Today, while at work taking notes on a pad of paper, my boss witnessed me trying to scroll down on the paper, as if it was a touch-screen phone. FML
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Today, I was working on entering a lot of information in the system. When I'd finished, I closed the screen to move on to the next steps, my boss came by to see how I was doing, just in time to see me looking at a now-blank screen. I'm convinced that my boss thinks I closed a screen that wasn't work related. FML
Today, my boss bitched me out for doing some random web browsing while waiting for some documents I needed to arrive, then went back to his desk and went on Facebook, thinking I couldn't see. FML
Today, I was at work, when I got bored and started spinning around in my chair for a little fun. As I was spinning, I went to grab my phone. I missed and sent my phone flying, hitting my coworker in the face. My boss witnessed the whole thing. FML
Today, I was bored in a meeting, so I absentmindedly started flipping my phone like a fidget spinner. I lost grip, spun it towards the ground, then watched it slide across the floor directly to my manager's feet. FML
Today, my boss yelled at me for having Facebook open at work. That's fine, I closed it and continued on with my work. In a meeting later on I could see the reflection of my boss's laptop screen in a mirror behind her desk. For two hours, I watched her scroll through her Facebook feed. FML
Today, I realized how much I'm on the computer. I tried to "CTRL+Z" on something I wrote down on my paper. FML
Today, my boss and I were bragging about our new phones. I unlocked mine to show its awesome display, and accidentally opened a job search app. FML
Today, I was in a meeting with my boss and superiors as well as our clients. About two hours in I started playing with the lid of the pen I was using, next thing I saw was the lid flicking up and hitting my boss square in the middle of the head. FML
Today, I was on a conference call and digital meeting at work when I got bored and started surfing the Internet. Little did I know that my desktop was being shared. My boss was on the call and saw everything. FML
Today, even though I’m not allowed to be on my phone while on the line at work, I texted an unknown number. My manager looked at her Apple Watch. I'd texted my manager while on the job. FML
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loltroll667 10
Stupid stupid stupid...
Pleonasm 36
Soon, you're going to expect the pad to spellcheck your work. Peh. Humans, you gotta do everything for them. Get a paperclip and pretend it's assissting you. That won't make you look crazy at all to your boss.
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Comments (99)
sniken 14
Maybe try to lay off the touch screens for a while..
emeraldisle 30
Time to take a break from technology.
ICastillo 25
What the ***** a pen and pad of paper? Never heard of it, but a touch screen phone those are awesome.
MichellinMan 20
Well sir a pen is a type of writing utensil that uses ink and makes marks that can't be erased. And a pad of paper is described by its name.
justbarb 11
technology has us all confused this day and age
AngelicTide 11
I would just play it off like I was doing something else...
unknown_user5566 27
This would've been relatively easy to play off, OP. You could've simply said you were wiping a smudge off of the page, or trying to flip to the next page of the pad.
Dracoboxer357 36
27- Call me judgmental, but me thinks if Op has a hard time trying to differentiate between a note pad and an iPad, he may also be lacking in the facilities to cover up said deficient. ;P Just saying. ;D
perdix 31
When the text doesn't respond to your swipes, hold your thumb down on the bottom center of the pad and put a finger of your other hand on the top edge, and hold it for about 10 seconds until the Apple logo comes on. You may need to hold it longer than 10 seconds. If you hold it for an hour and the Apple logo doesn't come up, take your pad to the Apple Store and let them look at it. Insist on seeing a Genius.
martin_martian7 11
Too much technology for you!
Eelam_star 2
OP probably goes nuts when the power goes out!
Dracoboxer357 36
40- I don't know about Op, but when I have an outage during the evening and visibility could be better, I get out this centuries old, dark age wax cylinder with a string core in it and I set the tip of it on fire! So crude, yet effective! (Op, it's called a "Candle." I suggest googling it first for future reference!) ;P
cristy91 33
Y'all young whippersnappers with your electronic doodads! Back in my day, we did our work with God's ipad, a piece of paper and a pen! Ya dang children, ruinin' the world, those robotic men will take over before you have a chance to facespace about it