Today, I found out that absentmindedly correcting my boss's use of the word "whom" could result in my immediate termination. 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, my boss fired me because I corrected him after he misspoke during a meeting. FML
Today, I made it onto my boss's shit-list, after pointing out that he'd misspelled "customer" as "costumer" 6 times in his report, and "college education" as "collage education" twice. It'd be a dick move on his part even if making corrections like this weren't part of my damn job. FML
Today, my boss chewed me out for correcting several spelling and grammar mistakes in one of his reports. The words "Think you're so damn smart, don't ya?" were uttered. I'm his secretary, and proofreading his shit is part of my job. FML
Today, I was given my marching orders because I corrected my supervisor on something he was actually doing wrong. It seems I deserve this for "not learning to obey my immediate superiors." FML
Today, my boss reprimanded me for a huge screw-up that he was responsible for. FML
Today, I was fired. For "lack of attention to details", specifically spelling errors. My now ex-boss misspelled the name of his own company on my severance agreement. FML
Today, my boss threw me out of her office during a conference call for daring to correct her. The client fired the company because she subsequently got all the information on the call wrong, and plainly had no idea what was going on. From all the screaming, this is now all my fault. FML
Today, my new boss lost his shit and flew into a ten minute rant against me about the "value of respect". He told me that if I wanted to stay in "his" company, I'd best start toeing the line. All this because I corrected his misuse of "your" and "you're" in one of his memos. FML
Today, my boss mistakenly drunk-texted me and was talking shit about me. FML
Today, at work, I stepped out for a few minutes to use the bathroom. Shortly after returning, I found out the hard way that one of my coworkers had used my computer to send a profanity-filled email to our boss, calling him an asshole and telling him to go fuck himself. I'm now jobless. FML
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iDaniel525 8
LIKA BOSS.
SCREAM4meeee 0
Whom makes a mistake like that?
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Comments (173)
HunterAlpha1 8
grammar nazi FTL! ydi.
p33lzhear 6
its unfortunate you have to work with someone who power trips and doesnt want employee input. my work fortunately encorages simple corrections like that in the name of improvement and service.
WhomCares 2
Stargate Universe, Season 2 episode 16 "The Hunt" at 04:40 into it. Anybody else notice?
zander4310 5
your boss is a bitch
tugce2c3 2
It's Boss' and not Boss's.. Never correct your superior, don't you ever watch movies??
pixsils 1
actually, the possessive for 1 boss is boss's the possessive for more than one boss is bosses'
42billybob 5
No it can't, not legally at least. What it CAN do is piss him(her) off enough that (s)he goes looking for a fair reason to fire you.
gravygecko 2
If it was on a letter, memo or some other work-related document, that sucks. If you corrected someone's grammar in casual conversation, you deserved it.
Ninjasaurus18 9
I'm a grammar Nazi, so I would have done the exact same thing. Good work, young grasshopper.
Ilovevortexklown 5
Still a better love story than twilight...
writerchic85 26
I find people who do that crap very pretentious. It's like you're saying you're smarter than them. Even if that is so its not polite to correct people's grammar unless you're editing a paper they wrote or something. I wouldn't say you deserved to be fired over that but perhaps this was just the last straw for your boss.