Work: Today, my manager bailed on me during the afternoon rush; swamped...

By Sarah - 07/05/2009 04:53 - United States

Today, my manager bailed on me during the afternoon rush; swamped and distracted, I cut off the pad of my thumb in a cheese slicer. Some clinic hours later I returned, hungry and sick with blood loss, to sign WC papers. Manager's only words: "You're staying late to cover your long break, right?" FML

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By TexasGirl24 - 10/09/2016 12:51 - United States - Houston

Today, I was making a shake at work when the cup fell off the blender. I went to catch it, and instead caught the teeth of the still-spinning mixer. When my hand was still bleeding five minutes later, my supervisor told me to clock out until it stopped. I lost money for getting hurt on the job. FML

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By figgy - 29/11/2010 10:46 - United States

Today, I was working in a deli when I cut more meat than I intended; I basically removed my fingerprint via the deli slicer. FML

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By Bob - 21/01/2010 13:33 - Canada

Today, I'm a cashier in a grocery store. The visiting regional manager tore me a new one for being lazy. His reason? After working a double shift with no break, I decided to sit down for a minute when things got slow. FML

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By Anonymous - 21/12/2010 05:43 - United States

Today, one of my usually unpleasant managers offered me a slice of cheese cake for doing a good job. I declined, but after some pestering on his part I finally accepted it. I have been violently ill for the past two hours. FML

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Luckster 0

Thursday 7 May 2009 12:13

I HATE bosses that pull that shit on you! They can bail on you or take as many breaks as you want, but you have to make up for every second you miss for whatever reason, even if it means you were in the hospital during that time.

AeryFairy 10

Thursday 7 May 2009 12:07

reminds me of my old boss. my old boss was my mother.

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ThatsAli3 0

Thursday 7 May 2009 22:10

ugh. that sucks really hard. = (

88bellydancer 0

Thursday 7 May 2009 23:31

good thing you quit! I hate bosses like that! Mine gave me a hard time about taking a day off to go see a doctor after I had a migrain for over 5 days! I quit 3 days later.

kellster 2

Thursday 7 May 2009 23:38

I'm sorry, what a stupid way to have to leave a job you liked! What is wrong with employers these days??? I've worked in kitchens for a long time and cut myself pretty badly, too - I hope you feel better soon!

SarahX_fml 0

Thursday 7 May 2009 23:55

50 -- Good thing I didn't need the job that bad, huh?

alyssamarie218 0

Friday 8 May 2009 0:16

#50-accidents happen. You can be paying all the attention in the world and still accidently slip. I use knives on a regular basis and just the other day managed to slip and slice my finger. Guess what? I was paying attention to what I was doing. OP-good luck! Keep it clean and dry, follow the instructions they gave you at the clinic for aftercare. I haven't managed to cut off the pad of a finger, but I have gotten myself some bad slices and cool scars, be prepared for a few days with a very tender finger. did you get to wear a finger condom?

srslydude 0

Friday 8 May 2009 0:41

OWW. ive cut myself on the slicers too... owowowwwwww. i hope u where cleaning it, and it wasnt running... i'da punched ur boss in the throat.

moholy 1

Friday 8 May 2009 1:36

I wonder what the workplace safety regulations are where you work: I once sliced the base of my thumb open working at a box store (4 stitches), and they tried to pull something like that. Luckily, I knew that (where I live) if you get injured at work, they still have to pay you for your entire shift, including time spent at the clinic/hospital. It was actually on the forms they had me sign BEFORE they took me to the clinic. Once I came out of shock, I pointed that out.