Today, at my internship, I was told we were going to do something fun. I was excited, until I found out that this "fun" thing was labeling 500 folders. 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, I found out I've been incorrectly sorting thousands of papers for the past two weeks. My boss wanted them sorted by date, but the co-worker who instructed me said to sort them into alphabetical order just to watch me fail. FML
Today, I'm a graduate but still an unpaid intern. My daily work is folding letters and putting them into envelopes. The sad thing is, I actually enjoy doing it. FML
Today, I started the internship of my dreams. The company has nothing for me to do, so I sit and stare at the clock. FML
Today, I went to orientation for college. They gave us a name tag and I tried to figure out how to put it on for a few minutes. After struggling with it I realized it was a sticker. FML
Today, my boss told me to sort and file all the paperwork he'd been randomly shoving into boxes since 2010. Apparently we're being audited, so he expects me to do eight years of filing in two weeks. There's enough paper to fully stock a large public library. Two weeks my ass. FML
Today, I was given a new responsibility at the law firm where I work. I'm now in charge of punching holes in every single piece of paper to be found in the office, estimated to be in the hundred-thousands. The reason? I finish my daily clerical work too quickly. FML
Today, I went in for my second day working at my internship. My bosses greeted me and told me we were going to have a meeting. The meeting was about the drunk voicemails I left them on Saturday. FML
Today, I discovered that "team building exercise" really means free labor with no snacks. FML
Today, my supervisor’s first words when looking at my work were, “What is this shit?!” I explained that I'd done it exactly like she told me to. She just kept on grumbling because she couldn’t find a single thing I had done wrong, which apparently ruined her day. FML
Today, I set out to organize my media files over several old hard drives, but I got so engrossed in creating intricate folders and subfolders that I forgot what I was organizing in the first place. My computer is now a labyrinth of folders titled "Stuff," "Things," and "What is this even?" FML
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Feklfekl2222 32
I sometimes find tasks like that fun, it depends if I can make a game out of it or not.
ant1078 7
That's how my boss gets me to empty the garbage bins :(
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Spazz420 7
I like stickers it would've been fun for me
The_Troller 14
That reminds me of those teachers that tell you you're watching a movie in class and then give you a ten page packet to fill out during it. I ******* HATE when that happens.
DontClickOnMe 28
I know right! I mean really, what's the fun in that?
lizard399 0
And when the last questions are required essay answers.. I about flip my lid.
absolutegrrr 7
Or when its like 'today we're watching a film' 'yay!' and then the film ends up being some ancient documentary about the history of whatever.
Morgannnnuhhh 1
I hate being tricked like that.. I'm afraid if the doctor, dentist, and all other places of those professions so when I haveeee to go, my mom says "come on Morgan let's go to Walmart" me: "okay!!!....whh wait this isn't walmart!!"
piccalo 4
May be it's.."okay!!!....thank god....this isn't Walmart"
Morgannnnuhhh 1
Hahaha (:
quite_bored 9
Kind of like when you trick a pet into going to the vet.
YourBuddyElmo 5
Since when is Walmart a bribe-worthy trip? I would take the dentist over Walmart any day.
I_Punch_Babies 7
I remember when we tricked my cat by telling him we were going to the pet store. We actually took him to the vet to be put down. Technically we did go to the pet store that day. Just without him :D
Lauren324 18
That's ******* depressing.. ^
HannahWho 8
I_Punch_Babies--Whaaat. That was ******* depressing.
loserman67 36
in·tern also (ntûrn) = slave labor. Yeah, interships can suck, but in this lousy economy/job market you have to suck it up and stick wih what ya got. It could always be worse, you could be cleaning bathrooms or walking the boss's pet Rottweiler
overrandom 4
You know if you say gullible backwards it sounds like oranges.
DontClickOnMe 28
No it doesn't.. it sounds like elbill.. oh.. =(
periwinkle95 10
That's the point! Oh, how gullible we are.
fmlahahaha 5
At least you sit on your ass while you work. Some ppl have real jobs. But I guess that's what you get for wanting to be a pencil pusher. Oh, and I'm a moron who has never had a job, my mom feeds me, I have no idea what I'm talking about.
drawmesunshine 17
You annoy me.
desireev 18
You are right on!! You are a moron! Whether your mommy feeds you or not..
funnynesh 10
How do you know OP doesn't have a good job? And besides like #3 said, you have to work your way up! You can't expect life to be everything that you want on your internship, let alone on very long work shifts you will get in the future. But your a moron so I doubt you will ever get a job. By the way this isn't for OP I'm saying when some moron decides to hire you for a pencil pushing job and I you will say "today I got hired for my first job. Too bad im 35" I'll be commenting, " ha ha ha ha!"
BeaterOfTheDrums 15
You're* a moron..
bubo_fml 11
"This is a folder" 500x's!!
fthislyfe 22
One does not simply have fun at work
stormchaser24 24
Well how do you get to label them. Like Mr. Johnson or do you label it office idiot.
DocBastard 40
SWEET! You get to label folders? Shit, the only thing more fun than that is collating and stuffing envelopes! I ******* LOVE collating! Dammit man, I'm so damned jealous!
drawmesunshine 17
I like label makers; labelling 500 folders sounds like fun to me.. :P