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
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
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, 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 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 fired me because I corrected him after he misspoke during a meeting. 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, I sent an email to my boss saying I'd fixed a glitch in our mail servers. He called me later, angrily shouting that I'd done a piss-poor job of fixing it, because my email had spammed his inbox with several hundred duplicate messages. FML
Today, my boss shouted and screamed at me for my fuck ups that have humiliated the company and cost thousands to put right. It was only when he paused that I was able to tell him he had the wrong guy, he wanted my coworker down the hall. I’ve been here for four years and he still doesn’t know my name. FML
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Emma1562 35
Your boss needs to go back to "collage" and get himself a "collage education" so he can learn to spell.
Algorithm 24
He's probably afraid you'll be *his* boss soon, and one can only hope there's something to it. How do these guys even get promoted?
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Comments (55)
Awkward4thewin 11
Sounds like your boss needs to go back to school
Emma1562 35
Your boss needs to go back to "collage" and get himself a "collage education" so he can learn to spell.
Recon13x 9
I think "collage" is a little too high of a level for OP's boss. He should learn to spell college before trying to attend it.
evanvoss 20
You spelled "collage" wrong. It's "colage" with one "l". How can people be so careless?
MrSassypants 34
#17 No, you spelled it wrong. It's "coage" with no ''l. I know this because I graduated from Harvard Coage. The best coage in the country.
54754N4 14
lol I think he needs to go further back.
SoulEaterSE 23
Bosses will always be assholes. Sorry yours is also an idiot OP
Algorithm 24
He's probably afraid you'll be *his* boss soon, and one can only hope there's something to it. How do these guys even get promoted?
fakedsincerity 32
Probably nepotism.
zaidthunder1 27
Politics at work.
beeferjay 34
you need a lesson in tact I bet when a woman asks if she looks fat you tell the truth
Soninuva 41
What part of that's their job did you not understand? I presume that OP is either an editor or secretary, and thus need to make those corrections and bring them to the attention of their boss. Tact has nothing to do with it, unless OP was doing so in a way to make fun of their boss, which is unlikely.
PandaSmile 24
Are you sure he even made it through elementary school? He sounds like such a child
JocelynKaulitz 28
I looked at this so hard that both spellings ended up looking so weird to me…
SunnySideUpp 9
Yes!! I'm questioning my existence now :(
mustangbravo 27
It's part of your job to make the correction but is it also part of your job to point it out? Did you do it in front of people? If not then I say next time let him continue to look like an idiot and leave it in.
ElmoSaysSquishy 28
How do you propose they make the correction without pointing out to the boss that corrections have to be made?
Utetopia2014 18
By just making the correction, and not saying anything. Just correct the damn thing. Especially if it's OPs job to do so. It's probably a digital copy, so just edit and correct it. No need to point out what needed correcting. "Few typos, but all good now". That's all that needed to be said.
ZorroRooster 19
Aw man, I wanna be a an official, paid grammar nazi!
Brandi_Faith 34
I think that job is basically an editor.
ZorroRooster 19
Indeed. One of the jobs I legit would like having. But one awesome year of college didn't quite negate three years of slacking off. That and an internship that wasn't geared towards what I wanted resulted in me being a sad panda after graduation. Was not prepared for college. Doing alright now though, thankfully.
imerichello 18
Sorry that your boss is so dumb, must make your job a lot worse.