Today, someone sent my boss a CD full of documents for an upcoming trial. It's my job to sort through the evidence, so he gave it to me. I looked on the CD. There's only one file; a 1020-page PDF of all the documents we need, and the pages weren't scanned in order. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my boss told me to sort and file all the paperwork he'd been randomly shoving into boxes since 2010. Apparently we're being audited, so he expects me to do eight years of filing in two weeks. There's enough paper to fully stock a large public library. Two weeks my ass. FML
Today, I found out I've been incorrectly sorting thousands of papers for the past two weeks. My boss wanted them sorted by date, but the co-worker who instructed me said to sort them into alphabetical order just to watch me fail. FML
Today, I emailed a bunch of documents to a potential client, only to later realise later I'd also emailed them a folder of mine and my husband's very intimate photos. There’s things in there we only do when I’m very drunk, and am very embarrassed by. I’ve been ducking my bosses calls for two hours. FML
Today, I went to work at my job as a secretary. I had been given the task to file my boss's collection of Playboy magazines alphabetically by name of the centerfold. There was one for every month from the years of 1980 until now. FML
Today, my boss asked if I could spare a few minutes to finish off the last of his paperwork backlog. I'm pretty desperate for a raise, so I said sure. Turns out the "small", "should-take-a-few-minutes" backlog consists of 3 desk-high stacks of documents. Goodbye, cruel world. FML
Today, I was fired because of a "poorly executed" task. My boss claims that I just copypasted an existing document in a new file; I was instructed exactly to take the document and move its content to a new table without changing anything. It was discussed beforehand, but looks like his own messages are not a proof. FML
Today, while visiting my in-laws, I went into their home office in search of a sheet of scrap paper. Instead, I found printed copies of every email and IM my husband and I had ever sent each other, including pictures. Highlighted and annotated by his mother. FML
Today, I knocked an old-school slide carousel off my desk, scattering nearly 100 individual slides everywhere, including the specific slides my professor asked me to digitally scan, which were placed carefully on top. None of them are numbered. FML
Today, my boss dropped a highly important and dense report on my desk that had to be finished by the end of the day. After the initial panic attack and hours of scrupulous work, I finished. She then asked me to pick up the revised copy, where my name was replaced with hers. FML
Today, I told the girl working the scanner that half the documents I was indexing from her were upside down. Now ALL of them are upside down. FML
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andyyroxx 20
What the actual **** did you comment for...
bidon121 9
Oops...I guess you are going to have to do your job!
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Comments (106)
seansbro56 10
Well that sucks... Better get to work!!!
poccocurantes 7
That's the job. Like it or lump it.
perdix 31
Instead of doing your job, tell your boss that your client is guilty and just he should confess and be done with it. The poor bastard ought to rot in prison rather than make you sort through random pages. That's justice!
squashzilla 0
That's one way around Discovery, I guess. I'm sorry though. It's a bit foul, and a judge would probably see it as impeding/contempt, depending on how soon the trial is. Best option: print it all out and color code.
toalysium 15
Douchebag discovery is never the way to go, that'll just make OP look all the harder for a way to **** opposing counsel. I like the color coding idea.
squashzilla 0
That's what I was saying genius. It is a way for opposing to skirt discovery, or at least make it as difficult as possible. I had too many opp. pull the very same.
hanymandy 6
That's... Exactly what you get paid for.
Geometric 18
Well looks like you have no choice but to sit down, turn on your computer and..... ....procrastinate by making an FML.
DarthVader77 9
So, you will have to work for a change. Do not worry: each page brings you one tenth of a per cent closer to completing your job. PS: whoever sent you this is a nutcase, so FYL
florido_fml 10
I don't even care about what you said op not very interesting
bigwiensch 15
at least you have a job
KM96 24
Kill you now?