Today, my father passed away. I called my boss to let him know about the situation. His only response before hanging up: "Shit, dude. Well, I'll see you in the morning, these reports won't write themselves." FML
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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, the really hot guy that works in the same building as me came to work after being away for the past two days. I said, "Look who finally decided to come to work!" His response was, "I had a death in the family, thanks." FML
Today, I got a heads-up that my boss suffered a death in the family, but was coming into work anyway. I thought he'd be depressed, but it seems he deals with grief with anger instead. I found that out when he yelled at me, threatening to rip my spine out my ass over a typo I made in a report. FML
Today, I found out my boss wrote me up because he heard me crying on the phone, and that it was unprofessional. I was talking to my sister, who was telling that me my father had died. Three weeks ago, he was crying about his dog breaking his leg. FML
Today, I took a week off work because my father passed away. I was at the funeral home making arrangements when I overheard the owners complaining about how their insurance agent had left them to fend for themselves. I'm their insurance agent. FML
Today, my boss announced he will be taking bereavement leave due to his father passing away. For some reason I’ll never understand, I got the urge to laugh. I tried so hard to hold it in but it was very obvious. If looks could kill, I wouldn’t be able to write this. FML
Today, after I'd saved up and frontloaded working hours for two weeks to ensure I'd have time and funds to go to a local show on my birthday, I received a call letting me know my father had a heart attack and was dying. He did pass away, at around 5AM on the morning of my birthday. FML
Today, I lost my job. Why? Because I'm taking care of my dying mother. My boss actually said, "Well, if she dies today, we can hold your job." FML
Today, as a CNA, I had to go through the belongings of a patient. His phone rang and I answered - it was his boss. As I explained, he cut me off and said to "drop the act" and "he better be there now or he's fired". He was pronounced dead-on-arrival. FML
Today, I asked my boss for a few days off next week, because my grandmother passed away yesterday and I'll need to travel to attend the funeral. His response: "She's dead, you're not. You want time off, then quit." FML
Today, I attended my father’s funeral. I have the week off work, and one of my colleagues is using this time to make a play for my job. I’m not supposed to be checking emails, so I can’t call them out on it until I get back, by which time it may be too late. FML
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legendairy3000 16
What a douchebag.
reklawelyk 15
Some people just have no heart.
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Comments (116)
kaitlin1234567 9
Sorry for your loss. What a crappy person he is.
tranced_ 45
quit your stupid job and take a break!
Dexter83_fml 17
I am sorry for your loss. I hope you phoned back
freer14 12
I'd quit. Any boss that doesn't understand putting family first, doesn't earn my respect to work my ass off for
asgartner 6
ydi asshole. don't let you dad die
dakotaabriannee 14
Wow, so heartless.
Enkeria 30
That really sucks OP! Your boss is such a dick! It's technically considered a family emergency so hopefully your company's policies will help you out! Good luck OP!
Hyenayena 27
I'm sorry for your loss. I don't know how long you've been working there or what could get you fired. But if you're confident that your boss won't fire you over taking a day off for grieving, do that. Seriously, he needs to understand his employees are humans with feelings. Not robots to be exploited
Hyenayena 27
I know everyone right away says to quit your job, but I don't know your financial situation, and it's not my place to know. Realistically, not everyone gets the boss they deserve, and I know you deserve a boss that can at least empathize with other human beings. Depending on where you work, I'd call your bosses boss. Explain the situation and hope he has a better heart
Mr_Relatable 16
Maybe the boss has gotten caught up in his job and doesn't have as much sentimentality as before he had his job. This happens to quite a few people