Today, I disproved a scientific theory created by my supervisor. He was furious and said that I shouldn't have tried to disprove him. He told me to continue working with his theory and now he threatens to fire me if I publish my work. 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, after a supervisor, who is a Donald Trump fanatic, kept pestering us with the subject, I decided to debate with him, never swearing or disrespecting him at all. I was fired, presumably for disrespecting a supervisor. FML
Today, I got fired from my job because my boss thinks that me doing everything he says makes me untrustworthy. FML
Today, my boss threatened to fire me because I'm unproductive, and haven't been doing anything. He doesn't tell me what to do, and expects me to read his mind. When I ask him what he wants me to do, he gets pissed and says that I should already know what to do. FML
Today, my supervisor forced me to bring the image of a failed simulation to the group meeting, because he thought it looked funny. So did the others and it's now going on our webpage. I have to provide a scientific description of how I made a mistake in my code. FML
Today, my boss fired me because I corrected him after he misspoke during a meeting. FML
Today, I held a presentation about my masters thesis. Turns out, my professor never ever actually read the drafts I'd given him, but decided to rip me to pieces in front of everyone, saying that the topic isn't worth researching. I've been working on it for six months. FML
Today, my supervisor told me off for doing something. When I reminded her that she told me to do it, she yelled at me for correcting her. FML
Today, my professor snapped and told me that I know nothing, that everything I've ever learned is wrong, and that all of my former teachers should be shot. FML
Today, my boss tried to fire me for not emailing him a screenshot to prove my email wasn't working. FML
Today, I told my supervisor how awful my coworker was at her job. I then got fired. FML
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Top comments
TheBookWyrm 18
Who cares? Publish it. Scientific advancement is more important than a job, and if you can disprove theories made by older and more experienced scientists, I'm sure you could find work elsewhere. Props for doing that, by the way.
Joshwarrior 39
Publish it, discredit him, and take his job. I understand that respect is important, but you will make a name for yourself if you do, and regret it if you don't. #1 beat me to it haha but plus why would you want to continue working for such an Asshole?
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Comments (85)
TheUnum 7
Seriously just listen to him he is your boss. Is it worth getting fired to try to be a smart ass YDI
ProbablyHuman666 10
He's not being a smart *ss, he's trying to advance science.
Colon_Man 17
We're allowed to say ass, here. "Ass" See? Hell, **** is in the name of the website. You don't get more heavily from the seven than that. "You can prick your finger, but don't finger your prick!" :D
Qwermy 16
Academia and science is very full of politics. Reputation matters more than evidence for getting money. if OP publishes, he will go by way of Nikola Tesla when he worked for Edison. He'll be fired, blacklisted, and probably broke, with recognition coming years after its due
MSCCG 16
I'm a researcher as well OP so listen to me. Do what he says and get your degree. Then piss off and do whatever you like. You've been working too hard to let this little argument get in the way of your goals.
shit_fer_luck 8
This tends to be the route most grad students take when dealing with that brand of crazy for a professor. A friend of mine is trying to get her MS secured first before she drops the hammer on her boss for all the batshit, unethical shit he's done over the years that our department has neglected to address. She went from a PhD to a MS just to get the hell out of that lab. Sadly, I've seen this happen numerous times. The whole process is a shit sandwich, and sometimes you just have to take a big ol' bite.
Scorpio1691 29
Publish it. True scientists welcome peer review. the fact that he doesn't blights the whole scientific community.
Witchylady 18
Publish your work. Someone else out there will hire you. Do t give in to his bullying tactics. His ego has been bruised and he obviously doesn't like being wrong.
FrutLoopDingus 19
I say publish it anyways
born_hustla 26
Quit and move on with your work!
youdontcontrolme 17
Publish it anyway. Even if he does fire you it will get you a job somewhere else probably
zane20062 5
Publish it, science is much more important than one job.
p36288 17
Publish and let home know, the one be fired would be him rather than you