Today, I started my new job as a mail carrier. One of my assigned roads was Milbrooke Street, which I'd never heard of. After driving around for ages trying to find it, I called for directions. The street doesn't exist in my city; it's just the boss's way of seeing how stupid you are. FML
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Autumn: Leaves and Laughter
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Today, on my first day at my new job delivering mail, I was yelled at by a guy, who threatened to shoot me if I "trespassed" on his property. He made me toss his mail toward his porch from the street, before telling me to get lost. FML
Today, I got fired from my job as a postman, which I started yesterday. They fired me because I failed to deliver a bunch of papers to a road that no longer exists. FML
Today, I tried to take a shortcut home. I got lost and had to ask a stranger for directions. They pointed to the street sign above me that literally had my street's name on it. FML
Today, I went to work 300 miles away from where I live. I couldn't find my customer's address, so I decided to call him. I'd picked up my wireless house phone instead of my mobile. FML
Today, I went to work at my new job, where I thought it would be super easy because I shop there all the time, and already know where everything is. Turns out, they're remodelling the store, so I don't know where anything is anymore, and the bosses get mad at me for being too slow. FML
Today, the mailman delivered my new phone to my neighbour's house. This was okay, because he left a note in my mailbox informing me so. Now my crazy neighbour won't give me the package because, "*I* signed for it!" FML
Today, while delivering for a building supply company, I was sent to an incorrect address. I attempted to turn around and got the 24-foot truck stuck in the mud. The homeowner left for work and then called the cops, saying someone was trespassing on his property. FML
Today, a friend who I hadn't seen in a while offered to give me a ride. I didn't really know how to give directions to my house, so when we had been driving for a while and it was getting awkward, I just pointed at a random house and pretended to live there. FML
Today, a delivery driver called me, wanting directions in a city that's halfway across the state from where I live. He insisted he was calling the right number (he wasn't), so I had to explain slowly that I don't live there, don't know where he is, and couldn't help him. He responded, "Fuck you, then," and hung up. FML
Today, I went shopping for some nice clothing for work. Annoyed that the first two stores I went to didn't have anything, I drove to a store in an unfamiliar part of the city. Not only did Google Maps direct me to a store that doesn't exist, but my car broke down in the parking lot. FML
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ozpunker 20
For pay back you should give him the "I just took a shit on your rug" face.
cupcakechick 17
wow, that was mean of him, that doesn't make ur stipid, there are lots of streets I don't know about, don't feel bad OP that doesn't make u stupid
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jkmartinjk 16
Well good on ya for trying OP!
isoybean 6
Follow the line of travel next time
Pwuj 6
Lol,. In the army they'll have new privates fresh out of basic, to get a sample of exhaust fumes from the humvees,. Needless to say, there have been quite a few who would go outside with a trash bag and and attempt to complete assigned mission
mkcontrollers 11
You don't have a phone? With GPS??? If I don't know where a street is. I'll ask before leaving the building. Op YDI
KeXu 6
Your boss is awesome; you're stupid as expected!
jkmartinjk 16
Who would want to call their boss on their FIRST day of working admitting that they don't know where a street is?
ironichalibut 24
I look at this not so much as a stupidity test as an ingenuity test. Anyone doing their job as prescribed would be stumped by this, at Lear for a moment, the proving point is how they handle the adversity. It's not stupid to think the person above you on the ladder did their job properly.
ironichalibut 24
At least*
cupcakechick 17
wow, that was mean of him, that doesn't make ur stipid, there are lots of streets I don't know about, don't feel bad OP that doesn't make u stupid
zandalee 19
I would be completely ****** without my GPS! Don't feel too badly OP. We all **** up, especially when we are nervous! :)
zilla52 12
but if you are being paid to deliver mail to a street and you wait time and tax payers money you should. have asked
Locoluis 15
Exactly. Not knowing doesn't make you stupid, just ignorant. OTOH, fooling around the city for ages instead of asking when you don't know, now that's stupid.
groovycrazyjoe 18
So I'm guessing your pretty dumb, much like myself
AnyaS 19
Also, it would be "me" or "I am" and not "myself".
groovycrazyjoe 18
I didn't add much like myself part I figured the moderates did it
groovycrazyjoe 18
I use Swype that's why it said your instead of you're
ozpunker 20
For pay back you should give him the "I just took a shit on your rug" face.
jetsown08 21
Congratulations, you won the Darwin Award for this year!
SomeRandomGuy15 18
Because they were tricked into trying to find a nonexistent location? The Darwin Awards seem to have lowered their standards...
EvilUndead 9
OP didn't die and didn't become sterile ("remove yourself from gene pool"). So how's darwin award related?
fioonnnaaa 8
I guess you passed!
ekb777 13
I depend on Siri for problems such as these. She likes to send me on wild goose chases but I still follow her blindly like an idiot
djxerxes9000 18
Ah siri the hard of hearing foreign lady that lives in our phones..
SgrA 18
Google Now or bust. Apple maps sucks.
angelitared 27
It's this new thing called GPS, google maps, etc! ... Invest!
DocBastard 38
Did you, oh I don't know, consult a map? No, you obviously thought driving around like an idiot, then calling your boss like an idiot, would be a better idea. Know what that makes you?
anythingmustbe 18
A Penguin?
zandalee 19
A lion?
FightMyLiger 19
Relax, #12. Guess you never had a delivery job. Sometimes street signs are stolen, maps are old or just incorrect, GPS loses signal or isn't updated. It happens... And when it does, who wouldn't call around to figure it out?
djxerxes9000 18
A kudu
GEFStryker 29
Taking the 'bastard' a bit far, eh Doc?