Today, I got reprimanded by my boss for smiling and laughing too much. Last week, he reprimanded me for not smiling and laughing enough. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my boss suspended me for laughing too hard at my desk and causing a big scene in front of our customers. I was laughing because he'd forwarded me a hilarious email. He was practically smirking as he handed me my official warning. FML
Today, my boss reprimanded me for a huge screw-up that he was responsible for. FML
Today, I was disciplined by my boss for "not smiling enough." I'm a dishwasher. FML
Today, my boss reprimanded me for not finishing my work on time. Yesterday, she cut an hour from my schedule every day until further notice. FML
Today, I was talking to my boss at the end of an awesome internship. He said he was really satisfied with my work, and that he had considered hiring me. Turns out he decided not to because I smile too much, and it freaks him out. FML
Today, my boss fired me because of the way I laugh. Apparently it reminds him too much of his ex-wife's laugh. I'm a guy. FML
Today, my boss bitched me out for a customer complaint. The complaint was me not laughing at the customer's joke of me asking for his ID and him saying no. I'm sorry, I've been getting this "joke" a least twice a day since I started working here two years ago. FML
Today, my boss bitched me out on the sales floor for a good 10 minutes, because I wasn't "smiling the right way" for our customers. FML
Today, my boss scolded me for being too friendly to our customers and told me to back off and let them do their thing. Less than an hour after doing as he said, he scolded me again, this time for slacking off and not asking them if they needed help finding stuff. There goes my bonus. FML
Today, my boss reprimanded me for my lack of media communications skills. It would be more understandable if I weren't a janitor. FML
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Top comments
iwanttogotoparis 26
Some people are impossible to please
pjsr 33
It sounds as if he just wants to get rid of you. Time to seek another position.
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Comments (72)
KuronoEru 26
Talk about contradiction...
MrsDruidess 23
its probably that he wasnt to fire OP so hes looking for reasons and sowing discontent. Sorry OP, its a common management trick. Even if its not, you might want to look into a new job, cause who wants to work in a place like that.
iwanttogotoparis 26
Some people are impossible to please
blcksocks 19
Well in all honesty, if someone was completely lacklustered and dull one week and suddenly started excessively laughing the following week, I would think that person is just being a smartass. Maybe that's what OP's boss felt.
pjsr 33
It sounds as if he just wants to get rid of you. Time to seek another position.
sjsjwbso 8
that is not necessary true... some people are just annoying. But if you don't like your work place, maybe it's a good idea to seek for something else.
JustinJK 21
This sort of happened to me. I suffer from resting bitchy face so my manager told me I should try to smile more to make customers feel welcomed. Then she told me to stop because my forced smile "makes me look like a serial killer"
Cads1 24
Just accept you will never be right and move on.
Eliseopwns 22
They can't exactly move on, not when it's their job ://
jqmalang 17
Man, no matter what you do, he will find an excuse. I suggest finding a new company to work with.
Honest_Guy 10
Your boss sounds like a huge dick, I'd just ignore what he says about laughing and smiling
Calingaladha 21
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
yaoi_chan 8
I was going to say that maaaannn!
AinzOoalGown 4
Maybe you should consider laughing so much you'll put the Laughter in Manslaughter when you're wrecking your bosses face in for being such a prick.
FuKcMee 32
reprimand him for being a douche!
Xandrick 22
Sounds like your boss has a bad case of "I don't like this person so I'm going to find reasons to get this person fired because I'm a miserable prick."