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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ifyacantbeatem 5

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

ObeyStudKing 4

Saturday 8 September 2012 10:29

Now would be a good time to bring in Google Translator lol.

Theblackrose8 5

Saturday 8 September 2012 17:45

Some people are so paranoid

BayAreaBum 1

Saturday 8 September 2012 18:16

Your boss is a freaking moron.

88vivera 9

Saturday 8 September 2012 19:54

Ur boss is really really stupid!!!!!

ArabFML 3

Saturday 8 September 2012 20:16

Su jefe es un imbécil. -_-

epople 5

Saturday 8 September 2012 20:17

My Facebook picture is the mustard for that ketchup and hot dog no joking

saidoh_fml 26

Saturday 8 September 2012 21:26

Sorry OP that your boss was trying so hard to sound smart and just ended up looking like a dumbass. If he was gonna call you out for "talking about him in Spanish" he should have done so in Spanish.

cajekraze 7

Saturday 8 September 2012 21:35

It is always considered rude to speak anything other than the common language in a mixed group or public setting. If it is not appropriate to say publicly, then it doesn't belong at work. Many companies have policies about this and you can legally be fired for speaking a foreign language for any reason other than company business. I know it feels wrong to you but is the truth. Your boss is a complete moron for his handling of the situation, and for that, I am sorry.

RadkeRonnie 3

Wednesday 19 December 2012 8:37

No, it's not always considered rude. Most of the time, two people can have a conversation in whatever language they want and no one cares.

CaroAurelia 12

Thursday 6 November 2014 23:37

It sounds like two Russian speakers were BY THEMSELVES and having an INNOCUOUS conversation in a language they both speak. I don't get the impression that they actually were talking about the boss, or that they were around others until the boss showed up.