Today, I was given a $100 cookbook as a gift by a co-worker. The man who shares a desk with me didn't realise it was mine, as he was at lunch when I got it, so he decided to give it to my boss when he walked in. My boss is refusing to return it. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my coworker got a raise by making our boss give me a pay cut for doing his job while he was slacking off. As we were heading home for the day, he found $100. FML
Today, for what has seemed to be the hundredth time, my labeled bagged lunch was stolen from the fridge at my workplace. I stormed into my boss's office ready to complain, only to find him eating it. 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, during lunch, my coworker offered me her food, claiming she was full. I was still quite hungry, so I accepted it. Halfway through eating the sandwiches, my boss walked in and started interrogating people over who took his lunch. I quickly realized I was the one eating it. FML
Today, we got our Christmas bonuses. Instead of money, the company decided to give us all lunch boxes with the company name on them. I went ahead and put my lunch in mine, then put it in the break-room refrigerator. Apparently so did all the other employees. Now I can't find mine. FML
Today, a coworker threw my lunch in the trash. They'd just got back from holidays, and I use the same containers they do. My leftovers "looked like something they'd eat", so they thought it was something they'd forgotten before going on holidays. It was leftovers that I'd been spacing out, trying to make last till payday. FML
Today, when I went to work, my nice coworker gave me a gift basket. And cookies. I had to tell him that I caught his kid keying my car last night. FML
Today, I went with my sister to her company Christmas party. They had a gift raffle, my number was called and I won $25 for a local restaurant. A few moments later, the manager came over and said, "You don't work here? You can't have that" and took it from me. FML
Today, I went and bought lunch for all the people I work with. The only meal the place forgot was mine. FML
Today, I gave my boss a gift card as a late birthday present, since I wasn't in the office on his actual birthday. He accused me of trying to bribe my way to a promotion, and suspended me on the spot. FML
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Top comments
Steve97 32
Get your other co worker to vouch that it was a gift and report your boss for theft. Unless your company as a strict policy against gift giving.
alex_the_tiger 14
At a loss for words by how much of an ass your boss is
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Comments (51)
deltax 8
make the idiot who gave away something that wasn't his get you another one
lyzard223 8
That my better buy you a new book.
sunflower_seal 17
Wow wtf . He owes your boss a replacement. It's your book and your boss should be intelligent enough to give it back .
muis545 21
Plot twist, OP was gifted the boss' stolen cookbook.
Fixme 5
Your coworker owes you a book.
monkyvirus 13
I think it's the coworker who gave OP the expensive gift who's really lost out here. I'd talk to them first. It's their decision, especially as they'll have proof of purchase that the thief won't be able to produce. Maybe both of you go to HR? This is really bizarre situation :S
nameisname 12
I know two wrongs don't make a right but steal something more valuable off his desk and give it to your friend as a gift.
Geckosrock99 33
What kind of person takes something they've never seen before from a desk they're sharing with someone else? Sure, OP could have put it in a safe place where the coworker couldn't get to it, but they shouldn't have to. Coworker shouldn't have assumed it was for them. OP, see if you can get the help of the person who originally gave you the gift, they might still have the receipt as proof. If you can't get your cookbook back, make the coworker buy you a new one. He's the one who stole it, and he needs to know that it isn't okay to assume everything on a shared desk is his.
Zombinosh77 11
What kind of idiot is your co-worker? Who the hell gives over an item that's not theirs?! Plus, your boss is a huge child.
Slow_Walker 7
Something similar happened to me :) My co-worker took a Christmas gift from the administrator's desk, that belonged to me. It was a basket of sweets and expensive Brandy, from our vendor company. When my boss found out she caused a scandal. The gift thief said he thought it was for him and he already drank the Brandy. The head of my department gave me his own basket and said that I deserved that gift. I pity you for not the lost book, but for the fact that your boss is an asshole.