Today, I got in trouble with my boss for not showing up to work yesterday. It seems going into anaphylactic shock isn't a valid excuse. 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, I was told not to show up for work, after I showed up for work. FML
Today, my boss called and yelled at me because he said I was "spotted" out after I called off sick. I was out getting the medicine the doctor had just prescribed me. FML
Today, I got into trouble for sleeping at work. FML
Today, I got my ass kicked by my boss at work. Why? Because I missed my shift on Saturday, because I slept through my alarms and the phone calls from my co-workers, and I woke up three hours later in a state of panic. This is all because of a medicine I'm on for migraines. FML
Today, I went to the gym to run. I ended up at the hospital because i went into anaphylactic shock. Apparently I'm allergic to exercise now. FML
Today, I have food poisoning. My boss told me that if I didn't come into work, I'd be fired. Not 30 minutes after sitting down, I sneezed and shat my pants. My boss still won't let me leave. FML
Today, my boss yelled at me for being 3 hours late. I was late because I fell down the stairs and broke my arm. Apparently, breaking my arm is not a good enough excuse. FML
Today, my boss yelled at me for leaving on time. After months of management hounding us about our overtime, I get in trouble for doing what I was supposed to do. FML
Today, I was let go from my job for not being able to come into work early. FML
Today, my manager gave me hell for leaving the restaurant early yesterday. Guilty as charged, but only because I was rushed to the hospital after going into diabetic shock. This assmunch is convinced that I either faked it all to get off work early, or that I'd been eating our own stock. FML
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Top comments
MDoremis 38
If they try to penalize you for it file a complaint with the company.
Ninjahiga 27
Can't you report him to the higher ups?
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Comments (50)
ghostriley 14
I guess your boss goes by the slogan you can rest when you die
clickme 17
It's more than likely just the final straw. In the last 4 weeks how many 'illnesses' have you had? Flat tires? 'My back's out'? I have managed a lot of people and the people who rarely make a full week are always the ones to complain they were let go over some single minor incident
plan_Z 14
Or it could be like my boss where I am always expected to cover people off when they are sick but I I have 1 sick day in a year I get chewed out.
ThepurpleCow 19
Id personally turn into Dr Manhattan and beam him out of existence. My only higher up is the chairman of the board. So I can't really do anything at all. That totally sucks though.
freddygasman 18
There's always labor and industries. Op it's being penalized for a medical emergency. That's like being fired for getting into a collision and hospitalized on your way to work. It just don't make sense.
sk8erd 15
your boss is dumb. period.
Wehan 8
If you had actual proof of the episode (Dr note, er papers etc) then there is no reason to hold it against you an may very well be some sort of violation. IF however you are simply expecting them to take your word for it then you are seriously ignorant.
Philosophclchild 3
You weren't in anaphylactic shock all day. While it can be fatal untreated, the doctor usually prescribes an injection of epinephrine. I have no idea whether you had your shot with you (most likely you did or were in very close distance of one or we wouldn't be talking to you) but even if you called in five hours late at least you still would've called. Your manager's reaction and discourse were basic procedure anywhere you go. A person with asthma, for example, just doesn't get a free day off because they had an attack. They have an inhaler that they are expected to take with them wherever they go. Same deal.
thearronaut 10
You're assuming an awful lot. I have a friend with a severe nut allergy and she is dips in and out of anaphylactic shock for a week at least. Considering that the initial reaction is her throat swelling shut, i have no doubt that op had better things to think about that their boss's stupidity. Remember, if there's no life threatening reaction, then it's not anaphylactic shock, it's just an allergic reaction.
Philosophclchild 3
Of course if you let the manager know and he still didn't care I would go to HR on him. This post was written a little too vague to tell.
BeenIt 5
Don't sweat it. You boss is probably too dumb to understand what it is. Anyone who truly knkws what anaphylactic shock is, knows it's deathly serious!!
BloodyGlass 10
Did he sing a different tune when you told the higher ups and they tore him a new one? :)
muchwow87 13
Next time hopefully it'll happen on the job. Hello paid time off.