Today, MLK Jr. Day, I was told that since my other co workers are on vacation, I have to be at work Today. No one else is at work Today...or on any other holiday. Also I am the only black person at my office. The irony, FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I told my mom we get Monday off due to Martin Luther King Jr. day. She then insisted that I had to go to school because that is "only for black people." FML
Today, it's Christmas day. Normally, I'd be spending it with family. However, my boss decided everyone has to work today, despite the fact that there's enough people who want to work to run the place. Apparently it's "fairer" if we all have to do it - except him. FML
Today, my workplace is doing a "time and a half" day for the Fourth of July. Take a wild guess at who is the only employee who's not scheduled to work. FML
Today, I went to work during Black Friday, after not being invited to my family's Thanksgiving dinner. FML
Today, I work in healthcare, and I was told that since someone quit I have to work Thanksgiving weekend, Christmas day, and all of New Year's weekend. This is after I was told, "Our workplace is a family." FML
Today, over half of my coworkers have called out for various reasons and my manager is on her third week of vacation. My coworkers keep calling out. I'm the only closer. I just want a day off. FML
Today, my manager rejected my leave application for Christmas. Later I found out that I'm going to be the only employee working at the office during Christmas. FML
Today, I was told not to show up for work, after I showed up for work. FML
Today, I did my work, the work of my co-worker who called in sick and the work of my boss who has no idea what the hell is going on all at the same time. I didn't get a promotion because I don't work hard enough. FML
Today, I thought working through the holidays would mean little to do and the boss telling me stories all day. Actually, it meant having loads to do, while my boss was telling me stories regardless, effectively keeping me from doing the work he is paying me for. FML
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manb91uk 22
Well you know... That great man gave his life so you could become an unappreciated wage-slave just like the rest of us whities! Seriously though, it sucks that you're the only one... Have fun with it though.. Photoshop you and the King himself and put it around the office for when they get back!
Iamthebanzai22 21
Yeah, that is certainly not right. But maybe you should follow MLK's example and not keep quiet about it. Nothing is going to happen unless you do something about it.
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Comments (34)
Ksweety_fml 27
racist asf
RichardPencil 32
You benefited from his life’s work. Let the others benefit from his memory.
Robert Vasquez 3
WTF
Aphrodite 20
I definitely LOL’d!!!
manb91uk 22
Well you know... That great man gave his life so you could become an unappreciated wage-slave just like the rest of us whities! Seriously though, it sucks that you're the only one... Have fun with it though.. Photoshop you and the King himself and put it around the office for when they get back!
raven_of_azarath 35
While I do agree with you, I do want to add that some white people were essentially slaves too. They would come over as indentured servants and went into debt so bad that they couldn’t leave. They were treated like slaves. Also, women have been oppressed for thousands of years. While they were treated better than those in slavery, they had the same amount of rights (which is none).
Suaria 38
Indentured servitude only lasted for a few years though while a slave was a slave for the rest of their life. So while yes a white person worked without pay, they did get land and other benefits sometimes after working for someone for 5-7 years. Also we started moving away from indentured servitude after Bacon's rebellion and started moving towards a slave system. So it is hardly comparable to compare indentured servitude to slavery.
blahblabbity 19
sounds like you’re the only person at the office at all
Iamthebanzai22 21
Yeah, that is certainly not right. But maybe you should follow MLK's example and not keep quiet about it. Nothing is going to happen unless you do something about it.
Dave_Davington 34
What better way for your people to celebrate your special day than by working for actual money, rather than the privilege of not being whipped?
Iamthebanzai22 21
WTF is wrong with you? How would you feel if your forefathers had been abducted, whipped, killed and raped and people made comments like that?
Dave_Davington 34
Personally, I'm more worried about future generations who'll look back on their ancestors and how they were butthurt, offended, miffed, displeased and had their jimmies rustled after taking humorous comments on the internet way too seriously, and the legacy of pain, indignity and general embarrassment that will leave.
cornyrob 33
Still too soon
Iamthebanzai22 21
White americans have no frame of reference of what it feels like to have to see documentarties and photos and hear accounts of how your forefathers were oppressed, how that shit gets you in the pit of your stomach. If you did, maybe you would realise that there are some things you just don't joke about. Tell you what: Here is a link to the church burning scene in "The Patriot". Watch it and decide what you would do to anyone who joked about that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtTljtBxtd0
raven_of_azarath 35
While I do agree with you, I do want to add that some white people were essentially slaves too. They would come over as indentured servants and went into debt so bad that they couldn’t leave. They were treated like slaves. Also, women have been oppressed for thousands of years. While they were treated better than those in slavery, they had the same amount of rights (which is none).
Iamthebanzai22 21
That is true. The large Irish population in the US is also the result of Irish slaves sent there by the english so yeah, maybe my comment about white people not having been oppressed is wrong. I do think though that the guy who made that offensive comment has no idea of what that feels like and I think he should be a bit more sensitive.
Dave_Davington 34
Nah, what's real oppression is being called American. Nobody can even begin to fathom what kind of pain and slight annoyance that wreaks on my people.
merican_redneck4 11
Truthfully I don’t give a flying **** what happened to my forefathers
inappropes 31
At my job no one gets the day off. boo hoo man.
OneGuySixDemons 23
Wtf? Why would anyone be required o work on holiday? Have a word with HR to get some sort of compensation and hopefully another day off
merican_redneck4 11
Well see there is this thing called a pay check and it’s usually made out to the person that worked and it’s what is known as compensation for your work
Juste2004 2
That's fckd up
Aphrodite 20
Is nobody moderating these FMLs? it’s March 15th people!