Today, my mom started her new job; she's now my new coworker. She's already told the other girl I'd said she talks too much, and has berated me for not calling her "Mom" while at work. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my mother-in-law became my boss. FML
Today, at work I got told off by my manager for texting while working. Enraged by this, I trash talked her to the new girl at work. The new girl, a.k.a. my manager's daughter. FML
Today, I start work in an office, with my mother. FML
Today, I accidentally called my boss "Mom." Now she is jokingly telling everyone that I'm the long-lost daughter she gave up for adoption, because she knew I'd be a failure. FML
Today, my mother, who insists on sticking her nose into every aspect of my life, found out I'm only "middle management" and called my boss to criticize her for undervaluing me, demanding I be promoted immediately. I'm now the laughing stock of my office. FML
Today, I started my new job, and was introduced to my colleague. She seemed old and quite experienced, so I thought she was going to teach me. I was wrong. It turns out I'm a replacement for her daughter, who used to secretly do all of her work for her because she has no idea how to do it herself. FML
Today, my mom has been calling me every ten minutes, asking me questions about her new computer. She called me at work, and I rudely answered her question. She called back, talked to my boss, saying she was a customer that called in, and I was rude to her. FML
Today, I brought my mom to my work’s annual party. She insisted on meeting my boss and introduced herself as my "very supportive, overly involved mother." To make it worse, she gave him a lecture about how I was “just too shy” to ask for a raise. My boss is now both confused and terrified. FML
Today, I introduced my mother to my new girlfriend. My mom made a very nasty comment about her in Spanish, not realizing that my girlfriend teaches Spanish at the local school. FML
Today, I angrily scolded one of my employees for making an avoidable mistake for the third time. Unfortunately, my mother decided to pay me a surprise visit, and arrived mid-rant. She chewed me out for being mean and made me apologize. Now everyone at work calls me "mama's boy" and nobody takes me seriously. FML
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Top comments
Squirrel1256 15
I can't imagine having to work with my mother like that, I feel for you OP.
Norja 33
She needs to know that your work relationship and personal relationship have to be kept very separate.
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Comments (54)
xStaciexLynnx 15
1. Boys can and do play with Barbies. 2. Nobody got on FML for a life lesson (except maybe those learned by the errors of the OP) 3. It's obnoxious to make a numbered list like this instead of just stating your point using sentences.
worldclassrager 41
Just a short phase for now...it should end soon talk to her after work...
fml85483 19
*too
jrock9093 18
Working with mom oh wait it was just a nightmare I'm okay
sanecatlady 13
My mother and I are very close, but if I worked for her it would feel really weird to call her Mrs. Anything instead of Mom.
victrin 12
My mother works in IT in my hometown, and I got hired as a programmer there when I was younger. We interacted almost daily due to our job overlap. We kept it very professional and actually worked wonderfully together. The secret is we knew that the interpersonal boundaries at work were different than at home. OP, sounds like your mother could use a talking to from HR. While in that office, she is a coworker first and a mother second. She's needs to get on board or get out.
imbedderdenu 23
YIKES good luck with that OP
AgentGreenEyes 4
Back in high school (Over 6-7 years ago) I started interning at a preschool where my mom was one of the two teachers there. Her boss (and lead teacher) was my preschool teacher when I, and all my siblings went to preschool there. We never had an issue...except we would sometimes having a hard time switching out of kid mode when we got home. I've been substitute and assistant teaching there ever since and babysit/nanny a fair amount of kids there. I have always called her "Mrs. ..." and even out of school it slips out. We have a mutual understanding and we work on the same level so we never have an issue with 'rank' and since she's my mom I feel comfortable telling her my honest opinions on things.
queerdragon 20
I think you need to have a talk at home, with a friend as mediator. Tell your mother that the things you shared with her are personal and cause problems in the work place. Then explain that, while you love her and respect her as the woman who raised you, it makes you seem less capable by having to refer or defer to your mother. If it does not stop, take it up with HR and ask for her to be moved or put on a different shift if possible. No need to make a huge deal out of it before you talk to her honestly and tell her how you feel. If she does not respect it, then its now a work problem.
gimmicksz 9
Damm, i work at the same place with my mom, but different hours, and even when we do have the same hours its in different parts of the place, glad shes not like that tho, fyl lol