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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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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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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bobslawnservice 16
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You completely deserve it. When selfish people like you fall asleep on the job everyone else needs to pick up the slack.
amberv61 22
Damn how selfish of you op to fall asleep after putting in 12 hrs of work. That means everyone else has to put in their 12 hrs because you are sleeping. Gah I can't stand people like that thinking sleeping is normal and shit
NostalgiaFreak9 43
******* idiot. Go work a shift for 12 hours before making ignorant comments like this.
PrideOfTheFallen 19
I'd sue.
vanaathiel 13
Makes me wonder why kind of person OP is to have all his coworkers want to do that to them
PunkPrincess_fml 11
Why did you fall asleep AT WORK after your shift? Where did they get whiskey?
tamesenicole 27
It's time to sue your coworkers AND your boss
vikky538 29
How did they alcohol in work premises. Something is wrong
Dexter83_fml 17
Wow op that's dreadful your co workers are assholes.
LycanGod 27
that really sucks. I hope they come clean with their boss about it... otherwise I think you got a good case against your boss with the labor board
LycanGod 27
there's no good reason to fall asleep at work.. I have done 8-16 hour shifts and was ok... it all depends on the lifestyle that the person has and if they have a good sleep the previous night... most people are like "poor OP" but forget how easy is to spend over 12 hours awake when not at work...
Algorithm 24
Accidents happen, and for all we know OP could be a single parent trying to make ends meet who definitely has to be awake more than 12 hours a day - continually. Regardless, once isn't something you should or would be fired for the same way you would be for drinking, and being framed by malicious coworkers is shitty.
zboot 8
@LycanGod is probably easier to spend 12 hours without falling asleep when away from work. . .because you're not working.
LycanGod 27
Hey Algorithm you are probably right. but that is assuming it is the first time...we don't know it is or isnt... hence my comment was more general that specific to the first or not first time
LycanGod 27
hey Zboot, away from work sure why not. but at work we get paid to be awake. not doing so is rather bad given that we are getting something in return (money and a job)
jocamo 24
It doesn't read to me that OP fell asleep during work hours. It clearly says after working a 12 hr shift.
LycanGod 27
it could have been a second job, or going for a 13 or 16 hour shift? maybe he was pulling a double... only ways I can think that he would still be at work
GeorgiaBea 28
Or maybe there are a bunch of jobs that you can't sleep at- human services, law enforcement, nursing, emergency services... And many of them routinely work 12+ hour shifts. I find it appalling that people think it's hard to stay awake for 12 hours.
zboot 8
@LycanGod I don't get paid to work 12 hour days. So if I'm at work that long, regardless of if I fall asleep, the only thing my boss would be giving me is paid time off. I guess sucks to be you.
LycanGod 27
@ Zboot does not suck to be me. I don't work 12 hour shifts anymore. but when I do. I get paid for every hour I am there. When I worked 12+ hour shifts, I always got paid for every hour.... if you don't get paid for working past the "regular scheduled hours" I guess it sucks to be you seems you might have an easy job if your manager doesn't mind you falling asleep while on the job...
worldclassrager 41
Falling asleep wouldn't have gone over anyway... Spiking your coffee seems a bit extreme...but it looks like what they intended worked...did you do any sobriety tests to prove that you were in fact drunk?
zboot 8
@53 Went wouldn't it? What kind of horrible jobs do people have?