Today, I received a phone call from my boss, from the other side of the country. It seems the conference I sent him to is actually happening next week. 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, I unexpectedly ran into my boss. Last week, I'd met with him every day, putting together a last-minute presentation of my research for him to deliver at conference overseas. It turns out that his passport had expired. FML
Today, I got up and left for work despite being really sick, because I had a big meeting. Halfway to work, in deadlocked traffic, my boss texts me to let me know he's rescheduling the meeting to tomorrow because of personal conflicts. FML
Today, my boss selected me to be the company representative at an important meeting in Portland with one of our biggest clients. I was thrilled, until I realized he hadn't said anything about my plane ticket or hotel reservation. He later told me that I'll need to acquire those things myself. FML
Today, while sitting on the toilet, my phone pocket dialed my boss's cell. He was in the next stall. He answered. FML
Today, I showed up to work and my boss was nowhere to be found. A phone call later, I find out he's in Dubai. Oh, and since I'm his personal assistant, I should be able to take care of matters until he gets back. I've only been his assistant for a week. FML
Today, the rearranged meeting, for which I was instructed by my boss to cancel my holiday for, got cancelled. FML
Today, after working my ass off for months trying to prove myself, I received an email from my boss regarding the end-year function. Excited to be invited, I opened the email just to see I'm the only one being left behind to answer the phones. FML
Today, my boss came to my desk and asked me how the work is going, then he just walked away in the middle of me explaining a problem in the project. When I wanted to make an appointment with his secretary, she told me he isn't going to have any time this and next week. FML
Today, I woke up to a voicemail from my manager saying I had the day off. Excited, I made plans with my friends. A few minutes ago I got a call from my other manager yelling at me for not showing up, and the original manager revealed he had me confused with another girl. 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
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Top comments
WCARlover 35
well hopefully your boss wanted a little vacation across the country :p
Psycocharger 19
Well that's unfortunate, hope he isn't mad about it! Everyone makes mistakes!
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Comments (52)
aspecialspecial 21
Nice
Sandman2015 12
More like **** your bosses life. He has two make two trips!
renrioku 15
Two, to, and too are not interchangable.
paramor3 23
You're fired.
Leauge 13
At least he got a vacation.
XtremeHeat 14
Not sure who is in a worse situation here: you or him.
interesting33 37
People make mistakes, it is really unfortunate and sucks but everyone has bad days. OP could have triple checked but you don't always realise mistakes. I once booked an important meeting for the wrong month accidentally -luckily it was found out before so I could change it but it happens OP. Take care and please don't beat yourself up about it, learn from it and move on. I'm sure there are plenty of good things you've done, all the times when you've done things right, try to focus on that. And if it helps, google people who have accidentally messed up :) you didn't kill anyone, start a war or cause a big scandal. It is a problem and they will fix it. It will probably be something your boss can put on his cv as a time when he had a problem and had to solve it. Take care OP
PrincessZelda_HR 22
I don't think the incident was quite dramatic enough to warrant this...
xsydneyx123 28
When he called you, did he at least say "Hello from the other side"?
zombiekiller11 13
well that sucks... EH??
originalunicorn 20
at least it's next week instead of last week. could have been worse.
katertott 44
You would think that the boss would have tried to prep for this event. If so, he'd have noticed the wrong dates well ahead of time. Can't deny this is slightly his fault too. He's a grown man and is responsible for himself- what he does, with whom, when and where he goes, etc.