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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nikolina_fml 10
Unbelievable that people can be so ignorant. I hope one day your boss will understand OP, and I think you should tell someone about it/report it.
crazy42boy 1
you know I don't speak any other languages than englash and a little German, I have friend who is Filipino and when I worked at XYZ company with him a manager told him to speak Asian to a Chinese man and I couldn't believe it the manager actually tried to write him up just like in your case till other managers in the office told him Asian isn't one language in that there are multiple Chinese dialects on top of that. it was funny and sad all at once. the really sad thing is my buddy who worked with me, that was not the first time when he worked for xyz2 bookstore it happen too and that manager had to be told by an HR rep their were multiple Asian languages. I just can't believe the world in the state it's in I mean we live in a global economy with internet access wtf are thouse people doing living under a rock!
ChocoKuma 3
does your boss speak german? and french? and italian? it's "the same white shit"!!
chanellgymnast 17
Are you sure your boss didn't confuse Asian with Racism?
QueenofWheels 13
seem like you should be the boss.
skychu 18
If you do get written up, counter with the fact that your boss is being racist
Bekll 31
Reminds me of when Kellie Pickler (from American Idol) thought Europe was a country where the people speak only french. The ignorance of some people never fails to astound me.
nurchok 15
Why is he/she your boss?
DevilsMetsGiants 30
If you actually get any sort of punishment or crap for that then go above your boss and take it to whoever he works for
RatPoison 7
KIll it. KILL IT NOW.