You're fired and Work: Scapegoat

Scapegoat

By McFired - 23/03/2009 12:08 - United States

Today, I got fired from my job for harassing customers over the weekend. I didn't work over the weekend. I left my nametag there on Friday and my co-workers thought it would be funny to wear my nametag all weekend. One of them got into a fight with a customer and they took her 'name' down. FML

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By nametag - 09/06/2009 02:07 - Canada

Today, I finally got my nametag. I had been using other people's names like Maria and Caie for a week, so I was happy to be called my own name. I put it on and got to work. Ten minutes later, I was called into the office. I got laid off. I got to wear my nametag for 10 minutes. FML

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By Anonymous - 03/08/2009 14:50 - United States

Today, I got fired from work. Why? I finally took a stand for myself and confronted my coworker of writing things up in my name for herself, and it getting deducted from my check. So she went to the manager and accused me of sexual harassment. FML

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By PsychoSarah - 06/04/2011 23:57 - United States

Today, I got fired from my job. I caught a customer taking pictures up my skirt, and my boss fired me for calling the police and "making a big deal out of it". FML

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By Bob - 26/07/2024 13:00 - United States - Los Angeles

Today, I worked my job then went home to enjoy my weekend. An hour later, I was called and told I was fired, without any reason given. I can’t even empty my locker, as they'd said they would mail my things to me. FML

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By Anonymous - 26/06/2013 09:07 - United States

Today, someone came into the store I work at, laughed at my name on my name-tag, and left without even buying anything. FML

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By selfdefense - 12/10/2009 04:16 - United Kingdom

Today, a customer at work became violent and started hitting me and my coworker. Not wanting him to get the shit beat out of us, I used a move that pinned the guy on the ground. The police came and he was arrested. I was then fired for assaulting a customer. FML

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By Lexiebear27 - 19/09/2011 15:56 - United States

Today, I was fired for being a very happy and perky employee. According to my boss, it freaks both the customers and my co-workers out. FML

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By trollbot13 - 24/10/2016 09:39 - India - Hyderabad

Today, I was fired from my job because I, in my boss's words, "Abided by company policy to such an extent that customers were starting to hate me." FML

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By Anonymous - 29/08/2013 19:33 - United States - Little Rock

Today, after a long couple of months working non-stop, I finally got someone to cover my shift. Turns out she was joking, and when I didn't show up for work, I was fired. FML

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By UnemployedGirl - 02/07/2021 19:59

Today, I assisted a customer at work. She was asking me all sorts of stupid questions and acting like an entitled, spoiled brat. When she left, since I had a mask on, I meant to mouth, "Stupid bitch" but I blurted it out loud. Everyone heard. I was fired. FML

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jSOPURE 3

Monday 23 March 2009 20:08

You can easily prove your innocence. Now if you tried that and still got fired, then it's a FYL.

ummmyeahhh 0

Monday 23 March 2009 20:08

file a complaint. prove that you weren't on the schedule for that day. then report your coworkers.

Comments

JustAGirl_fml 0

Monday 23 March 2009 22:01

#32, if they work in a "right-to-work" state, that just means the employer has the right to fire at will with no cause. Pretty sucky. I want to know why you got fired instead of having some sort of disciplinary review first? That just seems extreme.

squeaky_fml 0

Monday 23 March 2009 22:04

seems like it would be pretty easy to clear this one up...

Warofgears21 0

Monday 23 March 2009 22:10

yeah well...#9 is true...pour acid mixed with sulfur on their face :) hahaha

FuzzMonkey09 0

Monday 23 March 2009 22:32

Do you have a time sheet or something similar? You can prove you werent there

Malik_fml 0

Monday 23 March 2009 22:32

This FML gave me a really good laugh. Sucks though - hopefully you'll resolve the situation. Shouldn't be too hard!

blarg9 0

Monday 23 March 2009 22:36

cant you just try to tell your boss what happened?

amandarocks04 0

Monday 23 March 2009 22:38

I'm pretty sure there are ways to prove that you weren't working. Such as a time clock, or even by just looking at the schedule

Tratsing 0

Monday 23 March 2009 22:40

Never leave your stuff at work if you can't trust your co-workers. And yeah, like everyone said, wouldn't it be easy to prove you weren't working? seems kind of stupid...

TryToBeKind 0

Monday 23 March 2009 23:07

Doesn't your workplace have a video camera to see who really did it? Couldn't the customer describe the person? Couldn't the boss tell that you didn't work that weekend? Anyone can accidentally leave a nametag at work, no one deserves that. A person who deserves something is your co worker who got you in trouble. That said, if your co workers did that, they probably didn't like you and wanted to stick it to you. We did that to this annoying bigger girl at work - we got paid breaks and Boss made sure her breaks were ralways during the busiest times and she always found a reason to pull her away from her lunch. Once she got up, someone 'accidentally' threw away her food. She at least got the hint and quit.