Work: Thanks, I guess

Thanks, I guess

By ST3PH - 09/07/2009 19:17 - Canada

Today, my boss requested that I re-organize every file in the office, because she wanted the filing cabinets alphabetized right to left, not left to right. To thank me, she came into my office to give me one uncooked ear of corn. I think my boss has mistaken me for some kind of farm animal. FML

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Same thing different taste

Thanks mom!

By hatedatwork - 02/09/2019 13:00 - United States - Shreveport

Today, my CEO called and spoke to me like I'm a child. Apparently, she has a surprise for me, "but only if I clean up my office first." She hasn't been to my office in months because she works in another state. Turns out, someone texted her a picture of my messy office. FML

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Not like that

By Anonymous - 03/02/2023 22:00

Today, my boss told me to 'think outside the box'. I did and got lost in a corn maze for hours. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/01/2011 13:23 - Canada

Today, my boss asked for recommendations on how to improve the office. I sent her an e-mail full of my ideas. Later, my boss sent me a reply, saying, "Here's what head office thinks of your ideas." It contained a list of insults upper management made about me. FML

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By Anonymous - 24/05/2011 04:38

Today, my boss ate a small piece of paper off her desk, thinking it was frosting. I have to work for this woman. FML

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By Liz - 11/08/2011 02:21 - United States

Today, my boss became very angry over her own mistake on a spreadsheet. She lashed out by throwing a can of SpaghettiOs at my head. FML

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By MSURebel70 - 16/07/2010 23:48 - United States

Today, I found out I've been incorrectly sorting thousands of papers for the past two weeks. My boss wanted them sorted by date, but the co-worker who instructed me said to sort them into alphabetical order just to watch me fail. FML

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Let him cook

By last literate - 27/10/2011 16:15 - Canada

Today, my boss made me run yet another stupid errand. When I delivered the paperwork to his office, I saw an email printout on his desk. Apparently, he has a plan in the works to get me "fried" next month. I'm not sure whether to give him a letter of resignation or a bottle of barbecue sauce. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/09/2018 14:30 - United States - Buffalo

Today, during a meeting with my boss, she explained she's giving me one more chance before she has to fire me. Her reason? I accidentally ordered chicken on a salad last week for a meeting and she feels my performance has gone down the tubes. FML

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Help yourself

By Anonymous - 13/04/2023 22:00

Today my boss went digging through my drawer, took a pack of gum, and told me I got him the wrong flavor. He kept it anyway. FML

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Lackey

By Anonymous - 12/05/2022 12:00 - Australia - Batesford

Today, at 1 am, I got a message from a colleague, who I have never met, bossing me around requesting "immediately, ASAP" some information a monkey could've found online in 5 minutes. I told her that she sounded rude and unorganised. Ten minutes later, I got a mail from my boss asking me to apologise to her. I did. FML

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Friday 10 July 2009 1:19

Well, that's kinda corny.

vheissu 0

Friday 10 July 2009 1:09

at least you got some corn.

Comments

krissmundur 0

Friday 10 July 2009 16:32

why not skip that work and start looking on the other end? it sucks having a woman as a boss :P

Hazy_fml 0

Friday 10 July 2009 17:44

...Wish I had corn at my work..

CodeMan16 0

Friday 10 July 2009 18:57

first

janeasutengirl 0

Friday 10 July 2009 20:18

at my old job, the boss of my boss came and tried looking for a file. When she coudn't understand our filing system, she just started ripping everything of the shelves and got everyone in our department and several other departments to come and spend the next 3 weeks re-alphabetizing and filing them to "fix" it. If she had just asked somone in my group for help, we could have had her file for her in minutes and saved everyone a major 3 week headache. This was a government job.

dramakat11 0

Friday 10 July 2009 20:20

lol, I was thinking the very exact thing. FYL, what a nice service staff

ChelseaL0v3 0

Friday 10 July 2009 21:18

haha, soak that baby in some sugar water, refrigerate it, and you have a nice refreshing snack on a hot summer day. =P

RenRen_fml 0

Friday 10 July 2009 22:21

maybe its her symbol of friendship?? err...

cactus_fml 0

Friday 10 July 2009 22:41

Your boss is a freak, ahahahaha. First of all, why would you want it alphabetized right to left? That's stupid, considering you read left to right. Second, that's a lot of tedious work for nothing, because why does it need to be backwards? Third, SHE GAVE YOU CORN. Who carries corn arround? Wtf kind of thanks is that? Lmao.

amy_shmamy 0

Saturday 11 July 2009 2:28

what you couldve done was just flip all the files around so theyd be alphabetized right to left : right?

LeCielNousAide 7

Saturday 11 July 2009 7:31

I don't think the OP was expecting any kind of reward for doing her job, I think she was just confused as to why her boss gave her an uncooked ear of corn, lol. FYL for sure!