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)
ObeyStudKing 4
Now would be a good time to bring in Google Translator lol.
Theblackrose8 5
Some people are so paranoid
BayAreaBum 1
Your boss is a freaking moron.
88vivera 9
Ur boss is really really stupid!!!!!
ArabFML 3
Su jefe es un imbécil. -_-
epople 5
My Facebook picture is the mustard for that ketchup and hot dog no joking
saidoh_fml 26
Sorry OP that your boss was trying so hard to sound smart and just ended up looking like a dumbass. If he was gonna call you out for "talking about him in Spanish" he should have done so in Spanish.
cajekraze 7
It is always considered rude to speak anything other than the common language in a mixed group or public setting. If it is not appropriate to say publicly, then it doesn't belong at work. Many companies have policies about this and you can legally be fired for speaking a foreign language for any reason other than company business. I know it feels wrong to you but is the truth. Your boss is a complete moron for his handling of the situation, and for that, I am sorry.
RadkeRonnie 3
No, it's not always considered rude. Most of the time, two people can have a conversation in whatever language they want and no one cares.
CaroAurelia 12
It sounds like two Russian speakers were BY THEMSELVES and having an INNOCUOUS conversation in a language they both speak. I don't get the impression that they actually were talking about the boss, or that they were around others until the boss showed up.
happyconverse 10
Your boss is so dumb!!!
happyconverse 10
Your boss is so dumb!!!