Today, I was chosen by my coworkers to explain to my elderly boss that ''tossing the salad'' isn't another expression for saying ''brainstorming''. She didn't believe me. Guess we will all keep ''tossing the salad'' for new ideas each afternoon. 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, I had to explain to my daughter that no, just because the word, "salad" is in the name, it doesn't mean that macaroni or potato salad are automatically healthy for you. She still doesn't believe me. She's 19. FML
Today, during a meeting with my boss, she explained she's giving me one more chance before she has to fire me. Her reason? I accidentally ordered chicken on a salad last week for a meeting and she feels my performance has gone down the tubes. FML
Today, a customer at work pronounced the word "Asian" as "Ah-See-Awn" when ordering a salad. I wasn't allowed to say anything. FML
Today, to eat healthy, I made myself a salad for lunch. While shaking the salad container, the lid popped off, sending lettuce, cucumbers and dressing all over my cubicle. My boss walked in just in time to see me wiping vinaigrette off of my keyboard. FML
Today, we had a meeting at my job and we had to introduce new ideas to our boss. Earlier, I was talking to one of my close friends who also attended the meeting about my idea. As we start the meeting, she decides to steal my idea and take complete credit for it. My boss loves "her" idea. FML
Today, I got a talking-to at work from my new manager for eating other peoples' lunches. Immediately afterwards, I watched my manager leave the room, take MY lunch, and begin eating it. Apparently my new manager is the thief, and I'm now the office pariah who gets the blame. Nobody believes me. FML
Today, a manager was credited for coming up with a safety idea. This is the same idea I brought up weeks prior and was told it was silly by said manager. FML
Today, I ordered some burgers at a fast food joint. When I said, "No lettuce," the cashier looked dumbfounded and asked, "What's that?" I literally had to say, "The green stuff" before she got it. I'm losing hope. FML
Today, I shouldn't have told my boss that I was interested in management. She now throws any problem she doesn't want to solve at me and either gets mad when I can't work it out or takes credit when I do. FML
Today, my boss requested that I re-organize every file in the office, because she wanted the filing cabinets alphabetized right to left, not left to right. To thank me, she came into my office to give me one uncooked ear of corn. I think my boss has mistaken me for some kind of farm animal. FML
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FYLDeep 26
Maybe she comes up with her best ideas when she's tossing the salad. Who are you to judge?
babyyappld 7
looks like you guys will just have to "toss the salad" on other ways to tell him
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Comments (85)
reganera 0
lol, how old is this person?
whoisthisgirl 4
:(... I hope not too old because I never even heard this phrase lol
Sparkadelic 4
Tossing the salad means licking ass.
tencentsakiss 19
11, I would recommend going to urbandictionary.com, but you really don't want to know, trust me.
tencentsakiss 19
Nevermind, 15 already got to it.
birdman19 0
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babyyappld 7
looks like you guys will just have to "toss the salad" on other ways to tell him
GiddyXD 0
her*?
MacNuggets 0
I don't get it ... lol what's toss the salad?
natas_fml 13
D'awwwwwh
13Lina97 0
45 - It means licking ass.
660923 0
Yeah you should toss the salad until you find something else to call it.
burriedinskin 0
well that way you can say it all the time for fun and they won't think wrongly of it. it's nice to have a laph every once in awile
Monstee 2
*laugh
chrisx020296 0
laph = laff, hence the ph, noob
barbara_jude_wee_fml 0
you guys are both stupid... laugh**. dumb asses
Doortje 30
Maybe your next "toss the salad" meeting can be about how you all feel sexually harassed by her.
FYLDeep 26
Maybe she comes up with her best ideas when she's tossing the salad. Who are you to judge?
lovexbox 8
You made my day.
unfortunate_13 5
indeed, i wouldn't even point it out. way more fun if she doesn't know!
kayPandastyle 15
I totally agree I wouldn't have said shiz and had a lil laugh to myself. I don't think its a fml cus its funny and it is bettr that they don't understand ;p
catkat1988 17
Why not just toss the salad with her? Can't be that bad. I actually like that expression, I was getting tired of "brainstorming", anyway. Being from Denmark, "brainstorm" is one of those words we insisted on "borrowing" because we were too lazy to find an appropriate Danish translation, or because some business-person figured the English term sounded cooler or whatever, so the English term has become a part of the Danish language. It's a shame that "tossing the salad" doesn't translate that well into Danish, or I might just have found us the new, Danish term for brainstorming. :-)
tencentsakiss 19
Clearly the FML went over your head, lol. There is already a meaning for "tossing the salad" that is not too pretty.
schmock_fml 0
clearly u missed his/ her point. and btw i totally agree (my native language being German )
teozac 0
KASTA SALLADEN!
alwa7sh 2
Ya Salahden is cool specially in kingdom of heaven.
DropDead77 11
you sure tossed the salad on that comment
karLAHxD 4
i like your shirt, #54 :3 and the Danish language makes me hungry .....strange
buckie123 3
hilarious!