Today, it was the first day of fall break from college, and I was really excited to sleep in and relax the entire weekend. Apparently my boss caught wind of my happiness and scheduled me 8am-2pm each day of break, "seeing how I don't have anything else to do." 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, I had my first day off in weeks. I was excited about getting to sleep in, until my boss called me at 6:30 in the morning to remind me I didn't have to come into work. Thanks. FML
Today, I was excited to finally take a day off work and relax at home. However, as soon as I was on the couch to Netflix and chill with my cat, I got a call from my boss saying I was needed at the office to fix a major issue. I ended up spending the entire day at work and didn't get to enjoy my "day off." FML
Today, I took my first day off in 3 weeks just so I can sleep in. The office secretary woke me up at 7.12 am with a page wishing me a nice day off. FML
Today, after informing my boss that I needed stress leave from my 70-hour-a-week shifts, I got my new work assignment. Sixty hours a week, starting at 2 a.m. FML
Today, my colleague came back from vacation so I no longer have to do her job on top of mine. My bosses saw this as the perfect occasion to barge into my office every five minutes to hand me tasks. When I asked for a ten-minute break to do a task that needed concentration, they barged in again after five minutes. FML
Today, I worked 24 hours straight fixing my company's servers. After it was over, I breathed a huge sigh of relief and promptly fell asleep at my desk. My boss found me an hour later, refused to listen to me, and fired me for sleeping on the job. FML
Today, I started my spring break. My college is letting the students stay in the dorms for break, so I figured that staying here would mean getting more sleep than going home. Not so much. The fire alarm has been going off every 20 mins since 7:30am because they're "fixing" it. FML
Today, I woke up at 5:30 and made the half hour drive to work only to find out that it was my day off. After finally getting back home and into bed, my boss called, requesting that I come back to work since I was "already up". FML
Today, I finally told my boss that I need a week off to recharge; I presented dates, reasons, and felt brave. He nodded approvingly, then checked my calendar and asked, “Perfect, can you train the new hires that week?” I stared at my triumphant note then mourned my stolen week. Ugh. FML
Today, I arrived at my internship at 7 am after three hours of sleep with a massive hangover. When I got there, my boss told me he had made a mistake and I was meant to come in next week. He then said, "Well, now that you're here, you might as well get some work done. Come in next week as well." FML
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jane99 2
You could have asked for a day off in advanced.
TheTruth1428 0
YDI if you put you have open availability. If you don't want to work at 8 AM just say you're unavailable.
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Comments (96)
eclecticist 0
look, it's just 4 hrs a day, and the boss probably knows him well enough to know that he has break
fretforyerlatte 0
counting fail
cmac86 24
might as well make some money instead of doing nothing. hell, my college doesn't even have a fall break!
Ninjaface 0
Well he's right. Now put that waffle costume back on, he's not paying you to sleep!
kitkatkelly 0
Good lord, I would kill to get that many hours. Oh, and my college doesn't have fall break. +1 vote for a "So?" option between FML and YDI.
Tippssy 0
You are a ******* idiot. In this economy, you are bitching about GETTING work? Spoiled little college prep. I'm crying for you, really. Having to make money instead of waking up hungover and covered in spooge that may or may not be yours without your cell phone and hunched over a bong. You. Poor. Baby.
ledzepfan 0
me and my manager both go to the same college. we both got scheduled on our fall breaks too. and, ummm, yeah, #75, for people like me who have to pay to live and go to college, sleeping in at least once a year is like ******* heaven, don't be such a bitch. and, yeah, college prep? because, you know, all the spoiled kids have to work.... wait, no, they have trust funds from mommy and daddy, the ones working are the ones that aren't spoiled. don't be such a bitch
xpxp2002 4
At least you have a fall break. My university doesn't even give us one. So just be glad you have 2pm through the rest of the day off, because I'll still be in class.
n_london 0
When I was in high school I worked in the frameshop at Michaels, and our boss somehow got a copy of my high school's schedule (several other people from that school worked there), so he always knew every day we had off and scheduled us for all day every damn time. So that sucks. But yes, you should be happy you have a job.
jane99 2
I work at Michaels! My boss knows I don't have school Fridays so he schedules me ALL day long. **** Michaels.
ProtoBuster_1 5
I can say, in my case, I want to work (I need the money to pay the bills), but my manager isn't putting me on the schedule due to store budget cuts... as of tomorrow (Sunday), I will be "off" for a full month. So, OP, as others have said, in this economy, you're lucky to have a job, so stop whining.
poeticvibez07 0
WTF is fall break and why didn't I have one?!?!