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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middlenamefrank 8
Well, at least he did use spell check first.
gratunka 11
I once asked my boss if she would like me to help her with her grammar and spelling on a write she did on me before I submitted my rebuttal. she refused. I won my case.
TheNewGuy03 29
I think that people who regularly send out emails and/or hold positions of authority should have a very firm grasp on the English language. I have interacted with people who didn't know how to use the correct forms of "your/you're" or "there/they're/their" and didn't know how to spell words like "benefits." I know that your grammar is not necessarily a direct reflection on how well you do your job, but it doesn't help your case...
Algorithm 24
To be fair, 49, dyslexic people can have a good grasp of English while still making unintentional mistakes on paper. But in that case they could, you know, hire someone to proofread their communications and then listen to their critique INSTEAD of getting offended...
mishwarner 14
It sounds like your boss is an obvious jerk. Could have told him auto correct had screwed up his words causing them to be incorrect. Then you could have shared an awkward, knowing laugh :)
Xion0014 20
Maybe he's dyslexic? But then again you'd know if he were