Today, I accidentally fell asleep at work after working a 12-hour shift. Instead of waking me up, my coworkers spiked my coffee mug with whiskey and told my boss I was drunk. My boss wouldn't even listen to my side of the story and fired me. 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 at work, cleaning up a construction site. I picked up a beer can and accidentally spilled some of it on me. My boss came in to check on me and thought I was drunk. Instead of getting a raise, I was fired. FML
Today, to get my coworker fired, I spiked his coffee with whiskey. Joke's on me, he's apparently enough of a drunk that it didn't affect him. Then I dropped the bottle as I was leaving for the day, cut up my ankle, and I'm now suspended. FML
Today, I went to work completely hung over. I was at my desk for 5 minutes before security threw me out on my ass. Apparently, I’m hung over because I got fired yesterday and got blackout drunk, completely forgetting that I had been fired. FML
Today, I worked 24 hours straight fixing my company's servers. After it was over, I breathed a huge sigh of relief and promptly fell asleep at my desk. My boss found me an hour later, refused to listen to me, and fired me for sleeping on the job. FML
Today, while working from home, I was super drowsy after a heavy bar hangout with the boys. I took a call from a customer. Next thing I know, the call was no longer there. My boss called me to tell me they left a one-star review on our site, saying I fell asleep and snored mid-call. Yes, I was fired. FML
Today, I was fired for falling asleep at work. I’m still not sure how I fell asleep, seeing as I’m a stocker and I was actively putting cans on the shelf when it happened. FML
Today, while at work I passed out due to my blood sugar not being normal. Despite the fact that it took 10 minutes to wake me, no one thought I was in any sort of danger. After the episode, I then got fired for "sleeping on the job." FML
Today, I fell asleep at work. I got woke up by my boss with a coffee and a referral letter. FML
Today, I was sitting in my car waiting my shift to start. I must've fallen asleep because I woke up to a call from my boss firing me. I was in the parking lot. FML
Today, I was demoted at my job for sleeping in the store when I'd have a few after closing. Apparently, they would rather have me drive drunk than do the responsible thing. FML
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Top comments
PennyLane27 32
Wow! Does your workplace have security cameras that could have caught the people involved with this?? And why did *they* have whiskey at work!?
fumanshu 9
Falling asleep is innocent! Especially after 12 hours! But spiking isn't! Pull out those security tapes!
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Comments (99)
Gamulea 6
don't fall asleep at work next time
CaptainCore993 19
Try doing a 12 hour work shift then come back.
LycanGod 27
hey 38.. I have done an 8, 12 and 16 hour shift before and was awake the whole time.... so what's your point?
may14th 26
everyone is different. also if op has a job where he or she doesn't have much to do at a lot of points (sitting at a desk, cashier, etc) it could be easy to doze off
mads_nicole 19
Hey 48, who the hell asked??
mazinaru 6
38 basically.
Gamulea 6
I have. 12 hours standing outside in the summer talking to customers. In about 90-100 degree weather. Never fell asleep.
LunaRebirth 7
64 you were doing something outside with people in the heat. obviously you'll be awake for that. like what 49 said, if op was working a boring 12-hour shift, it'd be easy to doze off and fall asleep.
djdailey 6
In the navy that's a light shift.
LycanGod 27
hey 54... 38 did
Xelthen 10
Your coworkers suck, but still you kinda deserve it for falling asleep. I hope you find another job.
HarshD9619 34
I think it's bad enough that OP has to work even after a 12 hour shift, let alone their coworkers being such dickheads
soulreaper12296 28
So OP deserved to have their coffee spiked and then fired for it because their coworkers are a bunch of dicks, all because they fell asleep? I hope I never have you as a coworker.
leogachi 15
@59 He deserved to be fired for sleeping on the job.
dcam13 19
seems pretty likely OP is the dick of the group if his coworkers hated him enough to plan a way to get him fired and carry it out. no one would do something that mean to someone they even kind of liked. but if I'm wrong, I'm sorry OP.
iT_Cereal 25
Sorry OP. Hopefully you figure the situation out!
bcalle 8
I would have begged for a blood alcohol level test and security tapes. Honestly though it seems like you did a lot of work and this was planned. Does your boss and coworkers hate you? Maybe it was for the better. This could go a lot of ways but basically fyl and I'm sorry
Paras_800 27
That sucks OP. Good luck in your search for a new job!
PennyLane27 32
Wow! Does your workplace have security cameras that could have caught the people involved with this?? And why did *they* have whiskey at work!?
Shuff52 21
Your job must've been boring. You didn't want to work there anyway
PennyLane27 32
Or they were exhausted after a 12 hour shift!
Shuff52 21
I'm not saying what happened was right but If you're exhausted after 12 hrs you have a problem. I'd fire you for sleeping on the job.
KJRowling 13
I used to do 12-16 hour shifts over Christmas, working in a hotel. During my break I'd sit down and just fall asleep - at the end of my break one of the girls would just wake me up. My job wasn't boring and I wasn't lazy, I just hadn't sat down for hours. Even if OP accidentally fell asleep not on a break, after that amount of time your body can just switch off to recharge. We're all human and bosses should really understand that, especially if it was the first time.
fumanshu 9
Falling asleep is innocent! Especially after 12 hours! But spiking isn't! Pull out those security tapes!
AyeJay101 25
12 hour shift is pretty common for the working environment, OP must not have had enough sleep in the prior night(s) for reasons unknown.
soulreaper12296 28
How do we know OP didn't work multiple 12 hour shifts in a row though? They could've been completely exhausted.
PennyLane27 32
A 12 hour shift is not that common for most fields (medical staff and a few other fields being an exception). Typically hours are capped at 8 a day for 5 working days, or 10 hours a day for 4 day weeks. 40 hours a week, max, before overtime is required. Again, there are some loopholes. But those are atypical.
dyoy_87 21
You should be happy you're not working there anymore with those dickheads
taymichele16 15
Your coworkers are dicks
kudwafuuu 15
why didn't your coworkers explain it after that they were playing a, albeit shitty, prank on you? it seems like neither your coworkers or boss seem to like you that much :-/ hope you find better employment soon OP if that doesn't get resolved / you don't get your job back
Utetopia2014 18
They didn't say anything because its probably a made up story... Think about it... if you were a manager/boss, and some of your workers claimed that with another, would you listen to what that person had to say? Or would you fire them straight up without question?
Algorithm 24
I know it's reaching beyond the scope of the FML, but you do kinda have to wonder why OP's coworkers hate them so much they'd resort to deliberate sabotage, and why OP's boss wouldn't even listen to them based on respect for a good record. That being said, god knows nightmare bosses and nightmare coworkers happen to good people way too often.