Bosses and Work: My best friend

My best friend

By Anonymous - This FML is from back in 2009 but it's good stuff - United States

Today, my boss came back from a two week vacation. I was the only one covering for him, and I did an excellent job. It was my chance to get a promotion. I actually improved his sales while he was gone, but the only thing he noticed was that I killed his plant. FML

I agree, your life sucks 70 596

You deserved it 5 244

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By Emyka - 21/09/2016 10:51 - Austria

Today, at my job of 2 months, I'd taken it upon myself to water the plants around the office every day since they all looked a little sad. My boss then asked why so many of the fake plants were getting mouldy. My co-workers had watched me water plastic plants for 2 months and nobody bothered to tell me. FML

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By missedfistbump - 20/03/2013 14:31 - United States

Today, I was talking to my boss and he said I was awesome. He went to fist bump me and I missed. FML

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By Anonymous - 24/05/2019 06:14

Today, I worked a long shift at my job while feeling like crap, anticipating getting a promotion. As my boss was leaving work, he informed me that because I also go to college, the promotion was being given to another employee that I trained a month ago. This is the second time this has happened. FML

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x3_LaLa_3x 0

Saturday 21 March 2009 2:34

Wow. What a douche. I would've thrown the damn thing at him.

Sakeyaki 0

Saturday 21 March 2009 2:37

You should just put a sign on the plant that says "I deserve a raise" and throw it into his house or something.

Comments

neonoodle 0

Saturday 21 March 2009 4:32

why did you kill his plant?

Ender_ 0

Saturday 21 March 2009 5:02

I agree with #10. Don't 1up your boss unless you have the eyes of his boss on you. Then you can be moved up to a better position. And you shouldn't have killed his plant. It was probably like a child to him.

Kellayy 0

Saturday 21 March 2009 5:11

You should offer to buy him a new one :P Your boss is an interesting character

shehzeenahmed 0

Saturday 21 March 2009 5:46

stuff like this happens a lot. you do so much for a person, and then they only notice the one thing that went slightly wrong. don't worry, karma will eventually give you the job that you deserve.

mrcarmine 0

Saturday 21 March 2009 7:09

hahaha oh man, i'm sure he DID notice the spike in sales... but tried to ignore it to avoid public emasculation.

cyberhoy 3

Saturday 21 March 2009 7:53

how the hell do you kill a plant? it's not exactly a huge responsibility

st1ckyr1ce 0

Saturday 21 March 2009 8:34

hahahaha i lol'd at #18's comment.

Brighton_Cruz 20

Monday 25 January 2016 17:32

how did you even? what?

lesb_lv 0

Saturday 21 March 2009 8:52

What else did u expect? U can fill in 4 him. U can replace him doing even a better job and u are cheaper. Thank him that u r not fired, but the only way to get a raise now is to go and work for another company :D