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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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)
0neiros 14
Take the time off, just call in officially notifying him why you are doing so, make sure it's recorded on your end, if your state requires you to notify the other party of the recording then do so. If he fires you, Unemployment and getting another job will be a snap. "Why did you leave your last job?" "Because my Father died, and my employer wouldn't give me bereavement leave." Done.
JustinJK 21
Yeah, that's what I thought! Canada is a very civilized country and isn't as ass backwards as America is, haha.
johnny29 14
what an asshole.. aren't there any laws about that?
Stxsyh 30
what a douchebag of a boss! sorry for your loss, OP.
GeorgiaBea 28
America has bereavement leave as well...
hadleigh_24601 11
Praying for you
liteskingirl 11
condolences on your loss.
roys1girl 18
Well, that's a bit of a callous response.
kmw003 17
that's when you tell him "you're right, you better get on that huh?" I'm so so sorry for your loss, OP. I'm also sorry you have to deal with such an insensitive boss. /:
Cavalrysword 8
After you quit, tell us the name of the company. I wouldn't want to do business with them. My condolences for your loss.