Today, my boss called and yelled at me because he said I was "spotted" out after I called off sick. I was out getting the medicine the doctor had just prescribed me. 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 was home sick from work because my doctor gave me a new pill that made me throw up violently. My boss called. I thought she was checking on me. She fired me instead. FML
Today, my boss yelled at me for leaving on time. After months of management hounding us about our overtime, I get in trouble for doing what I was supposed to do. FML
Today, I got in trouble with my boss for not showing up to work yesterday. It seems going into anaphylactic shock isn't a valid excuse. FML
Today, I went in to work and was handed a write-up for having lied about being sick in order to leave early yesterday. Apparently, a co-worker saw me leave the parking lot, then immediately pull into the shopping center next door. I was going to Walgreens for cold medicine. FML
Today, I got my ass kicked by my boss at work. Why? Because I missed my shift on Saturday, because I slept through my alarms and the phone calls from my co-workers, and I woke up three hours later in a state of panic. This is all because of a medicine I'm on for migraines. FML
Today, I called into work because I was too tired to keep my eyes open. My boss berated me over the phone, saying I should be more like that other employee who came in with a broken toe. That was me. FML
Today, I was feeling terrible so I called in sick to work. My boss refused to believe me and told me he'd fire me if I didn't come in. I dragged myself to work, only to spend most of the day glued to the toilet. Now he says I won't be paid for the day because I barely did any work. FML
Today, I called in sick to work for a second day. After months of my boss trying to get me sacked by spreading vicious rumors about me, taunting me into retaliating, and generally making my life a living hell, he finally got his chance. He sent me a text saying, "yeh dont bother son ure fuckin fired." FML
Today, I was legitimately sick so I called in to work. Apparently, 4 other guys on my line called in too. My boss thought we planned it. Now we're all written up. FML
Today, I dragged myself to work, suffering from a bad cold. My boss quietly told me to go home and rest, to avoid spreading it around the office. I thought it odd since he dislikes me so much, but I did as he said. He called later in the day to suspend me for leaving work early. FML
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Top comments
dude_itskayley 17
Not only is your boss an idiot for jumping to conclusions, but whoever "spotted" you needs to mind their own business and get their facts straight.
sexymomo1234 20
You should go into work and get him sick
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Comments (66)
thatcoolguy123 14
How did he spot you? Shouldn't he have been at work? Common sense is becoming a superpower nowadays...
FutueMeamVitam 24
Eh, plenty of possible explanations. Maybe it wasn't a co-worker but a mutual friend, maybe they were on lunch break, maybe they drive or deliver something as part of their job. Doesn't mean the snitch had to be playing hookey at all.
patrickalamo 48
Bring the receipt in from the pharmacy and ask for an apology.
nialls_girl 13
Were you able to at least explain yourself?
kingkobrastrikes 13
I'm hoping you explained the situation, but knowing dumb bosses he wouldn't understand.
joe3_fml 15
Looks like you got yourself a creeper.
more4me 27
Go cough in his face a few times !
Matheo_fml 21
If you can go to the pharmacy by yourself, you are obviously not sick enough...
MidnightMusic53 37
She never said how she got there, for all we know, someone else may have taken her. Even if she did go get the medicine herself, when you're desperate and tired of feeling crummy, you'd be surprised by what you can achieve to go get something to help heal you.
Ellykay 17
What if the OP had no one to go get it for them? Then there's no other choice but to go get it on their own.
DanielleinDC 34
Not necessarily. A few years ago, I was really sick--turns out I had a weird viral infection. I stopped by the pharmacy on the way home from the doctor to get some medicine and then took the bus home (I don't drive). So sure I was out and about--seeing a doctor and getting some stuff to see me through the week. It's not as if I--or OP--was dining out at a fancy restaurant, at a bar, or clothes shopping.
RusticChick 27
Just going out on a limb here, sounds like whoever "spotted" you out knows you from work. Therefore they would have had to been outside of work themselves to have spotted you in the first place. Sorry OP that you were the one that is sick and got in trouble for it.
FutueMeamVitam 24
Said it above, but I'll repeat here: Plenty of possible explanations. Maybe it wasn't a co-worker but a mutual friend, maybe they were on lunch break, maybe they drive or deliver something as part of their job. Doesn't mean the snitch had to be playing hookey at all.
Surge_Heart 12
Show him the prescription ..
cheesy_wotsit 20
Go and show/explain the pharmacy receipt to your boss, standing closely and coughing as you do so. If they don't let you off, at least there's a chance they'll get your bug.