Today, I was sitting in my car waiting my shift to start. I must've fallen asleep because I woke up to a call from my boss firing me. I was in the parking lot. 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 was supposed to start my first day of work at my dream job. However, my car had other plans and refused to start. When I called my boss to tell him I was going to be late, he told me not to come in at all and fired me on the spot. FML
Today, I woke up, got dressed, drove for an hour, just to find out that I was fired. This is the closest job near me. FML
Today, I was woken up from a phone call from my boss. He asked if I had been asleep. I told him I wasn't, that I was in my car on the way to work. Then my alarm went off. FML
Today, I was enjoying my first vacation day in 2 years. My boss then called me to come in, saying it was an emergency. I got to work and got fired. Yes, my boss made me come in just to fire me. FML
Today, when I got to work, I found out that I was being laid off. Two hours later, I found out my boss had my name on the wrong list. I was elated. I went to lunch, but on the way back was rear-ended, in the rain. I was an hour and a half late getting back to work. I was fired upon returning. FML
Today, I accidentally fell asleep at work after working a 12-hour shift. Instead of waking me up, my coworkers spiked my coffee mug with whiskey and told my boss I was drunk. My boss wouldn't even listen to my side of the story and fired me. FML
Today, I got in a car accident on the way to work. I received an abusive phone call from my boss saying he shouldn't have to cover my lazy ass. I was driving to cover his shift because he was too drunk to show up to work. FML
Today, I was running late for work. I was trying to find my car keys, then realized I'd left them in my boyfriend's car. My phone charger was locked in my car, and my phone was dead. I couldn’t get hold of my boss and explain what had happened. I’m fired, aren’t I? FML
Today, my boss contacted me to come in for a quick meeting. I drove 30 minutes to get to work only to find out she was firing me and wanted my key card back. FML
Today, I was fired for falling asleep at work. I’m still not sure how I fell asleep, seeing as I’m a stocker and I was actively putting cans on the shelf when it happened. FML
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Top comments
zandalee 20
You need to sleep more! Stop burning the candle at both ends!
Grammar_Nazi01 5
That's too bad. Should have just gone into work as soon as you got there. Entirely your fault. Sorry to say. :)
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Comments (59)
zandalee 20
You need to sleep more! Stop burning the candle at both ends!
Forlorn420 9
Maybe for once no one will complain about the first comment this time! Well done for potentionally breakin the chain
zandalee 20
Why thank you kind sir.
sigrak0 10
Terrible first comment >.> haha joking :P good advice though
wetFeline 3
Terrible terrible first comment
OMFGLOLWTF 0
You could have died sleeping inside a car.
QueenSaru 28
I've always wondered... how DO you burn a candle at both ends? Stand there and hold it in the middle? Won't wax drip all over the floor? Plus it'd kill your productivity to have to hold something flaming while trying to work...
downtime 13
50, You can also die sleeping in your bed, while at work, or responding to FML's online...your point?
IntenZeNative 12
now thats hilarious! cause usually we rarely hear about that kind of thing.
ObsessedWithGays 7
That's unfortunate.
unknown_user5566 27
One would hope so, considering the website it was posted on.
ObsessedWithGays 7
Well. Apparently nobody caught the sarcasm in that.
downtime 13
But how that comment being sarcastic going to improve its quality? I thumbed it down knowing it was sarcasm. Just so you don't think your comment got buried entirely based on reader comprehension...
ObsessedWithGays 7
K. I think I get it. Ha.
kittytub 12
you didn't do anything to keep yourself entertained while you waited?
perdix 31
Maybe the way he was entertaining himself in the parking lot was what got him fired, if you know what I mean.
unknown_user5566 27
That's what I tried to say before the app freaked out last night, Perdix. Great minds think alike. ;)
jellitonoctopus 19
Wow you must have been very sleep deprived.
Grammar_Nazi01 5
That's too bad. Should have just gone into work as soon as you got there. Entirely your fault. Sorry to say. :)
Michael_92 20
Agreed, always better to be early than late, or in this case not at all.
simonsaysYDI 8
Eh not really. Depending on his job and whether or not he was already on thin ice, his boss is kind of an ass. I worked a 5am shift once and we didn't open until 5, so the managers didn't open up the store until 4:45. I got there at 4:35 one day and fell asleep in my car waiting for them to show up, and after 2 hours my boss noticed my car and knocked on the window. He just laughed because I screamed ._. BUT... That was a small business and they're generally less strict.
KiddNYC1O 22
Some people work at places where they have to take a bus from their parking lot like me. Waiting for that bus can put you to sleep. But still, it doesn't justify why op didn't have an alarm to wake up to catch bus.
downtime 13
3, So even if you arrive before your place of employment is open and you don't have access you should still enter the premises? Good logic. Tell us how that goes.
PinkRainbow 3
Never hurts to show up early. Makes good impressions :)
ifuckmonsters 5
You should have gone in early anyway.
unknown_user5566 27
My mind went to a completely inappropriate place far too quickly after reading your comment...
unknown_user5566 27
This was supposed to be in response to #4. Unfortunately the app was throwing a hissy fit when I posted it, and it landed here. Sigh.
Meowingtons500 18
Sleep>
xMiss_Maggot 7
ydi for not having enough sleep. you shouldve walk around the street or buy yourself a coffee to make you stay awake.
alycion 39
There are many reasons to be tired that aren't always someone's fault. New baby or pet. Working multiple jobs or working and going to school full time. Noisy neighbors and housemates. Being sick. The list goes on. When I worked in tv I use to get turn over shifts. Off at midnight back on in three and a half hours.
wild_n_out 8
Having a new baby or pet is completely someone's own fault. You have a choice in having one.
Iknoweverything 29
The idea that OP should have walked around or gotten coffee is valid though. I don't know that they deserved it from not having enough sleep, but they definitely did deserve it from making choices that allowed the tiredness to make them fall asleep!
QueenSaru 28
@36 Exactly. I often run on less than two hours of sleep a night due to chronic pain, so I know if I have to be somewhere I do NOT sit down, or I'll likely pass out at the most inopportune time. If OP was tired, sitting in a (possibly) warm car was probably the worst idea ever.
unknown_user5566 27
Silly OP, you're supposed to sleep BEFORE you arrive at work. ;) Seriously though, that's too bad. Either your boss is super strict, or you have screwed up before. I wish you luck in finding a new job!