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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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)
tdawg91 17
A: it's a job! They need to be taken where they're given in this economy and B: if the company wasn't able to find someone to take on that work load for 3 weeks, that person would have to be grieving for their loved one at their desk because they couldn't get time off
tobedd 13
Ok, don't shoot me... But... Who gets 3 weeks of bereavement? That seems like a lot. Good on you for being able to cover for her while she's grieving though.
blackonblight 33
It's the UK, as I understand it they are much more generous with those things than the US is. But also the worker in question may have been with the company for a long time and have built up goodwill with bosses.
SchlomoTheGrinch 18
You'd be a bitch if you'd gone out and murdered someone, just so you could make them get bereavement leave and take their position for the duration. Somehow, I don't really think that's the case. Oh, and you need smarter friends.
jtea 10
You need new friends....otherwise this is a YDI for continuing to hang around shitty people.
ally8 21
Maybe you need smarter friends... That work...
Urpoppy 21
Lousy friends.
britneyxo 9
My husband and I got the same response when we talked about buying a foreclosed home. Some people are just idiots.
snarkytruth 37
You're just filing a need for an employer who is shorthanded that's nothing to be embarrassed about or taking advantage of anyone. I think your friends just don't get it. If anything you are just saving the place for the grieving employee and allowing them to take the time off to do what they need to do so they don't lose their job you were not given their job from them. You did them a favor.
foxy4353 10
wow, you've got some crappy friends. :/