Today, my boss yelled at me in front of several customers for gesturing too much while I talk, because it's "unprofessional". I was using sign language. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, a deaf customer came to my work. In an attempt to connect with him I introduced myself in sign language. He just rolled his eyes and pointed at my name tag. FML
Today, my boss bitched me out on the sales floor for a good 10 minutes, because I wasn't "smiling the right way" for our customers. FML
Today, after a badly misjudged hand signal, I accidentally hit my boss in the face instead of high-fiving her. FML
Today, while at work, a customer refused to speak louder, despite me asking her to do it several times. As a result, I took her order incorrectly. The customer then finally decided to raise her voice, but only to yell at me about my poor listening skills. FML
Today, my boss suspended me for laughing too hard at my desk and causing a big scene in front of our customers. I was laughing because he'd forwarded me a hilarious email. He was practically smirking as he handed me my official warning. FML
Today, my boss came around to my way of thinking. He called our customers a "bunch of assholes" and to kick them out if they gave me trouble. When a lady began yelling at me for "setting the damn prices too high" I told her to leave. My boss soon bitched me out for being unprofessional. FML
Today, my boss wrote me up for saying "pissed" in front of a client. This is the same boss who nearly pissed himself laughing when a client made an extremely off-color Holocaust joke a few weeks ago, in front of half the department. FML
Today, my boss flipped me off in traffic on my way to work. FML
Today, I got yelled at for providing horrible customer service, in a store I don't even work for. FML
Today, my boss yelled at me, telling me that I can't answer the phone anymore. Not because I do a bad job, but because a co-worker whined about it being her job. People call her and complain about how rude she is and then ask to talk to me. FML
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Top comments
Leeono 26
Too bad you couldn’t show him a more fitting gesture....
RichardPencil 32
Giving customers the finger is not sign language!
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Comments (18)
Leeono 26
Too bad you couldn’t show him a more fitting gesture....
RichardPencil 32
Giving customers the finger is not sign language!
Symphoniaes 32
Your boss is ignorant, I hope he apologized. :|
silentbabydeer 10
I may not know much about the law but since I’m deaf which I know a lot about discrimination law. I am pretty sure your boss just broke a law by firing you for using your sign language....... you can’t discriminate for speaking different languages.
ThePaperDragon 31
OP never mentioned being fired for using sign language.
silentbabydeer 10
Ah thanks I didn’t catch that! But still that was a horrible mistake on the boss part for yelling at OP for using different language.
ARISKomuniszt 24
At least your customer wouldn't have heard the yelling...
CrazyTrainWreck 19
Well here's your sign
Zekfen 17
Underrated comment.
interesting33 37
surely a grown up yelling at another grownup publicly is unprofessional
headsouth 11
Atleased the customers couldn’t hear him
Lobby_Bee 18
Luckily you can sign to the customer what an idiot your boss is.
darkshadus 10
Remind your boss he violated the American Disabilities Act and can be fined, and you will get your job back with back pay
Achicken123 22
Wasn’t fired