Today, on my day off, I received a call from my boss asking why I wasn't at work yet. After getting dressed and an hour-long train ride later, I got there only to find out that it was an April Fool's prank. I had to take the train back home. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
Today, I was planning on enjoying my one day off work from the hospital, at home. I got a call saying I had to come in because my department was short-handed. I went in to find almost everyone there. Turns out it was a prank by my coworkers. FML
Today, I woke up at 5:30 and made the half hour drive to work only to find out that it was my day off. After finally getting back home and into bed, my boss called, requesting that I come back to work since I was "already up". FML
Today, just a few minutes after I got to work, my usually laconic boss came into my office and said, "Pack your stuff and get the f*ck out." Apparently, half my department was being downsized. Thinking it was an April Fool's, I burst out laughing and told him how funny the prank was. He wasn't kidding. FML
Today, I was woken up from a phone call from my boss. He asked if I had been asleep. I told him I wasn't, that I was in my car on the way to work. Then my alarm went off. FML
Overtime
Today, I showed up to work at 6am, only to find out the schedule was changed. I wasn't actually supposed to be there until 9:15. My boss never told me this. I didn't get to go home either, he just said, "Oh well. Get to work." FML
Where are you?
Today, my boss phoned me and asked me why I wasn't at work. I was in the staff room. I'd said hello to her as I came in the door. FML
Skivers
Today, I got roped into work on my day off because the two new guys weren't showing up. My boss promised that I would get tomorrow off if I did, so I said okay. However, as soon as I came in and got all ready to go, guess who came in? FML
Piss poor management
Today, my boss called on my day off and told me to come to work. She neglected to tell me that it was simply to give me my recent paycheck after it got lost, but then she said, "Since you showed up in uniform, you might as well clock in for today. The new guy no-showed again." FML
Playing with fire
Today, my boss called me to inform me that I'm being laid off. In my ensuing fit of rage, I deleted the recent project I've been working on for weeks. Pretty soon after, he called me back to let me know it was a prank. FML
Great planning
Today, I woke up to a voicemail from my manager saying I had the day off. Excited, I made plans with my friends. A few minutes ago I got a call from my other manager yelling at me for not showing up, and the original manager revealed he had me confused with another girl. FML
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Miss_Moody23 19
C'mon moderators, you've got one job!
str1kepa1n 16
FML Moderators decide to join in the April fools spirit!
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Comments (106)
CoralineCrossXXX 13
Well then
Miss_Chevious 37
if these are the kind of fmls that the fml staff has to deal with every day, lets take a moment to admire the patience and persistence of the people who deliver us grammatically correct and fluent fmls while putting their own sanity at risk.
JazzHandsFML 28
I hope these FMLs are an April fool's prank or this app went downhill in a day
iglesia 11
This makes me so irrationally angry.
hornybathtub 12
COS ITS APRIL FOOLS DAY!!!
Miss_Moody23 19
C'mon moderators, you've got one job!
WhoopteDo 26
I thought it was to make sure that FMLs like these were kept in the Best of the Worst blog, or at least that I didn't get yelled at by the FMLs...
Izabushel 65
To give out hints to the hidden badges! That's your job. Well one staff member at least. The rest can do other things.
MegasaurusRex89 28
This has got to be just a really mean April Fool's day joke. Like, really mean. It hurt my brain to read that.
Dlzq 22
Heh, I didn't know you could edit FML's? All these didn't pass through moderation.
Emmamazing 26
Actually... They changed them all to be like this
Izabushel 65
Yep #19, the great powers that be can edit an FML that has been submitted. When my FML was published it was changed in a very minor way. Believe me, be grateful that they can, because the final form that arrives faithfully on our desktops and mobile devices is often a considerable improvement on what was submitted. However, I am guessing there is some sort of random generator that changes words, punctuation, spelling etc throughout the whole site, because I doubt that they would have the time to individually edit all 26,921 entries for April 1st and then hopefully change it back again.
CoGhostRider 31
In light of their joke on us we all should approve every fml in moderation.
barakicohen 11
Look at the date
Izabushel 65
#38 Whatever you do, don't do that! While normally the moderation section displays the diverse range in education levels, and the unique way some people choose to apply the rules of spelling and punctuation, when FML plays a trick, a whole new lower life form crawls forth from the bowels of FML. The bottom feeders who believe they are original in making up posts such as "Today, I came to enjoy FML but was driven to tears of frustration by the bad spelling and grammar. My inner grammar nazi could not handle it and I had a panic attack. FML". These are the same people who make up the bad posts about gold and blue dresses, members leaving boy bands, and possibly the hundreds who simply say "Today, my FML was rejected again. FML". Letting these people through could destroy the balance of the universe. It's bad enough that occasionally people who make stupid rhetorical questions part of their FML get through. Why is it stupid you ask? It's unnecessary and annoying. It's the same with people who use the phrase "needless to say'.
Marcella1016 32
Love going through random FMLs and figuring out the algorithm :) Some put the FMLs in all caps and change quotation marks to parentheses, some change my to "mah," some replace all e's with a's, some remove all h's, some change words ending in "ed" to just end in "d," some add "loooool" randomly within the body of the FML, and others remove random letters and/or spaces. I imagine the mods are manually tweaking the new and best/worst FMLs to put a funnier personal touch on them, and using the algorithm for the rest of the site. Love the effort! Anyone catch any other patterns I missed?
ironik69 31
I moderate. I promise you, that as a grammar and spelling nazi myself, these would not have been voted up today. I too am hoping these are April Fools jokes.
Marcella1016 32
Hmm won't let me edit my comment. I wanted to add that I find myself imagining an Italian accent when I read the FMLs that replace e's with a's lol
interesting33 37
This is what I think of when I see your name :) Walk On The Wild Side - Prairie Dog Alan
StickyPickles 33
ALL CAPS RAGE!!!!!!!!
IWishIWasObama 12
done intentionally by fml staff as an April fools joke
str1kepa1n 16
FML Moderators decide to join in the April fools spirit!
SEROKE 13
Wtf
llalala_fml 19
Right? I got a little weirded out when I refreshed the page at midnight and then FML was full of CAPS and tpyos
Colon_Man 17
I can picture it; *refresh* *pushes adult beverage away* :D
Miss_Moody23 19
Fantastically done FML Staff! Took me a moment to remember time zones.
erizonkim 17
WHY ARE WE SHOUTING? No but seriously, that's one heck of an april fool's prank!
abbyade 21
Soo funnnny -_-
wolfstar126 25
This must be awful for grammar nazis
katyviper 22
Believe me, it is. :(
laurenswims13 24
This is a difficult time for us all. When they changed all the "e"s to "a"s is what really bothers me