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
Feel like sharing it with the other FML users?
Thanks, your FML was submitted, and will appear in the moderation queue soon!
Top comments
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.
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (200)
xFaust_fml 12
Of course you were fired, they do that everywhere. You should have asked, and if it was no, then it was no. Your life is not f***ed, it's a rule dude.
Brave_Sir_Robin 4
and you didn't shove the bread up your ass to hide it? (checks over by judges' table) What's that? He did? Wow. Epic fail, dude.
FarSide 23
ROFL!
FromCFL 0
Sorry, but I have to say YDI for not asking if you could take it. (Or for not being slick enough about fake-trashing it.)
Galex7471 4
You should've asked if you could just take it home instead of just taking it. I used to work at McDonalds and we were supposed to throw the cookies away after 4 hours, but there were many evenings when I'd ask if I could bring them home and the managers would let me, even though it was against the store policy.
glostik 0
#10 Exactly what I said! :P
bugmenotmofo 34
There have been a lot of such cases in Germany recently. Employees got fired for "stealing" six maultaschen (pastries filled with beef, spinach and other ingridients), or for returning pledge-coupons worth under 1Euro, "stealing" from a buffet before it took place... sick world.
alfigel 0
Welcome to the wonderful world of capitalism: if the company is unable to make money off it, nobody is allowed to have it for free.
mystomachurts 3
I have worked at multiple grocery stores... and it is common protocol at every food store that you will get fired if you are caught eating or taking home an item that has been marked a "Loss." (This includes cans that are dented, bread that is just one day expired, chips that have a small rip in the packaging.) Why is it so strict? BECAUSE SOMEOOONNEE IS ALWAYS GOING TO TRY TO RETURN THE PRODUCT TO THE STORE AND RUIN IT FOR THE REST OF US! SO yes.. you always have to ask, and sometimes they will say no, but most times a manager will simply take a sharpie and initial where you scan the item so it can not be returned for store credit. These rules are there for a reason people. We lose money for the idiots that go dumpster diving and then return the expired food that they find (and believe me, that DOES happen.)
FarSide 23
Good point. 35,000,000 laws because some people refuse to accept just 10 Commandments.
jawanessa 0
There should just be one commandment: Don't be a douchebag.
FarSide 23
Judging from FMyLife.com, 99% would break it.
joshmore666 0
one simple process could have saved that... Bag, Label, Reduce. youl have to pay, but you wont get sacked
alwaysalady 0
I hate that. I have worked at several different fast food joints, and the good ones said that if its going to be thrown away, to mark it on the waste chart, and then quietly take it home. We also had a five dollar credit for food every day. Those two rocked. Then I worked at one that allowed no meal credits, and forced us to throw perfectly good food into a nasty bucket, and hten some poor soul had to count out every fry, every tomato, every bun... it was repulsive. You should have asked, or been smoother, though