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Today, my boss fired me for causing a "commotion" at work while running the vacuum. FML

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redcode5 17

What was line of work was would be helpful in this case, if you are a janitor, fast food worker or someone from IT.

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Viper_Revenge 10

Cleanliness is always a priority, until of course its means you interrupt whatever your precious boss was watching Brazzers

redcode5 17

What was line of work was would be helpful in this case, if you are a janitor, fast food worker or someone from IT.

Lalala579121 28

That's why you do your house cleaning *before* your conference calls.

almost_there44 26

If you were vacuuming when business was still open and customers were still there then I can see the reason why your boss fired you. If not, a quick trip to HR won't hurt. This needs a follow up.

Colon_Man 17

OP works at a vacuum cleaner store...

pandalover69 26

13, where are you getting that from? No one on here is claiming to the OP yet.

siggy_mcsigx 22

Whatever happened to managers giving warnings or guiding staff to do what's appropriate? Bosses on FML are so trigger-happy to fire their staff. Running a vacuum cleaner even during open shop hours just does not warrant getting fired when he could simply be told to put it away and only do it between the hours of such and such. People should only be fired over grave administrative errors, unruly behavior, or prolonged incompetency.

Colon_Man 17

#16; It's a joke - playing on the common "plot twist" trope. I don't even know if "Vacuum Cleaner Stores" actually exist, anymore, since this isn't the 50s. Maybe I was being too subtle.

RememberSchlitz 9

I cannot believe I'm the first one to say "that sucks".

Tripartita 45

You must have one… exciting workplace for that to cause commotion. I can imagine people gathering around the water cooler years from now to reflect on that one wild time a vacuum cleaner was on—that is assuming your office has recovered by then.

Colon_Man 17

Unfortunately, after the vacuum fiasco (vac-asco) they had to shut it down.

LyricaSilvan 30

"Hey, Bill..remember that time somebody had the nerve to start up a vacuum in the office?" "Sssh! Don't bring that up around Tom. He's still seeing a therapist for the irrational fear of vacuums that incident gave him."

Bearsmomma 30

Maybe OP works with animals and the dogs were concerned by the noisy intruder.

whydough 14

guess you'll just have to... suck it up ; )

heatherrr17 19

I'm sorry op! Hopefully they have An HR dep there