Today, I was fired for "blatant, inexcusable racism". My boss had asked me which website background I preferred for our company, and I said that white backgrounds are usually best. He thinks that I believe in white supremacy, and that's bad for the company's image. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my boss threatened to fire me for racism after I refused to hire a black woman. I didn't hire her because she came to the interview wearing what was basically a bikini and she was covered in tattoos depicting lewd sex acts. FML
Today, I was let go without warning at work. Why? Because my boss saw some comments I'd posted. Nothing I'd said was offensive or controversial, but he said he didn't care, because he didn't agree with it and didn't want me to "smear" the company name. I represent the company? I just serve coffee. FML
Today, I got fired, apparently for being racist to black people. When I told my boyfriend, he couldn't stop laughing. He's black. FML
Today, my extremely racist coworker was doing his usual thing. Since it was 9/11 he went absolutely hardcore on his "jokes" so I reported it to my supervisor. She asked what did he say specifically and I recited it to her. She decided to write me up for "making inappropriate comments at work". FML
Today, I was at work and commented on someone’s YouTube video that they sounded “so white” when pronouncing “Tacos Al Pastor.” I didn’t realize I'd used my job’s Google account to post the comment. Someone flagged my comment, and our IT department told my boss, who then fired me. FML
Today, I was fired from my job because I, in my boss's words, "Abided by company policy to such an extent that customers were starting to hate me." FML
Today, I accidentally selected an emoji with a dark skin tone to use in a Teams chat with my colleagues and supervisor. I'm white. One of them complained and now HR wants to talk. FML
Today, my boss fired me because I look like her ex-boyfriend. FML
Today, I was accused of being a "racist whore" at work. I'd only asked a man if he needed help finding anything, as that is part of my job. FML
Today, I found out that my company used a nice photo of my coworkers and me for their corporate website, in efforts to make their office seem fun and relaxed. This wouldn't be so bad if they hadn't just fired every single person in the photo, myself included. FML
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Top comments
AnnaDeWitt 27
Does your boss think "a stab in the dark" is insulting gay people as well?
jen1097 25
Some people just try to find any excuse to shout racism, even when it's totally ridiculous. Sorry that you had to associate with one of them OP
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Comments (101)
Livin_Like_Larry 29
Your better off without someone that stupid
duffy512pd 9
He was probably just trying to find a reason to fire you
Chewiebhz 15
A little off topic but you guys realize a black background wallpaper is actually greener as it saves up energy from the display right?
toriangel17 14
and you realize they were talking about a website right?
ZombieSazza 34
But a white background looks cleaner and professional.
tatertotx3 16
You must not eat white meat in front of him because you know you'll be a racist if you pick it over dark meat.
milkman18 16
Unless OP was standing in his/her white robe and had the initials KKK on it that boss was being a complete dick
austism 7
Well bright colors bring attention to the webpage, and white is more professional than neon green or pink..
TrivisionZero 4
OP was right, black backgrounds usually signify something mysterious going on. Like HackForums.net or evilzone.org or something. White is mainly more positive, which is why most companies use it.
ZombieSazza 34
Right? White backgrounds like clean and professional, a darker background on a website is more personal or not really professional (personal opinion).
catharsis5 9
What are the chances that your boss simply don't like you for whatever reason?
Sathane 21
Sounds like a great law suit easily decided in your favour. :)
anonymous100000 17
take it to court