Today, I was conducting a meeting regarding safety concerns on my field site. While I made a comment, a client rep yelled out that women don't know construction, and that I should be acting like a proper secretary and should get my boss. I'm the Construction Manager. 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, my boss threw me out of her office during a conference call for daring to correct her. The client fired the company because she subsequently got all the information on the call wrong, and plainly had no idea what was going on. From all the screaming, this is now all my fault. FML
Today, my foreman complained that I was slowing down productivity and costing the company money, all because I was wearing a harness to protect me from falling over the edge of a three story building. FML
Today, my boss sent me to a meeting with a client I've never met to do some damage control and renegotiate his contract. For two hours, he alternated between threatening to sue us, and making vulgar comments about raping me in his office. FML
Today, we can finally order badly needed safety gear for my crew. My boss flipped his shit, demanding that I "stop bringing it up, it's annoying" for doing my damndest to keep up with industry standards. I was brought to tears for literally doing my job, with no "peers" to back me, since I'm an HR department of one. FML
Today, at work, I took a call from an angry customer. After listening to his problem and fully explaining how we could fix it, he called me a stupid girl and said I need more training as I obviously know nothing about my job. I'm the company training coordinator. FML
Today, I brought my daughter to work with me. When we walked in, a client was blowing up at my boss, all because as my boss was walking past his storage unit, he glanced in and was about to compliment how neat it was. After my boss left, I had to deal with the aftermath, which left my daughter terrified of this man. FML
Today, I had to call a coworker to the office via the store intercom. The damn thing didn't turn off properly and everyone heard me say, "I hate that asshole. Just be where your dumb ass should be." I realized my mistake a few seconds before my manager stormed in and threatened to fire me. FML
Today, I was fixing something for a guy at a steel manufacturing company. His employees told me that their boss can't hear properly, so I'd have to be loud when talking to him. When I'd finished, he asked me if I normally talked like that, or if there was something wrong with me. FML
Today, I was at a big meeting at work. The CEO was reaming the hell out of us for our recent poor profits, when I accidentally let rip a vile fart. I was then subjected to a 10 minute tirade of abuse for "trying to be a funny man", and told that whatever small chance I had for a promotion is now gone. FML
Today, despite warning my boss that it’s dangerous and stupid, he still insisted I get on with putting up a 4-storey tall scaffolding in high winds, and when it blew over, he blamed me for not putting it together correctly. FML
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HeyArnold91 8
It always seems that women will be forever defending themselves in male dominated industries
MURIKKA 11
Whenever I read an FML that includes this degree of stupidity and ignorance, I always think, "Please don't be in the US! Please don't be in the US,! Please don't be in th- **** it's in the US"
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Comments (149)
duhbaby 10
I hope you fired him.
cmb8280 24
YDI cuz you go girl! Get on wit your bad self!!
ryggsekk 8
well, it's actually hard to work for a woman in a male dominated proffesion. the thought of having a female CM have never accurd to me, and l some-what hope that it will never happen. well offcourse it would be okay if she could empathize as any other man working in that field, then l would not have a problem.
bakerella 29
Accurd, proffesion, some-what, offcourse? Stop talking
pokemai 6
Wow .. I would Never thought of a scandinavian man to say shit like that. I feel ashamed ..
pokemai 6
Edit: Wow .. I would never have thought of a scandinavian man to say shit like that, especially considering that Scandinavia has the largest percent of female leaders in the world. I feel ashamed ..
johnny_derp 3
you're an idiot. you clearly have some problems with your self esteem and masculinity. seek help.
noodleboix 10
Don't let that sexist bastard get to you
RedPillSucks 33
Tell he that if he has a problem with you, he can complain to the construction manager. See how long it takes him to figure this out. If you're in a position to do so, make sure this incident is in his performance review.
winkydog4056 16
Ah, sexism at its finest. Nail his stupid ass to the wall!
simonepedretti 7
fire him.
TheyCallMeDamien 18
Do a superior job and don't worry about the little punter. Eventually he's going to say something to the wrong person.
waytogonutball 2
FYL OP! I used to be a project engineer and go through the same things. I loved what I did but now am jaded. Kinda feels like walking down a dark alley at night, always having to look over your shoulder. I began living by the motto "If they're being nice to you it's because they want to F you or F you over." Good luck.
gio4467 7
If I were u I would have put him in his place and been like "im in charge! Surprise mothafucka!"