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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Halloween
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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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)
caleb_ohs 8
I'm guessing your boss is black.? Some people try to use the race card over stupid things but it makes them look ignorant and you will laugh about it later.
G00N3R 19
It was obviously a test of character
Micheal23 19
That's messed up OP, hope you find and another job without a psychotic boss
kalbrek009 20
Time to "fire" back with a "wrongful termination" lawsuit & take this egotistical jack wagon for "lost wages", & "mental anguish" (possibly even defamation of character) & make sure to stipulate to your lawyer that you want your ex employer to pay for ALL of the legal fees, court costs, etc as well.
ZombieSazza 34
I would honestly contact higher management and tell them about this, he should not be a boss!
PropelledFeline 5
I'd say he thought it l, so that for he's the racist.
xx_alexmagm_xx 12
That's exactly why you say black or white, you ****** up OP.
Tonisha1989 11
Shoulda said rainbow bro
False_Stupidity 42
Then the boss would accuse her of being pro LGBT and fire her for it being bad for the company image. The boss was a dick and looking for any excuse to fire OP.
TheInquisitor 3
Sue him. You have a strong case if you can manage to get any type of evidence
JKPwnage 27
Find some way to sue