Today, I visited my son at work and found his secretary in the foetal position under her desk, crying. According to my son, she does that sometimes when he yells at her for making basic mistakes. My god, I’ve raised a high-powered corporate monster. Fuck that poor girl's life and also, FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I brought my daughter to work with me. When we walked in, a client was blowing up at my boss, all because as my boss was walking past his storage unit, he glanced in and was about to compliment how neat it was. After my boss left, I had to deal with the aftermath, which left my daughter terrified of this man. FML
Today, I found out my boss was quiet-firing me on purpose. Apparently, his daughter who works at this same company is pregnant now and needs a promotion. I have a Master’s and have been here for 9 years. She dropped out of college because it was “too hard” and the other day she put a metal spoon in the microwave. FML
Today, I was short shifted at work because one of my employees decided not to show up. Furious, I wrote her up and made predetermined judgments about her. When she came in, I went off on her for being absent and leaving me stuck. She then informed me her mom tried to commit suicide. FML
Today, I angrily scolded one of my employees for making an avoidable mistake for the third time. Unfortunately, my mother decided to pay me a surprise visit, and arrived mid-rant. She chewed me out for being mean and made me apologize. Now everyone at work calls me "mama's boy" and nobody takes me seriously. FML
Today, I accidentally called my boss "Mom." Now she is jokingly telling everyone that I'm the long-lost daughter she gave up for adoption, because she knew I'd be a failure. FML
Today, my coworker brought her 3-year-old son to work with her. When introducing him to me, she dropped her bag and bent over to pick it up, knocking him over with her butt in the process. When she stood up, she noticed he was sitting on the ground crying. She then accused me of pushing him over. FML
Today, my mother, who insists on sticking her nose into every aspect of my life, found out I'm only "middle management" and called my boss to criticize her for undervaluing me, demanding I be promoted immediately. I'm now the laughing stock of my office. FML
Today, I found out my daughter has a higher paid job in the same company I work in. I also found out she is dating my boss. FML
Today, I got a heads-up that my boss suffered a death in the family, but was coming into work anyway. I thought he'd be depressed, but it seems he deals with grief with anger instead. I found that out when he yelled at me, threatening to rip my spine out my ass over a typo I made in a report. FML
Today, my boss pulled me aside to chastise me for being "off task" because I was chatting with a co-worker while working on a project. She then spent a half hour chatting with the same person about what daycare she should go to for her new baby. FML
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Hangryko 32
Yell at him in front of her and his superiors. That will take him down a few pegs.
Sonotsuave 37
Yeah idk how he thinks that’s normal to regularly yell & treat one of his important employees with such little respect. I also don’t know how and why she seems to regularly put up with it, allowing for a normalized toxic behavior environment to exist in their workplace. I do wonder, though, what the rest of the context is. Like, although obviously no one deserves to be yelled at, and he needs to clearly get his issues sorted out, just how regular and how basic are these mistakes that are being made.
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RichardPencil 32
Or someone who hires incompetent help. I wonder what the mistakes are. In some contexts, some mistakes that may seem innocuous to outsiders are unforgivable.
Hangryko 32
Yell at him in front of her and his superiors. That will take him down a few pegs.
Sonotsuave 37
Yeah idk how he thinks that’s normal to regularly yell & treat one of his important employees with such little respect. I also don’t know how and why she seems to regularly put up with it, allowing for a normalized toxic behavior environment to exist in their workplace. I do wonder, though, what the rest of the context is. Like, although obviously no one deserves to be yelled at, and he needs to clearly get his issues sorted out, just how regular and how basic are these mistakes that are being made.