Cars, Coworkers and Work: Testing times

Testing times

By Anonymous - 13/12/2012 17:04 - United Kingdom - Bromley

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 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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It's all too much

By twistedelegance - 19/07/2019 04:00

Today, I failed my driving test, and didn't get my great new job that a buddy helped me get. He got fired, and they won't hire me because he recommended me, regardless of how qualified for the job and how great the interview went. He called to tell me an hour before my driving test. FML

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By Anonymous - 14/03/2015 16:11 - United States - Janesville

Today, my instructor turned up late to get me for my driving test. I soon realized something was seriously wrong. Turned out his wife left him last night, and he'd been drinking the pain away all morning. He ended up rear-ending another car, and now I have to reschedule my test. FML

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By irresponsible - 14/08/2010 20:41 - United States

Today, I missed my shift at work. I had asked my girlfriend, who works at the same store, to text me my schedule. She sent me the wrong hours for today. I got suspended, and she broke up with me for being too irresponsible. FML

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By Anonymous - 03/11/2010 17:57 - Germany

Today, I failed to get my driver's licence. My father was the instructor. FML

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By burrito kid - 17/12/2016 06:56 - United States - Mount Pleasant

Today, as I was taking the driver's test to get my license, I backed into a car. It belonged to the instructor sitting in my passenger seat. FML

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By patch91 - 05/04/2011 02:03

Today, I got in a car accident on the way to work. I received an abusive phone call from my boss saying he shouldn't have to cover my lazy ass. I was driving to cover his shift because he was too drunk to show up to work. FML

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By f.m. - 23/07/2018 16:00

Today, I took my driving test. I was nervous, but I thought I followed the rules of the road pretty well. My tester ended up failing me for "backing out too slowly". FML

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By piece of crap car - 04/01/2017 06:27 - United States - Portland

Today, I was supposed to start my first day of work at my dream job. However, my car had other plans and refused to start. When I called my boss to tell him I was going to be late, he told me not to come in at all and fired me on the spot. FML

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By hockusa3 - 11/09/2014 15:44 - United States - Silver Spring

Today, I was driving to the DMV to take a test, after getting some points removed from my license. On the way there, I got a speeding ticket and got my license suspended completely. FML

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cnator 12

Friday 14 December 2012 3:09

If you didn't answer it, you shouldn't have failed unless you actually were a shitty driver.

NicollieO 7

Friday 14 December 2012 3:12

Turn your phone off next time... And explain your situation to your boss

Comments

BlackBlazeCobra 16

Friday 14 December 2012 10:32

Talk about bad timing. Hopefully it won't happen next time.

satanisthesavior 21

Friday 14 December 2012 18:59

If you have a workplace that schedules shifts, and you let your manager know ahead of time that you cannot make it to a shift and they find a replacement, the blame should not fall on you if the other person doesn't show up. The blame should, of course, fall to the person who agreed to cover your shift then didn't do so.

The_1_One 3

Friday 14 December 2012 19:21

do you work for dominos pizza on iroqouis?

love_me_electric 20

Friday 14 December 2012 20:14

Did you let your boss know you were switching shifts or did you just tell your colleague to show up and cover for you? If you didn't tell him you weren't coming in then of course he's going to call you and bitch you out.

TheWorkingMan 7

Saturday 15 December 2012 5:05

Don't worry, your boss will get his punishment too. Karma will kick in and you will be the one smiling and driving !

clair_brodie 35

Saturday 15 December 2012 22:23

In most jobs if you have someone cover for you and they do not show up then you are both in trouble but more so the original worker due to the fact that it was YOUR shift. Which means your responsibility to be there.

MyRealLife 3

Wednesday 19 December 2012 18:53

ON THE PAGE BEFOR THIS POST I SAW THIS ONE Today, I saw a photo on Instagram of my friend flipping the camera the bird. She'd tagged it under "irony", so I jokingly suggested that she borrow a dictionary. She responded with a tirade of abuse, claimed to be sleeping with my boyfriend, and blocked me an hour later. FML THIS WAS THE REPLY the bigger bitch. Tell her that there's a vicious rumor about her having an STD and you are letting it continue because "it's way too funny."