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By anonymous - 15/02/2015 22:39 - United States - Valdosta

Today, while working at Subway I joked with a customer asking him if he was going to order in Spanish. The women in front of him began yelling about how I was being racist and told my manager that I needed to be fired. The customer I was joking with was my Spanish teacher. FML

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By PuddlePirate - 07/09/2012 16:23 - United States - Mountain Iron

Today, my co-worker and I were having a conversation in Russian. Our boss overheard us talking, shouted, "I know you're talking about me! I speak Spanish too!" and threatened to fire us. FML

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By UFVKNP - 10/03/2017 16:00

Today, my coworker and I were swamped with coffee orders. I told him I would "take care of the blacks", and a customer who only heard that sentence screamed at me for several minutes about racism. FML

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Offended

By Anonymous - 04/09/2009 04:31 - Canada

Today, a customer came in who only spoke Spanish. I speak Spanish rather well so I helped the customer. She ended up buying $2300 worth of stuff. I got written up because not speaking English apparently "has the potential be offensive to other customers if they are not able to understand you." FML

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How very dare you?

By FOXYgrandpa441 - 19/07/2012 00:41 - United States - Casper

Today, I was getting lunch at a fast food restaurant. My boss was in front of me, and in order to get on his good side I offered to pay. Instead, I got fired because I guess my boss assumed I was making fun of his salary, which I knew nothing about. FML

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That's no excuse

By Anonymous - 15/04/2021 08:00

Today, a customer yelled at me because I wouldn’t sell her a boneless chicken bucket with extra fries, beans, coleslaw and Pepsi. I work at Subway. FML

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Weird questions

By Lola Smith - 03/11/2020 11:02

Today, a customer asked me if we serve spaghetti. She then asked for a manager because I was giving her a weird look, laughing softly when telling her yes, and apparently making her feel stupid. My manager wrote me up. I work at the Old Spaghetti Factory. FML

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America, **** yeah

By BrazilianGal - 12/08/2021 02:01

Today, a lady at the clothing store told me to, “Stop speaking 'Mexicano', this is America!” when I was talking on the phone. I actually speak Portuguese. When I pointed this out, she verbally tortured me and threatened to, “Call the cops” if I didn’t leave her store for, “making her feel threatened.” FML

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By MakeMeASandwich - 10/06/2011 05:01 - United States

Today, I found out that as a supervisor, if you reprimand a female worker and end the conversation with, "Now get back to making sandwiches," your boss will consider it sexism and suspend you. I work at Subway. FML

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By Anonymous - 31/08/2019 06:03 - United States - New York

Today, while working at Subway, I was called a "terrorist" and other names by a customer 'behind my back'. I made him the best sandwich I'd ever made, in order to leave a good impression. Then I had to say the wonderful words, "Your total is $9.11." FML

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By Razz - 15/07/2015 22:02 - Australia - Lilydale

Today, I got fired, apparently for being racist to black people. When I told my boyfriend, he couldn't stop laughing. He's black. FML

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_kyleG_ 34

Monday 16 February 2015 9:22

People need to calm the hell down

iop330 22

Monday 16 February 2015 9:25

Ask is she wants to speak in dog language as she's obviously a bitch.

Comments

zachery44 5

Monday 16 February 2015 19:27

Your co worker sounds like a beaner just ignore him. And no every Mexican is MOT one Just the ones that call people racist all the time. Then go to there friend in Spanish about the gringo like we don't understand. But I'm sure there will be someone to comment and say I'm racist

laden_swallow09 34

Monday 16 February 2015 21:21

I could probably understand what you just said if I read it two or three more times, but I shouldn't have to.

rocker_chick23 27

Monday 16 February 2015 21:45

Read the FML more carefully.

PandaLove16 11

Monday 16 February 2015 19:56

Tell them to mind their own freaking business.

rinithxxx 9

Monday 16 February 2015 22:45

WOMEN said you were being racist?

NamelessFace 22

Monday 16 February 2015 22:55

I'm confused, was this guy even Mexican or Spanish or any kind of Latino, because if not that doesn't make any sense. I can at least see her getting upset if this guy looked like he was Latino but if he wasn't she had no reason to freak out like that. It wouldn't be racism otherwise.

Chilupa 28

Monday 16 February 2015 23:24

I can't stand customers like her. I work in a bakery that gives cookies to kids for free. Generally as long as they are polite we don't care how old they. I had a lady try to get one of my star employees fired because she saw him give a cookie to a kid she deemed to be too old. Unfortunately OP you will always encounter customers like her. Hopefully she didn't get you in trouble because you did nothing wrong.

ZY1431 24

Tuesday 17 February 2015 0:39

thats why people need to mind their own

blindkid1790 12

Tuesday 17 February 2015 0:56

People like this need to be smacked upside the head. They're the reason the world is the way it is. Racist this and racist that. Sue here and sue that person over there.