Work: Serious

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By Laurendorcus - 14/03/2010 23:13 - France

Today, I called out "for personal reasons" from work because I had to study for a major test that's taking place tomorrow. An hour later, my manager called to fire me for "not taking work seriously." I then got an email telling me that the test was being postponed. FML

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Today, I took my driver's test. I was confident and thought everything would go well. My boss ended up calling me several times during the test. Turns out my colleague never showed up to cover for me, and my boss blamed me. Not only did I fail my test, I'm now suspended from work too. FML

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By sick - 06/10/2010 03:20 - United States

Today, I got up and left for work despite being really sick, because I had a big meeting. Halfway to work, in deadlocked traffic, my boss texts me to let me know he's rescheduling the meeting to tomorrow because of personal conflicts. FML

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By Pizzaguy - 02/08/2012 16:22 - United States - Dundee

Today, I got a call from my manager saying that I won't need to work this weekend. Too bad I already cancelled a family vacation because he threatened to fire me if I didn't work this weekend. FML

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By firedofbirthday - 14/02/2010 00:29 - France

Today, I was fired. Why? Because I called in sick on my daughter's birthday, even though you cannot "abandon work for personal affairs". My boss's favorite employee got to skip work on his wife's birthday two weeks ago. He still works here. FML

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Today, after I let my job know I needed time off for a friend's funeral a week ahead of time and they declined to approve it, telling me to call in sick, the day of the funeral arrived and I called in sick, only to come back to a write-up and threats of being fired for not getting it approved in advance. FML

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By hell - 14/11/2015 21:08 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I got called into work on my day off. I ended up being written up for being 15 minutes late to a shift I didn't even have. FML

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By I Was Going to Quit Anyway - 15/11/2023 09:00 - British Virgin Islands

Today, my boss called me to say that I'm fired because I was "deliberately ignoring" the messages from a head of another department who wanted to contact me regarding some "urgent" (not really) project. I was on 'Do not disturb" because it's my vacation, and this SOB is not even my boss anyway. FML

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By BanaNacakE92 - 10/07/2023 22:00

Today, after taking a much-needed mental health week off from work, I discovered I wasn’t on the schedule this week. Turns out, I was fired. Apparently, my absence made things “inconvenient” for my department, since they had to do double work due to my “selfish” PTO usage. FML

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glorbnakcs 0

Monday 15 March 2010 9:21

I feel for you. One would think that having a test postponed is something to celebrate, but most of the time when that happened it just pissed me off.

Lythiaren 8

Monday 15 March 2010 9:47

You'd fire someone just because they called in for personal reasons? Really? Even if you didn't know what it was? If they were informed in the morning that some very important matter called them away from work (like a man's wife was having complications during labor, for example...), you'd fire them for calling in? I feel sorry for anyone who ever has to work under you.

Comments

Superstar_T 0

Monday 15 March 2010 9:53

well at least you have more time to study!

frankyvalentino0 0

Monday 15 March 2010 9:58

yeah.. FYL.

septor82 0

Monday 15 March 2010 10:32

sucks to be you buddy

Laurendorcus 0

Monday 15 March 2010 10:49

Everything turned out okay. I called and explained to him why I had to call out so he un-fired me. I had requested to have the entire weekend off about a month ago so I could study but the request was denied. I have been studying like crazy, but I still wanted to have 1 entire day to study, which I thought it would be okay since the last time I called out was in September.

adrielXD 2

Monday 15 March 2010 11:00

awww that's great :D

Subtext 10

Monday 15 March 2010 13:24

In that case, congratulations :) Still not the best method of staying away from work, but at least understandable...;)

koco4 0

Monday 15 March 2010 16:54

Unless you have kids, I can't understand why you didn't study after work. You don't work 24 hours, so you'd have some time after work to study. You didn't plan your study schedule properly, if you did then you wouldn't have had to take off of work. I do feel for you though because I remember those days, but I worked and finished college by being organized and preparing for each test/quiz ahead of time.

Osakhomen 0

Monday 15 March 2010 18:57

I'm glad it worked out!

BLNovelist 0

Tuesday 16 March 2010 9:25

That doesn't always work. I have a friend that would basically be up almost literally all day if she did - morning classes that stretch into afternoon, then work right after until 9, 10 at night. Doesn't leave much open time for intense study.

Fminetoo 0

Monday 15 March 2010 11:14

I dont blame you, but you could always take the route I did. Everyone asks me why I joined the Army as a reservist, and heres why: I went from having a decent job and not going to school and making decent money to being an unemployed college student who gets even more money and stays at home studying all day, to have a job where I will make even more money. : P

Laurendorcus 0

Monday 15 March 2010 11:23

is that like an advertisment or a serious comment? lol

TrekkieGirl 0

Monday 15 March 2010 18:46

Glad things worked out, OP!

Fminetoo 0

Monday 15 March 2010 11:29

LOL, serious. : P I hate the whole idea of recruiting. Let able bodied citizens walk into the office themselves. If they dont have the motivation to do that, how will they ever succeed as a warrior? Besides, some recruiters lie. If any of my friends tell me they are enlisting, I tell them of what to look out for. I believe in heart, not money.

42billybob 5

Monday 15 March 2010 14:01

you really shouldn't have to cancel work to study for a test. you're either studying too much or have your study time planned out very poorly. also if you're going to take time off, do so much earlier than the DAY OF. they have to get someone to fill in when someone does that, do you like getting the call from work saying "get here and do a full shift because _______ didn't show up"?

Devolver 0

Monday 15 March 2010 16:34

^^exactly, ydi for not planning your shit better. You knew you had to work and had to study, you could either study beforehand and/or announced at work you needed to study that day. Karma is a bitch.