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

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You deserved it 5 244

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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.

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Tratsing 0

Saturday 21 March 2009 13:32

Oh, I feel your pain. MY boss just came back from a 2 week vacation, and he didn't even bother to come upstairs (his office is down) to say hi. I "accidentally" bumped into him when he wasn't expecting to see me.

sirfuzzitoes 0

Saturday 21 March 2009 14:39

You should probably try your best to find a forward-thinking company that is more focused on truly achieving success than whether or a supervisor/boss's plant died while they were busy letting you take the reigns. It comes down to the fact that you were able to perform at or above the level of that person, and I'm guessing they weren't the least bit worried about it while they were gone. To me, that's a sign of a good work place IF there's some sort of recognition (which you didn't mention, but based on your post, you deserve)

deadguy321 0

Saturday 21 March 2009 15:13

Us guys all have ego problems. My advice is to find a new boss if you possibly can (#22 has it down).

Wombats111 0

Saturday 21 March 2009 16:15

Buy him a new plant if he doesn't have pointy hair. He'll reconize that you are only human and can make mistakes. If he has pointy hair, I would suggest this course of action: MAN THE HARPOONS!