Today, I woke up early to travel to the office headquarters 3.5 hours away for important meetings. After waking up at 5.30am, picking up all my colleagues and driving 40 min out of town, I realised I was wearing my woolen house slippers. They were the only pair of shoes I'd brought on the trip. FML
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Today, I made the long drive to work, got out of the car, and realised that I'd forgotten to put shoes on before I left the house. FML
Today, I woke up early for work and spent 30 minutes frantically looking for my keys. I had to take a 30-minute Uber ride to work, then drove an hour in the company truck, only to be stood up. FML
Today, I'm supposed to be starting on the first part of a 9 hour road trip. My only coworker called in sick, so instead I had to go into work. One hour there, one hour back, and a 9-to-5 day. This would have been my first holiday in 7 years. After getting to work, I realised I'd forgotten my work keys in my other clothes. FML
Today, I finally got up early enough to get to work on time. I arrived 15 minutes early only to realize that I'd left my work laptop at home. Ended up being 30 minutes late. FML
Today, I almost missed the bus. I grabbed my backpack and ran out the door. It wasn't until after we got to school that I realized I was still in my slippers. FML
Today, I had to wake up at 4am because my boss set an important business meeting for first thing in the morning. After making sure everything was ready, I went to work. My boss ended up oversleeping and moved the meeting to tomorrow. FML
Today, after 7 hours on my feet at work, my boyfriend picked me up. Relieved, I took off my shoes. Suddenly, he looked up and sniffed, asking, "Is that your feet?" I'd forgotten to put on socks in my rush to work. He made me put my shoes back on and sit in the back, windows open. FML
Today, I had to take the train from my hometown to my university for a very important meeting concerning my foreign exchange program. When I finally arrived, I noticed a Post-it on the door: "Meeting cancelled, sick". I basically made a 9-hour day-trip for a half-an-hour walk. FML
Today, I wore a new pair of shoes to work and spent the entire day hobbling around in discomfort. It wasn't until I got home that I realized I had forgotten to take remnants of the packing foam out of the tips of the shoes. FML
Today, I woke up at 5:30 and made the half hour drive to work only to find out that it was my day off. After finally getting back home and into bed, my boss called, requesting that I come back to work since I was "already up". FML
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vivian_rae 8
So find a shoe store when you get there. It sucks to have to pay for another pair, but it's an easy fix.
Fluffydemise 18
Considering your colleagues clearly didn't tell you about the slip up I'd say it's fair game to murder the one you like least and steal his shoes. It's the only rational thing to do!
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Comments (85)
kittenmeownyan 18
No one bothered to tell you?
idgafSOstfu 15
i wouldnt.
CharresBarkrey 15
When you get into a car, do you notice the driver's shoes?
zandalee 19
I guess only if you have a certain foot fetish...
hemz_fml 13
I would've bought another pair on the way there, doesn't really matter which ones because I'm in a rush but definitely better than slippers.
Drifting 21
Not sure why this comment got down voted so much...
asb818 14
IF any of the other passengers noticed, maybe they thought the OP was only wearing them for the comfort of driving and had actual shoes in the trunk. I rarely wear my work shoes while driving because my heels wear out the carpeting in the car.
depocadoll 15
Stop and buy some new shoes??
LeeRed 15
Early retirement plan?
depocadoll 15
Hahaha why all the thumbs down?! That's funny. Early retirement plan. Come on.. Anyone?
LeeRed 15
Well atleast you got it hehehe.
vivian_rae 8
So find a shoe store when you get there. It sucks to have to pay for another pair, but it's an easy fix.
perdix 29
#3, to some women, having to buy shoes is as bad a punishment as forcing a guy to buy a power tool ;)
MilkyFilmz 26
Or borrow one pair from a friend that has a similar shoe size.
glamorous18 10
# 35, I have no problem buying new shoes....especially when it comes to keeping an important job like that.
Fluffydemise 18
Considering your colleagues clearly didn't tell you about the slip up I'd say it's fair game to murder the one you like least and steal his shoes. It's the only rational thing to do!
perdix 29
#5, that's insane! Logic dictates that you murder the co-worker with the shoes you like the best! (If that happens to be the person you like least, then that's just a win-win.)
Kurliez408 32
op was driving. they probably didn't notice his shoes
FALLENSEBZERO 16
Woolen have been so bad if you had just thought before you left!
FrostHeart 36
It kinda makes sense. Had to re-read though.
dalink 24
Stretching the bounds of pun humor... Definitely not perdix/noor worthy. In my expert opinion. Lol.
ManInTheMachine 19
I think the next best thing to do would be to find a store on the way and pick up a pair. If your colleagues didn't have the common decency to tell you, then either you don't have a good relationship with any of them or they're just douchebags. Right now, it's hard to tell which it is.
unknowndevil 6
They probably didn't see his shoes since he was the one driving
ManInTheMachine 19
^Very true, I realized this after I commented. Which brings up another point, that is that it is extremely easy for an OP to twist a story into their favour. I suppose with this being taken into consideration, this is nobody's fault but OP's regardless, for forgetting what he was wearing on his feet.
buckdharma 37
Make sure you're the first one in the building and sit down, then be the last one to leave. Not only will they not notice, but you will look the most dedicated.
tootsie68 22
Technically if OP was driving, it's hard for his/her colleagues to see what kind of shoes OP is wearing. So I would give them a break. But go buy new shoes I guess
oxygenius 14
Just alight somewhere to buy a pair?
RagingWill 17
Everything is temporary.