Work: Today, my co-worker and I were having a conversation in Russian....

By PuddlePirate - 07/09/2012 16:23 - United States - Mountain Iron

Today, my co-worker and I were having a conversation in Russian. Our boss overheard us talking, shouted, "I know you're talking about me! I speak Spanish too!" and threatened to fire us. FML

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By Claudine - 30/06/2015 06:18 - Belgium - Liège

Today, my boss is on the phone with a Russian customer, who keeps saying, "Speak Russian please!" My boss asks me to translate, as he hired me for my knowledge of Russian. He says something, I translate in Russian, then the customer says, "Speak English please!" FML

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By anonymous - 15/02/2015 22:39 - United States - Valdosta

Today, while working at Subway I joked with a customer asking him if he was going to order in Spanish. The women in front of him began yelling about how I was being racist and told my manager that I needed to be fired. The customer I was joking with was my Spanish teacher. FML

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By zoosmell pooplord - 02/09/2012 19:41 - Norway - Geilo

Today, my boss got angry at me because my English is better than his. He accused me of trying to steal his management position, and implied that I'll be lucky if I still have a job by the end of the month. FML

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By rosie - 08/03/2021 13:59

Today, I was unable to communicate with a customer who only spoke French. As a result, my boss called me a "monolingual idiot." I speak Spanish, German, and Japanese. FML

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By bronieswillrule5eva - 11/06/2012 18:16 - Canada - Summerside

Today, I overheard my boss and a co-worker talking about me. Apparently when I speak, I slur my words so badly that it sounds like I'm speaking in tongues. According to my boss, "he could be possessed by a demon right now, and we'd never even notice." FML

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By Anonymous - 09/07/2016 15:14

Today, I overheard my boss talking about me on the phone. Turns out he was drunk off his ass when he gave the go-ahead to hire me, and he's now searching for any excuse to legally fire me. FML

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By anahira6 - 27/09/2013 19:41 - United States - Houston

Today, my boss's son is training to take over my job as head translator, after having convinced his dad that he's fluent in Spanish, and that my skills suck. I soon walked in on him using Google Translate on a legal document. My boss refuses to believe me. FML

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By jalisc512 - 21/08/2014 20:16 - United States - Aurora

Today, my boss threatened to write me up, after I made a slightly rude joke about a coworker everyone hates. A while later, a colleague told me the same joke. Turns out my boss had gone around telling it to everyone else and taking all the credit. FML

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By robert - 31/01/2012 00:20 - United States

Today, I went to deliver some reports to my boss in his office. He was facing away from me and ranting about his "useless employees", so I slipped in and waited for him to put the phone down. Turns out he was talking to himself. When he noticed me, he bitched me out and threatened to fire me. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/09/2009 04:31 - Canada

Today, a customer came in who only spoke Spanish. I speak Spanish rather well so I helped the customer. She ended up buying $2300 worth of stuff. I got written up because not speaking English apparently "has the potential be offensive to other customers if they are not able to understand you." FML

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Saturday 8 September 2012 2:12

Se habla?

b1ggerb1tch 0

Saturday 8 September 2012 2:14

talk about a dumb boss, Russian sounds nothing like Spanish .-.

Comments

fengminfeifei 4

Saturday 8 September 2012 4:49

your boss

greenie213 23

Saturday 8 September 2012 4:58

What about him! The suspense is killing me!

novalaise 7

Saturday 8 September 2012 5:56

Obviously he doesn't speak spanish!

SystemofaBlink41 27

Saturday 8 September 2012 6:15

Is being an idiot now a requirement for a boss?

Szaszaspasz 26

Saturday 8 September 2012 6:33

Methinks he does not speak Spanish, certainly not Russian; but he also doth protest too much.

FlyingPie 17

Saturday 8 September 2012 6:34

Because Russian sounds exactly like Spanish.. :/ FYL.

shay_shay_zhar 1

Saturday 8 September 2012 6:41

Привет. Я тоже гаварю по русский!!

lostfaithinpppl 19

Saturday 8 September 2012 6:46

You managed to have both grammatical and spelling mistakes in your 6-word-long post, so I doubt you actually do speak Russian.

dannykazzy 1

Tuesday 11 September 2012 3:26

Хах ой блин я тоже!:)

CaroAurelia 12

Thursday 6 November 2014 23:38

Or maybe this person does and they're dyslexic or just not good with spelling and grammar. Don't be so damn pretentious.

girlymae 12

Saturday 8 September 2012 6:50

Lmao your boss needs to get his facts straight before threatening you...

funky2525 14

Saturday 8 September 2012 6:57

there are a lot of geniuses in the world.... your boss isn't one of them

fatalwish 6

Saturday 8 September 2012 7:14

i would just have to laugh

zombiekitten87 12

Saturday 8 September 2012 7:56

I was reported by customers at work for speaking Spanish in front of them once to my boss. Not only do I not speak Spanish, my boss was speaking in English as well. Granted, she has a heavy west Indian accent, but still... Not even close to Spanish. Pointless story aside, don't speak in other languages at work unless you are assisting someone who speaks said language. Your boss is an idiot, but it's considered rude to do so anyway.