Today, my boss made me type up my own written warning, where I had to trash myself and describe my own "shocking incompetence". All the department heads are going to receive a copy of this. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my boss reprimanded me for a huge screw-up that he was responsible for. FML
Today, I discovered a large number of errors at my new job, wrote them down, and took them to my boss. Later, a coworker had a shout at me, because he was "saving them" so he could drip feed them to the boss, and look like he was always catching mistakes. FML
Today, my boss chewed me out for correcting several spelling and grammar mistakes in one of his reports. The words "Think you're so damn smart, don't ya?" were uttered. I'm his secretary, and proofreading his shit is part of my job. FML
Today, my boss used our communal notebook to bitch out our entire department for not leaving a note notifying her that one of the machines was down. She wrote it on the same page as the note I left saying that one of the machines was down. FML
Today, my boss wrote me up for saying "pissed" in front of a client. This is the same boss who nearly pissed himself laughing when a client made an extremely off-color Holocaust joke a few weeks ago, in front of half the department. FML
Today, I received a two-page letter/rant from my boss notifying me of my imminent dismissal, based on issues such as me "speaking in a suppressed voice." FML
Today, my boss dropped a highly important and dense report on my desk that had to be finished by the end of the day. After the initial panic attack and hours of scrupulous work, I finished. She then asked me to pick up the revised copy, where my name was replaced with hers. FML
Today, my boss threw out the report I wrote for the board of directors. He said that if it were legal, he'd smash me in the balls with a brick for using Comic Sans. I had to do the whole thing again in another font with my coworkers snickering at me. FML
Today, my boss suspended me for laughing too hard at my desk and causing a big scene in front of our customers. I was laughing because he'd forwarded me a hilarious email. He was practically smirking as he handed me my official warning. FML
Today, my boss made me give a presentation to several senior company officials about the serious financial losses our division has made this year. Barely an hour later, my boss had palmed all the blame off onto me and gotten me fired. FML
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nix1993 41
Whether this is an FML or a YDI depends strongly on whether or not you were in fact 'shockingly incompetent'.
LadyLuck93 20
Regardless of what the situation is, thats just an unprofessional move from ur boss.
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Comments (52)
iHappyFeet 11
What'd you do is?
count_blah 11
Me fail English? Unpossible!
unpossible 26
Thanks for replying to this on my behalf.
iHappyFeet 11
I meant to type "What'd you do is the real question"
Emmamazing 26
That's really unfair. Still, you should have snuck in a few compliments for yourself.
NeatNit 33
definitely this, could have written the whole thing with a forgiving tone, making it sound like you're not at fault but rather was in the wrong place at the wrong time
nicolefrangipane 14
what'd you do ?
nicolefrangipane 14
I didn't mean it in a bad way. I'm just wondering what happened to make your boss make you do such a ridiculous things, which by the way, was way out of line.
nix1993 41
Whether this is an FML or a YDI depends strongly on whether or not you were in fact 'shockingly incompetent'.
CoGhostRider 31
In my opinion a 'shockingly incompetent' person would not be able to write their own warning notice.
CitricAcid 21
Why would your boss force you to write a warning meant for yourself in the first place? Is he just immensely lazy, or is this some sort of bizarre form of punishment? This really needs a follow up, OP.
jimmer23 21
I'm not sure on the rules, but I'm fairly certain that workplace harassment is frowned upon in most places.
LadyLuck93 20
Regardless of what the situation is, thats just an unprofessional move from ur boss.
AvAfan 14
If he was "shockingly incompetent" then I think it's a pretty good way to make sure he's not incompetent anymore.
guss5441 18
Maybe op crushed the bosses hand in the process than hed have to write himself up
MandieL 27
You can usually type with one hand, so OP would have needed to crush both of them for this to be plausible.
theamazingd 17
Competence has as much to do with training as it does with personal responsibility. If an employee does something incompetent, it may very well be a case of poor/inadequate training. Having an employee write about their 'incompetence' would not fix this problem, were it the case.
cksmith51 14
I'm shocked at how incompetent your boss is that he can't write it himself
Tarlachia 33
Write up a praising report on how wonderful you are. Then, at the end, write "My boss wanted me to write up a negative report on myself but I'm not going to do it just to make him look good."
1dvs_bstd 41
Hard to call this because it is an extreme measure. Are you a total zoidberg? Were you using the company's time on any social media? or does your boss have a bloated kanye west? is he harassing you for minimal reasons? this fml needs a follow up... me thinks
dirtbikeguy 14
I'm watching Futurama too
Miss_Whipped 43
Currently re-watching season 7 at this moment, the episode on evolution.