polemania
United States
Today, I had an employee come in 20 minutes late with the excuse, "There's a Pokemon gym across the street!" FML
Collection
Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Same thing different taste
GymBattle
United States
Today, while I was working out, I was listening to music with my earbuds in. The Pokémon theme started playing and I begun singing along. It wasn't too long after that I remembered I was in a crowded gym on a military base. FML
FML
Pine Bush, United States
Today, I was at work and a guy walked up holding his phone with the camera facing me. He then looks up at me and says, "I'm not taking a picture of you. I'm just trying to catch a Pokemon." And here I was thinking that I looked nice today. FML
whytetrash
Newcastle, Australia
Understandable
Today, my manager made me stay at work for an extra four hours, making me miss an urgent specialist appointment I'd scheduled months ago. Why? Because her neighbor's dog was having puppies, and she wanted to go home early and see them. FML
hatemyjob
United States
Today, I arrived at work and was immediately given a disciplinary write-up for being two hours late for my shift. Apparently the manager had changed my schedule that morning and failed to tell me. FML
Anonymous
The wizard
Today, we had our busiest day at work all year with lots of angry people calling, and a co-worker called in sick. I went to my local game shop after work, exhausted and upset, and guess who was at his usual table running a Dungeons and Dragons group, apparently not too sick to go out. Yeah. FML
Lily
United States
Today, I came to school late because I had to drop off my daughter at school. When I got on campus, the security told me I was late but I said, "Oh no, I work here." and he said, "Oh like I haven't heard that one before." And he took me to detention. My boss, the Principal, had to bail me out. FML
Anonymous
Oakland, United States
On time
Today, I finally got up early enough to get to work on time. I arrived 15 minutes early only to realize that I'd left my work laptop at home. Ended up being 30 minutes late. FML
ThreeHoursEarly
What's the time, please?
Today, I was told to be present for a meeting that started at 5pm. I arrived 15 minutes early, and I was late for the meeting. This happens regularly. FML
Anonymous
One law for thee…
Today, my boss called me while I was working from home to bitch me out over being away from my computer for 49 minutes, when my lunch break is only 45 minutes, thus wasting another 13 minutes. My boss is known for spending hours online gaming from home during work hours. FML
Jester94752
Today, a co-worker, who lives 30 minutes out of my way, had broken down so I picked him up. We were both 5 minutes late and both got fired. Our department takes 30-60 minutes to even start running. FML
Top comments
mylonius 19
My boss just had to ban Pokémon Go because all of our employees walked out yesterday to find a Squirtle.
ResidentThatGuy 12
Unless your workplace is also a gym, I see no problem.
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Comments (65)
Punkgirl4554 20
there is one in my local park. i just started playing today, so i cant get into it.
aboelmagd 18
That's like the second coolest excuse for being late, right after i got laid yesterday.
confused_wandere 26
Why would having sex make you late for work the next day? I don't think any boss would take that as a valid excuse.
acmariner99 25
I don't understand this fad ... Never did.
MrGarrett26 11
give that man an excused tardy
brenton490 19
If only the gym was in your building it would bring more business even post a sign that states gym is for paying customers only. THINK OF THE BUSINESS!!
Poppleton99 9
Sounds like a pretty valid excuse to me!
thegoat01 6
Did you then close up shop so that you and your team of employees could go take over that gym? Because that's just good leadership
brenton490 19
That's a good idea and you can make it like the games and make them fork over money BRILLIANT!!
IorvethTheXolo 8
I get how fun the game is. I have it and I play it, but there's a time and a place. I'm shocked by how many issues this game has caused. I laugh at the funny things happening, but at the same time, I can't help but shake my head at the people who are so willing to jeopardize their jobs for it.
thatguythojake 9
There's one across from where I work too!! I know the struggle
trblmkr0727 18
I accepted driving 4 hours away AND staying overnight with a person I'm not a fan of just so I could go catch Pokemon in a city......