Today, I started my first day at work, I've been unemployed for a while and am in college, so naturally I have no money. At the end of my shift, I ask what we do with the extra bread, and they tell me to throw it away. Being poor and hungry, I decide to take the bread home. I got fired for stealing. FML
Collection
Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my house was broken into. I'm really poor and don't have a television or nice clothing, so they just dumped my trash all over the house and stole my one loaf of bread that was supposed to last me for the week. FML
Today, I went into work. After three years of working 55 hours a week, they fired me by putting the contents of my locker at the front door, with a note that said "If not picked up by 10:00 am stuff will be donated." I work the night shift. I just lost three sweaters, two pairs of shoes, $60, and my job. FML
Today, it was my first day on a £600 a week job. I was fired for being 10 minutes late. FML
Today, while working at McDonald's, I was pulled into the manager's office and informed that I'd been caught stealing money from the safe. When I told them to show me the security footage, they refused and fired me on the spot. FML
Today, I was in a bad mood after being stuck in traffic for 2 hours and late for work. I was walking to my building when I saw a 100 dollar note flying my way. A man called after me for it, but being selfish I took the note in my pocket as a little reward. That man was my boss. Yes, I'm fired. FML
Today, I was so ashamed of being broke that instead of asking my parents for money, I snuck into their house while they were at work to steal some of their food. FML
Today, my financial situation is so dire that I tried to steal toilet paper from work. I got caught. FML
Today, on my first day of work, I got fired after 45 minutes. FML
Today, my boss fired me by locking me out of my workplace after I went out to throw out the trash. FML
Today, I was getting lunch at a fast food restaurant. My boss was in front of me, and in order to get on his good side I offered to pay. Instead, I got fired because I guess my boss assumed I was making fun of his salary, which I knew nothing about. FML
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Giskard 0
You should have just asked if you could have it.
Chibi_fml 9
You should've asked first. Some places have very strict policies about things like that, but they may have said yes if you had asked. Technically, you WERE stealing.
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Improbability 0
Oh yeah, YDI. I worked in a store that sells a bit of food (no joke, it was mostly home decor stuff, no idea why Jelly Bellys count as decor) and we would have to mark out candy if it was past its expiration or damaged (opened). I asked if I could take some home, (Do Jelly Bellys really go bad?) but no. The reason? It looks fishy and management/corporate doesn't know the difference between it legitamately needing written out, or you were writing it out for a freebee. I would assume restaurants would have similar rules, and "because people would purposely make too much in order to take some home" is a pretty darn good reason. This guy obviously had no clue, which sucks, but doesn't excuse not asking first. That's just common sense. You don't do anything at a job if you don't know for sure its okay, and you certainly don't make assumptions. Because retail/food service requires a whole new type of thinking. One thing I learned in 8 years of retail: the "crazy" or "silly" rules, procedures and things companies do are usually not crazy or silly at all. (#1 reason everyone should work retail or food service at some point in their lifes.)
theshinepolice 0
you know a few things of bread and a "don't do it again, because now you know it's wrong, or you're fired." i believe would cost less than paying him for the whole week for nothing, but you know, if you like your stale bread that much guess there's no messing with it. they do have to pay him for a week if they fired him, right? thats what i think, but im not much of a business buff. too young.
leppy228 0
Uhm, well, it seems to me that ur not poor, since you have a computer with internet to post this
roflmaonade 2
i hate these kinds of comments.
mld_fml 0
because no library ever offers FREE internet access to the public.
timj 0
i got fired once for telling my boss a joke about how i was drunk, because she kept persisting i was. i really wasnt.
Sucks2beYouxD 0
Sorry to hear this, tho I can't help but agree with others that you should've asked first. I work at supermarket and our boss allows to take the leftover bread home. Every grocery got their own rules. So ask first next time >_
woppernoonions 0
Panera? If so, yea they suck.
dark_mullet 0
Being fired over something like this is ridiculous, regardless of policy. Especially for a first time offense. Verbally reprimanding him would have made LOTS more sense than the action taken, so the manager in question is a douchebag, regardless of policy.
xXxAlex666xXx 7
Haha awsome.
isthebrogan_x 0
Do you work at Tesco? Cause I do, and we get the same treatment XD
ThatFailed 0
FYL. There are only 2 jobs you should ever steal from McDonalds - The slippery when wet signs Bank Teller - Nuff said ;)