Today, a man tried to rob the winery I worked at by knife-point. I managed to scare him off by throwing a bottle of wine at him. My boss fired me because I broke a $25 bottle of wine. 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, at the winery, my boss proudly made a spectacle of the new, high quality bottles. After over a year of employment without breaking a bottle, I shattered three before lunch. FML
Today, it was my first day at work as a waitress. The day ended with me owing my employers money, after I accidentally smashed an expensive bottle of wine on the floor. FML
Today, a customer at work became violent and started hitting me and my coworker. Not wanting him to get the shit beat out of us, I used a move that pinned the guy on the ground. The police came and he was arrested. I was then fired for assaulting a customer. FML
Today, at work, I helped out an employee who was having trouble. I even bought her a bottle of water. After the production manager decided to fire her on the spot, she went out in the parking lot and broke into several cars, including mine. FML
Today, to get my coworker fired, I spiked his coffee with whiskey. Joke's on me, he's apparently enough of a drunk that it didn't affect him. Then I dropped the bottle as I was leaving for the day, cut up my ankle, and I'm now suspended. FML
Today, on my way to work I stopped at a winery and spent around $120 on 2 bottles of wine for my boss, since it was his birthday. When I gave him the gift, in exchange he let me know I am being laid off - his consolation was "if you can afford this wine I'm sure you'll be OK". FML
Today, I was at work, cleaning up a construction site. I picked up a beer can and accidentally spilled some of it on me. My boss came in to check on me and thought I was drunk. Instead of getting a raise, I was fired. FML
Today, I dropped a $400 bottle of wine while trying to get the cork out. FML
Today, I was carded for trying to buy wine and was told the dates were faded, so they wouldn’t be selling it to me, since they suspected I was underage. I work at the vineyard that produces the wine, I’m the head vintner, and I made the wine in the bottle I wasn’t allowed to buy. FML
Today, working in a liquor store, I had to tell a girl I couldn't sell her alcohol since she was severely intoxicated. She told me to "cash me ousside, how bow dat?" then smashed a bottle of wine and left. FML
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jecarper 4
Man... If I were you, I'd **** him up, bust his tires, sleep with his wife... SOMETHING.
GSP101 0
Rule #17 - Don't be a hero.
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Comments (123)
Jonkbaby 23
tell him you were christening the store
thebadmanpuntedb 7
This just shows you didn't get fired for this. He just doesn't like you and this gives him a reason to fire you.
Naitsi 19
so true
you_freak 7
OP need to meet "Ninja Waitress"!
jecarper 4
Man... If I were you, I'd **** him up, bust his tires, sleep with his wife... SOMETHING.
yahoowizard 16
Or all of them. Pull like, an Oceans 11 on him
sushi55555 6
how do you know a girl didn't write this??
Awsemogreeb 19
How would that make a difference?
teameminem 2
I'd assume Sushi was pouring out that if OP was a girl, sleeping with her bosses wife wouldn't really be much of a payback option.
Torva_fml 16
Because if it was a she, her boss would be thrilled that his wife is having sex with another woman. (assuming he watches)
beaglegal 42
Only slash 3 tires because insurance covers all 4 slashed only.
mariahu661 10
and how do you know that? #123
Hansemans 17
Is that even a legal proper ground for firing an employee?
Jaxx66 21
Yeah. Nowadays it's a right to work type of deal. You can be fired over anything.
IntoTheClouds 42
I heard of a banker who was fired for fending off a bank robber, which was actually against company policy. Some companies require their employees to cooperate with the robber so that nobody, from the employee or employees to customers, are endangered. If an employee tries to fend off a robber, which does pose a threat to him or herself and the customers, a boss can terminate you from his or her employ. All of this is assuming that the OP isn't telling ALL the information about why he or she was terminated.
guckylynn 19
8, I don't think you know what right to work means.
murdersquirrel 15
We have a poster at my work with guidelines on how to handle a robbery. One of them is 'do not use weapons.' Using a bottle of wine as a weapon is proooobably not ok for a variety of reasons. Let's not overlook the fact that OP acted in a violent matter. I'm guessing the termination was more about OP's conduct than the value of the wine.
shots1996 8
Yea acctually it is. They can fire you if you have a tatoo they dont like or somethin little. Its all bs these days
downtime 13
There are rules that should only be enforced if something goes wrong. This is one example. If the individual responded that way and someone got hurt, then fire them if you're so inclined. If they responded that way and essentially saved the day they shouldn't be punished for it. Personally I find in intense situations like that there is very little thought that goes into an individuals actions, as such there really shouldn't be any repocussions for the actions that can be deemed an appropriate human response.
CronosDage 0
Maybe he was on probation?
guckylynn 19
So now that I've thought of it, number 8, what you're thinking of is an "at-will" type of employment. Right to work means that you cannot for any unlawful reason be terminated and become unemployed. If you are fired in a right to work state, there had better be solid well documented evidence. Firing without cause in a right to work state allows for the former employee to file a law suit.
BlazingFire 4
I think the OP had a right to act in a violent way since it was to defend themselves while being held at knife point.
danielwilliams57 6
- So, why did you fire OP? - She saved my shop from being robbed :( - What? That's a good thing! - You kidding me!? She broke a $25 bottle of wine!
imaxmain 24
should of let him rob the store
zurisbloodyrose 0
*should have
imaxmain 24
either work
heyred 11
So ... Your boss values $25 retail over staff being injured and losing even more money. It sounds like he did you a favor - he's a huge DB!
Lanceeden 12
Reading your acronym the first thing that came to mind was 'dickbutt'. Hm.
mortiz91_fml 6
Besides...$25 for a bottle of wine is not that much...
greenpixi 10
Except that by fighting with the robber, many employers would say you're putting yourself and other employees in way more danger than by just going along with everything.
thefaekitten 29
#34 i thought the acronym meant dickbutt too.
GSP101 0
Rule #17 - Don't be a hero.
dunndy 0
Rule #18 Don't stand by and let a robbery happen.
missamazinggg 12
I don't think 14 understood this.
builditbetter09 3
Rule #14 gtfo
reaganomics 6
Pretty sure rule #18 is to limber up....
that_fat_guy 0
Rule #17 became be a hero
IPoopedOnU 12
ZombieLand rules!!!!!!
ALpein 0
50- Yeah, but I don't think there was a love interest in distress here.
Chad_the_Brony 0
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't rule #1 Cardio? I can't remember. Poor fat bastards.
godlike1 5
Rule 34, of it exists...
ALpein 0
72- Not only did you write it wrong, its completely irrelevant.
Enslaved 38
Your boss is stupid! You bad mouthing what happened and gaining sympathy from the community could easily effect his business.
yetanotherginger 19
seems the wine affected your spelling :(
ihasbrains 10
He only spelled one thing wrong, you dumbass.
CryMoreFMLs 15
Enslaved is a madam, good sir...
shrdlu 28
And the OP ought to do that!
ihasbrains 10
Oops. But I'm a madam also, sir.
dreadlocmask 15
What's your point #9?
CaptainCola 7
Quit your wine-ing Eh?
cooldukenukem 2
First good pun I have seen. Grats!
CronosDage 0
I've seen the wine-whine pun before.
feldco1 17
Sorry to hear that but at least you won't have to work with such and inconsiderate boss.
cheeseboy77 0
seeing how you can scare off an armed robber with a wine bottle, you should become a security guard next.
Jaxx66 21
There goes the drapes.
Lanceeden 12
*coughcough* grapes*^^^ *cough* sorry. Lame joke :p