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Ayeya - - United States

Today, I wanted to print out a 100-page game strategy guide using company's printer. While not wanting anyone to find out about this, I picked a time when I thought no one would be printing. My CEO ended up standing next to me for 10 minutes, waiting for his stuff to print after mine. FML

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Nathan - 17/01/2009 22:31 - United States

Today, I printed my 10 page econometrics problem set questions out on $15/100 sheet ivory resume paper that I'd accidentally left in the paper tray on my printer. It turned out to be the wrong assignment. FML

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steffansk1997 - 15/12/2016 21:08

Today, I had an appointment with the CEO of a big company about a game I'm going to make for them. The first thing I did after sitting down was to throw my coffee all over his desk. FML

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Anonymous - 20/10/2015 14:40 - United Kingdom - Oxford

Today, I went to the print shop to get some work printed. The guy serving me printed my entire order wrong because he pushed the wrong button, so it had to be done again. He tried to charge me a fine for the mistake he made because "it's not a viable business otherwise". FML

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Anonymous - 03/09/2013 19:50 - United States

Today, I had to visit a client because his printer had broken down. After driving for an hour, then being screamed at about how horrible my company's service is, I walked over to his printer and found the problem: there was no paper loaded. FML

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Mee - 05/10/2009 10:49 - Kuwait

Today, I was frustrated at work so to have fun, I wrote an email to myself saying that I was great and loved myself and should relax. I used all different colors and fonts. Instead of hitting "delete", I hit "print" without realizing. My manager got it out of the printer and put it on my desk. FML

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disgruntled - 09/12/2015 15:01

Today, my boss is writing me up for not signing a report before I left work. He refused to print the report that day, and I don't have access to the printers. FML

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Anonymous - 19/04/2025 15:30 - India

Today, I printed 500 event posters with the wrong venue because I copied from last year’s file. Client needs them by tomorrow. Now I’m pulling an all-nighter reprinting everything. Coffee is my only friend. FML

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hanmart - 15/11/2009 05:12 - United States

Today, I found out that my coworker shared a laugh with the boss about setting the office desk on fire (which he actually did), while ten minutes later I was threatened with being fired because I made paper snowflakes and hung a few of them next to the computer. FML

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MrandMrsRendon20 - 11/11/2010 00:26 - United States

Today, I complained to my boss about how my printer wasn't printing colored ink even though I had just installed a new cartridge yesterday. Upon investigation, she noted that I forgot to take off the protection sticker from the cartridge. Good job. FML

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Anonymous - 01/05/2013 21:48 - United States

Today, my co-worker and I played a game where we give each other the bird in whatever creative manner we could come up with. Deciding to be sneaky, I hid behind a wall with my middle finger up as I heard him walking into the office. It was my boss. FML

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donner1423 0

Friday 5 June 2009 2:10

Game strategy guide? 100 page? At work? Bound to happen.

cxal_fml 0

Friday 5 June 2009 2:15

why wouldn't you print it out 10 pages at a time - then even if you got caught no one would care?

moniqua912 0

Friday 5 June 2009 3:21

IDIOT!!!!

EmbarrassedKlutz 0

Friday 5 June 2009 3:21

Ohhhh it's for YOU! Only makes it even worse, I mean, da-YUM. Your life is both ******, and you showed your boss how shittin cheap you are. YDI.

Walt_1990 3

Friday 5 June 2009 3:25

How come you couldn't cancel the printer's work by clicking the STOP printing button? If you couldn't YDI for a 100 page guide wow lol.

angel03260 0

Friday 5 June 2009 3:26

lmao way to kill trees.

callargh 0

Friday 5 June 2009 3:26

More like FHL.

troynt 2

Friday 5 June 2009 3:29

Hey, it is cool you like games and all, but maybe consider printing out 1 section at a time this way no one notices a ream of paper missing.

kasha_fml 0

Friday 5 June 2009 3:29

Bummer. On one hand I feel bad, because that's something that would happen to me, but on the other hand.. gamer. >_>

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Friday 5 June 2009 3:32

lol, why not just get a computer at home?

bendinho 0

Friday 5 June 2009 3:34

Why would you print 100 pages worth? Honestly you have to stop gaming lol

illeyad 0

Friday 5 June 2009 3:35

Although I can understand why you wanted to use the company printer, you should have been much more tactful. It would have been funny if your boss looked down at the game guide and said "I play that game too!"