Work: Today, I went into work and noticed one of my fellow colleagues...

By Anonymous - 04/06/2009 14:09 - Australia

Today, I went into work and noticed one of my fellow colleagues had a large bunch of flowers on her desk. As soon as I saw her, I immediately said, "Happy Birthday!" Everyone went quiet. It wasn't her birthday; her father had died. FML

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By blind - 24/06/2009 12:11 - South Africa

Today, I was texting a friend of mine. She mentioned it was her dad's birthday. I typed, "Tell him 'Happy Birthday' from me!" and as I pressed send, I remembered her dad was dead. FML

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By hc11bmd - 19/06/2012 17:20 - United States - Bethel

Today, I asked a coworker what she'd bought her dad for father's day. She said that she got him some flowers, and I laughed because I thought it was a rather feminine gift for a man. I later found out that the flowers were for his grave. FML

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By Auston - 17/07/2011 05:16 - United States

Today, at work, our team started a new sales strategy of selling flowers to men by asking them to buy one for their lovely ladies. The first guy I ask ends up crying and telling me his wife passed away a week ago. The woman with him was actually his sister. FML

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By onlyolivia - 05/10/2016 14:43 - United States - Elkridge

Today, I finally got the courage to ask my boss why the flowers I got her for her birthday the other day were in the conference room and not her office. She told me she was allergic to them and she had such a bad reaction that it made her go home early. I made my boss sick on her birthday. FML

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By Jim - 11/01/2012 01:32 - Belgium

Today, I told a co-worker to "lighten up, and stop wearing black all the time, it makes you look depressed." I didn't know his father had died the week before. FML

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Bad timing

By Anonymous - 19/05/2022 02:00

Today, on the first occasion I've seen my boss since her brief leave, I brought up how I got to hear all our customers' heartwarming plans for their moms on Mother's Day. Her mother just died. That's why she was on leave. FML

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By um - 08/02/2011 00:54

Today, I told my new boss to wish his daughter a happy birthday on my behalf, as I overheard him saying it was today. Turns out she committed suicide three years ago. FML

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Whiter shade of pale

By pinecones - 02/02/2015 14:25 - United Kingdom

Today, my coworker said that she suddenly got the shivers. I jokingly told her that it meant she must be being watched by a dead person and made stupid ghost noises. She then told me it was the anniversary of her dad's death and burst into tears. FML

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By You Are My Sunshine - 24/02/2014 04:18 - United States - Moreno Valley

Today, a guy from work that I barely know gave me sunflowers for my birthday. He told me, "You mentioned they were your favorite." I mentioned it to my family at home a few days ago. FML

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Good

By fistpumpin4life - 10/10/2010 00:51 - France

Today, at work, I asked a lady how she was doing. When she replied, I didn't understand her, and instead of asking her what she'd said, I just replied with, "Oh, that's good." What she'd said that I didn't understand was that her husband had just died. FML

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darkkefka 0

Thursday 4 June 2009 23:09

More like F you for making assumptions.

necromancerlord 0

Thursday 4 June 2009 23:10

Nothing says party like black tulips and red roses.

Comments

96Pickle 0

Friday 5 June 2009 2:28

That sucks!!! FYL

pinkbubble96 0

Friday 5 June 2009 2:31

wow thats embarassing.dont make assumtions next time

Nightfallz 0

Friday 5 June 2009 2:31

Way to put the icing on the cake bro

cheese1756 0

Friday 5 June 2009 2:37

I guess that's understandable. 101 woohoo!

elsieenchanted 0

Friday 5 June 2009 2:49

@69: Because flowers usually do signal something good. Flowers = Anniverseries = Happiness. Same with graduations. And my friends gave me flowers on my birthday. You also give them on Valentines Day? And funerals and burial sites, too. So... I mean, flowers can mean Sadness, but not all the time. Flowers usually mean love, though. But it can be happiness or sadness too. Flowers can mean anything. So people saying "YDI because flowers don't mean happiness," acctaully they can. They can mean happiness, sadness, love, and alot more. You can never know what the reason is when there are flowers. Flowers are quite populaur. And with gifts, you usually don't get them when people die. Sometimes, but not all the time. The OP couldn't have known.

Metsboiye 0

Friday 5 June 2009 2:52

There's no way you could know.

JPTITANX 0

Friday 5 June 2009 3:10

Wow!!!

Uber_G33k 0

Friday 5 June 2009 3:11

You do has bad grammar.

tradit03 0

Friday 5 June 2009 3:15

Anybody could have made that error.

meddude 0

Friday 5 June 2009 3:18

well that was stupid of you. flowers without any balloons or happy birthday stuff at all probably either mean an intimate gift or condolences. YDI for making assumptions.