Today, I was telling my friends that I'd gotten a paid position to cover a worker's bereavement leave for the next three weeks. They then called me an insensitive bitch for "profiting from someone else's misfortune." 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 claimed that I've been lying to get days off because apparently nobody can be so unlucky as to have three family members die within a month. I'm just that unlucky, and suspended. FML
Today, my boss is such an unfeeling asshole that he seriously thought he could demand I only stay at my best friend's funeral for 45 minutes then return to work, because it was “just a friend, not a relative', and that when his mother died he "took a whole 2 hours off and was back at work by 11:45.” FML
Today, after I let my job know I needed time off for a friend's funeral a week ahead of time and they declined to approve it, telling me to call in sick, the day of the funeral arrived and I called in sick, only to come back to a write-up and threats of being fired for not getting it approved in advance. FML
Today, I was supposed to attend my best friend's funeral. When I asked my boss for time off, she actually said friends don't justify having the day off, unlike say a blood relative. My boss is autistic, so she struggles to understand certain things, but even for her that was a real prick thing to say. FML
Today, I ran into my boss when I was at the beach. He told me he was sorry for my loss. I asked him, "What loss?" Then I remembered I’d lied about taking time off under the pretense of bereavement of my grandmother passing away. FML
Today, I took a week off work because my father passed away. I was at the funeral home making arrangements when I overheard the owners complaining about how their insurance agent had left them to fend for themselves. I'm their insurance agent. FML
Today, my best friend rang me to complain about having to pay childcare fees when she's still working from home. She doesn't understand why I couldn't sympathize with what she was going through. Clearly she forgot I'm a childcare worker who would like to be paid for the work I do. FML
Today, a friend asked me to cover his shift at work because his grandmother died. Like any decent friend, I obliged. Later, after leaving, I walked by a bar and saw him inside, laughing and doing shots with all of our friends. FML
Today, after I requested a sick day, a very close co-worker texted her boyfriend that I'm a bitch for pretending to have the same rare illness that she recently suffered. She said it was unlikely, disrespectful and unfair that I didn't even look sick. I know this because she texted me instead. FML
Today, I was at work, reading some funny stories on my phone. Just as one of my co-workers decided to share that his father had passed away recently, I burst into uncontrollable, teary-eyed laughter at a story. They don't believe my explanation, and have branded me the office asshole. FML
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Top comments
Hollywoodgirl79 18
Nice friends you have there, OP. Just ignore them, it's your job so it's not their concern.
tygerarmy 35
You're a good coworker to cover for someone for three weeks. Don't listen to your friends.
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Comments (40)
rogerover 19
You facilitated someone's bereavement leave. That's a GOOD thing. Both you and the person taking the leave benefit. WIN WIN
zykrithium 22
You're friends are idiots
hailzz_96 18
Lol apparently so are you *your
ZombieSazza 34
I'd love to see them take on the position for 3 weeks without pay and see how they survive for bills and food, they'd soon eat their own words. Sadly unless they experience this for themselves they will just be judgemental. Just ignore them.
openminded8 17
and you were supposed to turn it down with the unemployment & poverty rates why?... you should have said to so called "friends" "which one of you will pay my bills? " sorry they're ignorant OP
jkp1291 25
When you have to google bereavement...
squishier 16
seriously?! I think you need new friends..
ConfusedTeen143 11
They probably would have done the same thing if they were in your position
nemcali 34
Tell them this person is allowed time off because you are covering for her/him :)
Ilmoran 20
Tell them if they ever find money on the ground, they better not pick it up since they'll be profiting from someone else's misfortune (and in a more direct way than you are).
Witchylady 18
Tell your friends to stick it where it fits the best. We all need money to live. So good on you for getting paid employment.