Work: Today, I went to deliver some reports to my boss in his office....

By robert - 31/01/2012 00:20 - United States

Today, I went to deliver some reports to my boss in his office. He was facing away from me and ranting about his "useless employees", so I slipped in and waited for him to put the phone down. Turns out he was talking to himself. When he noticed me, he bitched me out and threatened to fire me. FML

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Today, my boss was being a total asshole. While in the bathroom, he turned his back on me, so I gave him the finger, mouthed obscenities, and pantomimed stabbing him with a knife. He was looking in the mirror and saw everything. FML

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By ShayanFCB - 20/10/2009 19:35 - United States

Today, my boss was angry at me because I had filed a complaint about him refusing to change our phone service to something more reliable. Later, a customer called him and said I had hung up on him. I got fired. I didn't hang up on the customer, the phone service just dropped the call. FML

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kewlaidman10 15

Tuesday 31 January 2012 3:07

Sounds like a crazy ass boss

usnwife 18

Tuesday 31 January 2012 3:10

Maybe a polite knock before sneaking into your bosses office? I'd be pissed too if someone slipped in and just stood there! But I do have to admit he sounds a little off for talking to himself like that...

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BeccaHugs 17

Tuesday 31 January 2012 21:16

Knock?

KiddNYC1O 20

Tuesday 31 January 2012 23:18

Stewie Griffin.

Clarice1 9

Wednesday 1 February 2012 0:08

That sucks and everything, but why would you quietly slip into a room where someone seems to be having what is clearly a *personal* conversation? I'd say just come back in a few minutes, since even knocking would make it obvious that you'd overheard. His ranting to himself doesn't necessarily mean there's anything wrong with either him or his employees. Work is stressful and everybody needs to vent sometimes. Most of us have probably done the same thing. Even his bitching you out afterward isn't that weird -- of course I don't know if he's actually a terrible boss, but he almost certainly felt really awkward about having been caught.

bubo_fml 10

Wednesday 1 February 2012 0:37

Probably not a good time to discuss Napoleon Complexes or theories involving over compensating for having a small penis...

yeongji 31

Wednesday 1 February 2012 5:57

Um, why on earth would you decide to stick around when he is obviously in a bad mood? & even if he was not complaining about his employees, you should not have stayed. You were eavesdropping and nobody likes it when people do that.