Today, my boss chewed me out for correcting several spelling and grammar mistakes in one of his reports. The words "Think you're so damn smart, don't ya?" were uttered. I'm his secretary, and proofreading his shit is part of my job. 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 made it onto my boss's shit-list, after pointing out that he'd misspelled "customer" as "costumer" 6 times in his report, and "college education" as "collage education" twice. It'd be a dick move on his part even if making corrections like this weren't part of my damn job. FML
Today, I had to proofread a document my boss had written. When I pointed out that he spelled "college" as "collage" multiple times, he angrily accused me of trying to make him look stupid. This is the guy who constantly boasts about his "genius" IQ level to the whole office. FML
Today, my boss yelled at me for ruining the report she was supposed to write with my "terrible spelling and grammar". I've checked it thoroughly, and all of her 'corrections' are wrong. She doesn’t believe me, and is refusing to look at a dictionary. FML
Today, my boss fired me because I corrected him after he misspoke during a meeting. FML
Today, my boss reprimanded me for a huge screw-up that he was responsible for. FML
Today, my new boss lost his shit and flew into a ten minute rant against me about the "value of respect". He told me that if I wanted to stay in "his" company, I'd best start toeing the line. All this because I corrected his misuse of "your" and "you're" in one of his memos. FML
Today, my boss asked me to send an email on his behalf with an important report attached. I've already received 3 responses from directors commenting on poor spelling and factual errors. I get paid 1/4 the salary of my boss and he can't even write properly. FML
Today, my boss and I were preparing a lunch order for a nearby real-estate agency. I noticed that the order was riddled with spelling mistakes, so I laughed and mocked the realtors, calling them stupid and incompetent. My boss then pointed out that the order was written in his handwriting. FML
Today, I found out that absentmindedly correcting my boss's use of the word "whom" could result in my immediate termination. FML
Today, my supervisor told me off for doing something. When I reminded her that she told me to do it, she yelled at me for correcting her. FML
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ElephantCraze22 17
Generally, one can't fire their boss...
peanuty001 19
hes ungrateful. but either way its a lose lose bc if.you dont correct his shit he'll yell at you too
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Comments (59)
AFaye3964 17
I guess your boss doesnt mind looking like a jack-ass.
Frostillicus123 10
You're dammed if you do and and dammed if you don't. If you left them you aren't doing your job. Maybe next time correct it and send it through with out his knowing.
TomeDr 25
Pulling his fat out of the fire is the job of the underrated secretary. Been there, done that. I once told my boss that the letter he was planning on sending to a few hundred companies was unsulting. He actually called a business contact who worked in sales and asked him who was right and was startled to hear the guy side with me!
Username735 11
Well it is a known fact that if you're not pissing off at least one person for doing your job, then you're not trying hard enough.
Omniprism 15
I would have told him that. Everybody makes mistakes and tell him um that's why you hired me.
skittyskatbrat 19
Time to get written clarification on whether he wants his ignorance fixed or not....
justawallflower 27
Bish whet?
azyjazy713 11
He needs more than a secretary if he cant accept your help when it's your job. F your life
cece23_fml 10
Next time just leave in his mistakes, that will make him look much worse.
isquaredkeepingitreal 24
I had a boss like this, after a while I figured out how to handle her. I would talk up her job, about how busy she must be, and how much she does for the department. Then, I would tell her that I should worry about grammar and sentence structure, so she could focus on all her important job tasks ^.^ Just be willing to feed your boss's ego.