Today, my boss fired me because I "didn't get the right kind of coffee beans." 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.
Same thing different taste
Unfair dismissal
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 was fired from my job. My boss claimed it was because I smelled like alcohol, never mind the fact that my job was brewmaster at a beer company. FML
Today, at work, a customer ordered a caramel latte with no caramel. I made a regular latte after explaining that’s what it was. He got angry and threw it at me. I got fired for insulting his intelligence. FML
Today, my boss fired me because I corrected him after he misspoke during a meeting. FML
Today, my boss found out that my girlfriend dumped me. He asked if that meant she would no longer bring her delicious homemade cookies to the office. When I said yes, he fired me on the spot. FML
Today, my boss fired me for causing a "commotion" at work while running the vacuum. FML
Today, my boss fired me because his girlfriend wanted the job I had. She has no experience whatsoever in my line of work, it was just his "anniversary present" for her. FML
Whoops
Today, I was late for work and got chewed out by my boss. To console myself I decided to drink a cup of coffee and a cup of tea. My work provides this for free. When I did, my boss told me that in fact it wasn't, nor has it ever been, free; all this time I've been stealing other people's coffee. FML
Today, my boss fired me because I look like her ex-boyfriend. FML
Today, at work, I was fired from my job for being too "forward" to my boss. All I did was get him coffee and a biscuit from McDonald's to celebrate his 15-year anniversary working there. FML
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captainkevineff 0
well if you worked at starbucks that could be a problem
Fawetu 0
well, if your job was to bring him coffee, he cannot be blamed
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SeeBrendenBurn 0
Giving a man the wrong kind of coffee beans is a heavy insult to his character and ethnicity. For instance, if you make the foolish decision to get him French Vanilla, and he isn't French, then you have just slandered all over his race. It is like giving a white man a sombrero instead of a visor; it doesn't work, and the subject becomes deeply embarrassed. YDI, and you should be fired. Pay more attention to your boss' ethnicity next time.
underpaid011 0
should have pissed in his coffee when you had the chance
ImaginaryFoe 1
#40, I like Hawaiian coffee and I take it strong, light, and sweet. Or a dark South American. I wonder if I have to convert to a different ethnicity.
theQunit 0
In America that's illegal. you can't just fire someone for bad taste in coffee..
lindsaysue 4
Actually, in some states you most certainly can fire someone for messing up a coffee, or for any reason other than the obvious, such as race, religion, sexual orientation, etc..
MrDirector 3
Obviously you getting the right coffee beans was the last test in line with your incompetence at the workplace. You failed and deservedly, got fired.
jbadvocacy 2
Lawyer up
crusher666 0
weather you desirve it or not depends on ypur job
Ruprex 0
You actually can sue for that. And to all the trolls who say the American solution to everything is to sue, that's false and you know it. If he fired you for something unrelated to workplace incompetence, that's firing on a whim and you can sue, possibly getting your job back if all works out. However..... If you work at a Starbucks or any sort of coffee shop, if you got the wrong coffee beans that's a big deal. On that note, though, that would be irrelevant and you should have posted "Today, I lost my job. FML." Which no one would want to read, and since it happens to a lot of people, You wouldn't get sympathy. Nor would it be an anecdote.
ImaginaryFoe 1
From what I understand, different states have different employment laws and the boss doesn't always have to give a reason. If OP is in a state that requires a reason, I'm sure the boss gave a suitable one. Besides, given a task to do and doing it incorrectly IS workplace incompetence. If OP couldn't do a simple task correctly, she probably didn't do the complicated ones all that well either. Coffee beans might've been the last straw.
blastvortex 4
Well, at least he didn't bean you for it, right?
Domonator 16
This may be hard for me to express..oh, I'll try... I bet you are feeling steamed and you might be depressed, too. Perk up! Your boss is a drip, unless there were legitimate grounds for dismissal. Filter out your negative vibes and go get yourself a better job, or at least a cup of hot java.
bonniebbyx3 0
This was already a post. loser.