Chloe
United Kingdom
Today, it was my first day on a £600 a week job. I was fired for being 10 minutes late. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
Tey
United States
Today, on my first day of work, I got fired after 45 minutes. FML
Pouya
United States
Today, it was my first day as a promoted manager. I got fired for being late. FML
Anonymous
United States
Today, I won employee of the month. I was then fired for being late. FML
patate
Today, I was yelled at and almost fired for showing up "late" to work. I was the first one here. FML
piece of crap car
Portland, United States
Today, I was supposed to start my first day of work at my dream job. However, my car had other plans and refused to start. When I called my boss to tell him I was going to be late, he told me not to come in at all and fired me on the spot. FML
lol
No warning
Today, despite leaving early to go to work, I still ended up late because some dude decided to have an argument with the bus driver, delaying us by 20 minutes. As a result, I was fired without a write-up. This was my first ever time being late. FML
thesixth
Kenya
Today, I got fired for being late. Apparently you're supposed to be on time after your boss specifically tells you that the office will open an hour late. FML
hatemyjob
United States
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
tyrettes
Today, I started a new yard maintenance job. Before the day had even ended, I got fired, because I apparently didn’t have enough experience, and I moved too slowly. It was supposed to be my training day. FML
Schuyler Davis
You're fired!
Today, my employer fired me, less than a week before I could become permanent full-time staff. FML
Top comments
Doortje 30
Rule #1 when starting a new job: don't be late. YDI.
robc32ca 4
should have shown up on time!
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Doortje 30
Turning your hobby into a career :D
DocBastard 40
Watch out, Boners. It looks like macskapingvin is going to give you a run for you money in the "Sex Humor" category.
Zebidee 9
I didn't want to be the first to say it and get my throat torn out by the mob, but I kind of agree. Assuming OP has translated a wage in GBP to USD, $600 doesn't seem that huge for London - it's a pretty expensive city to live in. SOMAgirl is completely right though - your work ethic should be independent of your wages. I'm assuming you didn't have a valid excuse of course.
justbigbs 6
Being punctual means a lot to professionals. On my very first job I was 15 mins early almost every except for 2 days, that's after working at that place for over a few months and thats due to public transportations. If you job sucks, pays lower than what is asked of you, and firing is not common place, be late all you want.
nommnom_fml 0
who's the person in ur pic?
Doortje 30
George W. Bush
waterboy14 7
bitch shut up
mike3775 39
I dont care if my job was paying minimum wage or $1000K/hr, I never showed up late. And if I knew I would be late, I always called ahead of time to alert them I was gonna be late.
Asario 0
if it was your first day making a porno, i guarentee you wouldve been on time for that. obviously your new boss wasnt a sex offender or anything.
ImaginaryFoe 1
I agree with SOMA and zeb. You took the job, you should be responsible enough to keep it for longer than a day. I wouldn't be thrilled to be getting $600 a week but if I accepted the offer, I would take it seriously. OP, YDI completely. Good luck with the job hunt.
dlas 5
you ******* idiot, never be late the first day. I use 3 different alarm clocks on such days. battery powered+ plug powered + mobile phone
CrazyManNo9 29
His mommy didn't wake him up in time.
zp5 4
Maybe you shouldn't have been late on the first day of your job, dumbass.
Zebidee 9
Now I'm genuinely curious. I think the OP meant that $600 was a high wage, but that's now three people that think it's actually low for where she lives. Rather than getting into a long debate, thumbs-up this comment if you think US$600/week (~£20k/year) is low or normal for London, and thumbs-down if you think I have my head up my ass, and it's something OP should be insanely grateful for.