Money and Work: You bastard!

You bastard!

By Backseatseller - 15/09/2009 05:35 - New Zealand

Today, I was at work, and some people came in looking for a particular couch. After looking for over an hour on the wholesalers website my boss walks over, makes me take my lunch break and then calls over the couple and takes all the credit for the sale. We work on commission. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/05/2015 20:58 - United States - Evanston

Today, at work, I was about to close a big sale, when a coworker rushed over and said there was a call for me in the office. He heavily implied my mom had died, and I rushed out. After I figured out there was no call and that my mom was fine, he'd already stolen my sale and the commission. FML

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By codizzy - 18/08/2016 22:05

Today, while working at my job at a lumber/hardware store, my coworker told me he was taking an hour break instead of the usual half-hour. Not only did he leave me with a store packed with customers on Customer Appreciation Day, but he never came back until closing time. FML

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By ohtheirony - 22/09/2014 01:27

Today, the man who hit on me in a store and asked for my number showed up on my doorstep to inquire about my couch for sale. With his wife. FML

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The customer is always a dong

By Obviously works everywhere - 20/09/2017 23:15

Today, a customer filed a formal complaint with corporate about me, because I wouldn't help her find things she wanted while I was off the clock. We were in a completely different store than the one where I actually work. FML

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Dogsbody

By Anonymous - 17/11/2021 07:58

Today, and like every day, after I'd just had finished serving a customer on one side of the store, my boss asked me to go help another one on the other side of the store, which is literally a 2-minute walk away, while 2 other staff members were besides him, doing nothing. I don't even get paid commission. FML

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By darianvilla - 22/07/2016 23:35 - United States - College Park

Today, I was happy because my co-worker was almost about to get fired due to his lazy habits. It was all going so well. Then I accidentally put my biggest sale yet under his name. FML

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By eaglesmile - 03/04/2015 04:37 - India - Mumbai

Today, during work hours, I took time off and discreetly went for an interview for a prospective job at our rival company. As soon as I reached the place, I bumped into my current boss. FML

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By Anonymous - 16/02/2014 17:22 - United Kingdom - Cambridge

Today, my boss bitched me out on the sales floor for a good 10 minutes, because I wasn't "smiling the right way" for our customers. FML

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Commission demon

By TheNewSalesRep - 21/01/2016 02:37 - Canada - Brantford

Today, on my second day at my new job, my supervisor told me that I was ready to make a sale on my own. Things were going well, until said supervisor interrupted my sales pitch, apologized on my behalf for being new, and stole my sale. FML

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Stolen valor

By Anonymous - 18/09/2009 11:08 - Iraq

Today, I was at work, finishing a presentation for my boss. Five minutes after I presented it to him, his boss walked in and asked for the same presentation I had just given. My boss presented it. His boss then turned to me and asked me, "What use are you around here?" FML

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paivarotti 0

Tuesday 15 September 2009 12:09

Stab him. Stab him in the face.

kiit_fml 0

Tuesday 15 September 2009 12:35

I read this as the OP helping the customers find a couch for an hour, not searching for a specific one they already knew about but a particular kind of couch that fit their needs. Otherwise it would be much easier to find and obviously wouldn't take that long. The boss waited until they were set on a couch to swoop in and take credit for the sale. Fyl. It was incredibly unfair of your boss to do that, and it cheated you out of the commission you deserved for helping the customers.

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JanisEvans 10

Tuesday 15 September 2009 18:34

If it took you over an hour to find (or looking for) what the customers wanted, then he didn't steal your commission, he got sick of watching you being a complete fail and saved the deal for your employer.

kirei_fml 0

Tuesday 15 September 2009 18:42

Maybe the website had a shitty design, but an hour is a pretty damn long time. I can't say you entirely deserved it, but I can't say FYL just cos an hour is so long. HOWEVER. I worked a job on commission & when you don't get it, it sucks. Your boss should at least give you a small cut.

Ironhide_Delta 0

Tuesday 15 September 2009 19:25

Having worked commission myself I know exactly what the OP has gone through. Those of you saying he's incompetent for taking an hour on the wholesalers website need to get a damn clue. I've dealt with customers who come in, say they want a specific model, yet have no idea what they really want. So you're stuck going over catalogs and websites trying to find the one thing they have fluttering around in their heads. And now the douchebag boss comes along, tells the employee to go on break and then steals the commission? That's like me walking down the street, pulling your wallet/purse out and over and fishing for large bills. Would you take that if someone tried to do that to you? Of course not, it's theft. He's stealing money that you earned (theoretically) out of your pocket and putting it in his pocket. This boss is a real piece of work. I've called out people who stole from me and have reversed the majority of the sales. I've had paperwork that confirms that I've spent time with the customer before hand, but to steal a sale right in front of the OP takes balls. FYL OP, FYL.

Gesq1 0

Tuesday 15 September 2009 21:01

I liked this FML better when I thought it read, "particular cooch." It just didn't have the same impact when I realized it wasn't about the sex trade.

Exhumed 0

Tuesday 15 September 2009 22:00

**** i lold

RuralNinja 0

Tuesday 15 September 2009 22:01

Take it up with your boss's boss.

timothyD12 0

Tuesday 15 September 2009 23:04

yeah, and you, the idiot, instead of talking to the boss or his/her superior about it, went and wrote about it on a website, wow, that is gonna boost your career tremendously and help with your cowardice, stupidity and inability to stand up to anyone ever...no wonder your boss walks all over you...

twenty_fml 0

Wednesday 16 September 2009 1:36

What an asshole.

kellster 2

Wednesday 16 September 2009 9:52

Um, report your boss to whomever he answers to, and then quit. Seriously. It's not worth it working for someone who's going to do that to you!! I work in retail, too, and my manager also does this to all of us sometimes - sends us on our breaks while we're still with a customer and then moves in for the kill. It blows.