Today, my boss thought it would be a great idea to delay paying me until after Christmas. There goes rent, bills, food and of course Christmas presents. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my soon-to-be former boss tried to NOT pay me for working on Christmas Eve, but I called her out. Now, she's blocked me out of her life, and is looking for my replacement. FML
Today, my boss sent me a text message saying, "You're fired. Merry Christmas!" 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, my boss announced that instead of holiday bonuses being on the cards, the company is going under and we'll all be out of a job next year. 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 boss decided that a mug and a public 'thank you' were a sufficient substitute for a Christmas bonus. 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
Today, I talked to my boss about scheduling my urgently needed surgery. She asked me to wait until after Christmas, and told me that I should use vacation time instead of sick leave. She's also not going to give me the total paid time off my contract specifies, because it's "inconvenient." FML
Today, nearly Christmas, my dad got mad because I don't have enough money for holiday festivities. I can't afford things because I haven't gotten my paycheck yet. I work for my dad. FML
Today, after calling my bank to see where my paycheck was, and waiting on hold for my entire lunch break, my boss told me she forgot to submit my deposit. I was relying on that money to pay for lunch today as I used all I had for bills. Looks like I eat tomorrow. FML
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clintml11 13
What a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four flushing, low life, snake licking, dirt eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood sucking, dog kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat ass, bug eyed, stiff legged, spotty lipped, worm headed sack of monkey shit!
NicoleP1993 29
Revenge plan: 1. Set up office secret Santa. 2. Rig it so you get your boss. 3. Shit in a box. 4. Gift wrap said box. 5. Attach note that says 'made me think of you!' 6. Enjoy!
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Comments (65)
oiler 21
Ask for it, if they do not give it to you go to someone higher up.
ViRepz 28
Most likely his boss is a small business owner, and pays his staff himself.
pjsr 33
There goes Ebenezer Scrooge! Better pray he gets some ghostly visitors tonight.
clintml11 13
What a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four flushing, low life, snake licking, dirt eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood sucking, dog kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat ass, bug eyed, stiff legged, spotty lipped, worm headed sack of monkey shit!
sam882 28
Well that was creative.
yerawizardlizzy 27
Pretty sure he's quoting Christmas Vacation.
UH60 26
I mentally gasped for air at the end.
Squeepy 19
Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where's the Tylenol?
BlobfishUnite 14
Rolls off my mental tongue quite nicely.
BigbenMrJDM 12
You forgot lint licker
captainsmegma 12
Settle down Clark!
katluvr 22
My favorite movie quote of all time. Thanks for posting that in the most appropriate way imaginable.
clintml11 13
Very welcome!
blazingshot147 19
For some reason, it started out normal in my head and then ended up with Bill Cosby noises in my head...
WiiperWapper 12
He should send this (anonymously) to his boss!
Magnoxidans 19
What a Grinch!
ihartmytdi 23
On the bright side, your New Years Eve party is going to be bangin' given that you'll have been forced to skip Christmas and all; gotta celebrate somehow!
NicoleP1993 29
Revenge plan: 1. Set up office secret Santa. 2. Rig it so you get your boss. 3. Shit in a box. 4. Gift wrap said box. 5. Attach note that says 'made me think of you!' 6. Enjoy!
getfokinrektm8 9
annnnnnnd hes fired
OSMC 10
mad ****** skill, #6
R2Y2 22
Or you could just anonymously shit in a box? Sounds a lot better if you don't want to get fired.
luciorossari 8
5 words: haribo sugar free gummy bears.
allforfun 23
That's illegal. Go to the next higher up, or payroll department. Failing that, file a complaint with the appropriate government agency
Colon_Man 17
Payroll is probably set up for Fridays.
josiemorehouse 12
#17 - Not all companies are set for Friday payroll. My company does semi-monthly pay checks: the 15th and the last day of the month. Depending on the company OP works for, it may be a small business where the manager is the owner, thus he/she would be able to choose a different day to pay the employees. If the company OP works for DOES have a payroll/HR department, he should definitely contact them to address the issue, as the manager should not be able to overrule the standard HR payroll system. It really does suck, and hopefully OP will get paid on time.
Utetopia2014 18
In Australia, if payday is a certain day (in this case Friday, most likely), and a public holiday falls on that day, the company is obligated to pay it BEFORE the normal payday. Of course smaller companies get away with not doing this, but it is generally the law. On the downside, its the 24th of December, one shouldnt be relying on a pay due on the 25th (I'm only guessing) to buy Christmas presents. There's leaving things to the last minute, and LEAVING THINGS TO THE LAST MINUTE. On the upside, they get 2 pays within 7 (or 14) days of each other. The next payday doesnt come in late just because this one did (unless its paid weekly, then NYD will probably cop the same thing).
xoteeshaox 22
Firstly, I work at maccas in Australia, if payroll is a public holiday, it gets put through later, so we don't get paid until after. Also, it takes a while for some fml's to be posted, so this one probably wasn't posted today. Or OP could've used a credit card to get the presents and now isn't getting paid to pay off the credit card and has to return said gifts (which you can't fit to say in the post, although I do doubt that possibility)
superwhovian 16
Doesn't he have to pay you every set number of weeks? Even if that's not the case that is really rude and inconsiderate. Try to talk to HR if you have one.
Brokeandsad 8
That's extremely illegal.
thubbz 3
Wait do people really wait until the 23rd to buy all of your Christmas presents?
iiTzNeeNerz 26
Believe it or not, a lot of people live paycheck to paycheck. Maybe they didn't want to wait until last minute to do Christmas shopping; maybe the last check just didn't allow for it.
Colon_Man 17
Paycheck to paycheck sucked. I got out of it by putting $20 a week away in a saving account. Discipline yourself and pretend like it's a bill. These days I can miss three months of work before running out of cash. But, it took me over a year to build up that much.
Seabass_Chan 33
Also, a lot of people don't post their FMLs the DAY something shitty happened to them. "Today" is one of the rules for getting published. This could have happened last week. Then there's however long it takes to get moderator approval...
snazz23 20
I had to....i get paid weekly and have to plan my spending around bills. So I had to plan it so that the paycheck I got last week would be the one I spent on Christmas....not everyone has the luxury of being able to spend that kind of money without proper planning.