Today, my co-worker and I were having a conversation in Russian. Our boss overheard us talking, shouted, "I know you're talking about me! I speak Spanish too!" and threatened to fire us. FML
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Today, my boss is on the phone with a Russian customer, who keeps saying, "Speak Russian please!" My boss asks me to translate, as he hired me for my knowledge of Russian. He says something, I translate in Russian, then the customer says, "Speak English please!" FML
Today, while working at Subway I joked with a customer asking him if he was going to order in Spanish. The women in front of him began yelling about how I was being racist and told my manager that I needed to be fired. The customer I was joking with was my Spanish teacher. FML
Today, on my second shift at my job, I was fired for “ruining the communication of coworkers” AKA I don’t speak Spanish. This was known before I was hired and I live in California. FML
Today, my boss got angry at me because my English is better than his. He accused me of trying to steal his management position, and implied that I'll be lucky if I still have a job by the end of the month. FML
Today, I was unable to communicate with a customer who only spoke French. As a result, my boss called me a "monolingual idiot." I speak Spanish, German, and Japanese. FML
Today, I overheard my boss and a co-worker talking about me. Apparently when I speak, I slur my words so badly that it sounds like I'm speaking in tongues. According to my boss, "he could be possessed by a demon right now, and we'd never even notice." FML
Today, I overheard my boss talking about me on the phone. Turns out he was drunk off his ass when he gave the go-ahead to hire me, and he's now searching for any excuse to legally fire me. FML
Today, my boss's son is training to take over my job as head translator, after having convinced his dad that he's fluent in Spanish, and that my skills suck. I soon walked in on him using Google Translate on a legal document. My boss refuses to believe me. FML
Today, my boss threatened to write me up, after I made a slightly rude joke about a coworker everyone hates. A while later, a colleague told me the same joke. Turns out my boss had gone around telling it to everyone else and taking all the credit. FML
Today, a client came in and was struggling to speak properly. He said, “Sorry, no good English” so I offered a Spanish speaking colleague who could assist. He frowned and said he was from Greece. He threw a fit and got my manager involved. I got a write up and have to do an online sensitivity training. FML
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ifyacantbeatem 5
Se habla?
b1ggerb1tch 0
talk about a dumb boss, Russian sounds nothing like Spanish .-.
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Comments (128)
fengminfeifei 4
your boss
greenie213 23
What about him! The suspense is killing me!
novalaise 7
Obviously he doesn't speak spanish!
SystemofaBlink41 27
Is being an idiot now a requirement for a boss?
Szaszaspasz 26
Methinks he does not speak Spanish, certainly not Russian; but he also doth protest too much.
FlyingPie 17
Because Russian sounds exactly like Spanish.. :/ FYL.
shay_shay_zhar 1
Привет. Я тоже гаварю по русский!!
lostfaithinpppl 19
You managed to have both grammatical and spelling mistakes in your 6-word-long post, so I doubt you actually do speak Russian.
dannykazzy 1
Хах ой блин я тоже!:)
CaroAurelia 12
Or maybe this person does and they're dyslexic or just not good with spelling and grammar. Don't be so damn pretentious.
girlymae 12
Lmao your boss needs to get his facts straight before threatening you...
funky2525 14
there are a lot of geniuses in the world.... your boss isn't one of them
fatalwish 6
i would just have to laugh
zombiekitten87 12
I was reported by customers at work for speaking Spanish in front of them once to my boss. Not only do I not speak Spanish, my boss was speaking in English as well. Granted, she has a heavy west Indian accent, but still... Not even close to Spanish. Pointless story aside, don't speak in other languages at work unless you are assisting someone who speaks said language. Your boss is an idiot, but it's considered rude to do so anyway.