Today, I found out that my 2 week Christmas vacation my boss was talking about wasn't for this year, but 2010. I spent the day with my husband cancelling flights to Florida, and explaning to my 8 year old why we were not going to Disney World. 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, the rearranged meeting, for which I was instructed by my boss to cancel my holiday for, got cancelled. FML
Today, my coworker and I announced that we are spending our holidays together, because we both have kids. My boss then announced that he's coming with us. FML
Today, I found out the time I'd requested off for a trip in 2 months, that my boss said that I could go on, wasn't fully processed, just in case he decided I couldn't go. He told me the second part after I'd bought no refund tickets for shows for both me and my girlfriend. FML
Today, my boss asked me if I had any special plans for Christmas. After I told him I was planning a trip to Canada, he snapped, "Well, you can forget it. I need you at the office." FML
Today, my parents confirmed we were going to be taking a Disney World trip for Christmas vacation. I already knew that we were taking a trip, but I was now missing a week of school. Being in 3 honors and an A.P. class, I said that I didn't want to go. I got called an "ungrateful, little prick". FML
Today, I found out that I have to reschedule my upcoming honeymoon because my office will be understaffed that week, due to the boss going on vacation right after my wedding. Oh, yeah, and he's in my bridal party. FML
Today, I found out that my family has paid for and booked a trip to Dubai without me. They weren't going to tell me until they were about to board but since I was crying that my friend ditched me for my holiday, they thought they would let me know. FML
Today, I was told I would also be covering some of my boss's shifts next week. She gets to go on a vacation to Europe with the bonus we earned her last year. That's why she was tightening our deadlines to the point where some of the employees had to hire babysitters for their children so we could stay at work. FML
Today, while at work, I was asked to see my boss. I was informed that the company would be laying off 20 people, and that I was one of them. I was told I could finish off the week, then was sent back to work. Twenty minutes later, my boss walked around and handed us all Christmas party invitations. FML
Today, while on vacation, I found out that my boyfriend moved out. He had claimed that he couldn't come with me because his boss messed up his time off request, and for the last two days he said he'd been "cleaning". FML
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Luckster 0
Oh ouch man! What the ****? Seriously, if your boss says you can have a Christmas vacation, you're going to assume he means Christmas THIS year! Ouch...
mandacakes 0
you dont want to go to disney anywhere near the holidays anyway. its so busy and your kid will be so mad with waiting in 2-3 hour lines that everyone will hate it. its probably a good thing. buy your kid a pony or something instead
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Anteezy 7
Lol so not even a vacation for over a year that sucks :p
Reyo 2
You didn't have to do that. All you had to do was bring him to the office and say "See that nice man? He can tell you why we aren't going to Disney World."
WeStayCrunk24x7 0
no you couldn't do that actually, because we dont know who's fault it is. Maybe the boss was trying to be clear about it but the OP is just inattentive, the kind of person who would just hear the word "vacation" and stop paying attention to anything else like that its for next year. maybe of FML but not the boss's fault.
mayumm 0
Well... NOW its 2010!! lol
stupidfaceman 0
noo 2011 dumbut
stupidfaceman 0
noo 2011 dumbut
THE_A_TEEN 28
PPPFFFFTTT, it's 2012. Douches :D
Potato_Pi 7
Actually 2013
SHAMUS_the_WITTY 18
PRETTY SURE it's 2014.
summerguy97 16
Damnit you beat me to it
vikingchick 22
2015 now!
CLOTHESPlN 17
Man you guys are behind, its 2016!
Delaney Brianna Schmuck 6
its 2018 now.
waterynuggets 0
Sucks to be you.
Luckster 0
Oh ouch man! What the ****? Seriously, if your boss says you can have a Christmas vacation, you're going to assume he means Christmas THIS year! Ouch...
legendofdon 0
lame my comment disappeared...ydi for not paying attention to your boss
xxxNataliexxx 0
Sucky job much? Tell him Christmas vacation now or I quit
ironwords 8
"what's that? You're quitting? Oh no! Ill just get one of the other 200 people to fill in."
glorbnakcs 0
YDI for not confirming the date of your vacation before making plans. Imagine, dangling the hope, no...the dream, of going to Disney World in front of your kid, only to rip it away. You make me sick, fascist.
xxdakotaxx 0
Someone has a humbug up there ass?
lizamaphone 6
I agree, who the hell plans a vacation before confirming that they're not working?
TheOptimist 0
Someone who works at Wal-Mart
itsamemaria 0
aww..
Jimboom 12
Agreed with the YDI's. Either your an idiot for not paying attention to your boss and/or not confirming something as simple as the year said time off was in. Most companies though require you to fill in a leave request form out, in which case you either filled them in wrong or didn't even do it and just trusted your boss would sort it all out. Again YDI then!
vev_fml 0
LOL. Book annual leave. Take annual leave. YDI for working for a douche.
redbluegreen 41
Wow, ******* seriously? My dad came up with a bogus reason for not taking me to Disney World (he took me to the parking lot of Disney World and then we left), but yours is almost as bad. Your kid is going to remember this.
Luckster 0
Dude! You serious? Did he tell you Santa, Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny weren't real on the way home too? How can people do that to their kids?
redbluegreen 41
Yeah, I was like... Seven? I think it was my seventh birthday (my birthday is December 20th) till after Christmas we were in Florida. He drove me to Disney World, we got out of the car, then we got back in the car, and he said to me, "Okay Rachel, you've been to Disney World!" And we went to Epcot so he could get drunk. I remember every second of it. He doesn't. Wonderful parents these days.
AtoZnumbersand_ 1
FYL
polico_wolf 0
im so sorry =(
nokillnobeepbeep 0
One of few threads that I have actually found exceedingly sad on this site. FYL to go all around it seems.
redbluegreen 41
The trip got worse, after that, if you can imagine. That same trip to Florida, I met Rachel, who I later found out was my half sister... http://www.fmylife.com/miscellaneous/4403752 Joy. (Yes, that is my FML.)
Peroxide 3
LOL. That makes for good 'Show and Tell' at school. "During the holidays i went to disney world, the happiest place on earth!" "so what were the rides like?" "well the fence was pretty tall but from the screaming i could hear, they sounded pretty awesome" "i have a camera roll full of carpark pictures if anyones interested"
AtoZnumbersand_ 1
Aw, redbluegreen... I'm really sorry. Same thing happen to my half brothers, I contacted the eldest one... Needless to say my two brothers and his wife were very suprised.
perdix 31
Was the bogus reason that he had tickets to Disneyland (in LA) by mistake?
redbluegreen 41
No. I've never been to Disney Land or Disney World. Ever. My dad's reasoning, he told me in the car, was he had better ways to spend his money, and technically, I did go to Disney World. I went to the Disney World parking lot, which, in his mind, most likely counts as the exact same thing as going inside.
perdix 31
No, tell your dad he sucks, because you didn't "technically" go to Disneyworld. You have to pay the admission and enter the gate before you can say that you've "technically" gone. That's a really shitty thing to do to a kid. If he didn't want to spend the money, you all should have just stayed home. But what he did was he took you there, he had the money, and then he told you he didn't want to spend it. He deserves a vomit-inducing kick to the balls. I hope you get to go at least once. I've never been the Disneyworld, but I had a great time at Disneyland/California Adventure in L. A.
redbluegreen 41
Yeah. I told my mom about it right after my dad left and she couldn't believe it. What shocked me most was I didn't do the typical like, cry and wail about it, or throw a fit in the car when it happened. I just never trusted my dad again or expected him to keep promises. He never cared though. My mom said she'd make up for it someday, along with all the wonderful things my dad did in my life. Although now, I could always go on my own. I guess. I'm old enough. I'll go someday. -hug hug hug- Awww, I love you Mercy. Everyone I tell and say, "That's my FML," they're always like, "Oh God. I read that the first time and couldn't believe it to be true." Mmm. Story of my life. But it was weirdly funny reading a few of the hateful comments.
perdix 31
Hey, RBG, Don't worry. It's never too late to go to Disneyland (or world, I guess). My parents took me when I was 3 and I supposed fell down on the bridge to Fantasyland and busted my face. When I was in my mid-30's, I happened to be taking a training class just down the road from there and one day, it let out early. So I went and had a great time. I was even able to report back to my parents that I negotiated that bridge safely this time! Disney knows what to do to entertain people of all ages, so you can always make up for lost chances. It's not like Barney the Dinosaur -- if you didn't see that as a little kid, you realize that it is stupid and he just puts new words to old songs.
redbluegreen 41
Aww. Mercy! You just made my day there. -blush- But yeah, I know what you're saying and it's ridiculous what some parents put their kids through. My dad's no longer a part of my life, sadly. Perdix, I actually have no idea what's at either of those places. Besides a castle. Oh and I know their food is really expensive. The Simpsons told me so. I'm thinking the FML super elite team should go on a trip to said place. >_>