Today, 30 minutes before I was supposed to quit work at 6pm, my boss showed up. After telling him how the day went, he asked why I was still there. Apparently, for the holiday, we close early. 4 hours earlier. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my work's annual Christmas party is at 3:00. Everyone in the office is off work at 2:00, except me and the boss who is staying 'til 4:00. I have been informed the boss is leaving early today to attend the Christmas party, but I need to lock up when I leave at 4:00. FML
Today, while working at my job at a lumber/hardware store, my coworker told me he was taking an hour break instead of the usual half-hour. Not only did he leave me with a store packed with customers on Customer Appreciation Day, but he never came back until closing time. FML
Today, I woke up at 5:30 and made the half hour drive to work only to find out that it was my day off. After finally getting back home and into bed, my boss called, requesting that I come back to work since I was "already up". FML
Today, my boss yelled at me for leaving on time. After months of management hounding us about our overtime, I get in trouble for doing what I was supposed to do. FML
Today, while at work, I was asked to see my boss. I was informed that the company would be laying off 20 people, and that I was one of them. I was told I could finish off the week, then was sent back to work. Twenty minutes later, my boss walked around and handed us all Christmas party invitations. FML
Today, I showed up to work at 6am, only to find out the schedule was changed. I wasn't actually supposed to be there until 9:15. My boss never told me this. I didn't get to go home either, he just said, "Oh well. Get to work." FML
Today, by request from my new boss, I came into work over an hour early to finish some backed-up filing. This seemed like a great opportunity to earn some extra overtime pay. After spending an hour and half filing, I realized I hadn't clocked in for the day. FML
Today, I was in a work Zoom meeting that was supposed to end at 5 pm, which is my shift end time. It dragged after 5 pm so I decided to disconnect and leave to go home, since I don’t get paid overtime. My manager called demanding to know why I left early, said I was unprofessional, and fired me on the spot. FML
Today, my boss told me that my attitude to work is awesome and that he'd follow my example of coming in half-an-hour early every day from now on. I relish those 30 minutes as the only time I can get work done without him constantly interrupting me. So much for that. FML
Today, I thought working through the holidays would mean little to do and the boss telling me stories all day. Actually, it meant having loads to do, while my boss was telling me stories regardless, effectively keeping me from doing the work he is paying me for. FML
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Top comments
daAce77 8
He didn't say anything earlier cause he wanted you to "accidentally" work extra probably without pay.
RathaPride02 6
Where do you work? Didnt you notice no one was there?
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Comments (34)
ohhsnappitsme 15
I guess your boss can say you're a dedicated employee?
manbearpig7173 0
So what went through your mind when all of the employees went home early? Apparently nothing.
5t3ff1k4h 47
What if they work alone, where each shift there's only one person in the store? My store's like that. There are only four employees, and when one's working, the rest are off.
5t3ff1k4h 47
At least you got some extra sales for the store. Your boss better pay you for that.
iluvGB 0
516 people are rude arrogant ****** assholes.
YayFlameWarz 9
This isn't youtube where you compare the dislike bar to "Justin Bieber's penis" or how "10,000,000 people like sucking Justin Bieber's penis"
j_cat187 20
as long as you get payed for overtime it's all good.
EZ2XLR8 7
You never had a slight thought to ask?? YDI. Most business' close early to some degree on holidays.
panda_chick 2
lol my boss did that to us yesterday he called at the last minute and was like o forgot to tell y'all we close early today 0.o
sparxva 12
That's when you say you're trying to use the opportunity to get a jump on tomorrow. Duh!
kristenp 0
then why exactly was your boss coming into work if the store was supposed to be closed?
NoYDI 4
Hopefully it counted as overtime.