Work: Today, my boss threatened to fire me because of a tattoo I have....

By Anonymous - 26/03/2013 14:54 - Finland - Vanda

Today, my boss threatened to fire me because of a tattoo I have. It's a small teddy bear on my leg with my parents' names on it. My workplace has no problems with tattoos, but my boss said it was "unoriginal and lame." It's a memorial tattoo; my parents died last year. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/03/2015 12:23 - United States - Woodbridge

Today, I got fired for having a visible tattoo on my neck. The tattoo in question is a scar from a surgery I had 2 months ago. The same one paid for by my employer's insurance and missed 2 weeks of work for. FML

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By heatherfeather22 - 31/07/2014 03:28 - United States - Ottumwa

Today, I got into trouble at work because a customer complained about my face tattoo, I don't have a face tattoo but I do have one behind my ear. Nonetheless, I still got written up and had to cover it with a band-aid, which ripped out hair when I took it off. FML

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By Eh... - 19/07/2009 07:25 - Ukraine

Today, my boss asked me if I know anything about those tattoos that girl put on their lower backs. "You mean Tramp Stamps?" I responded. He looked at me with hatred in his eyes and said that his 18 year old daughter just got one. FML

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By :( - 06/06/2013 23:37 - United States

Today, at my new job at a funeral home, my boss threatened to fire me if I didn't "lighten the hell up" while dealing with our grieving clients. FML

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By Anonymous - 23/06/2018 19:00

Today, my boss threatened to fire me for racism after I refused to hire a black woman. I didn't hire her because she came to the interview wearing what was basically a bikini and she was covered in tattoos depicting lewd sex acts. FML

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By bananamuffin - 30/03/2012 19:13 - United States

Today, I realized that the "holla" tattoo I stupidly got on my lower lip five years ago isn't fading as I expected it to, and will probably contribute to my unemployment for years to come. FML

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By Rubach - 13/06/2021 02:01

Today, I came to terms with the fact that my dad will die without knowing I have tattoos on my body. I'm afraid my dad will suffer a deadly heart attack due to the revelation, as he had two heart failures in the past. My dad is still the sort of person who thinks that people with tattoos are criminals. FML

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By upsetandunjustified - 04/11/2010 05:19 - United States

Today, I got fired from my job where you build teddy bears. I got fired not because I did anything wrong, just because they don't like my personality. I'd never worked with my boss, and that means all the employees that work there had a meeting about me, and all confirmed they don't like me. FML

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By scaredinnyc - 14/11/2012 01:03 - United States - Trenton

Today, I was looking at tattoos and fell in love with a really cool looking one, so I decided to get it. I later showed it to a friend who is a cop. He informed me that it is a gang tattoo. I think I just put a target on my ankle. FML

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By tattooooooface - 28/01/2010 13:08 - United States

Today, my dad found out I got a tattoo behind his back and is really really upset. When I got home from work my car wasn't in the driveway. When I asked my dad where it was, he replied "you'll get it back when your tattoo comes off." FML

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Tuesday 26 March 2013 18:48

Some people... makes me wonder how they became the assholes they are today.

enbliss 10

Tuesday 26 March 2013 18:49

tell him his excuse is "lame and unoriginal"

Comments

j_cat187 19

Tuesday 26 March 2013 23:09

You haven't seen it? I few weeks ago I saw an individual with the tattoo of a rectum on the back of his bald head.

hayhaii 11

Tuesday 26 March 2013 23:09

people today shouldn't even be called people . assholes nowadays

iChompYa 18

Tuesday 26 March 2013 23:34

Even if he did you could take his ass to court and make him look stupider than he already does

anni1999 7

Tuesday 26 March 2013 23:34

Orr poor baby r they bad?

DJrEddyLeb 7

Wednesday 27 March 2013 0:03

Give him some laxatives? Probably you would earn his spot for a while? I mean, what goes around comes around, right?

jregier89 7

Wednesday 27 March 2013 0:38

Your boss is a d*ckhead!!

Quiet_one 22

Wednesday 27 March 2013 0:43

My first thought was that he must have been trying to joke with you, because that doesn't make any sense otherwise. But even then, it was in poor taste and he shouldn't have said it. I'm so sorry OP.