML
MrCanoe 5
I'm pretty sure the bus's will still be running it will just be a reduced schedule. That's how it its where I am they can't completely shut down the transit system people need to get places on Christmas so I'd double check
Watermelon2 0
Yes. I agree with 59 there may be some transportation but at a special schedule. I rely on septa since I live in the city and there are still running the buses. So go on their site and see what they have.
Watermelon2 0
Yeah and you could also take a train, trolley, etc... Or get a ride in, carpool with workers, carpool with people going somewhere colse to your workplace or if worst comes to worst walk.
Phinehas 0
YDI for not growing a spine and quitting.
mslily 0
don't go to work say you fell into a 24 hour coma (sp?) after the fact :X ..it could work?
shainashark 0
call off
GoddessDigi 12
Oh god, this reminds me of when I was working at one of my shittiest jobs. Mum was my ride to work, since she worked on the same road, and it was a 45 minute drive (we had just moved, previous drive was only 15 minutes) and her car broke down and couldn't be fixed until the next afternoon. I called that night, told them I couldn't make it the next day, I even explained the reason. It was only going to be a short shift as it was, 4 hours compared to my usual 9, but they told me to find a ride or take a taxi, if not I was fired. This was just on a normal workday, at that. FYL