Today, a coworker asked me why this week's report was not uploaded to the server. I've been writing these reports once a week for a year and they take a whole day to write. Upload them to what server? FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, a coworker sent a last-minute request for a highly complex custom report based on a spreadsheet. It took most of the weekend and Monday to get right because he'd screwed up most of the calculations. The client was pissed; they'd wanted it done by 5PM GMT that Friday. He'd sat on the request until 5 EST Friday. FML
Today, I have to show my boss daily reports on my work over the last three months. She told me this yesterday. They're mandatory, but nobody has ever wanted to see them in the three years I've been working here, so I have long since stopped doing them. It's now 3 am, I start work at 7.30, and I'm not even close to done. FML
Today, it's been a week since I was supposed to be moved. I've had to work over because of network, data issues, and now a computation that's slightly off. The computation is optional, and there's no one at the federal office to even accept the report, but my stupid brain won't let me stop until it's fixed. FML
Today, one of my colleagues was asked to rewrite an entire project, which I wrote last week. I'd spent more than 4 days writing it. FML
Today, my boss is writing me up for not signing a report before I left work. He refused to print the report that day, and I don't have access to the printers. FML
Today, my research partner emails me 2 hours before our deadline saying that she can't complete her half of our 20 page report because when she woke up this morning she couldn't see. How did she write the email? FML
Today, at the office, my most annoying client asked me to send her a document. I have now sent it to her over 5 times, in a different format each time, and every single time she replies with, "Not in the requested format". She won't tell me what the requested format is. FML
Today, after retyping a 22-page report for work because the orginal had gone missing, i realized I had used a different laptop the first time. I now have 2 copies of the same report, both of which are late. FML
Today, thinking we'd still be able to finish our project in time for tomorrow's deadline, my work group put off doing any work until today. When we logged into the website we have to use, we found it was down for maintenance all day. FML
Today, at work, I had to analyze timecards data and generate a report on the least billed / occupied people at work. I found myself at the bottom. I sent it to my boss too. FML
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Top comments
bromeister 6
Dont worry, the NSA uploads them automatically
thomcmoore 23
Yes, "stupidly" surely is everywhere.
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Bondhi 0
Better yet, if you're writing it by hand (really, by hand in 2014?) Then scan it and upload it to a shared directory and e-mail the link.
Rallred32 20
I love using that method for when I plagiarize my papers.
meli1195 31
What's wrong with writing by hand? Not everything has to be technology dependant.
gracehi 33
Like cake, the server is a lie.
cheshireau 26
fantastic reference.
ItsJustMe1616 26
And then there will be cake....
kelsorg 21
being unaware of things is quite frustrating especially if you are certain about a task you have. (or believe you're certain about something) fyl op.
BoltTheSuperdog 22
Your co-worker sounds a little confused.
cheshireau 26
maybe someone is doing it on your behalf?
Brandi_Faith 34
I wondered this too.
birdybirdchirp 18
dont even horry about it, the way I see it if they didnt train you right it's not your fault.
niamhyo 13
cool
thomcmoore 23
Solid response.
sarsuela 29
I don't get it. Did you keep those reports in "My Documents" folder? Didn't you have to send/give those reports to your supervisior or something?
askullnamedbilly 33
I don't understand the FML either. Did OP really write reports for a year and never bother to show them to anyone? Or is there something else going on in this FML that's supposedly really shitty? I'm a tad bit confused.
Kergami 18
So is this an FML because their has been a server this whole time that could of made your job easier? Or is this an FML because you've been doing this for so long and he just hasn't realized until now?
Brandi_Faith 34
I think it's an fml because now he thinks all his reports should be on a server, which he's never uploaded to. Plus, he may have to go back and upload, or type, every paper he's written for the past year and put them on the server.
zahidnasir 22
you both are clueless actually