Work: Today, my boss yelled at me for ruining the report she was supposed...

By frustrated - 29/06/2011 12:59 - United Kingdom

Today, my boss yelled at me for ruining the report she was supposed to write with my "terrible spelling and grammar". I've checked it thoroughly, and all of her 'corrections' are wrong. She doesn’t believe me, and is refusing to look at a dictionary. FML

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By Anonymous - 22/08/2014 16:56 - New Zealand - Auckland

Today, my boss chewed me out for correcting several spelling and grammar mistakes in one of his reports. The words "Think you're so damn smart, don't ya?" were uttered. I'm his secretary, and proofreading his shit is part of my job. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/04/2021 17:59 - Canada - Regina

Today, I found out that I'm not getting a new position I applied for at my company. Now, I have to continue working for my boss, who recently severely criticized my spelling in my reports, only they weren't my reports, and when I pointed this out, she simply never responded. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/03/2019 20:00

Today, my supervisor told me off for doing something. When I reminded her that she told me to do it, she yelled at me for correcting her. FML

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By FabFor87 - 19/12/2016 16:15 - United Kingdom - Stockport

Today, my boss asked me to send an email on his behalf with an important report attached. I've already received 3 responses from directors commenting on poor spelling and factual errors. I get paid 1/4 the salary of my boss and he can't even write properly. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/12/2021 14:01 - Germany

Today, my supervisor’s first words when looking at my work were, “What is this shit?!” I explained that I'd done it exactly like she told me to. She just kept on grumbling because she couldn’t find a single thing I had done wrong, which apparently ruined her day. FML

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By shaifox96 - 17/04/2015 03:34 - Canada - Saint Catharines

Today, I received a terrible grade for an essay I worked really hard on. I had two friends, one being an English major, check it over. However, apparently I "clearly didn't use spellcheck" on this essay just like the last one I submitted to her. FML

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Genius

By cunting cuntface of a boss - 25/02/2014 20:42 - Australia

Today, I had to proofread a document my boss had written. When I pointed out that he spelled "college" as "collage" multiple times, he angrily accused me of trying to make him look stupid. This is the guy who constantly boasts about his "genius" IQ level to the whole office. FML

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The buck stops here

By Anonymous - 30/06/2016 20:42 - United States - Milwaukee

Today, my boss threw me out of her office during a conference call for daring to correct her. The client fired the company because she subsequently got all the information on the call wrong, and plainly had no idea what was going on. From all the screaming, this is now all my fault. FML

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By gt - 23/09/2010 00:52 - Canada

Today, my boss fired me because I corrected him after he misspoke during a meeting. FML

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Cursive

By Anonymous - 25/05/2011 13:55 - Australia

Today, my boss and I were preparing a lunch order for a nearby real-estate agency. I noticed that the order was riddled with spelling mistakes, so I laughed and mocked the realtors, calling them stupid and incompetent. My boss then pointed out that the order was written in his handwriting. FML

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aman7860 0

Wednesday 29 June 2011 18:59

what a bitch :/

iAmScrubs 19

Wednesday 29 June 2011 19:04

How do people like that become bosses? It seems like the people with kindergarten educations get the best jobs and everyone else has to go to university for multiple years just to start of at the bottom of the food chain in their job.

Comments

Phase 0

Thursday 30 June 2011 4:11

Quick tip OP. You don't put commas before "and". They're both connectives. It's one or the other.

I_iz_B_a_troll 23

Thursday 30 June 2011 5:51

No, if she were to omit the "and" she'd need a semicolon; the two can't be used interchangeably. :D

TheIrishJaneDoe 8

Thursday 30 June 2011 17:49

Sorry, your quick tip is wrong. The comma comes before the conjunction (and, but, or, yet, etc.) when the conjunction joins two independent clauses, which forms a compound sentence. You don't use a comma before the conjunction when the conjunction joins a dependent clause, which forms a compound verb. In this FML, ", and all" is correct, but ", and is" is technically incorrect. It's one of those things that many people, including me, often get wrong.

imnotcraZ 0

Thursday 30 June 2011 4:14

why do you do it?

THEgirlNEXTdoor0_fml 8

Thursday 30 June 2011 5:05

well...she is the one who is gonna be juged so calm down ! she is reponsible of you so..

demetrius19 7

Thursday 30 June 2011 5:06

thats mean

unixdude 9

Thursday 30 June 2011 6:29

If the report is as badly worded as your FML, you deserve it for ******* up the report. YDI.

shaluf 3

Thursday 30 June 2011 6:57

what does 'OP' mean?

TheRealLori 0

Thursday 30 June 2011 13:41

Original Poster.

kmgarcia71 1

Thursday 30 June 2011 7:03

That is when I would leave all her "corrections" in the revised copy, but maintain your original for your records. When the boss comes back later and blames you again, this time for HER mistakes, you have your original. Good luck not getting burnt out at that job.