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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SailorBen 6
Was it wrong for you to use the wrong font? Yes. More importantly though it was completely unprofessional of of your bosses response.
sjbartholome 14
I see how Comic Sans is not the preferred choice of font in a business report type setting but I don't understand the irrational negative connation associated with it that many of you are showing. It's just a font. If you lack the ability to discern content from a text because of the font, then I'd say it's would be hard to take you seriously. Here comes the contradictory rationalizations for why Comic Sans is bad. If I could type this comment in Comic Sans I would.
deemarie13 14
As a designer I have to disagree. A font is not just a font. We love in a world where we and our products are judged first by appearance it's best not to use a font that looks it's written in a marker by a first grader on an official document.
sjbartholome 14
Prefacing your comment by calling yourself a designer does not increase the strength of said comment. Neither does over exaggerating to try to make your point. "marker by a first grader?" priceless. You must never seen first graders write before because it would be a compliment to the first grader if his/her handwriting was even remotely close to Comic Sans. Your tactics are invalid.
cbroady0529 9
As a designer, I still think you're a pretentious twit.
nicievans 9
Much of the distaste is because of the inconsistent spacing and capitalization in comic sans. It is supposed to be patterned after comic book lettering, but does not even work well for that purpose.
deemarie13 14
NEVER use comic sans that's like asking to be beat over the head in a professional setting.
vikky538 29
was it a comic con 2014 report...
ThePez828 18
I love you guys. These comments are humorous. Comic Sans isn't appropriate but the backlash here is hysterical. People are truly offended by this font! I had no idea.
sjbartholome 14
People hate Comic Sans just to agree with others because they are afraid to be themselves. I absolutely love Comic Sans.
hiholls 13
What is the reason for the Internet to hate comic sans so much? Does anyone actually know or did you all just hop on the bandwagon. I'm seriously curious!
ScooperScribbles 10
Pretty sure it's because it looks childish, whereas fonts like Times New Roman and Calibri are clear, clean and professional
sjbartholome 14
#124 Pretty sure no one is questioning the use of Comic Sans in professional settings. It's the informal settings we are interested in and we see a lot of people bashing it in informal settings. Clearly, a bandwagon.
blackonblight 33
It's unprofessional and was overused to the point of saturation in the days of geocities and angelfire pages, usually in cyan or yellow font on black background with blinking stars and a whole bunch of animated pictures trailing your mouse, plus an autoplay midi file of a song that if you were lucky you could find a pause button for at the very bottom of the page, but probably only after you got past the three JavaScript popup welcome messages. Or maybe that's just why I hate it.
dragonrider1959 18
Comic sans for the board of directors? Are you kidding? You need to take your work seriously!
hordriss 14
Surely you saved it before printing it? All you would've needed to do would be change the font.
ScooperScribbles 10
Why would you write a report in Comic Sans anyway? When it comes to reports, assignments, or anything that you want others to take seriously, it should ONLY be either Arial, Times New Roman or Calibri. Also, why re-type it? Surely you had a copy saved on your computer? Everyone who has ever used Word should know that you should ALWAYS save your work. That's the sensible thing to do.
Jaevwyn 17
Hmm its so hard to highlight all and change font unless you didn't save in which case YDI.. Computers are hard...