Today, at my internship, I was told we were going to do something fun. I was excited, until I found out that this "fun" thing was labeling 500 folders. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I found out I've been incorrectly sorting thousands of papers for the past two weeks. My boss wanted them sorted by date, but the co-worker who instructed me said to sort them into alphabetical order just to watch me fail. FML
Today, I'm a graduate but still an unpaid intern. My daily work is folding letters and putting them into envelopes. The sad thing is, I actually enjoy doing it. FML
Today, I started the internship of my dreams. The company has nothing for me to do, so I sit and stare at the clock. FML
Today, I went to orientation for college. They gave us a name tag and I tried to figure out how to put it on for a few minutes. After struggling with it I realized it was a sticker. FML
Today, my boss told me to sort and file all the paperwork he'd been randomly shoving into boxes since 2010. Apparently we're being audited, so he expects me to do eight years of filing in two weeks. There's enough paper to fully stock a large public library. Two weeks my ass. FML
Today, I was given a new responsibility at the law firm where I work. I'm now in charge of punching holes in every single piece of paper to be found in the office, estimated to be in the hundred-thousands. The reason? I finish my daily clerical work too quickly. FML
Today, I went in for my second day working at my internship. My bosses greeted me and told me we were going to have a meeting. The meeting was about the drunk voicemails I left them on Saturday. FML
Today, I discovered that "team building exercise" really means free labor with no snacks. FML
Today, my supervisor’s first words when looking at my work were, “What is this shit?!” I explained that I'd done it exactly like she told me to. She just kept on grumbling because she couldn’t find a single thing I had done wrong, which apparently ruined her day. FML
Today, I set out to organize my media files over several old hard drives, but I got so engrossed in creating intricate folders and subfolders that I forgot what I was organizing in the first place. My computer is now a labyrinth of folders titled "Stuff," "Things," and "What is this even?" FML
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Feklfekl2222 32
I sometimes find tasks like that fun, it depends if I can make a game out of it or not.
ant1078 7
That's how my boss gets me to empty the garbage bins :(
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ant1078 7
That's how my boss gets me to empty the garbage bins :(
SoccerGod234 0
Better than labeling 500 folders.
evilscorpi 29
when someone says that to me i always expect crap at first then see if i get excited later
bteundeadmidget 5
That's how my boss gets me to empty the garbage and clean the bathrooms also.
sjbdcb711 8
Lol my boss does that too!
SoSickWithIt 14
By boss, do you mean your parents? :P
thinkPlNK 0
i'm jealous of my parents. i'll never have such a cool kid like they did. :(
ALpein 0
I dunno'. I'm more of a labelin' kinda' gal. I wouldn't mind it if I had to choose between that and emptying the garbage.
I_Punch_Babies 7
Same here. I used to be an assembly line worker some time ago. If i could spend all 14 hours of my workday labeling folders id have fun.
Frijolero_92 1
Last time my boss told me that I was shoveling literal shit out of a tank
Feklfekl2222 32
I sometimes find tasks like that fun, it depends if I can make a game out of it or not.
rattusrattus 19
Or take loads and loads of hallucinogenic substances, so they sing little songs and squirt rainbows when you label them?
_Oblivion_ 12
what the ****? ^
Feklfekl2222 32
I think Rattusrattus has already taken his share of hallucinogenic substances.
aisthecoolest 8
It depends on the type of "game"
aisthecoolest 8
And btw funniest replies to this comment out of all comments.
rattusrattus 19
I'm completely sober, I just have a weird life.
5HT2A 5
Did someone say hallucinogenics?
unluckiestperson_fml 14
Gotta start at the bottom and work your way up, can't start at the top, OP.
StopDropNRoll 11
I like starting at the top of the stack and working my way down. I feel like pulling folders from the bottom is such a hassle. =P
eminemop 0
Judging by 3's username, she's never getting to the top.
sweetdreams20 0
Lol depending on what she's on top of..... Jkjkjk
sweetdreams20 0
I bet u have a great personality *no pun intended*
mooshymuffin 4
How weird to find my own sister on FML...
chubby_choco 17
...does that make it fin? No? Didn't think so.
unluckiestperson_fml 14
Ahhhh hello 103, so we meet again
jellitonoctopus 19
Internships usually are no fun :(
DrMime 10
Sounds invigorating!!! Reminds of my exciting intern days back at the old office depot. Return the favor by being fun 'inturn'.
Chazzymine 0
I got excited for you! I would love that.
perdix 31
You've got to take the initiative to make it fun. Convince your hot, female co-workers that today is National Label Naked Day. Suddenly, labeling becomes fun! That's thinking outside the box, which may lead to you getting in a box or two;)
DrMime 10
Getting into a box?! What kind of hip dimensions are you attracted to?! *that lady spongebob is incredible!*
bubo_fml 11
Labelling boxes? I wonder what adhesive will be applied...
perdix 31
It's really only part of you that you want to get into the box. Kind of a synecdoche in reverse.
DrMime 10
I think you need to think outside the box, personally :P
ladyLALAA 29
Also in and around the box :)
maxwells_hammer 5
At least you'll be working with stickers! Could be worse :]
Redoxx_fml 22
F is for friends who do stuff together...
DontClickOnMe 28
U is for u and me!
perdix 31
C is for Caring and K is for Kindness.
Razzle_Dazzle_5 11
I swear when I read this I started singing it in my head.
A7xLover_ 6
F is for fire that burns down the whole town...U is for uranium BOMBS!!!! :D
Razzle_Dazzle_5 11
C is for chernobyl.
maxwells_hammer 5
No no a7xlover that's not how you do it! Here let's try again! F is for frolic through all the flowers!
Razzle_Dazzle_5 11
U is for ukulele. N is for nose picking, sharing gum and licking sand here with my best buddy!
Razzle_Dazzle_5 11
Hey it's better than labeling 1000 folders...
piccalo 4
Yeah and its even more better than labeling 2000 folders...
Razzle_Dazzle_5 11
And thats better than naming 100000000 folders..
stevenJB 25
Even better than your whole job consisting of labeling folders
piccalo 4
Better than ur whole life sitting and ******* the folders..
Razzle_Dazzle_5 11
43 Is there a job where people actually do such a thing to those poor folders?
piccalo 4
Ru interested?I will create one for u...
lizard399 0
Office supplies fetish? That's a new one.
flockz 20
i love inserting my penis in the small hole of the scissor's handle.
zombiegold 23
WTF?
I_Punch_Babies 7
I like putting my dick in the pencil sharpener myself...
piccalo 4
Hope u don't write with that sharpened penisil and its white graphite...