Today, my co-worker spent the afternoon taking online personality quizzes and messaging everyone the results. She was particularly proud of one which told her she was a hard-working overachiever. My boss walked by just as the message for that one popped up and I got in trouble for slacking off. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I sent a Slack message intended for my coworker/friend to my boss. The message included plans to "get through the workday without actually working." My boss perked his head up at the other end of the office before I had time to realise what I'd done, and asked if we needed to talk about my future in the company. FML
Today, like every day, my coworker showed up thirty minutes late, sat down for thirty more checking email while I got the morning work done alone, listening to her bitch about how much she hates her job and wants to go home. My coworkers criticized me for being moody, and praised her for being the best. FML
Today, my boss sent a message to a coworker saying, "We're putting all of you back on the phones because one of you can't stop watching Netflix so corporate thinks you guys don't do anything." That person was me. Everyone's pissed at me now. FML
Today, I got in trouble with my boss for doing what she wanted me to do. I guess she didn't think I would do it, so she did it herself. FML
Today, my slacker co-worker accused me of stealing because I got more hours than him. I was called into the manager's office and interrogated. They believed him, and sent me home for the day. I guess it pays off being the boss's kid. FML
Today, my boss pulled me aside to chastise me for being "off task" because I was chatting with a co-worker while working on a project. She then spent a half hour chatting with the same person about what daycare she should go to for her new baby. FML
Today, I worked from home to actually be able to concentrate and make a presentation about my project. My boss then sends me a long email about how he wants us to work in the office, and how important it is for team building, giving me feelings of guilt for actually getting some work done. FML
Today, I walked into work, after having given my boss a weather prediction last week, so he could decide on which day to open a new company division. I was immediately taken aside and written up for "providing false information, adversely impacting morale". FML
Today, I had a huge amount of work to get through. Two colleagues offered to help, because one had nothing else to do, and the other couldn't work until I was done. My boss got really pissed at me for "making" them do my job and wasting their time. FML
Today, I did my work, the work of my co-worker who called in sick and the work of my boss who has no idea what the hell is going on all at the same time. I didn't get a promotion because I don't work hard enough. FML
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tony1891 22
damn bosses. They always happen to walk in at the wrong time.
sarah5745 41
Wow, just tell him what was really going on and that it was your coworker's fault. Hopefully he'll understand..
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Comments (26)
monstermatt001 13
Sorry op, that sucks. Maybe you should do the same.
PipingMouse 14
That wouldn't fix anything. The boss might walk past again to see her with another message open. Then her explanation afterwards wouldn't be justified. She'd be just like her co-worker.
Ltsdragons 19
And the boss might get mad that OP was taking personality quizzes instead of working. Some bosses can be unreasonable
Helpfulman 17
So if someone is doing something bad and they don't get it trouble you should join them?
brand125 17
17 - hows the boss unreasonable? assuming the boss did not see the co-worker send the messages, the boss was right in getting annoyed at someone checking their phone on the job... its just bad luck it was op who was caught and not the co-worker
incoherentrmblr 22
You never did state what you were doing op. I'd like to assume you were working...
tony1891 22
damn bosses. They always happen to walk in at the wrong time.
PipingMouse 14
Like when you're in the bathroom taking pictures of your junk.
vikky538 29
in fact they know when it is the wrong time and walk right in...
christina3466 17
Bosses suck.
PipingMouse 14
Her boss just looks like she's doing her job. If she let it slide, then nobody would do work...
brand125 17
3 - or YOU suck, as an employee? kidding (thats if you were to have a job, because you are there to do WORK, not be on the phone/email. they dont suck for trying to make people to their job...)
sarah5745 41
Wow, just tell him what was really going on and that it was your coworker's fault. Hopefully he'll understand..
Zx_MaSsAcRe_xZ 13
If this is a reoccuring thing tell her to take a test on WebMD. If she believes the personality tests then shell believe it when WebMD claims she has cancer.
WallyQ 18
Killer irony, unlucky timing though.
ImmortalYu 11
Its kind of sad for you to get an email like that and then get the boss to see it sorry OP
worldclassrager 41
Don't check your messages...still she shouldn't be doing that you work at work not play around online
JuggaloSimms1441 16
That sucks to get blamed for others laziness! Sorry OP fyl
stingray112 24
That's ironic but Yeh fyl OP hope everything works out!