Today, I told my new boss to wish his daughter a happy birthday on my behalf, as I overheard him saying it was today. Turns out she committed suicide three years ago. FML
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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, I went into work and noticed one of my fellow colleagues had a large bunch of flowers on her desk. As soon as I saw her, I immediately said, "Happy Birthday!" Everyone went quiet. It wasn't her birthday; her father had died. FML
Today, on the first occasion I've seen my boss since her brief leave, I brought up how I got to hear all our customers' heartwarming plans for their moms on Mother's Day. Her mother just died. That's why she was on leave. FML
Today, it's my birthday and I had to work. My boss wished me a happy birthday, and then told me I was fired. FML
Today, I found out my boss wrote me up because he heard me crying on the phone, and that it was unprofessional. I was talking to my sister, who was telling that me my father had died. Three weeks ago, he was crying about his dog breaking his leg. FML
Today, I told a co-worker to "lighten up, and stop wearing black all the time, it makes you look depressed." I didn't know his father had died the week before. FML
Today, I was texting a friend of mine. She mentioned it was her dad's birthday. I typed, "Tell him 'Happy Birthday' from me!" and as I pressed send, I remembered her dad was dead. FML
Today, I was accidentally rude to a customer and she told me to kill myself. My boss came over, told me that she agreed wholeheartedly with the customer, and then said, "I have no idea where you got this delusion that anyone would be sad if you died." FML
Today, my boss called me into his office. Expecting a long overdue promotion, I hurried in. Instead, he told me he thought I would be perfect to take his son on a pity date, because he's a suicide risk due to his depression. FML
Today, my boss called me to his office, and played back a recording of me telling a co-worker that if I still worked there in a year, I would hang myself. He then bitched me out for unprofessional conduct. The taped conversation took place over a year ago, with my recently ex-boyfriend. FML
Today, at school, some kid I’ve never liked came up to me and said, to my face, "I’m really happy to hear about your mom." She died two weeks ago. FML
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krazy_glu3 0
that sucks!! it's not like you knew tho..
takeapieandrun 9
Can't blame you for trying to be considerate.
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Comments (144)
alexwhite117 0
it's not fyl it's more of f your bosses life I feel bad for him
zattele 3
I wonder if the OP is from Umbria.....
RKD 23
Don't worry op, I am sure your boss will be saddened but will understand. These things happen!
lizzieislovely 11
You weren't to know that she'd committed suicide, but i can understand how awful you must have felt. But you were just being pleasant to someone, and that isn't something to feel terrible about.
babyblue666 1
thats what you get for evesdropping i hope u feel bad
RavenNight 0
im not sure if its a fml or a ydi :/ oh well
Norwegian_Wood 4
OP- That is really bad situation... But honestly there's no way you could have known. So definitely FYL.
kindlystfupls 0
well you said "new boss" so assuming you haven't had the job for all that long how would you know something like that? it's not like that is something that's announced when you get the job.
amymarie2013 0
ass
ReachTheSky 0
That sucks. Your intentions were good and you really had no idea so don't feel bad.