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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Comments (90)
ilovefml913 10
Your boss is fking retarded. There are lots of different asian languages, and people are so stupid to think that asians are all the same thing. Tell your boss to kill himself
RedPillSucks 33
Sounds like something to send up to his boss. This is serious shit. In addition to being prejudice and disrespectful, imagine how much business the boss might lose because he's too stupid to understand that there are many different asian languages. This means he has the potential of insulting the customer as well by bringing the wrong interpreter to a situation. Some of the asian cultures hate each other and would never want to be mistaken for one another.
raphanne_fml 33
How can people still be this ignorant in this day and age of information? Asia is a pretty big continent. I don't understand how he can't see that people from different countries are bound to be somewhat different.
vikky538 29
what an ignorant idiot...
GothicKnife 11
Your boss is very racist and ignorant at the same time OP. Well you can always find another job that will pay you more.
mclovin22897 15
if there is someone higher up the chain, tell them about the racist comment your boss stupidly blurted out.
TheCO 5
as a Japanese speaking individual, I'm offended by the stupidity and ignorance of your boss.
Saraishi 25
Whoa, what a racist prick! FYL OP.
Ben009 13
How did this dumb ass become anyone's boss? You should gun for his job
worldclassrager 41
Isn't that a form of racisim?