Today, I got fired from my job at a weight-loss center because I was too skinny, and apparently it's too depressing for the customers to handle. 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, I got fired from my job because I "look too grumpy." FML
Today, I was fired for being a very happy and perky employee. According to my boss, it freaks both the customers and my co-workers out. FML
Today, I got fired from my low-paying, depression-inducing job. At least now I have a "real reason" to be depressed. FML
Today, I got told I was too fat and needed to stop eating, because I need to lose weight. I was then given a full plate of food and had to eat it all. FML
Today, a coworker told me I was "fat shaming" them by discussing weight loss with other coworkers. FML
Today, at my new job at a funeral home, my boss threatened to fire me if I didn't "lighten the hell up" while dealing with our grieving clients. FML
Today, my personal trainer fired me. Why? Because I wanted to focus on strength training, not weight loss, and refused to track my carb intake or fasting hours or "hold off on carbs til the optimal time of day." Nice to know I'm not allowed to be satisfied with my own weight. FML
Today, I got fired after three days at my new job. They told me it was because of downsizing. They were still interviewing people and had a help wanted sign in the window. FML
Today, I was fired from my job for being constipated. FML
Today, I was upset over a recent break up. It showed while I was at work, and I made a customer sad just by looking blue. She complained to my manager. I got written up for being so depressed that I got a customer depressed too. FML
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music_woman1 11
Wouldn't you be something to work towards? Like a source of encouragement? And if someone "overweight" works there, the customers wouldn't see the point of it..
randomthing 22
I bet you can find a better job somewhere else ^^
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randomthing 22
I bet you can find a better job somewhere else ^^
Tali147 16
You could probably find a job at a gym. They like to hire skinny people. That is pretty weird that you can get fired for being skinny. I thought there were laws in America against things like that?
Tali147 16
My comment tried to post twice and Ido not know why. So I edited it to say this instead. My apologies.
gracehi 33
There are laws against employment discrimination in the US but I'm pretty sure they only apply to race, religion, and gender, not body type. In "at will employment" states, an employer can fire you for any reason excluding those three, or for no reason at all.
wallandpiece 16
Actually there's this thing called unfair dismissal, which is (believe it or not) illegal.
ManInTheMachine 20
^True, but if OP got the job within the past few weeks, then the employer is allowed to fire them for any reason they deem relevant. Not that I agree with it, because I don't. I've just seen it listed on a few job applications I've filled out.
hooligyn123 18
There is in *some* states laws for unfair dismissal. However to get around this most employers will put down things like "Unfit for work place" or "Unreconcilable differences" or some such nonsense they can legally get away with. Unless they have written proof they fired them for being too skinny, it likely wouldn't hold since most employment is "At will"
gracehi 33
I looked up "unfair dismissal." According to my research the termination has to violate an employment contract, a specific jurisdiction law, company policy, or fit a particular criteria. Unless there is a written legal reason OP can't be fired based on body weight, "wrongful dismissal" doesn't apply
chemchic 7
In South Carolina there is a will to work act in place and they can fire you for anything. Religion, race, even being pregnant.
MizzErikaHart 8
Same in Nevada. It's a right to work state and they can fire you for any reason they want
evilplatypus 39
52 - Firing based on race or religion violates federal law; it is an exception to "at will" laws. Pregnancy is understandable because it can interfere with your ability to perform certain functions of your job (depending on your job).
chemchic 7
Well my husband got fired a while back for our religion... so I'm not sure what you're trying to say. They don't put it in writing so it's always a he said she said issue.
IQWasJustLowered 0
He could work at McDonalds to depress people out of buying food
LordOfLincoln 6
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Eat some cake then.
iluvevil01 11
The cake is a lie
iluvevil01 11
The cake is a lie
Mitcha857 0
GLaDos hates cake.
raraisbang 12
Portal 2 references for the win
zachherbert 10
Where's SliceOfCake when you need him?
ss_20_xx 14
^ His display picture. Yummm.
KriiFahMoro 9
@112 It's a reference to the first Portal, not the second.
SliceOfCake 9
Please don't eat me.
SliceOfCake 9
I like cake.
alshygirl 14
It's more depressing that you actually got fired for that reason :(
maxmex13 7
I don't think the customers were the jealous ones...
shellz102 12
She should at least be the fat people's motivation don't ya think?
wastingtimeonFML 7
I agree with 56! You being thin and healthy should motivate them to lose weight when they see you, OP.
Marteeny23 19
Your henna is amazing how did you get it so dark?
gracehi 33
Solution: Get a new job at an anorexic rehabilitation center. Perhaps the clients there will be more cheerful.
micaelareppucci 6
That is the worst thing I have ever heard in my life. I can't believe someone even has the nerve to say that
gracehi 33
It was a joke made in poor taste. My apologies.
Marcella1016 32
Maybe it's just me, but I found your joke quite witty. If it makes you feel any better I thumbed you back up to -28 votes...
Bluedog42 7
I thought it was funny. Guess we are the only ones with humor.
muFilter 19
Distasteful and funny: Two thumbs up from me.
music_woman1 11
Wouldn't you be something to work towards? Like a source of encouragement? And if someone "overweight" works there, the customers wouldn't see the point of it..
evilplatypus 39
Yeah. I'd have a lot more faith in a "weight loss center" with skinny employees than one with fat employees. If the employees weren't skinny, I wouldn't have any faith in the establishment or it's practices.
boofgall 16
That's just bigger people being frustrated with the fact that OP is skinny, and firing her (unprofessionally) for it.
xPhoBiuHzZz 1
If you say skinny really slowly it sounds like anorexia. Yea I'm high.
BubbleGrunge 18
It's idiots like you that give us stoners a bad name. Listen, I'm a hardcore pot smoker but I dont act-a-fool when I'm stoned.
PYLrulz 17
Son... Please drop the crack pipe. Right now!
xPhoBiuHzZz 1
Only joking fellas, only joking.
brown4lifejot 1
Stoners give themselves a bad name by being stoners, they dont need to do shit
jordan3194 0
I thought it was funny :/
KriiFahMoro 9
9 and 94 need to be lynched for being so retarded.
onlychildFTW 34
That's just really strange.
MRosellini 2
You keep telling yourself that
ManInTheMachine 20
OP didn't say it. Their employer, and apparently other customers, said it. Read carefully next time.
shannonreneee 11
8, exactly. Sometimes there can be a big difference between a healthy, lean body and a skinny body
yankfan89 27
That is a stupid reason. That's like firing a personal trainer because they are too fit and muscular. Be proud of your body. I would consider filing a wrongful termination suit but you probably don't want to work for those people anyway.