Today, my co-worker spent the afternoon taking online personality quizzes and messaging everyone the results. She was particularly proud of one which told her she was a hard-working overachiever. My boss walked by just as the message for that one popped up and I got in trouble for slacking off. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I sent a Slack message intended for my coworker/friend to my boss. The message included plans to "get through the workday without actually working." My boss perked his head up at the other end of the office before I had time to realise what I'd done, and asked if we needed to talk about my future in the company. FML
Today, like every day, my coworker showed up thirty minutes late, sat down for thirty more checking email while I got the morning work done alone, listening to her bitch about how much she hates her job and wants to go home. My coworkers criticized me for being moody, and praised her for being the best. FML
Today, my boss sent a message to a coworker saying, "We're putting all of you back on the phones because one of you can't stop watching Netflix so corporate thinks you guys don't do anything." That person was me. Everyone's pissed at me now. FML
Today, I got in trouble with my boss for doing what she wanted me to do. I guess she didn't think I would do it, so she did it herself. FML
Today, my slacker co-worker accused me of stealing because I got more hours than him. I was called into the manager's office and interrogated. They believed him, and sent me home for the day. I guess it pays off being the boss's kid. FML
Today, my boss pulled me aside to chastise me for being "off task" because I was chatting with a co-worker while working on a project. She then spent a half hour chatting with the same person about what daycare she should go to for her new baby. FML
Today, I worked from home to actually be able to concentrate and make a presentation about my project. My boss then sends me a long email about how he wants us to work in the office, and how important it is for team building, giving me feelings of guilt for actually getting some work done. FML
Today, I walked into work, after having given my boss a weather prediction last week, so he could decide on which day to open a new company division. I was immediately taken aside and written up for "providing false information, adversely impacting morale". FML
Today, I had a huge amount of work to get through. Two colleagues offered to help, because one had nothing else to do, and the other couldn't work until I was done. My boss got really pissed at me for "making" them do my job and wasting their time. FML
Today, I did my work, the work of my co-worker who called in sick and the work of my boss who has no idea what the hell is going on all at the same time. I didn't get a promotion because I don't work hard enough. FML
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Top comments
tony1891 22
damn bosses. They always happen to walk in at the wrong time.
sarah5745 41
Wow, just tell him what was really going on and that it was your coworker's fault. Hopefully he'll understand..
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Comments (26)
PipingMouse 14
I think if you explain then she'll understand. Unless she's completely unreasonable....
claubea11 14
Sucks OP. Sometimes we pay for other's laziness. It's not fair, I know but life isn't fair. Hope you were able to explain it to your boss.
rapunzel3416 28
I'll admit that I love taking personality tests but I only take them when I'm not suppose to be doing anything else.
yeongji 31
You should have showed him all the messages from your co-worker. It would be a dick move, but you would only be saving yourself (to a certain extent) and hopefully put an end to having you and others make up for your co-worker's behaviour.
Taurus_ChicKa 37
Just because she messaged the results doesn't mean you had to read them. You could have ignored them and done the job you're being paid to do.
top_dawg45 10
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
the_fanciest_man 15
Irony at its best.