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X marks the spot

Anonymous - 01/07/2013 21:14 - United States - Chicago

Today, I had to explain to a coworker that "the little red X" next to the email title she's been pushing out of curiosity is actually the delete button. Then, I had to restore the dozen emails she'd deleted even after I told her to stop. She's a manager. I stock shelves for a living. FML

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The rhythm of the fight
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tired of my job - 29/10/2015 08:33 - Canada - Surrey

Today, I was at work, stocking shelves. A customer got mad because I was in the way of her "shopping time" and knocked down all the work I had done. FML

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Anonymous - 14/12/2012 23:16 - United Kingdom - Bridgwater

Today, I sent an email to my boss saying I'd fixed a glitch in our mail servers. He called me later, angrily shouting that I'd done a piss-poor job of fixing it, because my email had spammed his inbox with several hundred duplicate messages. FML

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Monday Monday, so good to me…

Anonymous - 27/06/2023 02:00 - Australia

Today, my 73 year-old coworker has made a mountain of work for me to plough through due to her incompetence. I had to work through over 400 emails, since she thought unplugging the router would help, and in doing so, I have picked up on hundreds of mistakes she has made with clients, and had to apologise to each one. FML

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Manager of the week

Anonymous - 26/05/2024 21:00

Today, my boss yelled at me for ignoring emails on my day off. Our emails are only accessible from work desktops, so I’d have had to be at my desk to answer it, which I had to explain to him 3 times before he understood. This is what happens when CEO’s promote their nephews to middle management. FML

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GirlWhyyyy - 09/08/2023 14:00

Today, I reduced a customer to tears and she had a tantrum, saying that nobody loves her, her life is a joke, and she’d be better off dead. This ordeal happened to grab the attention of my manager who was nearby. All I did was tell her that an item she wanted was sold out and offered to help her order it online. FML

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explosiveBAM - 26/05/2011 05:04 - United States

Today, I was texting at work when my manager walked in. I quickly dropped my phone in the garbage to avoid trouble. Since I was working so hard, she decided to do me a favor and throw the trash out for me. FML

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New management

anonix - 21/12/2014 19:08 - Canada

Today, a customer came in with a laptop smashed beyond repair. She asked if we could recover her files, but thanks to my idiot boss's new store policy I had to ask her a bunch of questions, including if she had tried "turning it on and off." She stared at me, speechless, like I was a complete moron. FML

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Go away, lady!

KatieElizabeth - 27/10/2013 04:57 - United States - San Francisco

Today, at work, I had a customer accuse me of taking the giftcard I had issued her for her return, after spending 15 minutes trying to fix her screwed up transaction. She began to yell, and follow me around the store. Security had to intervene and I had to be locked in an office until she left. FML

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Great, thanks

Anonymous - 12/10/2015 09:18 - United Kingdom

Today, a woman at work told me that her kid had puked into "a storage bin" in the office. It wasn't a storage bin, it was the outgoing mail tray on the side of my desk containing important contract documents that had to be posted by 5pm that day. FML

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Thanks mom!

hatedatwork - 02/09/2019 13:00 - United States - Shreveport

Today, my CEO called and spoke to me like I'm a child. Apparently, she has a surprise for me, "but only if I clean up my office first." She hasn't been to my office in months because she works in another state. Turns out, someone texted her a picture of my messy office. FML

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theQUEEN444 5

Tuesday 2 July 2013 8:58

not everybody is employed for their brains apparently

SuperDanielNL 23

Tuesday 2 July 2013 9:00

They joys of working below your level, surrounded by chimpanzees who make your weekly pay in a day...

sab1 8

Tuesday 2 July 2013 13:45

college.

dudechef 8

Tuesday 2 July 2013 14:08

Living proof that you can be educated and still a moron

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Wednesday 3 July 2013 5:34

If it wasn't for hr I wouldn't have some of the employees I have inherited taking this store

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Tuesday 2 July 2013 14:16

Way of the world I'm afraid op, the fool runs the world while the intelligent Lyes in a Ditch Seize the day and get a better job

qpsarah 10

Tuesday 2 July 2013 15:12

She might be good at other things than emails. They are not thaaat importan. And i guess she is a bit older than you.

myeviltwin 20

Tuesday 2 July 2013 16:42

I have worked with many a manager who was as incompetent as your manager seems to be. Most of them get there through nepotism, brown nosing or a combination of both.

Killersrage 5

Tuesday 2 July 2013 18:37

Quit complaining, at least she is not senile.

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Tuesday 2 July 2013 19:02

Managing requires a lot of various skills. Reading emails might be only one of several things that need to be done. I know a lot of brilliant people who either couldn't manage themselves out of a wet paper bag, or micro managed, or had such an abrasive personality that no one would work for them for long.