Thief, Stealing, Coffee, Tea Work Whoops

Whoops

Anonymous - 12/11/2010 12:07 - Sweden

Today, I was late for work and got chewed out by my boss. To console myself I decided to drink a cup of coffee and a cup of tea. My work provides this for free. When I did, my boss told me that in fact it wasn't, nor has it ever been, free; all this time I've been stealing other people's coffee. FML

11 890

32 692

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

koletatlow19 - 05/03/2010 05:23 - Canada

Today, my boss fired me because I "didn't get the right kind of coffee beans." FML

27 095

3 849

jaym42013 - 22/07/2016 19:29 - United States - Clovis

Today, I was fired for being late to work, even though the only reason I was late was because I had to stop at Starbucks to get my boss a drink. His son, who is at least 30 minutes late to work every day, was just walking in as I was walking out with all of my stuff. FML

16 911

1 124

Mr Bean

Anonymous - 09/04/2025 15:00 - United States

Today, I was at a work lunch, and the waiter brought me a soda I hadn’t ordered. I thought it was a free mistake, so I took a sip. It was actually my boss’s drink. As soon as I noticed, I tried to give it back, but he just stared at me and said, "It’s fine. I’ve already seen you drink it now." FML

478

Anonymous - 03/05/2015 05:58 - Finland

Today, our new boss banned coffee from the workplace, comparing caffeine to hard drugs. His comparison may not be wrong; after two hours, I couldn't take it any more, and in between fantasising about his cold-blooded murder, I begged to be allowed just one last cup. FML

32 487

5 068

Life ain't a TV show

StarbucksGirl - 16/12/2022 18:00

Today, I did the walk of shame at work after walking in 20 minutes late with a venti iced coffee in my hand for the umpteenth time, my boss then told me to pack up all my things and get out so I could have all the time in the world to get iced coffees. FML

169

4 203

Anonymous - 13/07/2013 21:10 - United States - Silver Spring

Today, one of my co-workers was fired after my manager discovered him pissing in the office coffee pot. I had three cups before I found out what had happened. FML

55 035

4 425

wrongtarget - 21/10/2009 05:40 - United States

Today, I got chewed out at work when my supervisor showed up, because my coworkers told my supervisor they couldn't find me for an hour and a half. Why couldn't they find me? Because they'd left to go get coffee. FML

34 492

2 238

Slow down

Anonymous - 17/07/2024 09:00 - United States - Cleveland

Today, I woke up late for work. In my rush to make a quick cup of coffee, I forgot to put a mug under the machine. I came back a few minutes later to a kitchen counter flooded with coffee and had to clean it up, making me even later. To top it off, I was out of coffee. FML

225

415

For science

Rach - 26/10/2023 04:00 - United Kingdom - Glasgow

Today, I was making some tea for my colleagues when I accidentally dropped the tea bag into my cup of coffee. I thought, "Why not?" and took a sip. It tasted like a caffeinated botanical disaster, and the whole office got to enjoy me retch for 10 minutes. FML

222

740

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

1 576

132

perdix 29

Friday 12 November 2010 16:12

Coffee AND tea?!?! Quit screwing around and just go get some crystal meth!

gusgus36 5

Friday 12 November 2010 16:17

oops! that sucks... you would think it would have been more obvious if it wasn't free. or maybe it is free and your boss is just coming up with more ways to wreck your day.. :(

bassfisher100 23

Saturday 2 May 2015 17:41

where was this coffee coming from and how were you just taking it if it isn't free? did people just leave their coffee sitting around?

kevinsagirl2323 8

Monday 23 October 2017 6:57

Why would you have coffee and tea?

metroido 17

Monday 27 December 2021 20:39

Some people just *need* that level of caffeine. Or maybe they like them both & couldn’t decide?

metroido 17

Monday 27 December 2021 20:38

Not your fault; if multiple people told you it was free, how were you supposed to know otherwise?

randybryant799 20

Friday 21 January 2022 20:12

Who has a cup of coffee and a cup of tea? And since you work there shouldn't you know whether it's free or not? I'm thinking you might not be working there for long.