Today, I called off work saying my Great Grandmother died. A co-worker texted me later asking where and when the funeral was. I made up a lie and said some random funeral home and date. My co-workers sent flowers to the funeral home for condolences. The flowers were returned. FML
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Today, I told my boss that my grandma died to get a day off work, but then my grandma showed up at the office looking for me because she wanted to go shopping. FML
Today, I texted a friend offering my condolences over the death of his grandfather. He hadn't been told his grandfather had died yet. FML
Today, I was bored out of my mind at work. I told my coworker he was lucky to be leaving early. I forgot the reason of his early departure was to go to his grandfather's funeral. FML
Today, I ran into my boss when I was at the beach. He told me he was sorry for my loss. I asked him, "What loss?" Then I remembered I’d lied about taking time off under the pretense of bereavement of my grandmother passing away. FML
Today, my sister called me at work and told me our elderly mom had passed away. I dropped everything and rushed home, to find out she was fine, and that my sister was just pranking me. When I explained this to my boss, he accused me of lying to get out of work, and I was fired. FML
Today, I went into work and noticed one of my fellow colleagues had a large bunch of flowers on her desk. As soon as I saw her, I immediately said, "Happy Birthday!" Everyone went quiet. It wasn't her birthday; her father had died. FML
Today, I asked my boss for a few days off next week, because my grandmother passed away yesterday and I'll need to travel to attend the funeral. His response: "She's dead, you're not. You want time off, then quit." FML
Today, my boss called me a liar and untrustworthy. Why? Yesterday I went home to grieve, after finding out my father figure is in hospice, but because he's just in hospice and not actually dead yet, that somehow means I lied about his death to get a day off work. What? FML
Today, I e-mailed the online instructor for my job, telling her that I had fallen behind in my work due to my grandmother's passing and the subsequent funeral arrangements, but that I would catch up this week. Her reply? "OK. Hope your grandmother gets better soon." FML
Today, I came in to work looking very tan. I took Friday off to go to a friend's funeral, which was outdoors, and I tan very easily. Now my boss and everyone else thinks I lied about my friend's death to get off work on a Friday. FML
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Jaywin 3
What a horrible lie. You should've seen this one coming though. Karma is a real bitch.
theEnemy 0
Never lie about some relative dying just to get away from something.
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Comments (92)
whitey_fml 0
your life doesnt suck! youre surrounded by thoughtful people. even if you are kinda an asshole.
xoCaitlin67ox 0
kind of an ass ? I think BIG time ass.
may_cause_fail 0
That was stupid of you to do. You did not deserve the sympathy of your coworkers and I hope you get fired for that. :/ ...And why wouldn't you just say you have the flu? Is that really so hard?
redhawktjk77 0
That was stupid of you to do! You deserved this one!
KRoche13 0
you deserve that asshole
pokurfayce 0
Wow idiot. Why would you even lie about something like that.
EatMeWhileImHot 0
I'm gonna admit, that in the future something like this will probably happen to me ROFL
nodbor 11
ha on your dumb ass
TheAntiComment 0
or just not be lazy and go to work before you find yourself in an expendable position
lala_land 0
Well, normally I would try and excuse your ridiculous behavior, because I'm normally a nice person and always give people the benifit of the doubt. But I'm not going to do that today. Because in five minutes, I'm going to get into my car and drive myself to Brooklyn to wake & bury my aunt. She died on Saturday. So thanks. I hope you never lie about something like this again. Karma's a bitch.
SilverBallet 0
I completely agree with #19. Also, lying about death or injury--how are you going to feel when it really happens? People don't take the power of words seriously enough. And to #43, I know it probably doesn't mean much coming from a stranger on the other side of a computer, but my condolences.