Grammar nazi and Work: Grammar rules, OK!

Grammar rules, OK!

By Anonymous - 21/09/2011 12:11 - United States

Today, my new boss lost his shit and flew into a ten minute rant against me about the "value of respect". He told me that if I wanted to stay in "his" company, I'd best start toeing the line. All this because I corrected his misuse of "your" and "you're" in one of his memos. FML

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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

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The buck stops here

By Anonymous - 30/06/2016 20:42 - United States - Milwaukee

Today, my boss threw me out of her office during a conference call for daring to correct her. The client fired the company because she subsequently got all the information on the call wrong, and plainly had no idea what was going on. From all the screaming, this is now all my fault. FML

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By LuckyLoser9 - 03/11/2011 15:44 - United States

Today, I found out that absentmindedly correcting my boss's use of the word "whom" could result in my immediate termination. FML

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FYLDeep 25

Wednesday 21 September 2011 15:36

Send him to FMyLife. We'll tear him a new asshole.

YayFlameWarz 9

Wednesday 21 September 2011 15:37

Your- A possesive which belongs to you You're- You are IT'S NOT THAT DIFFICULT

Comments

BrimfullOfAsher 20

Thursday 22 September 2011 9:14

Step 1: Find another job Step 2: Send him a memo "I'm sick of putting up with YOUR shit, so now YOU'RE going to have to find a new slave!"

sadistmonkey 19

Thursday 22 September 2011 9:35

The OP's skills damn well better be in demand, especially in this economy.

Flamedude101 4

Thursday 22 September 2011 11:56

Grammar Nazis need to never correct Grammer Hitler

jas78cool 0

Thursday 22 September 2011 14:04

Lolz he must be embraced OOPs EMBARASSED

oldstyl66 7

Thursday 22 September 2011 14:38

Well maybe it's because your grammar isn't any better. Its 'tow the line', not 'toe'!

missy1228 2

Thursday 22 September 2011 22:28

Lol Lost his shit!!! That made me laugh so much

immortal628 20

Friday 23 September 2011 3:46

People always give "grammar nazis" a lot of shit. No one actually thinks that being able to use their words correctly makes them smarter than everyone else. Grammar is actually pretty simple, which is what I am constantly trying to tell the morons who can't get it right.

neander 8

Friday 23 September 2011 23:52

It's never a good idea to correct your boss, unless of course you just have to be right and unemployed.

jefffluffingham 5

Tuesday 27 September 2011 23:50

seriously? my friend corrected his english teacher on a grammatical mistake and she didnt react badly.

maggiewalters 17

Thursday 29 September 2011 23:09

I absolutely HATE IT when people misuse your/you're. I HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT. HATE IT.

at0micmin3r 23

Monday 7 November 2011 7:01

#190, but when it's YOU'RE BOSS, that all changes. Hell, I wouldn't do it! They can fire you for "Disrespect" and it would be legal. Y'all should loosen up a bit. ;)