Work: Today, I folded a stack of 2,500 brochures for the new exhibit...

By Anonymous - 09/07/2015 16:38 - Canada - Toronto

Today, I folded a stack of 2,500 brochures for the new exhibit we're putting on at the museum where I work. As I was finishing up, I got an email. The dates have just been changed, so all the brochures have to be reprinted and refolded. FML

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Today, I turned in my homework. Too bad I accidentally handed in the printed answer sheet I found online to copy from. FML

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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 Mirorbo - 11/06/2011 06:09 - United States

Today, my mother-in-law visited the house while my husband and I were at work. When we returned, we discovered she'd shredded and thrown away all the scribbled on papers sprawled on our messy desks. We're graphics designers. Those were rough sketches for about 14 different clients. FML

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Friday 10 July 2015 0:34

Guess your life has been folded the wrong way! Im sorry that was bad

mds9986 24

Friday 10 July 2015 0:35

This is why I always procrastinate on my work. Ok, maybe not.

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lissabobissa 18

Friday 10 July 2015 9:37

What a waste of paper and time :( sorry op

katertott 44

Friday 10 July 2015 9:49

That happens to me at work quite often. Rather than reprint, we just print out the correct info onto address stickers and use those to cover up the incorrect info. Sometimes we re-use pamphlets from previous years and do the same thing if the rest of the text didn't change.

protoskore 27

Friday 10 July 2015 10:03

don't think of it as wasted effort. think of it as job security

mrjiggles1992 18

Friday 10 July 2015 11:06

Err ask the printing company to fold them. They will have machines that would do it in a minute flat...

rockwrench 18

Friday 10 July 2015 15:06

Nothing like job security. Look at it this way. At least your not licking envelopes.

RpiesSPIES 27

Friday 10 July 2015 16:23

Turn your ability to fold things into something more productive and become a geneticist. Fold DNA like no other.

psyjoniz 12

Friday 10 July 2015 16:27

so you are complaining about being paid to do stuff? im confused.

TallMist 32

Saturday 11 July 2015 22:25

She's complaining because she already did her work, but now has to do it all over again. It's not "You get paid how much you work." it's "You get paid how many hours you work." The only extra work you get paid for is overtime. If you printed 2,500 brochures and folded them then had to redo it all again, you wouldn't be happy either, no matter how much you're being paid for it.