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By coffeeburns - 19/07/2009 07:25 - United States

Today, I was at a Starbucks drive-thru and was grabbing a hot coffee when I got rear ended and my car hit the vehicle in front of me which deployed my airbag. Hot coffee can really burn when it hits your face at a high rate of speed. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/11/2009 19:02 - Germany

Today, I was at the McDonalds drive-thru getting my morning coffee, when some guy slammed into the back of my car. I'm so happy I was holding the cup between my legs at that very moment, because now I have 2nd degree burns on my lady parts. FML

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By Max - 30/01/2017 12:00 - United States - Bluffton

Today, I tried to grab a coffee at the McDonald's drive-thru on my way home from work, but as I drove away from the restaurant a kid darted across the parking lot right in front of me. I had to slam hard on my brakes to avoid hitting him, in the process spilling my hot coffee all over my jeans. FML

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By Biggie - 02/02/2011 14:44 - United States

Today, during a snowstorm, I opened my car door to get out. The wind snapped it wide open, then immediately changed course and swung it back at me just as I stepped out, spilling an entire hot cup of coffee all over me. FML

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By SplashOuch - 05/01/2010 17:58 - United States

Today, I was walking out of Starbucks when I sneezed, causing coffee to burn my nose. I screamed, dropped it, and sent scorching coffee all over my legs, while dropping everything else I was holding. FML

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By corleon198425 - 19/02/2010 18:44 - United States

Today, I was walking to work, when I slipped and landed on my tail bone. Worse still, my hot coffee went flying into my face. I currently can't see out of my left eye. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/10/2017 01:30

Today, while pulling out of my work parking lot, I had a piping hot coffee tossed at me through my passenger window. I don't know if I was more amazed by this guy's exquisite aim or the fact that his coffee was so sweet I tasted the diabetes. FML

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By cane - 05/03/2009 21:44 - United States

Today, my mom needed coffee so I drove to Starbucks to get her some. She let me drive the Porsche, which has never happened. Upon coming home I picked the coffee up out of the cupholder so it wouldnt spill. My phone vibrated in my pocket, I spilled the coffee and crashed the car into the garage. FML

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By ProFesser - 28/03/2017 16:00

Today, while heading outside to go to work, I slip on my driveway and my coffee thermos-mug ends up flying out of my hand, and smashes my next door neighbor's brand new truck window. The thermos-mug broke and splashed hot coffee all over his seats too. He's a hard-ass military dude. FML

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By localbarista - 03/08/2011 23:46 - United States

Today, a customer threw his cup of coffee at me screaming that it wasn't hot enough. Well, maybe it wasn't hot enough for him, but it was sure hot enough to burn me. FML

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By burnnnnn - 22/02/2010 01:31 - Ecuador

Today, I was walking with a friend after buying two cups of steaming hot coffee. While crossing the busiest street in town I tripped and fell, spilling the coffee all over me. My friend didn't notice I fell right in front of her and tripped over me spilling her coffee on me as well. FML

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djspazy 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 16:05

Ouch that really sucks. Make the driver pay for hospital fees.

Stahn 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 16:20

Hot coffee burns regardless of its velocity.

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kaykay5833 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 16:24

#3- fail. OP... I would make him pay for hospital fees, and a new cup of coffee :)

avoidthegirl 6

Sunday 19 July 2009 17:46

Uh, legally they'd have to anyway. Their insurance is going to shit a chicken over this one. It's bad enough to rear end a person, but to hit a person and cause bodily damage AND make their car hit the one in front of them is chaos. My boyfriend got hit while stopped at a red light by some asshole who "thought he slowed down enough" (wtf?) and racked up over $5k in hospital bills, $2k for body work on just his car and god knows how much the settlement will be. I'd imagine at least $25k since he couldn't work/play golf (his job) for a month and still has issues with it.

Spl4sh_fml 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 16:29

Ouch... 10th!

Iloveyencheck 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 17:07

fail.

DutchGunner21 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 16:34

YDI - coffee does not fly at a 'high rate of speed'. Speed itself is a rate. You should have said a high rate of change of speed (which is acceleration) or a high rate of change of displacement (which is what velocity means). A rate of something is the occurance within a time interval. So a high occurance of speed in a time interval does not make sense.

ineedalifebadly 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 16:41

#13 ; How the **** does that make him responsible ?

alfonzo 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 16:56

Nazi.

lexiBRo 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 17:15

what the hell are you talking about? A typo in the post makes OP deserve hot coffee in the face?!?

reverendawesome 0

Monday 20 July 2009 6:41

That was one of the funnier comments Ive read here. Whats better is the people saying youre stupid and whatnot. Some people dont catch sarcasm. So I say good job.

biggee531 7

Monday 20 July 2009 12:30

You can be liable by a measurement of stupidity.

onlychildFTW 33

Thursday 26 January 2012 9:11

He can't really be stupid because he is right. But what a waste saying that on here. No one cares about how smart you think you are in physics.

pmac 1

Sunday 19 July 2009 16:39

Front airbags don't deploy if you are sitting still. Wouldn't be the side airbags because it wasn't a side impact.

Tubasaurus 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 20:36

Airbags are deployed by accelerometers. A quick change in velocity sets them off.

pmac 1

Wednesday 22 July 2009 13:50

No. You can be driving 30 mph and not set them off. You have to be driving at a certain speed for the front air bags to deploy from an impact.

BananEnigma 24

Wednesday 20 July 2016 3:46

Uh, maybe they were faulty?

Kris2476 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 16:47

How is this an fml? I say this all the time.. Not every inconvenient or not-perfect thing that happens to you is an fml. This one was pretty bad, but still not an fml.

trankyfran 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 17:00

Because hot coffee burns to the face is inconvenient at most, right?

ambrosia05 2

Sunday 19 July 2009 17:58

What are you on?

ashole1990 10

Sunday 19 July 2009 19:27

why does that matter why does everyone complain that 'this shouldnt be an fml' ya'll are just mad that yours don't get chosen

holly_fly 34

Friday 11 March 2016 16:40

Because they got rear ended hard enough that not only did their coffee spill all over their face, which can cause serious burns if it's fresh, but they also hit the car in front of them, causing major damage to their vehicle. How is this NOT an FML.