Today, my boss threatened to fire me for racism after I refused to hire a black woman. I didn't hire her because she came to the interview wearing what was basically a bikini and she was covered in tattoos depicting lewd sex acts. FML
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Today, I was fired for "blatant, inexcusable racism". My boss had asked me which website background I preferred for our company, and I said that white backgrounds are usually best. He thinks that I believe in white supremacy, and that's bad for the company's image. FML
Today, my boss fired me because I look like her ex-boyfriend. FML
Today, I got fired, apparently for being racist to black people. When I told my boyfriend, he couldn't stop laughing. He's black. FML
Today, I got fired from my job. I caught a customer taking pictures up my skirt, and my boss fired me for calling the police and "making a big deal out of it". FML
Today, I'm a massage therapist, and a woman got on my table with a rash. When I informed her that I couldn't work on her because of the rash, and that it's illegal, she got mad, and started yelling at me. My boss came to find out what happened, took her side, and fired me. For following the law. FML
Today, my extremely racist coworker was doing his usual thing. Since it was 9/11 he went absolutely hardcore on his "jokes" so I reported it to my supervisor. She asked what did he say specifically and I recited it to her. She decided to write me up for "making inappropriate comments at work". FML
Today, my boss fired me because his girlfriend wanted the job I had. She has no experience whatsoever in my line of work, it was just his "anniversary present" for her. FML
Today, a customer came in to the Pizza store where I work and complained that the food they had purchased had a strand of black hair in it. After some deliberation, my boss decided to fire me. He is the only staff member there with black hair. I shaved my hair 2 weeks ago. FML
Today, after applying for a job at a tanning salon, I was told they don't hire "naturally tan" people. I'm black. FML
Today, I'm a gay, black man who moved to a racist, mainly white, homophobic town for work. I've already had the cops called on me twice, and a group of teens yelled the f-slur at me unprompted. When I asked my boss if I could swap, he threatened to fire me. This is gonna be a long 6 months. FML
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Top comments
lexos 16
It's really stupid how quickly people can throw in the race card. It almost starts to feel like your automatically a racist if your white nowadays.
manb91uk 22
I assume you don't work in the **** industry?
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manb91uk 22
I assume you don't work in the **** industry?
lexos 16
It's really stupid how quickly people can throw in the race card. It almost starts to feel like your automatically a racist if your white nowadays.
Soninuva 41
Believe it or not, some people believe that to be true. I have a friend that on Facebook shared a post that I ironically said in a nutshell, that if you’re white, you’re racist, you have to admit that, and you have to apologize for it, constantly.
Soninuva 41
*un-ironically I miss the edit button.
RichardPencil 32
I’ve got to wonder what position she was interviewing for. What it one of them on the tattoos?
Glowworm56 27
Who wears a bikini to a job interview? Unless it's for a lifeguard position, which even that barely seems proper.
manb91uk 22
A person applying to be a swimsuit model... Just a thought
PenguinPal3017 19
Was this the only reason that you didn't hire her? Did she interview well otherwise?
ThatGuy9679 13
Showing up to a job interview like that is a good enough reason to not hire someone
ThatGuy9679 13
Plus I would be surprised if the interview even ended up taking place
PenguinPal3017 19
I wasn't implying that it isn't. I was just curious, I want to know the story. Was this a job anyone can do? A job requiring a degree?
cornyrob 33
It was an affirmative action test. You failed. The outfit was for distraction.
real life problems 26
We need a follow up on this to know what job she was applying to. That way we know how to judge you
ThatGuy9679 13
Unless she was trying to get a job at a strip club it doesn't matter what job she was applying for, you don't show up to an interview like that
Spiritbird 17
Your boss is an ass. He missed that all of it combinedly makes you actually a 'racist sexist anti-bikini-tattooist'!!
Puruttya János 3
Even if she is having tatoos and wearing bikini it is not a reason not to apply.
stormy0307 16
You are correct. She can apply wherever she wants. However OP can not hire her because of her lack of professionalism during the interview. Unless OP works in the sex industry having someone around that has tattoos of sex acts and wearing a bikini is not very professional and would be distracting and uncomfortable for the other workers and/or customers/clients
the user name is taken fml 10
she would have better career at blow jobs
Chazzster 32
It would have been helpful to know what job the woman was interviewing for. I agree there are a great many jobs for which a person wearing revealing clothes showing off sexuality explicit tattoos is not the best choice. And unless the job was as a tattoo artist it’s not a smart choice to show up for the interview that way. Racism is not something limited to white people. I see it the other way too sometimes in such things as which customers a clerk or cashier seems to prefer dealing with. I grew up in a segregated southern town in which Jim Crow was very much alive and saw how non-whites were treated. But today is a very different time, now racial favoritism can sometimes go either direction. It would have provided some additional input if we knew exactly why boss was so hot to have you hire the lady in question - Such as, was he turned on by her? Was she the same race as him? Was he needing to get a hiring quota filled? Was he intimidated by her? Or did he genuinely think she was the most qualified for the job? The answer to those questions make quite a difference.