Work: Today, I fell asleep while on the toilet at work. When I woke...

By XoXonedirectionXoXo - 23/06/2012 22:21 - United States - Eden Prairie

Today, I fell asleep while on the toilet at work. When I woke up, I tried to quietly sneak back to my desk, only to be caught by my boss. He immediately sent me packing and gave his "best wishes" for me in the unemployment line. FML

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By Courtney - 07/11/2011 06:49 - United States

Today, I was so tired that I fell asleep on the toilet, and then had to give my boss a valid reason for why I was late. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/04/2016 18:18 - Netherlands - Den Dungen

Today, I fell asleep while taking a dump. At work. FML

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By sleepytime - 05/10/2009 16:36 - United States

Today, I was really, REALLY tired at work. I went to the restroom to take a little break, and must have dozed off, because I was awoken by my boss, knocking on the door of the stall. Apparently, I had been snoring. FML

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By Unemployed - 30/09/2009 09:03 - Malaysia

Today, I fell asleep during my division emergency meeting. As I about to head home that evening, my boss patted me on the back saying, "Wrong move. Good luck". Turned out, it was a meeting to determine who will be kicked out of the company due to recession. My name was written first on the list. FML

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By Anonymous - 21/12/2017 01:30

Today, my boss left early, so I decided to take an extended break and run home. I found my wife in bed with my boss. I got fired for leaving work. FML

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By jeed(1) - 25/08/2013 21:36 - France - Marseille

Today, at work, I stepped out for a few minutes to use the bathroom. Shortly after returning, I found out the hard way that one of my coworkers had used my computer to send a profanity-filled email to our boss, calling him an asshole and telling him to go fuck himself. I'm now jobless. FML

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By DonPedro - 16/01/2009 14:45 - United States

Today, I took a dump at work. When I went to flush the toilet, it clogged and began to overflow. I left the bathroom as it was and as I walked out, my boss came in. FML

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By Dan - 17/11/2020 22:58

Today, I fell asleep at work. I got woke up by my boss with a coffee and a referral letter. FML

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By anthony512 - 24/05/2013 16:08 - Netherlands - Amsterdam

Today, after a sleepless night, I fell asleep at my work desk. When I awoke, I found my co-workers had duct taped me to my chair. I was yelling at them to untape me, when our boss came in, scolded me for fucking about on the job, and left without saying a word to my colleagues. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/10/2013 09:01 - United States - Cedar Park

Today, I worked 24 hours straight fixing my company's servers. After it was over, I breathed a huge sigh of relief and promptly fell asleep at my desk. My boss found me an hour later, refused to listen to me, and fired me for sleeping on the job. FML

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obviousboy 8

Sunday 24 June 2012 3:21

YDI simply because of your username.

xoxokelsey11 5

Sunday 24 June 2012 3:19

How long could you have been sleeping in there? Must've been comfortable.

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fighterofwar 5

Sunday 24 June 2012 11:41

Coffee.

lucyricardo 5

Sunday 24 June 2012 13:38

I'm very skeptical that this is all you were fired for. It seems YDI, based on what you have posted, you were just irresponsible and fell asleep at work. Someone mentioned that is "time theft", I agree completely. Hopefully, you take your next job more seriously. In this economy, there are plently of ppl out of work eager to actually work at whatever job they are given.

burntbeard 4

Sunday 24 June 2012 13:59

unfortunately that's the way the cookie crumbles. I'm sure this wasn't her first incident she could be a chronic bathroom user. I wouldn't want an employee who spends more time in the bathroom then at their desk.

Dcm210 19

Sunday 24 June 2012 15:11

lawsuit?

Speedylunar 19

Sunday 24 June 2012 17:34

And sue OP's boss for what? It seems, to me at least, that OP's boss did nothing wrong in this situation, certainly nothing punishable by law. He just did his job of making sure his employees do theirs... Even if you're in America, you can't sue for everything, sometimes something is just your fault. OP: YDI.

mattorama 15

Monday 25 June 2012 23:37

Gotta love the lawsuit mentality. OP screwed up and deserved to get sacked. Sometimes in life, you have to just suck it up and admit it's YOUR fault, and nobody else's.

YourMoms_BF 2

Sunday 24 June 2012 16:27

You slept in the bathroom YDI

Poetrylover102 6

Sunday 24 June 2012 16:40

Ah crap! Well that's just shitty!

disney_blonde 16

Sunday 24 June 2012 17:02

Sounds reasonable, you were wasting company time. I know my company has a policy against sleeping on the clock, only on lunch since it's unpaid.

jessicawuvsya 0

Sunday 24 June 2012 17:27

One of my moms friends fell a sleep in a store bathroom me and my friend hade to wate in the car for hours when a guy with a ski mask walked in we thought the place was being robed my friends niece was playing with her phone and dialed 912

thefmlman2011 36

Wednesday 15 January 2020 12:16

I’m guessing grammar isn’t your strong suit?

neppy 6

Sunday 24 June 2012 17:50

Depends if the OP fell asleep by accident or on purpose. If it was an accident they should've maybe got a warning or a disciplinary but not the sack. Otherwise yeah, it's a legit reason to be fired.