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)
more4me 27
Your boss is an ass. And a racist. If I were you I would start taking notes of situations like that so if you do get written up, you have some proof of what really happened. Just don't keep the notes where he can see them. Best of luck with that job, OP.
Nuditi 10
Same shit: "Hey, you are german, can you help out this spanish customer? It's the same european shit"
silverthewolf 4
your boss sounds like an asshole
BrotherTheo 31
You know what? You should have let him write you up. This would have given you documentation. Awesome evidence in the discrimination lawsuit you are about to bring against this company. Cha Ching!
shinikageWolf 15
If he's American, confuse him with Canadian. "Same North American shit"
Omniprism 15
What an idiot. I would tell HR.
lollypop624 11
XD!!!! D*ck!!!
simsgirlgem 25
take it to the top hopefully your boss boss isn't an idiot or bigot like him and will remove the write up from your record
lina21 12
Your boss is a moron, and if you'd tried speaking Japanese to a Korean, pretty sure that wouldn't have gone well
KimchiKim 9
Wow your boss managed to make me hate him in one sentence. Our languages are definitely not just the same shit. For all you white people who understand our culture, you make this world a better place. Sa-Rahng Heh!