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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/NunsWithNunchucks on 2025-12-06 06:18:03+00:00.
Our company had its annual year end function yesterday and the theme was dress up like your favourite tv character. I was gonna dress up like a Squid Game soldier with the black mask and pink jumpsuit, but when I ordered the costume online and eventually tried it on at home, the mask was way too big and the jumpsuit was way too tight. So I decided to go with plan b. Dress up like my boss. He wasn't a tv character, but he kind of acted like one. He always walks like he's a model at a runway fashion show and he loves to literally point his finger at people before saying something cringe like "Love your work, Joey! You were cook KING! That presentation was fuh fuh fuh fiiiiiiiire!"
As someone with a father who's more or less my boss's age, hearing him unironically use Gen Z slang on a daily basis was something I had trouble getting used to during my first few weeks at work. Anyway, so I showed up at the year end function dressed in a suit and tie, which was an easy last minute solution to my Squid Game fuck up. Whenever someone asked me who I was dressed as, I would point my finger at them and drop a random line like "You're the GOAT, Bryan! But stay humble, fam. Ego is the enemy." I had enough lines like that to make it clear to everyone who I was, including our boss, who approached me at some point and joked that I reminded him of a younger version of himself. Cue laughing. Ha ha ha. Hee hee hee.
Later that evening, the boss approached me again, but this time it was obvious based on his body language that he was no longer sober. He put his hand on the back of my neck and asked if I thought it was appropriate to make fun of the person who employed me. I said my intention was to have fun not make fun and then I apologised if I did anything inappropriate or offensive. My boss said it was a shame because he used to like me, and then he just walked away without saying anything else. It was ominous as fuck. I was unable to stop thinking about that interaction for the rest of the night, so I decided to leave. I think I fucked up. I just don't know how bad yet.
Tl:Dr Dressed up and acted as my boss for our costume themed office party and ended up making my boss hate me.