Today, after my first day at work at a local daycare, I found out that I'm not entitled to breaks because I'm the only worker there who doesn't smoke. My boss asked me, ''What do you need a break for?'' 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 boss decided that we no longer have to clock out for cigarette breaks, but we do for toilet breaks. I'm the only non-smoker on my floor, and I'm getting penalised for it. FML
Today, my boss told me, and only me, to leave work before I was done because I'm a minor and he can't have me sticking around at work as long as I do. I'm not a minor. My coworkers are. FML
Today, on my first day of work, my new boss treated me to lunch. Thinking she was really nice, I thanked her for the treat. She fixed me with a cold, unsmiling stare and said, "Oh, don't thank me. I'm being paid to do this." FML
Today, on my first day of a new factory job, I discovered that my new boss had lied to me about my hours. I found this out when my coworkers burst out laughing when I mentioned having the weekends off, and talking about my recreational plans. FML
Today, my parents found cigarettes in my car. After a long argument lasting over an hour, I convinced them that they weren't mine and that I don't smoke. A few minutes later, I went to work. Guess who decided to visit me during my smoke break. FML
Today, my boss yelled at me because every time he does his checklist walk-through of the warehouse I’m always sat on my ass in the break room, either watching television or fast asleep. Yeah, he does his walk-through every day between 12:30 and 12:45, right in the middle of my lunch break. Idiot. FML
Today, it was the first day of fall break from college, and I was really excited to sleep in and relax the entire weekend. Apparently my boss caught wind of my happiness and scheduled me 8am-2pm each day of break, "seeing how I don't have anything else to do." FML
Today, I was fired from my job for not buying a pack of cigarettes for my boss. I only lasted two months in that junkyard. FML
Today, I found out the position I thought I had earned by working hard was only to separate me from my coworkers because I "talked too much". Instead of addressing the issue like adults, I've essentially been put in time-out. FML
Today, my job has a policy where you can only have two breaks if you work 7 hours or more. I've recently been assigned multiple strings of 6 hour 45 minute shifts. And no, I can't work 15 minutes of overtime so I can have the extra break. FML
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Top comments
iAmPaul 49
Report him. You're just as entitled to a break as everyone else.
TanzWolf 26
That's just sad...
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lord_meloetta 20
Is it illegal there to not have breaks for workers? If I'm not in idiot mode then I believe in some places it's illegal to not have breaks
lord_meloetta 20
I am about to pass out from lack of sleep, please don't give me to many hate comments because I'm fairly sure that's wrong.
Shan2510 14
you're right in the US its illegal to not give breaks to employees after a certain amount of time (forgot how long it was exactly ._.)
MegamiKaosu 28
Washington I believe if you work 4 hours you get break some even give you one if you work 3. And the breaks here range about 10-15 minutes around where I'm at.
CaroAurelia 12
I know at my (low level, student-employee at my college) job, if you work four hours or more you get a fifteen minute break and if you work eight hours or more you get a half-hour break. It's the law.
Shaun2035 9
United States federal law does NOT require breaks. States laws may vary. Most breaks are just an agreement between worker and employers. As for other countries, no idea.
xxreikoxx 31
Boss: "What do you need a break for?" OP: "Mandated lunch and bladder-relief breaks, for starters." Don't actually word yourself as I put it above, but the others are right. Every hour or so, you're entitled to a break by law.
redneck66 11
one 45 min every 6 hr
xxreikoxx 31
Thank you.
booksxforxlife 2
That's actually very illegal. You can report them.
pandalover69 26
This is in Ireland, things might be different there.
cocainewhore 30
It isn't different.
Shaun2035 9
How is this illegal? Is this statement based on the law of Ireland?
devildog562 33
Vinegar drops on the tips of cigarettes may be very hilarious for you. One or two drops is plenty .
mylifebitches666 18
reply back with "union" talk.
vikky538 29
break to avoid a peek from your boss..
FATALSTR1KE 9
You can sue for that.
AFaye3964 17
id take up smoking
coming back in the future 30
Such dumbasses do not belong
sturschaedel 27
Rather than start smoking for real I'd say: buy one of those e-cigarettes, fill it with pure water and start "smoking" that.
z3r0d4z3 22
Don't use water only. Use 0 nicotine ejuice(propilin glycol/vegetable glycerine/flavoring).
Lmoconley 4
Check your local OSHA guidelines. You may or may not be entitled to that break. Also, you cannot be penalized for contacting OSHA and reporting your employer if said employer has violated one of the guidelines. Just make sure if you DO decide to report them. You must be correct. OSHA isn't cheap. Good luck.
RedPillSucks 33
OSHA is a US agency
brand125 17
31 - dont assume every post is from the US
stardustjunkie 12
I worked for a pub that was similar. I'd usually be on my own at a shift so I wouldn't actually be able to take the break I was supposed to have by law. The times I shared a shift with someone, they were always a smoker and would frequently go out for a cigarette but I wouldn't get a break. It sucks OP, by law you should have one so you can argue that. They can't fire you for requesting what you should have by law, that'd also be illegal (unfair dismissal). I would simply sit down between customers on quieter nights, that was my way of getting a break without officially being given one.