Work Awkward Lackey - FML

Lackey

Anonymous - 12/05/2022 12:00 - Australia - Batesford

Today, at 1 am, I got a message from a colleague, who I have never met, bossing me around requesting "immediately, ASAP" some information a monkey could've found online in 5 minutes. I told her that she sounded rude and unorganised. Ten minutes later, I got a mail from my boss asking me to apologise to her. I did. FML

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The rhythm of the fight
Discover all the best anecdotes from the month of January, with or without snow, with or without you. …

Control

Anonymous - 06/11/2025 00:00

Today, my boss continued to orchestrate behind the scenes with my colleagues to make me look bad for her lack of organization. Then she showed up 10 minutes late to a meeting, shared that she needed a vacation, and realized that she needed to micromanage less. I've been asking her to make that change for months. FML

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Teamwork works

Anonymous - 16/02/2021 01:58 - Australia

Today, I had a huge amount of work to get through. Two colleagues offered to help, because one had nothing else to do, and the other couldn't work until I was done. My boss got really pissed at me for "making" them do my job and wasting their time. FML

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Tech support

Tiak - 30/03/2009 18:08 - United States

Today, my mom has been calling me every ten minutes, asking me questions about her new computer. She called me at work, and I rudely answered her question. She called back, talked to my boss, saying she was a customer that called in, and I was rude to her. 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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Never the twain shall meet

Anonymous - 15/07/2023 11:00 - Portugal - Lisbon

Today, at the office, my boss lectured me for being two minutes late for work, even though yesterday I worked on my lunch break because she needed my help. important to mention: my boss is my sister. FML

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Grammar rules, OK!

Anonymous - 21/09/2011 12:11 - United States

Today, my new boss lost his shit and flew into a ten minute rant against me about the "value of respect". He told me that if I wanted to stay in "his" company, I'd best start toeing the line. All this because I corrected his misuse of "your" and "you're" in one of his memos. FML

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Tired - 17/08/2016 17:51

Today, I got in trouble with my boss for doing what she wanted me to do. I guess she didn't think I would do it, so she did it herself. FML

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Drunken lout

whippingpost - 08/03/2020 04:56

Today, I learned a co-worker called and awoke my boss at 3 a.m. to complain that I'd been "rude" to him. All I'd done was make a disapproving face because he'd been drinking and he was slobbering drunk, and wanted to charge his purchase to his employee account, a definite no-no when not on the clock. FML

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cantgetabreak - 13/12/2016 18:50

Today, my boss reprimanded me for not finishing my work on time. Yesterday, she cut an hour from my schedule every day until further notice. FML

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The buck stops here

Anonymous - 30/06/2016 20:42 - United States - Milwaukee

Today, my boss threw me out of her office during a conference call for daring to correct her. The client fired the company because she subsequently got all the information on the call wrong, and plainly had no idea what was going on. From all the screaming, this is now all my fault. FML

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911

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Thursday 12 May 2022 9:46

At 1 am, I sleep. If I get a message for a job-related thing, the sender will have to wait til morning.

kitten79TX 5

Thursday 12 May 2022 13:58

Why even respond that late. At 1am I'm sleeping. And if I'm NOT sleeping I certainly don't answer work messages/emails.

RichardPencil 30

Thursday 12 May 2022 4:44

You sound like a rude monkey yourself.

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Thursday 12 May 2022 9:46

At 1 am, I sleep. If I get a message for a job-related thing, the sender will have to wait til morning.

D J's MOM 17

Thursday 12 May 2022 12:40

time to start looking for a new place to work. you deserve much better.

kitten79TX 5

Thursday 12 May 2022 13:58

Why even respond that late. At 1am I'm sleeping. And if I'm NOT sleeping I certainly don't answer work messages/emails.

wrenavery90 12

Friday 13 May 2022 1:21

What I don't get is why you even responded. At 1am it's perfectly logical that you would be asleep.

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Friday 13 May 2022 3:57

Your boss is a really bad one. He didn’t ask for your version of the story nor took your side.

Sinshine 28

Thursday 19 May 2022 1:44

And you just made yourself their bitch by apologizing. Have a backbone.

Grumpy Jack 26

Wednesday 15 June 2022 3:30

Looks like an FML. Until you apologized...

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Today, at my cousin's birthday party, my grandma took me to one side, slipped me a pad, and started ranting that tampons "steal your virginity" and that I should never use them. Well, okay then. FML

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Today, I finally had the opportunity to have sex with my girlfriend. This would be the first time for both of us, so I tried to make it really special. I had everything planned out to be very romantic. She loved how it was set up. After all this, I couldn't get it up at all, all night. FML

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