Today, my duty manager demanded we close the bar early because she wanted to go home. I was subject to abuse from customers for closing early, then shouted at by the duty manager for not being done. My actual bar manager fired me for closing early. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my boss yelled at me for leaving on time. After months of management hounding us about our overtime, I get in trouble for doing what I was supposed to do. FML
Today, I got fired from my job because I closed the store 84 seconds early. They found out because the state manager was sitting across the street with binoculars watching me. FML
Today, I was in a work Zoom meeting that was supposed to end at 5 pm, which is my shift end time. It dragged after 5 pm so I decided to disconnect and leave to go home, since I don’t get paid overtime. My manager called demanding to know why I left early, said I was unprofessional, and fired me on the spot. FML
Today, I got fired. There was a customer last night who showed up two minutes after our closing time, 11 p.m.. She knocked on the door many times, but I ignored her and kept sweeping the floor. She eventually left. Turns out she’s the VP’s daughter and told him I was “rude and inconsiderate” to her. FML
Today, 30 minutes before I was supposed to quit work at 6pm, my boss showed up. After telling him how the day went, he asked why I was still there. Apparently, for the holiday, we close early. 4 hours earlier. FML
Today, I was fired for job abandonment. Yesterday, my boss told me to go home early because we were so slow. After I reminded him, he laughed and said, "Oh yeah... You're still fired." FML
Today, I was fired from my job because I, in my boss's words, "Abided by company policy to such an extent that customers were starting to hate me." FML
Today, my boss told me I could do my university work as long as I served customers when they came in. No customers came in all day, then I realised I’d been so focused on my laptop, I'd never noticed I’d left the bolt on the door, so customers couldn’t get in. My boss sacked me. FML
Today, I was fired, all because I asked my manager for help on the line when we were short staffed and he was on his butt in the office. He said it wasn't his job to help us. Apparently, asking your manager for help when you're busy gets you fired. FML
Today, I came in to work to hand in my resignation. The minute I walked in, my manager took me aside and said he wanted to talk to me in private. He then cancelled my position and fired me. FML
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s13495 19
completely unfair dismissal, I'm positive you can put a complain in for that.
that_band_nerd 22
Tell him what happened and your duty manager will get what they deserve!
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Comments (62)
s13495 19
completely unfair dismissal, I'm positive you can put a complain in for that.
insainpyro 13
can't resist... "complaint" not complain.
s13495 19
Sadly I can't edit :'( first comment and first grammatical error *facepalm!*
that_band_nerd 22
Tell him what happened and your duty manager will get what they deserve!
FALLENSEBZERO 16
You Bar-ly put up a fight with your manager
s13495 19
That was so bad it was good! haha!!
niallo 23
Why didn't they fire the duty manager. It was their decision and responsibility to keep the bar open. Your responsibility is to do what you are told as long as its in your job description. And this was.
Bano360 25
Normally I'm not one to say, "sue sue sue". But in this case, unfair dismissal is a suing opportunity.
rich443 22
it depends on where is a lot of places have no fault employment laws they pretty mean employers can fire someone at anytime without any reason
DolfyuttSrednaz 2
Your comment barely made any sense #16. My brain has the sads now.
Carmstro 13
Idk about you but if I sued someone I wanted my job back from, things would be awkward. I'd talk it out first... I suppose it depends on the situation.
Soloman212 28
I think 16 was trying to say; "It depends where [it] is. A lot of places have 'no fault' employment laws, [and] they pretty [much] mean [that] employers can fire someone at [any time] without any reason." Now your brains can have the happys!
Helldemon 32
Somehow I ended up reading it that way w/o the corrections o.o. I didn't even notice until 20 said something and looked back at it lol
SS99_fml 20
I'm sure (although I can't say much since I don't know where you work) that if you explain the situation to the bar manager, everything will be sorted out. Also filing a complaint may be helpful too (like the user above me said) Good luck OP!
Catkam623 27
This is like a scene from horrible bosses, except this time instead of trying to kill him, you should just tell your bar-manager what happened.
Medd_fml 13
That's F-ed up.
rich443 22
you should stand up for yourself thats not your fault it the duty manager fault
Cazz91 21
I smell an unfair dismissal. I don't know what your laws are in your country OP but surely you can go after them for that?