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)
samwilliams800 28
Contest the complaint.
pasupathymuthu 16
Good Morning America!! What are we offended by, today?
zaidthunder1 27
Complain to the HR that the co-worker is too dumb to exist.
Witchylady 18
Some people need to mind their own business. You should report that person for being a dick head.
chosha_fml 27
Your grandfather owned a Native American tribe? ;)
AgentSkyeBarnes 16
******* SJWs. I swear to God.
ftloosenfanzfree 7
Honestly, that is a very weird office decoration. A picture with your grandfather in it makes sense. But a random picture of strangers that your grandfather happened to have? That's weird.
lmbachman 23
You should've shown them the picture. You wouldn't have been written up.
PDSot 21
i dont see why you would have that on your desk but i wouldnt even report that I'd probably just avoid talking to you if i actually thought u were racist
jvanevery 19
it depends on exactly what the picture was and when it was taken Native Americans have been stigmatized and characterized 130 years many photos taken between 1870 and 1930 could be characterized as offensive