Today, my boss threw out the report I wrote for the board of directors. He said that if it were legal, he'd smash me in the balls with a brick for using Comic Sans. I had to do the whole thing again in another font with my coworkers snickering at me. FML
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Today, at work, I had to explain to a 50-year-old engineer that Comic Sans is not an acceptable font for a government contractor to use in a structural report. FML
Today, my boss made me type up my own written warning, where I had to trash myself and describe my own "shocking incompetence". All the department heads are going to receive a copy of this. FML
Today, my boss is writing me up for not signing a report before I left work. He refused to print the report that day, and I don't have access to the printers. FML
Today, I gave my boss a report I wrote on my own time, full of suggestions on how to increase productivity and profits at our company. He said my ideas made "about as much sense as pistol-whipping a ghost" and that I was impressing no one. FML
Today, my boss chewed me out for correcting several spelling and grammar mistakes in one of his reports. The words "Think you're so damn smart, don't ya?" were uttered. I'm his secretary, and proofreading his shit is part of my job. FML
Today, my boss asked me to send an email on his behalf with an important report attached. I've already received 3 responses from directors commenting on poor spelling and factual errors. I get paid 1/4 the salary of my boss and he can't even write properly. FML
Today, my boss yelled at me for ruining the report she was supposed to write with my "terrible spelling and grammar". I've checked it thoroughly, and all of her 'corrections' are wrong. She doesn’t believe me, and is refusing to look at a dictionary. FML
Today, my boss suspended me for laughing too hard at my desk and causing a big scene in front of our customers. I was laughing because he'd forwarded me a hilarious email. He was practically smirking as he handed me my official warning. FML
Today, my sexist, misogynistic boss showed me a new program we all have to use. After several minutes of him explaining it badly and belittling me for doing it wrong, I opened a sub-folder that showed that I CREATED THE PROGRAM. He walked away, then later wrote me up for "having a bad attitude." FML
Today, my boss wrote me up for saying "pissed" in front of a client. This is the same boss who nearly pissed himself laughing when a client made an extremely off-color Holocaust joke a few weeks ago, in front of half the department. FML
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adamo_erebus 26
I don't know what you were thinking, writing a report in comic sans and expecting people to take you seriously.
Clawsified 6
I created an account just to ask this: How high were you to think that Comic Sans is a professional enough font to use to send a report to the board of directors? Might as well throw in emoticons in your report. " LOL Our profits are in the toilet T_T :((("
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kobutah 5
What is really sad....that 11K people don't see the issue with Comic Sans and marked it Your Life Sucks for how the boss treated him/her.
Sheh_fml 25
Appearance matter. That is why you don't go to the office in sweatpants, why you don't decorate your cubicle with graffiti, why you brush hair and teeth before leaving the house. And why you don't write serious business-papers in Comic Sans. Is it unfair? Yes. But it is also not (always) concious, and it does affect how much we trust and respect someone. I think it might annoy me if I got important papers written in Comic Sans, because it would feel like it all was a joke, or like it was done by some dumbass straight out of high school. Still, he didn't need to throw it out. But I do understand him.
lizziemo79 18
I dunno why everyone hates comic sans but that wasn't the best choice of font for that particular document
jander 5
Comic sans? You would've been better off writing the report in crayon.
andycee2000 5
"Do the whole thing again"? You mean change the font?
metheonlyb 17
Always use Times New Roman or Calibri. Keep it professional.
princesscorkey 16
You're the dumbass who decided to use a childish font for a professional report. Presentation is everything.
alphaskater09 9
It's a shame I can't write this comment in comic sans
jthmtwin 16
I used to write papers in comic sans and change the whole font after. I had a really hard time reading the small times new roman, so I used a large more blocky text.
petrolhead 12
So did you rewrite the whole report in another font?