Work: Today, at my internship, I was told we were going to do something...

By strongjon60 - 07/02/2012 15:07 - United States

Today, at my internship, I was told we were going to do something fun. I was excited, until I found out that this "fun" thing was labeling 500 folders. 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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By Anonymous - 23/06/2011 00:36 - Australia

Today, I'm a graduate but still an unpaid intern. My daily work is folding letters and putting them into envelopes. The sad thing is, I actually enjoy doing it. FML

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Alexa, play "Boredom" by Buzzcocks

By Anonymous - 23/10/2020 05:03 - United States

Today, I started the internship of my dreams. The company has nothing for me to do, so I sit and stare at the clock. FML

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By CollegeKID - 23/05/2012 03:27 - United States

Today, I went to orientation for college. They gave us a name tag and I tried to figure out how to put it on for a few minutes. After struggling with it I realized it was a sticker. FML

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Get to work

By You must be joking - 03/07/2018 20:30

Today, my boss told me to sort and file all the paperwork he'd been randomly shoving into boxes since 2010. Apparently we're being audited, so he expects me to do eight years of filing in two weeks. There's enough paper to fully stock a large public library. Two weeks my ass. FML

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By KillMePlease - 11/03/2015 20:15 - United States - Hicksville

Today, I was given a new responsibility at the law firm where I work. I'm now in charge of punching holes in every single piece of paper to be found in the office, estimated to be in the hundred-thousands. The reason? I finish my daily clerical work too quickly. FML

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Pleased to meet you

By Noname - 16/02/2009 18:23 - United States

Today, I went in for my second day working at my internship. My bosses greeted me and told me we were going to have a meeting. The meeting was about the drunk voicemails I left them on Saturday. FML

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Bosses gonna boss

By Anonymous - 15/12/2021 14:01 - Germany

Today, my supervisor’s first words when looking at my work were, “What is this shit?!” I explained that I'd done it exactly like she told me to. She just kept on grumbling because she couldn’t find a single thing I had done wrong, which apparently ruined her day. FML

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Hyperfocused

By Anonymous - 23/11/2023 12:00 - United States

Today, I set out to organize my media files over several old hard drives, but I got so engrossed in creating intricate folders and subfolders that I forgot what I was organizing in the first place. My computer is now a labyrinth of folders titled "Stuff," "Things," and "What is this even?" FML

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By Disgruntled ADP - 26/10/2018 08:30 - United States - Dallas

Today, we moved desks for the umpteenth time, and my supervisor stuffed me in a corner by the door with no one around to talk to. The worst thing is I hear the badge reader beep every few seconds. It's already driving me crazy. FML

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Tuesday 7 February 2012 18:41

I sometimes find tasks like that fun, it depends if I can make a game out of it or not.

ant1078 7

Tuesday 7 February 2012 18:39

That's how my boss gets me to empty the garbage bins :(

Comments

artmastr 0

Wednesday 8 February 2012 4:41

Really? You actually thought you were going to do something fun at work? Could you not hear the sarcasm???

artmastr 0

Wednesday 8 February 2012 4:43

Your an idiot. Anti-flood protection

yeukfei02 4

Wednesday 8 February 2012 5:50

Haha

aquaeyedsiren 0

Wednesday 8 February 2012 5:57

better than my "fun bag" at work... a bag of other people's mess and mistakes that I get to fix

takenover 15

Wednesday 8 February 2012 8:59

Wow! A lot of labels. Sounds extremely boring to me.

jjmiddaugh 0

Wednesday 8 February 2012 13:01

Why was your ring that big?

ColdGold 6

Wednesday 8 February 2012 21:16

Oh no. Precious! How dare they expect you to do something when you are so beautiful and talented. You are too good for that. Just go sit at the president's desk and demand kisses.

dinosaurzombie 14

Thursday 3 January 2013 7:34

Sounds fun to me!

Mandie56 4

Wednesday 27 March 2013 15:13

That's what interns do, didn't you know? They do the jobs that no one else wants to do. Volunteers and interns; they do the grunt work. Every time....consistantly...