Weddings, Music and Work: Bad omen or what?

Bad omen or what?

By Chipper - 09/06/2009 00:14 - United States

Today, I was playing piano for a wedding rehearsal. Bored, I decided to pass the time playing through a book of music I found in the piano bench. Some time later the bride turned to me and screamed at me to stop. I had turned the page and had begun to play "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off." FML

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By Anonymous - 12/09/2020 11:01 - Hong Kong - Central District

Today, I had a piano exam, for which I'd worked hard. I went in, and the examiner asked me to play some scales. I was so nervous, I played 3 octaves and then realised I'd ran out of space. I might have then said, "FUCK!" really loudly… and she heard. FML

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By mikuxxhatsune - 05/06/2017 02:00 - Australia - Greystanes

Today, I was the organist for a wedding. I had practiced for weeks, rehearsed with the choir many times and spent hours stressing. During the wedding march, the electric organ malfunctioned, adding on layers of random notes I didn't play. Guess who got yelled at afterwards. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/07/2013 06:52 - United States - Crystal Lake

Today, I was at a piano lesson playing a song I had worked very hard to make perfect. Halfway through, my teacher abruptly stops me and asks, "Did you notice that I rearranged the furniture?" FML

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By a person - 05/03/2009 04:29 - United States

Today, during my choral concert, I was helping turn the pages for the pianist who was accompanying the singers. In the middle of the song, one of the pages slipped and fell into his crotch area. In a panic, I frantically reached to grab the music. Well, I grabbed something. It wasn't the music. FML

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By PiaNO - 10/11/2009 21:41 - United Kingdom

Today, I was teaching a ten year old how to play piano. Halfway through the lesson, she made a minor mistake, which, trying to be a good tutor, I corrected her. She smiled up at me, paused, then slammed the key cover down onto my fingers. FML

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Inappropriate Billy Joel

By Anonymous - 18/04/2016 19:28 - United States - Carlisle

Today, I performed a piano piece at a school play. Everything went well until I got up and accidentally smashed my shin against one of the piano legs. Before I could bite my tongue, I'd already yelled "Fucking hell!" in front of about 50 second graders. FML

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By Jacky-Boy - 07/08/2009 00:22 - United Kingdom

Today, I was playing songs at a funeral in my church. As the organ wasn't in tune I had to use an electronic piano instead. All was going well until in the end of a speech, I accidentally hit the 'demo' button. None of the grieving relatives were impressed by my drum beats and turntable scratches. FML

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By christinabear - 15/04/2009 05:14 - United States

Today, I was woken up to my mom playing the piano awfully. I screamed down the stairs "you suck, stop playing!" Turns out it was my 5 year old cousin playing a recital. For my entire family. FML

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He doesn't even go here!

By ladyofzanarkand - 25/05/2018 20:30

Today, I had my high school piano recital. The entire time I was playing, one of my classmates sitting up front kept booing me and yelling "YOU SUCK" at the top of his lungs. He drowned out the entire song. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/09/2022 10:30

Today, I was at a very important music competition. When we'd rehearsed the song in question, the conductor said we were to repeat the last four bars of the song three times. As I went to play the third time, the whole orchestra stopped playing. I kept playing by accident and we came in third because of my mistake. FML

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mordantennui 0

Tuesday 9 June 2009 9:32

She must be a really good piano player herself to recognize the piece just like that

jasax1 0

Tuesday 9 June 2009 9:31

Thats what happens when you dick around at a rehearsal. lol

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effthis 0

Wednesday 10 June 2009 1:33

hahahahahahahahaha

SVelasquez 0

Wednesday 10 June 2009 1:51

Wooow, bitch. It was the REHEARSAL, not the real thing.

maginotlineman 0

Wednesday 10 June 2009 2:58

Eh, the rehearsal dinner is just an excuse for more lavish wedding spending and bullshit. This bride is dumb as dirt if she knows only the title, not what the song's about. Furthermore, she sounds like a Bridezilla if she decided to be offended by the song at all. Besides which, it's not like you played "The Thrill Is Gone" or "Ain't No Sunshine".

absentinsanity6 0

Wednesday 10 June 2009 4:35

haha if others at the wedding recognized it that would be hilarious :) f the bride's life xDD

loserloser 0

Wednesday 10 June 2009 5:40

She definitely overreacted. :/

lackofcolour 0

Wednesday 10 June 2009 19:41

if she knew the song well enough to recognize it on the piano, without vocals, wouldn't you think she'd know how the song went? it IS your fault, but you don't necessarily deserve the reaction. so I'm not clicking either option.

emmersx 0

Thursday 11 June 2009 2:26

HAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHHAHHAHA awesome.

nonynony 0

Thursday 11 June 2009 12:23

It doesn't matter what the song is, you shouldn't be messing around during someone's rehearsal. You're their EMPLOYEE. I've played (violin) in probably several hundred weddings over the last decade, and your job is to do exactly what you're told and know how everything is going to go so that you can help it go smoothly. It doesn't matter if she's Bridezilla; today, she's your boss. Would you start humming in a company meeting because you were bored? Besides, rehearsals rarely last more than an hour tops. You couldn't just keep quiet for that long?

JohnnyViola 0

Friday 12 June 2009 16:04

I think Let's Call The Whole Thing Off is a fantastic song for a wedding.

milkradio 0

Saturday 13 June 2009 0:01

This would have been 10x better if the happy couple had just gotten into a massive fight and you absent-mindedly began to play this song out of boredom.