By Anonymous - 05/10/2012 02:02 - United States

Today, my boss captured a huge spider and put it in a jar on the desk in our shop. He's named it Fluffy and is threatening to fire me if I harm it. I'm horribly arachnophobic and we share that desk. FML
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sirsquab 12

Why do you hate spiders? Most of them are harmless and they kill mosquitoes and other bugs. They're quite helpful. Kidding. Seriously, **** spiders.

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perdix 29

In this economy, you should be much more out-of-work-phobic, so sort your phobias out and deal with the little bug in the glass (and hope it doesn't escape, heh-heh-heh.) Or get some old lady to swallow it. I don't know why.

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nuffsaidboutthat 4

I shall call him Fluffy and he will be my very own Fluffy

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kittykat1501 31

This is satisfying

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jayhawkchik 4

You can sue him for creating a traumatic work environment.

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KatjaM 15

Your boss is an ass. I love spiders, but I can understand if someone doesn't like them. Try and find someone at work that will release it outside.

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KatjaM 15

Just because someone has a fear, it doesn't make them a wuss. You're insensitive and narrow minded.

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bioboy725 10

I don't get why so many people are scared of spiders. It just doesn't make sense to me.

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Levvy 22

Just remember: To judge from this comments page, the important thing is you are bad and evil for having a reaction above "fear/hate/kill" because an animal is insufficiently pwetty.

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obsydian_fml 3

Phobias. Us that are afraid of them can't help it.

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Dcm210 19

He can't do that, talk to someone in charge of him.

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LuckyLynx7732 5

Thats not exactly true. My friend got bite by a brown recluse on her inner thigh and ended up in the hospital for about a week with blood poisoning. She has a wicked scar from it and they were seriously considering cutting off her leg.

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LuckyLynx7732 5

All you need is a few drops of fingernail polish remover in the jar. Problem solved.

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PhishloverA 14

Just leave it in the jar OP it can't get you. Your boss is really trying to piss you off though by putting a spider near you when you're arachnophobic

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CustardAndPie 13

No offense, but as an arachnophobic myself I can tell you that you don't know enough about phobias to comment on this. If you think just leaving it in the jar and saying "it's can't get you" are solutions, you've never had a phobic reation. Phobias are neither reasonable nor controllable, and they can cause minor symtoms such as light sweating and slight discomfort to major ones like panic attacks, difficulty breathing, and can ause irrational reactions such as just outright quitting a job so as not to be near the trigger. (Which is what I'd do. There have been times when I've been unable to entern my house because I've seen a spider in there, and times when I've phoned the emergency services struggling to breathe through panic attacks.) The boss is in the wrong, here, and OP needs to file a complaint. (Or have someone free the spider, and then when fired, he/she can sue for wrongful dismissal.)

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DanteKanji 1

You could potentially file for harassment. He is forcing you to work in an uncomfortable environment for fear of being fired. It might be a stretch, but it sounds plausible

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