Today, I got sent home from work for appearing stoned/under the influence of drugs. I suffer from severe hay fever, which no antihistamine has fixed yet, hence the red and glassy eyes. 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 called me out for a drug test. His reason was because my eyes are puffy and bloodshot, making me look high. I've been suffering from allergies all week, but still had to pee in a cup in front of a complete stranger. FML
Today, I was written up at work and sent home 20 minutes into my shift. My boss thought I was under the influence of something, but it’s really just the first time I’ve come to work with no makeup on. FML
Today, it was my first day with new contacts, but I found out they make my eyes red and itchy. Today was also the day I had a very important meeting. They think I showed up stoned. FML
Today, due to the high pollen count and despite taking hay fever medicine, I passed out in the bathroom from not being able to breathe. My mother accused me of doing it on purpose to make her late for work. FML
Today, still suffering from an eye infection, I received a customer complaint. Having red eyes, asking how a patron's day went, and thanking them as they left my register obviously means that I must be stoned out of my mind. Apparently I've moved to a city where you must be on drugs if you're nice. FML
Today, my nosey louse of a coworker went to HR and told them I was snorting drugs at my desk. I was using nasal saline, as the dry winter weather wreaks havoc on my sinuses. The fact that they even brought me in pisses me off beyond words. FML
Today, I wasn’t hungover at work for a change, after quitting heavy drinking of 10+ years. My boss accused me of being “high as a kite on drugs”, because I was “suspiciously chirpy.” FML
Today, I have a zit on the edge of my nostril, along with severe allergies. I can no longer tell if my tears are from pain or hay fever. FML
Today, I was sent to the front office for having blood shot eyes and smelling like smoke. I just didn't get enough sleep and had trouble putting my contacts in, and I always smell like smoke because of my parents' excessive smoking. They didn't believe me. My parents had to come in to back me up. FML
Today, I had to show up at an anti-drugs lecture with full-blown pink eye. It's from an ongoing bacterial infection, but the speaker said he'd heard that excuse a hundred times before, and shamed me in front of everyone. FML
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Top comments
Emrysa 1
Seriously, tell them it's hayfever, and they can have you tested if they want, if you're innocent? Not difficult. YDI for not standing up for yourself.
blland 0
well... now you get a day of rest. well deserved! YDI thus.
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Comments (69)
drinkmoxie 0
that's great you have a law suit in action
Gobsnoglin 0
You are part of a MAJOR problem with society today, everybody wants to sue everybody else for stupid shit. Grow up and stop looking for fast/easy money.
Fminetoo 0
What happend to the world of "Calling Off"
CalmBlue 0
FYL, Southlander. New Zealand hayfever is a B*TCH.
capthavoc123 0
Clear Eyes, you dumb shit. If it was that important, you should have sprung the $10 (how ever much that is in New Zealand money) to fix the problem.
Twinklestar 0
If you had a job, you dumb shit, you might realise not everyone has time before work to stop into a pharmacy, or that they might have gotten it once they were there, seeing as hayfever isn't usually that bad in the morning.
_sourpatchkid 0
really? Not that bad in the morning? i used to wake up with my eyes glued shut, thanks to my lovely allergies. :o|
AmbrosiaFan 19
Maybe ClearEyes doesn't work for this person, you dumb shit.
teacher411 0
How sad. Hope you feel better soon. Just give them a doctor's note so they feel like assholes. I don't really know much about hayfever but it might have been best to call off from work. Anyway at least now you get to rest
AmbrosiaFan 19
Doctors notes don't mean squat nowadays.
aquariusxx 0
awh. :( fyl, op. as a fellow hayfever victim, I've been in similar situations, though never quite as extreme as getting sent home from work.
grimmelok 0
In all honesty, after being sent home I would have got high as hell if that happened to me.
HeatSeeker 0
... i never heard of HayFever.
protoceratops 0
It's a fancy name for the allergies a lot of people get in spring/summer. Pretty much feels like having a constant cold.
leadrunner751 3
whoever says you deserve this is an ass
Nerdbite 0
you can sue them for that.