Work: OK Stephanie, whatever

OK Stephanie, whatever

By yankeebelle - 06/03/2009 00:15 - United States

Today, a co-worker superior to me called me "Stephanie" yet again. My name is Ashley. I politely informed her that my name is Ashley and subtly pointed to my work ID. Later, I get called into my supervisor's office. I got written up for correcting someone of higher status than me. FML

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Same thing different taste

By LynzG - 01/02/2011 05:56

Today, my boss called me Ashley. My name doesn't even start with an A. I even wear a name tag. You would think after nearly four years, your boss would remember your name. Every time he speaks to me, it's a different name. FML

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Get out

By F.U. QFN - 28/03/2021 00:29

Today, I was given my marching orders because I corrected my supervisor on something he was actually doing wrong. It seems I deserve this for "not learning to obey my immediate superiors." FML

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Can't win

By Anonymous - 17/03/2019 20:00

Today, my supervisor told me off for doing something. When I reminded her that she told me to do it, she yelled at me for correcting her. FML

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The luck of the draw

By bl3ur0z3 - 30/09/2019 00:01

Today, my supervisor was in a leadership meeting pulling random calls for quality. Mine was chosen. He got excited and told them my stats and how I put him to shame with how I drive my team, that I'm the best and this call is going to be amazing. I was then written up for arguing with a customer. FML

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Nametags work

By Blanerd - 15/10/2009 12:33 - United States

Today, I was in a work meeting because our clientele is unhappy with our service. I was in there because I don't correct our customers when they get my name wrong. My name is Blane, but "Blair", "Blake", "Lane", and "Glenn" got rave reviews. No one picked up on this. I hate my job. FML

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Nice meeting you

By Anonymous - 04/12/2010 00:14 - United States

Today, my boss finally pronounced my name correctly. My name was then followed by the words, "You're fired." FML

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The buck stops here

By 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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Great replacement

By Bottom feeder - 08/01/2016 03:41 - Hong Kong - Ngau Tau Kok

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

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Tactical

By Anonymous - 03/08/2009 14:50 - United States

Today, I got fired from work. Why? I finally took a stand for myself and confronted my coworker of writing things up in my name for herself, and it getting deducted from my check. So she went to the manager and accused me of sexual harassment. FML

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By Anonymous - 28/06/2019 16:03

Today, I told my supervisor how awful my coworker was at her job. I then got fired. FML

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RenoEnvy 0

Friday 6 March 2009 10:21

She's just looking for a power trip. I'd tell your boss the situation. Such a silly reason to get a write up. Its not your fault she can't read.

Mikeymikey 4

Friday 6 March 2009 10:14

maybe shes butt ugly and jealous of you. and obviously a little dumb. oh well move on... its not like u did anythin bad.. call her Gertrude next time u see her..

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Tdotgirl 0

Saturday 21 March 2009 8:33

WOW! If you can get a better job do it. As if the higher upper is so insecure that they actually ratted you out for you correcting your own name.

FearlessFreep 0

Friday 1 May 2009 17:17

I don't even have two words for you, I have two letters. H-R There's no way they would support a write up for correcting someone for calling you the wrong name. Unless they didn't write it up that way and if they didn't you don't have to sign it. Then you can file a complaint against whomever wrote you up or that supervisor. HR has to put an entry in that person's file by law. This is assuming you work in the US and that you are in a corporate job that has an HR department. Otherwise, yeah the new job search should commence asap.

westsideknight 0

Friday 8 May 2009 3:33

that's totally not cool Stephanie

shay_wat 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 0:56

that sucks stephanie, hah jk just anoyin d: politely do that again a few times and they will unpolitley fire u then no 1 will get ur name wrong anymore. ^^

TotallyAwesome 0

Friday 15 May 2009 21:31

If you work for a corporation, there are usually employee lines you can call.

rodents1000 0

Wednesday 9 September 2009 0:48

ashley harpe?

Anteezy 7

Sunday 24 January 2010 0:25

Than I* : /

longtimesunshine 4

Monday 9 August 2010 6:52

I'm Stephanie!

roachan 4

Wednesday 2 March 2011 5:46

That's just absolutely stupid beyond all reason. You were simply stating that your name was not Stephanie, and it was Ashley. It's not wrong to do so. Just because somebody doesn't know something or gets it wrong, doesn't necessarily mean they're stupid or thing of the like. It happens all the time - they just have to learn that it doesn't mean anything bad. The supervisor and the co-worker need a serious reality check.