Anonymous
Brisbane, Australia
Taking no chances
Today, I was sent 800 km home from my interstate job because I have the sniffles. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
Alex
Richardson, United States
Today, I am home sick with a sinus infection. I had to break up a fight between my two dogs over who got to chew on my snotty tissue. FML
blocked
United States
Today, I got stuck in a three-hour traffic jam because I sneezed and missed the road I was meant to take. FML
Anonymous
United States
Asshat
Today, I woke up with a sore throat and a stuffy nose. As my boss is an asshat who hates allowing sick leave, I thought I could power through it, but halfway through my workday I sneezed so hard that I threw my back out. I had to go home early and now I can't move without pain. FML
Anonymous
United States
Today, I returned to work after celebrating the New Year in Mexico. I wasn't feeling well, but didn't want to call in sick after already taking a vacation. Now I'm at work with diarrhea, and trotting to the bathroom every 30 minutes. My commute home usually takes around an hour. FML
Nick
Baulkham Hills, Australia
Seize the day
Today, I dragged myself to work, suffering from a bad cold. My boss quietly told me to go home and rest, to avoid spreading it around the office. I thought it odd since he dislikes me so much, but I did as he said. He called later in the day to suspend me for leaving work early. FML
Anonymous
Washington, United States
Seize the means of production
Today, I’m at home, sick with a really bad sinus and ear infection. If I'd gone to the clinic earlier, then it wouldn’t have spread to my ears, but my boss wouldn’t let me take a day off. FML
Holding
Staunton, United States
Today, my boyfriend and I are on our way back from vacation. It will be an eight hour drive. It just so happens I got food poisoning the night before we left, and there's roadwork everywhere. We're at a dead halt with no signs of moving. FML
Anonymous
How could you?
Today, my wife made me feel like an asshole for not leaving work to come home because she wasn't feeling good. I'm working at a jobsite 1.5 hours away from home, plus my vehicle wasn't at the jobsite either. FML
Driver
Slow day
Today, after a 14-hour day at work 180 km away, the freeway was closed 30 km from home. I had to detour, adding another hour and a half to the already three-hour trip home. I was basically at work for almost 28 hours. FML
Anonymous
Odense, Denmark
It's still out there
Today, I got tons of sympathy (and hugs) from my co-workers after intense sneezing and coughing due to my "seasonal allergies." When I got home, my SO asked if allergies are contagious, because he had them too. He didn't have allergies. We have Covid. And so do most of my co-workers now. I suck! FML
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Hangryko 32
Stay home when you're sick, even if it's minor.
RichardPencil 32
Can't you work on an interstate closer to home?
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RichardPencil 32
Can't you work on an interstate closer to home?
Hangryko 32
Stay home when you're sick, even if it's minor.
lexxiasaurus 31
**** the new regulations. we need to make money to live. they need to make a work from home option when sick if you're feeling up to it and not too messed up on medicine or mentally drained from needing to get better. corporations suck enough out of us already no wonder people get sick with all the stress too