Work: Insensitive

Insensitive

By okaythen - 02/03/2016 23:50 - United States - Arcata

Today, I got written up by HR after my new coworker told them I had an ignorant, offensive caricature of Native American people decorating my desk. It was a framed photograph of an actual Native American tribe that belonged to my history buff grandfather. FML

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You deserved it 1 553

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By epicgamer - 13/09/2016 02:55 - United States - Fremont

Today, my extremely racist coworker was doing his usual thing. Since it was 9/11 he went absolutely hardcore on his "jokes" so I reported it to my supervisor. She asked what did he say specifically and I recited it to her. She decided to write me up for "making inappropriate comments at work". FML

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You deserved it 1 328

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By Anonymous - 18/09/2021 11:00

Today, I was accused of digital blackface and culturally appropriating my own culture. FML

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You deserved it 79

By Anonymous - 22/09/2010 01:31 - United States

Today, at work I was bored so I started to doodle on MS paint. My boss walks by and asks me to join him in his office. When I do so, he fires me for drawing offensive material. I drew a rainbow. FML

I agree, your life sucks 32 020

You deserved it 7 807

By booste - 18/10/2009 04:06 - Canada

Today, I was written up because my manager heard me insulting a customer. How did I insult her? I called her grandma. Who did I say this to? My grandma. FML

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You deserved it 2 268

By 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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You deserved it 2 641

By lk mm, n vwls - 11/01/2014 01:20 - United States - Mansfield Depot

Today, my boss hung a dartboard in his office. It has a printout of my employee photo taped to it. FML

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You deserved it 4 815

Fun, relaxed

By Welp - This FML is from back in 2016 but it's good stuff - Romania

Today, I found out that my company used a nice photo of my coworkers and me for their corporate website, in efforts to make their office seem fun and relaxed. This wouldn't be so bad if they hadn't just fired every single person in the photo, myself included. FML

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You deserved it 1 159

By jalisc512 - 21/08/2014 20:16 - United States - Aurora

Today, my boss threatened to write me up, after I made a slightly rude joke about a coworker everyone hates. A while later, a colleague told me the same joke. Turns out my boss had gone around telling it to everyone else and taking all the credit. FML

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You deserved it 5 524

By golfstar11 - 11/12/2012 02:05 - United States - Savannah

Today, I was doing a presentation in front of my boss. On the last slide, someone had put a picture of a man's cock. I later found out it was my boss who did it. It was his "good reason" to fire me. FML

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You deserved it 2 190

By Jem - 11/01/2015 03:02 - New Zealand - Auckland

Today, I was fired for "blatant, inexcusable racism". My boss had asked me which website background I preferred for our company, and I said that white backgrounds are usually best. He thinks that I believe in white supremacy, and that's bad for the company's image. FML

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You deserved it 2 652

grajax 24

Thursday 3 March 2016 14:57

Could you go to a higher up and show them the picture? This seems like an easy fix.

queerdragon 20

Thursday 3 March 2016 15:56

WHAT THE **** ARE YOU SAYING ABOUT CALIFORNIANS!!!?

Comments

yankasocky 7

Thursday 3 March 2016 20:44

Your coworker sounds like a little dbag. You also seem...odd. History is cool, but why would you have a framed picture of a group of friends and family you aren't even a part of? Heirlooms are for home, not for work.

Sparx1_1 16

Thursday 3 March 2016 20:51

You should file a grievance about the write up and make a complaint about your co-workers insensitive uninformed and racist attitude towards natives.

Sansational_ 18

Thursday 3 March 2016 20:54

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cdb89928 7

Thursday 3 March 2016 21:31

I read so many posts like this and I always wonder the same thing..."Do these people not have a set of balls to actually say something/defend themselves so they don't get screwed over." And sadly it seems that no, the people who post stuff like this have no balls at all. Don't let ignorant people walk all over you!

DoomedGemini 37

Thursday 3 March 2016 23:49

It doesn't really say they didn't try to defend themselves. They got written up, sometimes trying to defend yourselves won't matter.

hardcorepunk87 18

Thursday 3 March 2016 21:57

You PC bruh?!

NostalgiaFreak9 41

Thursday 3 March 2016 22:23

That coworker sounds uncontrollably stupid if you ask me.

PhoenixChick 26

Thursday 3 March 2016 23:39

How do you confuse a photograph with a caricature?

Bragi 12

Thursday 3 March 2016 23:41

Lawyer up!

acmariner99 25

Friday 4 March 2016 0:12

Saw the location and now I'm not surprised

TipTopCaduceus 11

Friday 4 March 2016 0:17

"Actual native" and "caricature" aren't actually mutually exclusive seen as a lot of the photographs we have of Natives were taken by photographers who dressed them to look the way white people considered "authentic" rather than in a way that's actually in keeping with their culture.