Today, I finished a very important but annoying presentation that took four hours to complete. Only after writing a paragraph to explain the presentation and sending it to my boss did I realize that I saved the document as "Shit I have to do to get a promotion." FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my boss finally checked the presentation I have been working on for three weeks. She called me into her office, and told me everything was dreadful, and requested me to start from scratch. It's due in half an hour. FML
Today, my boss dropped a highly important and dense report on my desk that had to be finished by the end of the day. After the initial panic attack and hours of scrupulous work, I finished. She then asked me to pick up the revised copy, where my name was replaced with hers. FML
Today, I had a big presentation at work and I was feeling really confident. I'd practiced it over and over and I knew it inside out. But when I got up to speak, I realized I had left my notes at home. I ended up winging it and it was a disaster. FML
Today, I was assigned to work on a group project with some coworkers. The entire time, one guy insisted on "taking charge" and assigning everyone tasks. He gave me a single task: “Create a 15-slide presentation.” I completed it in less than an hour. He then decided we needed a 100-slide presentation. FML
Today, I finished a huge project for work. It took 3+ days and I was very proud of it. Except when I submitted it to my boss, he said that he'd already asked another person to do it. He used that person's project, not mine. FML
Today, I have a good job that I like and excites me. I screwed up by bluffing my updates on an ongoing task. Now I think my manager is onto me, as he wants me to give a presentation about my current work. I have to complete 10 days of work over this weekend. FML
Today, I received a company-wide email from my boss, praising a coworker's extra effort at improving our line of business. The coworker's efforts were a direct copy-and-paste of a plan I put together three months ago. No one cared when I gave the presentation. FML
Today, I worked from home to actually be able to concentrate and make a presentation about my project. My boss then sends me a long email about how he wants us to work in the office, and how important it is for team building, giving me feelings of guilt for actually getting some work done. FML
Today, my boss sent me a Word document that he wanted me to make into a PowerPoint presentation for him. It was a set of proposals for the board of directors about cost-saving options. The third option was to eliminate my position in the company. FML
Today, due to being stressed and overwhelmed by my tasks, I made a mistake and completed a few of my colleagues' tasks as well. When I informed my boss about it, he said that I did an outstanding job, but I shouldn't have messed with other people's documents. As a result, my promised raise is cancelled. FML
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Top comments
FinJage 18
Don't worry. Your boss probably saved it in a file "Shit I have to read".
FYLDeep 26
I hope the presentation wasn't about the importance of attention to detail and quality control.
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Comments (91)
louize_fml 0
As a filename, or what? Coz you have to attach right then you need to choose the file to send and you still chose a file with a filename like that?
CheckYourPockes 4
Lol if i was your boss i would have made you instant CEO honesty is a good job quality
vinathi 9
Aha I *always* name my school work stuff like "crap my teacher makes me do". I guess I should stop before *this* happens to me.
ifknh8usernames 7
definitely stop *this*. you look *stupid*.
meggiemooger 0
wow. so dumb. for your sake I hope your boss finds it hilarious.
Hansemans 17
So during these four hours, there was no point at which you realised you eventually were going to show someone this file?
EnSigne 13
So... Did it work? :P
moomoomeow2 7
Hope things get better
capnbzarr 43
So you what, sleep-typed the file name? I think you mean only then did you realize that you neglected to rename the file. And yes, YDI.
MissMisc3 7
I've almost done this. EEk! Poor you. Hopefully he/she finds it funny.
hillbillypowpow 2
Say your friend changed it