Today, my former boss is threatening to keep my last paycheck until I return a skateboard that a guest forgot at the hotel about a month ago. She was the one who gave me the order to put it in the trash. FML
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Today, my boss fired me by locking me out of my workplace after I went out to throw out the trash. FML
Today, while working at a chain restaurant, I forgot to charge someone a few dollars for extra toppings on the side. My stingy boss took the time to take that money out of my paycheck. FML
Today, my soon-to-be former boss tried to NOT pay me for working on Christmas Eve, but I called her out. Now, she's blocked me out of her life, and is looking for my replacement. FML
Today, my boss sent me home from work because she saw me not checking under my customer's cart to see if they had any hidden groceries. I didn't check because the customer threatened to "kick my ass" if I "accused him of stealing" by checking. FML
Today, £250 of money belonging to work was stolen from my handbag. My boss says I have to pay it back because I'm the one that signed out the cash. There goes the holiday I was about to book. FML
Today, I drove a total of 4 hours for my boss to demote me, downgrade my pay, and make the kid I hired my new boss. Why? Because I asked about the $500 missing from my paycheck. FML
Today, because of a miscommunication with my boss, the furniture I was renting during my summer job was taken back by the movers. I still have a week of work left and nothing to eat with, and nothing to sit or sleep on. FML
Today, my boss gave me a warning for "insulting our best customer" after she saw a comment on her customer card saying "stop giving this fat bitch free samples." My boss had written it in the first place, but refuses to either remember or admit it. FML
Today, my boss made sure to do one last thing before he retired. Fire me. FML
Today, I asked my coworker to pay back the $100 I'd loaned her when she fell on hard times. She’s owed me for almost a year now, and she always said she’d pay me back “Next week.” She responded by telling HR that I was “harassing” and “threatening” her. FML
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Top comments
superjewguy 19
it's illegal for them to do that for that reason
roxyroller20 15
You could say your boss is a Skater Hater
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Comments (34)
Jared900DUmpling 30
Skate or die. Or at least, not be able to pay your rent.
roxyroller20 15
You could say your boss is a Skater Hater
superjewguy 19
it's illegal for them to do that for that reason
Nysha 17
Yep. Do some googling, write a formal letter (to HR if there's an HR department, or to your boss and boss's boss if not) detailing the situation and quoting the relevant laws, and say that if you don't receive what you're owed you'll be forced to take further action. Watch your money magically appear.
dom100inic 3
I don't know that works in Puerto Rico.
Mudge 11
Stop! You have violated the Law! Pay the court a fine or serve your sentance. Your stolen goods are now forfeit
red_head_magee 7
I love game jokes in serious matters
TheNewGuy03 29
You won't be able to skate by without that check. Once you get your dough, you need to do a 180 out the door, because your boss has definitely turned to the darkslide.
slavka012 11
Your comment makes zero sense and not even funny
samwilliams800 28
You have no sense of humor or common sense then.
bickdig69 8
I think it was very funny and that is very rare on this app
Penguini 16
get out!
TheNewGuy03 29
Translation for people who can't seem to fire their neurons correctly: The boss is toxic, therefore OP should leave that environment, but only after he/she gets their rightfully earned money. I don't really give half a shit what any of you think, though. I wrote the comment because I liked it. Peace.
Cbnotme 20
Guys, it's a skateboarding pun. I personally found it hilarious, maybe the down-voters dont get the puns in it.
Stiggy626 25
kinda ruins it when you try that hard
TheNewGuy03 29
Only I didn't try hard.
pjsr 33
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Even if you were told to trash the skateboard, if it belongs to someone else, keeping it is theft. Return it.
daisy08 17
I believe the point of the FML is that they can't return it because they threw it away, like the customer told them to.
slavka012 11
#7, I don't think #6 has capacity to understand your answer. I mean, you have to explain them the obvious...
tantanpanda 26
#6 false. You obviously know nothing about the hotel industry. If you forgot something in your stay, the hotel has a grace period that they'll keep the lost item for you, but it's generally only a week or two, maximum a month. The items that were forgot are offered to the staff after the grace period and if nobody wants it, it is thrown out. A customer cannot come back a month later and expect to get it back.
MidnaLink 35
Wouldn't the trash be compacted or something after a month?
BananEnigma 24
Or at the very least taken away by a dump or garbage truck... I doubt it's retrievable at all.
A_Troll_Account 3
Report him its illegal for him to do that
EliGolsdworthy 7
Sue her
PhoenixChick 26
Wow. Blackmailing employees over property abandoned by a guest. There must be other stories of THIS boss.
worldclassrager 41
The Better Business Bureau may destroy everything but if all else fails take it up with a higher power