Today, while working at Subway I joked with a customer asking him if he was going to order in Spanish. The women in front of him began yelling about how I was being racist and told my manager that I needed to be fired. The customer I was joking with was my Spanish teacher. 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, my co-worker and I were having a conversation in Russian. Our boss overheard us talking, shouted, "I know you're talking about me! I speak Spanish too!" and threatened to fire us. FML
Today, on my second shift at my job, I was fired for “ruining the communication of coworkers” AKA I don’t speak Spanish. This was known before I was hired and I live in California. FML
Today, my coworker and I were swamped with coffee orders. I told him I would "take care of the blacks", and a customer who only heard that sentence screamed at me for several minutes about racism. FML
Today, a customer came in who only spoke Spanish. I speak Spanish rather well so I helped the customer. She ended up buying $2300 worth of stuff. I got written up because not speaking English apparently "has the potential be offensive to other customers if they are not able to understand you." FML
Today, a client came in and was struggling to speak properly. He said, “Sorry, no good English” so I offered a Spanish speaking colleague who could assist. He frowned and said he was from Greece. He threw a fit and got my manager involved. I got a write up and have to do an online sensitivity training. FML
Today, I was getting lunch at a fast food restaurant. My boss was in front of me, and in order to get on his good side I offered to pay. Instead, I got fired because I guess my boss assumed I was making fun of his salary, which I knew nothing about. FML
Today, a customer yelled at me because I wouldn’t sell her a boneless chicken bucket with extra fries, beans, coleslaw and Pepsi. I work at Subway. FML
Today, a customer asked me if we serve spaghetti. She then asked for a manager because I was giving her a weird look, laughing softly when telling her yes, and apparently making her feel stupid. My manager wrote me up. I work at the Old Spaghetti Factory. FML
Today, a lady at the clothing store told me to, “Stop speaking 'Mexicano', this is America!” when I was talking on the phone. I actually speak Portuguese. When I pointed this out, she verbally tortured me and threatened to, “Call the cops” if I didn’t leave her store for, “making her feel threatened.” FML
Today, I found out that as a supervisor, if you reprimand a female worker and end the conversation with, "Now get back to making sandwiches," your boss will consider it sexism and suspend you. I work at Subway. FML
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_kyleG_ 34
People need to calm the hell down
iop330 22
Ask is she wants to speak in dog language as she's obviously a bitch.
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zachery44 5
Your co worker sounds like a beaner just ignore him. And no every Mexican is MOT one Just the ones that call people racist all the time. Then go to there friend in Spanish about the gringo like we don't understand. But I'm sure there will be someone to comment and say I'm racist
laden_swallow09 35
I could probably understand what you just said if I read it two or three more times, but I shouldn't have to.
rocker_chick23 27
Read the FML more carefully.
PandaLove16 11
Tell them to mind their own freaking business.
rinithxxx 9
WOMEN said you were being racist?
NamelessFace 22
I'm confused, was this guy even Mexican or Spanish or any kind of Latino, because if not that doesn't make any sense. I can at least see her getting upset if this guy looked like he was Latino but if he wasn't she had no reason to freak out like that. It wouldn't be racism otherwise.
Chilupa 28
I can't stand customers like her. I work in a bakery that gives cookies to kids for free. Generally as long as they are polite we don't care how old they. I had a lady try to get one of my star employees fired because she saw him give a cookie to a kid she deemed to be too old. Unfortunately OP you will always encounter customers like her. Hopefully she didn't get you in trouble because you did nothing wrong.
ZY1431 24
thats why people need to mind their own
blindkid1790 12
People like this need to be smacked upside the head. They're the reason the world is the way it is. Racist this and racist that. Sue here and sue that person over there.
iglesia 11
I really want an update on this one
verysmarmy 11
In what way is that racist?
yolololol3 17
I understand completely there is always someone all about their feelings and has to speak there opinion.