Today, we got our Christmas bonuses. Instead of money, the company decided to give us all lunch boxes with the company name on them. I went ahead and put my lunch in mine, then put it in the break-room refrigerator. Apparently so did all the other employees. Now I can't find mine. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I went and bought lunch for all the people I work with. The only meal the place forgot was mine. FML
Today, I brought my lunch to work in the only box I had lying around my apartment - a small one from FedEx. When I went to the bathroom before lunch, I returned to my desk to find that one of my coworkers had mailed my lunch back to my apartment. FML
Today, I took my lunch to work and put it in the office fridge. At noon, I opened the fridge and couldn't find it anywhere. I checked every shelf twice before realizing I'd put it in the freezer section by mistake. My sandwich was completely frozen. FML
Today, a coworker threw my lunch in the trash. They'd just got back from holidays, and I use the same containers they do. My leftovers "looked like something they'd eat", so they thought it was something they'd forgotten before going on holidays. It was leftovers that I'd been spacing out, trying to make last till payday. FML
Today, my boss decided that a mug and a public 'thank you' were a sufficient substitute for a Christmas bonus. FML
Today, for what has seemed to be the hundredth time, my labeled bagged lunch was stolen from the fridge at my workplace. I stormed into my boss's office ready to complain, only to find him eating it. FML
Today, after weeks of tirelessly organising a Secret Santa with work colleagues, we finally exchanged gifts. I got a stapler, which had been stolen from my desk the day before. FML
Today, I was given a $100 cookbook as a gift by a co-worker. The man who shares a desk with me didn't realise it was mine, as he was at lunch when I got it, so he decided to give it to my boss when he walked in. My boss is refusing to return it. FML
Today, we did a Secret Santa at work and instead of buying cringe romance novels and candy for this other girl, I bought her a fantasy novel and a bag of dried mangos. When I went to leave for the day, I found both of my thoughtful gifts in the trash can. FML
Today, after 3 years of hard work, very little vacation and no raises, our boss got us a crappy box of drug store cookies as an employee appreciation gift. Which he ended up eating. FML
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Top comments
Ibuki 15
What did you expect?
pistachiopanda 19
You should always put your name on your lunch... Office rule #24
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Ibuki 15
What did you expect?
angeluv_2014 22
Obviously he wasn't the only one who didn't think about the repercussions...
154rct 7
A jelly of the month club membership.
Y2Jfan4life 2
You could have put your name on it.
Vlakmir786 3
I love you. Also we all watched this movie today! Also **** the OP's boss! What a crock.
zoepie 7
Take a guess and hope OP.
tukies 28
Take a guess, and hope it's better than your lunch. If said person sees you eating their lunch all you have to say is, oh this looked exactly like mine.
\ 28
Just keep opening until you find yours! Parsley!
Nilorak 24
Merry xmas!
mydadpulledout 17
It's the gift that keeps on giving
speakersboom 19
new office game!
pistachiopanda 19
You should always put your name on your lunch... Office rule #24
BoltTheSuperdog 22
There's a list somewhere (*half kidding*)?
_parth 20
How do you "half kidding", something's is wrong with you?
jazzy_123 20
take the one with the best lunch x)
Enslaved 38
A turkey sandwich with a moistmaker? Yum!
traviscool 12
burn your fridge
Wolvander88 19
It's time to pimp up your lunch box, OP.
junkman6 22
Great now an Xibit skit about pimping lunch boxes is rolling around in my head.
Wolvander88 19
"Yo Dawg! We heard you like lunch boxes, so we put a lunch box in yo lunch box, so you can eat when you eating."
infinitegrace 21
Just pick one, they probably won't be able to tell it's gone.
glabberfasted 16
"You... You ate my sandwich? MY SANDWICH?!"
maxhhh 18
You need to bedazzle your lunchbox like a boss, OP.
charbel_fml 11
The real FML here is getting lunch boxes instead of money.
Fuaaad1994 31
I was thinking that too and working on Christmas
Enslaved 38
I would think more people would protest the shitty "bonus" and refuse to use it. Now the company will think it was the ideal thing to give since everyone made uses of it. Next year... Mugs!
strike2867 13
You never know, it might have allowed the company to stay in business or to not let someone go.
TShaunik 12
No, no, #29. The company is never supposed to consider such things. It's an evil business, and they ALWAYS have money, they're just too greedy to EVER give it away. /sarcasm Stupid people always think they're entitled to more...
BubbleGrunge 18
I don't really think people believe they are entitled to more, however I do think that a lot of people depend on their bonus for Christmas gifts for their family. I also know that at jobs where I was given a bonus, I loved working there because I was shown appreciation for working my butt off! Also, if they can afford customized lunch boxes, they can afford even a small bonus for their employees.
grunt_fml 17
Like BubbleGrunge already said, many people actually need that money. But there is more to this. You can be sure that company managers know that their employees are hoping for a christmas bonus. And taking into consideration that many thriving companies demand more and more from there employees (millions of hours of unpayed overtime each year, high mobility, crazy work times, ...), the hope to get something extra in return for one time each year is not baseless or too far-fetched I think. And when your company THEN gives you a cheap lunchbox, bought for a couple of cents in China, it actually feels like a slap in the face. Especially when the company managers have no problem to raise their own bonuses each year.
Vlakmir786 3
Or they could have at least let people know their bonuses were going to be a pile of bullshit so they didn't rely on the expected cash flow for family events/presents/etc... Not telling them/being upfront is a dick move. Also, lunch boxes is just a slap in the face. I swear if I was expecting a bonus and they unveiled a lunch box, I would just decline and tell them it's just disrespectful to assume that I would appreciate something so mediocre and pathetic and accept it as if it was a decent "bonus"