Today, I was at work, and some people came in looking for a particular couch. After looking for over an hour on the wholesalers website my boss walks over, makes me take my lunch break and then calls over the couple and takes all the credit for the sale. We work on commission. 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, at work, I was about to close a big sale, when a coworker rushed over and said there was a call for me in the office. He heavily implied my mom had died, and I rushed out. After I figured out there was no call and that my mom was fine, he'd already stolen my sale and the commission. FML
Today, while working at my job at a lumber/hardware store, my coworker told me he was taking an hour break instead of the usual half-hour. Not only did he leave me with a store packed with customers on Customer Appreciation Day, but he never came back until closing time. FML
Today, the man who hit on me in a store and asked for my number showed up on my doorstep to inquire about my couch for sale. With his wife. FML
Today, a customer filed a formal complaint with corporate about me, because I wouldn't help her find things she wanted while I was off the clock. We were in a completely different store than the one where I actually work. FML
Today, and like every day, after I'd just had finished serving a customer on one side of the store, my boss asked me to go help another one on the other side of the store, which is literally a 2-minute walk away, while 2 other staff members were besides him, doing nothing. I don't even get paid commission. FML
Today, I was happy because my co-worker was almost about to get fired due to his lazy habits. It was all going so well. Then I accidentally put my biggest sale yet under his name. FML
Today, I spent my lunch break helping a coworker move a desk to another office. When I got back, my own desk had been moved to make room for someone new. Nobody had told me where they’d put it. 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, on my second day at my new job, my supervisor told me that I was ready to make a sale on my own. Things were going well, until said supervisor interrupted my sales pitch, apologized on my behalf for being new, and stole my sale. FML
Today, I was at work, finishing a presentation for my boss. Five minutes after I presented it to him, his boss walked in and asked for the same presentation I had just given. My boss presented it. His boss then turned to me and asked me, "What use are you around here?" FML
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paivarotti 0
Stab him. Stab him in the face.
kiit_fml 0
I read this as the OP helping the customers find a couch for an hour, not searching for a specific one they already knew about but a particular kind of couch that fit their needs. Otherwise it would be much easier to find and obviously wouldn't take that long. The boss waited until they were set on a couch to swoop in and take credit for the sale. Fyl. It was incredibly unfair of your boss to do that, and it cheated you out of the commission you deserved for helping the customers.
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Comments (66)
carry_on_raven 0
yay Auckland makes it to FML :P
BeeSkwaird 0
You get a YDI from me, for implying it was the boss on the website for an hour. Go back to school. Added bonus: then maybe you won't have to work on commission anymore!
Exhumed 0
no, you're the "moron" here...
michaelcarell 0
ROFL what a dick
HotRodScott 0
If he is the boss he probably gets an override on your sales, he should have just helped you and made the sale under your name. That is called management.
plexico 4
Steals commissions LIKE A BAWS You think most of these assholes you get to become bosses because of hard work and intelligence? Hell, no! It's because they are willing to do shit like this that really impresses the big bosses.
Pulcherrimus 0
Well that's why his job is better than yours, isn't it?
rukusrazor 0
"Awww, not tonight... Not to 'ol Gill" (obscure Simpsons quote?) Your boss isn't the owner right? Someone works above him. Warn your boss that next time you'll go above them.
BeeSkwaird 0
I caught that one :)
null_fml 11
That was my first thought upon reading this. "Wait, Gil Gunderson's on FML now?" But then I realized: A) he's fictional, and B) if he were, I'm pretty sure all of the stories would be his.
Hawk3487 0
There are 2 sides to every story... There's your side, which needs a union, badly! And there's the customers' side, who probably don't give a rat's ass about you and just want their couch PDQ. I work retail, if a customer has to wait 5 mins, they'll just walk away. One hour is way too long... Good for your boss for getting the job done (it's all about business). He knew what they needed, you didn't. He should take the credit!
yehr 0
they obviously weren't the type to walk away. They probably liked the personal help, and he was helping them find what they were looking for.
PlasmaWafflez 0
Stand up for yourself
kukopia 0
Welcome to the real world. Either get a better job or learn to work the way your boss does.