Today, I got written up by HR after my new coworker told them I had an ignorant, offensive caricature of Native American people decorating my desk. It was a framed photograph of an actual Native American tribe that belonged to my history buff grandfather. FML
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Today, my extremely racist coworker was doing his usual thing. Since it was 9/11 he went absolutely hardcore on his "jokes" so I reported it to my supervisor. She asked what did he say specifically and I recited it to her. She decided to write me up for "making inappropriate comments at work". FML
Today, I was accused of digital blackface and culturally appropriating my own culture. FML
Today, at work I was bored so I started to doodle on MS paint. My boss walks by and asks me to join him in his office. When I do so, he fires me for drawing offensive material. I drew a rainbow. FML
Today, I was written up because my manager heard me insulting a customer. How did I insult her? I called her grandma. Who did I say this to? My grandma. FML
Today, I found out that my coworker shared a laugh with the boss about setting the office desk on fire (which he actually did), while ten minutes later I was threatened with being fired because I made paper snowflakes and hung a few of them next to the computer. FML
Today, my boss hung a dartboard in his office. It has a printout of my employee photo taped to it. FML
Today, I found out that my company used a nice photo of my coworkers and me for their corporate website, in efforts to make their office seem fun and relaxed. This wouldn't be so bad if they hadn't just fired every single person in the photo, myself included. FML
Today, my boss threatened to write me up, after I made a slightly rude joke about a coworker everyone hates. A while later, a colleague told me the same joke. Turns out my boss had gone around telling it to everyone else and taking all the credit. FML
Today, I was doing a presentation in front of my boss. On the last slide, someone had put a picture of a man's cock. I later found out it was my boss who did it. It was his "good reason" to fire me. FML
Today, I was fired for "blatant, inexcusable racism". My boss had asked me which website background I preferred for our company, and I said that white backgrounds are usually best. He thinks that I believe in white supremacy, and that's bad for the company's image. FML
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Top comments
grajax 24
Could you go to a higher up and show them the picture? This seems like an easy fix.
queerdragon 20
WHAT THE **** ARE YOU SAYING ABOUT CALIFORNIANS!!!?
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Comments (70)
IrkenInvaderIris 2
Or maybe just... Oh I dunno... Go talk to HR to prove what the picture is? Not exactly hard.
NYGiants1925 22
Pc bulshit.
no_playa_hater 14
Could someone explain the meaning of the word "ignorant" to me? I thought being ignorant meant something like having a lack of knowledge about a certain topic. However, this definition rarely fits when I see the word being used in sentences.
zeffra13 31
That's the definition used here. The coworker implied OP is ignorant about political correctness.
Saraishi 25
You're ignorant about the word ignorant...
Brandi_Faith 34
The definition of ignorant is someone that lacks knowledge or is uneducated about a certain topic. Sometimes an ignorant person will assume they have knowledge in the topic when in reality they don't. Unfortunately, the majority of people use this term wrong and apply it to someone who is rude or disrespectful and usually doing it on purpose (similar to a troll). They use the word as a derogatory term. In reality, if someone was ignorant, people should look to educate them on the topic and help them understand the seriousness of the situation and why it's important to have proper facts. However most people respond to them as being rude and disrespectful on purpose and feel they should be yelled at or shamed into the other person's point of view (which never works or helps).
no_playa_hater 14
@19: But, while they might be aware of what political correctness means, they could simply reject political correctness. That wouldn't make them ignorant, would it? @30: Yes, that's the impression I also had. Whenever I read or heard the word "ignorant", it appeared not to match the proper definition.
laden_swallow09 35
No, if they were to reject political correctness, then that would mean that they know what political correctness is, therefore, not ignorant.
Shrike 24
To add on to #30's comment, it seems to be used like that mainly in the US, so it's understandable to be confused about it if you're not from there.
Dat_Class_Tho 26
Actually, willful ignorance is a real and sadly common thing. Suppose person A is ignorant and person B tries to educate them. Then person A says, "**** you and your facts" and completely rejects the knowledge/proof offered to them. They have chosen to remain ignorant. It's pretty much a form of denial. They have the information, they just won't accept it. Also, this coworker in the story sounds like the kind of person who will still insist that the photo is racist even after OP proves that it is a real photo of real Native Americans. That would be a good real world example of willful ignorance.
NickACD 27
Well, now everyone gets offended by something. A picture of a person with multicolored limbs and people saying it was great, then some guy asked "why her face gotta be white". Nothing is ever enough for these people.
Zebediabolical 45
How did your grandfather manage to own a tribe of Native Americans in the first place? :D
Fmlreadermostly 20
Can't you file a complaint to HR about your new coworker being ignorant and racially biased towards your personal belongings?
chisty87 16
I don't know who's more ignorant your new coworker or your HR...
trellz17 19
That's so unprofessional to be written up without a proper investigation.
OptikalWinter 4
sounds like youve got a progressive working with ya
Frid_Kun 7
Well, those old picture are indeed tend to be incredibly offensive. Don't bring this kind of stuff to work.
Sparx1_1 16
Those old photos are historically accurate. Many people choose to display these kind of thing because it represents their personal history. If OP were clearly and visibly native the co-worker would not have made a complaint because that would be racist.