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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AyeJay101 25
Better luck at your next job, and for 12 hour shift? That's sadly a normal shift for most professional full time jobs so get used to it or work part time.
allplayedout 20
No it isn't. There's a reason labor unions pushed so hard to make an 8-hour workday the norm. 12-hour shifts should be the exception, not the rule.
GeorgiaBea 28
Except that most people aren't in a union. And I have worked 24+ hour shifts. It's not uncommon to work a 12, even when I worked at Victoria's Secret... Hahaha labor unions.
Shuff52 21
I don't understand anyone on here. Yes op got fired for a prank. But op was still sleeping on the job. Not something anyone's boss would be happy about.
Mynamewontfi 40
Yes, OP slept on the job. That's indeed not something a boss would be happy about, but did OP really deserve to get ****** by a shitty prank from their coworkers? No.
Syruphs 17
@17 the difference between sleeping on the job and drinking on the job. if his boss would've caught him sleeping, he could have just given him a warning or a write up. but since he got caught "drinking" on the job it forces the boss to fire him cause that's a more serious infraction.
l_ 19
@17 I think you're focusing a little too much on the falling asleep part, and not nearly enough on the getting fired for something OP didn't do part.
Dilwann 27
@17 I think (s)he fell asleep after working the shift, so not during work hours. Considering you're off the clock then, it would be a lot less bad.
Shuff52 21
But would the prank have happened if op didn't fall asleep?
l_ 19
No, but that just makes it sound like OP deserved to be fired for getting pranked. Also, falling asleep on the job doesn't immediately warrant being fired. Unless it's something that regularly occurs, a reprimand/punishment should be enough. Also OP stated (s)he fell asleep after the shift, not during it. So (s)he was probably already off the clock but nodded off at their workstation.
AmIReallyRenee 20
#17 is kind of right tho. OP shouldn't have slept on the job. I get tired too but I don't sleep bc I'm there to work and make money not lounge off. Since OP fell asleep they left themselves vulnerable to a ruthless prank. FYL OP, but YDI Be more alert next time.
powerkeep 24
Yeah people. Op fell asleep after work. 12 hour shifts are really brutal, and not common at all. Worst of all, are his shitty coworkers. **** op's life.
Witchylady 18
That's terrible. So sorry you work with a bunch of idiots. Or rather used to work with a bunch of idiots. I hope you get your job back or find a better job.
alvarny 17
when it comes to a person's job, you should never ever joke about it. this is just cruel and bad taste.
sighlifeman 12
sorry but i wouldve burn down their house
more4me 27
Jerks!
Gatashablan 7
The boss isn't smart. There is a huge difference between behaviors of someone sleepy and someone drunk. He wasn't drunk, how could he not notice the absence of whiskey smell on OP ? And telling thing like that doesn't fell suspicious to the boss, it comes out in the middle of nowhere. I guess they wanted you to left thus, I would take them to the court and defend myself. Then find a better family for my new job.
ViviMage 40
Take a drug test to prove you had no alcohol in your system. Use the CCTV cameras as well. I'd fight it, usually you can attempt to appeal it. Though, falling asleep can be a fireable offense
MrsPegg 45
Thank you! I was looking for someone to say this!
olillia 16
That's not how alcohol works....
TommyGun85 19
If you were working in japan then you'd have been congratulated for working so hard that you fell asleep.
AmIReallyRenee 20
OP, you've failed at life if you've become so vulnerable.