Today, I almost got written up for insubordination by my boss. All I did was explain to him that I couldn't help a tourist out because I speak Japanese, not Korean, and that it's not in fact "the same Asian shit" as he seemed to think. FML
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Today, I was unable to communicate with a customer who only spoke French. As a result, my boss called me a "monolingual idiot." I speak Spanish, German, and Japanese. FML
Today, a client came in and was struggling to speak properly. He said, “Sorry, no good English” so I offered a Spanish speaking colleague who could assist. He frowned and said he was from Greece. He threw a fit and got my manager involved. I got a write up and have to do an online sensitivity training. FML
Today, a customer came in who only spoke Spanish. I speak Spanish rather well so I helped the customer. She ended up buying $2300 worth of stuff. I got written up because not speaking English apparently "has the potential be offensive to other customers if they are not able to understand you." FML
Today, my assistant manager was arguing with a customer. I interjected letting the customer know that "we want everything to be copacetic." After the customer left, I received a write up for using "big words." FML
Today, I got written up for insulting a customer last week, who then rang up to complain about my bad attitude. I was on vacation all last week. My boss doesn't believe me. FML
Today, a customer at work pronounced the word "Asian" as "Ah-See-Awn" when ordering a salad. I wasn't allowed to say anything. FML
Today, my new boss lost his shit and flew into a ten minute rant against me about the "value of respect". He told me that if I wanted to stay in "his" company, I'd best start toeing the line. All this because I corrected his misuse of "your" and "you're" in one of his memos. FML
Today, I got in trouble with my boss for doing what she wanted me to do. I guess she didn't think I would do it, so she did it herself. FML
Today, my boss came around to my way of thinking. He called our customers a "bunch of assholes" and to kick them out if they gave me trouble. When a lady began yelling at me for "setting the damn prices too high" I told her to leave. My boss soon bitched me out for being unprofessional. FML
Today, my boss got angry at me because my English is better than his. He accused me of trying to steal his management position, and implied that I'll be lucky if I still have a job by the end of the month. FML
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izzybd 20
Insubordinasian?
King_Nero 15
Your boss is an idiot.
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King_Nero 15
Your boss is an idiot.
J215B 33
Most bosses are.
jad0016 12
Idiot doesn't even begin to describe his amount of stupidity.
cdawg69 10
depending on where you live, they have laws that prohibit and punish that kind of behavior.
8313girl 28
Yeah your boss sounds ignorant and racist. You don't have anyone above him that you can report that incident too.
izzybd 20
Insubordinasian?
Emocuttergirl 13
Ha your punny!
hulopro 16
I think .. I think you won.
magickitten 26
Well, your boss is kind of racist, isn't he?
UberNova 18
Nope, just ignorant.
jojimugo 20
And a dipshit
sk8rdud3 24
And a dipshit...lol
Brody_Generico 7
There is a difference between ignorance and racism and this was on the ignorant side.
raphanne_fml 33
That's beyond ignorance to be honest. It's flat out stupidity. Ok, we can't know everything, and everybody makes mistakes, but ignorance shouldn't be an excuse for douche-canoes like this. Not knowing how to differenciate between Japanese and Korean people is ok, because not everybody can, but saying "the same Asian shit"? That's crossing the line.
Vnzou22 9
Wow thats so rude. If someone cant respect their employes then they dont really need to be in charge. Sorry you have to work under someone like that OP, hopefully it will get better.
zebrainthenight 13
I don't understand why this comment is getting down voted... Is there some secret code or something that tells the hello kitty gang when to down vote a certain comment?
yellowzinnias 20
Is your boss Rick Perry??
Adam5858 17
What a twat,inconsiderate and a discriminative twat
boshbish 14
Can you not threaten action against him for racial prejudice? You don't need to take that shit from any employer.
Llama_Face89 34
We don't actually know that OP is Japanese, just that they speak Japanese.
Bzu123 8
people can be so ignorant
91hayek 31
People are hilariously ignorant; "Do you speak Asian?" "How do you say that in Indian?" "Do you speak African?" "They were speaking Mexican" FYL OP it seems the more educated and informed you are the more you get blamed when things go wrong.
13ky13 20
Or my personal favourite, "I only speak American."
Llama_Face89 34
I's speak 'murican good!
LowExpectations 30
Derp de derr!
JazNim17 18
Or the best one I've ever encountered:"I'd like to tour Europe one day, but I don't speak British."
kuzzy00 22
Hoe can your boss not know the difference between Korean and Japanese? Your boss is a racist prick
kuzzy00 22
Which precisely makes him racist. In nz, we have all Asian cultures. It's excusable to ask someone where they're from if you're unsure (or even guess), but inexcusable to state all Asians are the same. That's the 90's racism we have grown passed.
Brody_Generico 7
He never said he hates anyone just ignorant.. Learn the term racism
1two3four5six 23
racism = the belief that one race is better than all others. he didn't do anything racist, only ignorant