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)
katachristic 19
It's really important that you do publish it. If anyone finds out that you're withholding discoveries from the field, you will lose credibility and no one will hire you because dishonesty is completely not tolerated in academia.
ThreeCalls 15
...Maartin?
golfguy83 5
This is extremely common in the scientific world! He or your facility are going to lose money, so you make conclusions to support the claims your investors want to make to further their agenda. I've been battling some aspects of man-made climate change for years but again threatened with termination and we all know you'll be black balled if you go against "the scientific community"
latteboy50 12
Publish it, he will fire you, and then you will get famous for creating the correct theory, and he will get a bad reputation for creating a wrong theory.
bnapier 18
And all the more reason to not trust the ones that scream the science is "settled"