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Today, I was refereeing a kid's soccer game, and noticed that on the field next to me was a referee I hated working with. I told the other referee I was working with that he was the laziest and most dumbass referee I had ever worked with. She then slapped me, and told me that it was her grandpa. FML

I agree, your life sucks (3930) - you totally deserved it (20963)

On 10/09/2009 at 1:48am - work - by y0uw1shy0ukn3wm3 - United States

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hahaha YDI

#1 - On 10/09/2009 at 6:37am by Chidge

LOL She Bitch slapped you!
Wow..that must make you feel really small, huh?

#18 - On 10/09/2009 at 8:02am by MacOSXpert

And you didn't slap her back? That was YOUR opinion. Stand up for it.

#43 - On 10/09/2009 at 4:42pm by Reyo

How does the OP deserve it? Like they were supposed to know who all of her relatives are?

#47 - On 10/09/2009 at 11:01pm by Sun_Kissed18

slap that b***h back for making a fool of you!
how the heck are you supposed to know who her grandfather is?

#60 - On 10/16/2009 at 3:24pm by achim

haha that's briliant. your probably right though, old people make terrible referees

#2 - On 10/09/2009 at 6:38am by RR05

YDI keep your mouth shut

#3 - On 10/09/2009 at 6:41am by Jarheadhorn

FYL, And the girl is too uptight, her grandpa probably is a lazy dumbass.

#4 - On 10/09/2009 at 6:44am by vapors

I agree. What an arrogant girl.

#15 - On 10/09/2009 at 7:42am by BeeSkwaird

Agreed.

#44 - On 10/09/2009 at 6:08pm by Ohnothingreally

haha , funny but still YDI.

#5 - On 10/09/2009 at 6:48am by lolhaha118118

YDI, be carefull with your comments.

#6 - On 10/09/2009 at 6:50am by hakataka

slap her back and say "Hey, it's not MY fault your grandpa sucks!"

#7 - On 10/09/2009 at 6:53am by evilbrent

Slap the bitch back! It's not your fault her Grandpa is rubbish, slow and old.

Or you should have said "Hey, don't go blaming me because you can't handle the truth"

#8 - On 10/09/2009 at 6:59am by Jimboom

Well, you could have kept the comments to yourself.
But on the other hand, that girl sounded way too uptight.

Yeah, you didn't really deserve it. FYL. :D

#9 - On 10/09/2009 at 7:15am by kennythedude

YDI for talkin shit

#10 - On 10/09/2009 at 7:18am by darkshadow

Well she shouldn't hide from the truth

#11 - On 10/09/2009 at 7:18am by michaelcarell

Three referees for a kid's soccer game? Bullshit! You were a linesman and you're too afraid to admit it! :P

#12 - On 10/09/2009 at 7:19am by null

It says "On the field next to me." Learn to read.

#13 - On 10/09/2009 at 7:21am by t_mac_13

#13: Did you miss the part of my post where I called out the OP's claim as bullshit, clearly indicating not a lack of knowledge or understanding but instead a lack of belief?

Even in professional soccer, there is only one referee (and up to three assistants), and the referee is the only official actually ON the field. There is no reason that kids' soccer would be more heavily officiated. Also, if there were actually three referees on the field, they sure as hell wouldn't physically be right next to each other; that would be inefficient. Finally, you're completely ignoring the fact that this situation could have happened (and probably did happen) at halftime or after the game.

So... learn to read (missed my point by a longshot), learn human nature (trusting the OP's claim without thought of doubt), learn logic (assuming it happened during the game), and, if you want, learn the rules of soccer (only one referee). Did I miss anything?

#22 - On 10/09/2009 at 8:58am by null

I'm gonna call bullshit on you, seeing as you don't know anything about soccer. There can be 1 ref on the field with 2 linesmen, but there can also be 2 refs on the field without any linesmen. Sooo...the OP was refereeing with the girl and her grandfather was refereeing with someone else on the other field. Do you need a diagram? Do your research before you make an ass of yourself again.

#23 - On 10/09/2009 at 9:35am by krazydude

#23: I guess that "learn to read" should have been directed at you, instead. Let's break that down in point form; maybe you'll find it easier to understand this time.

- I said that in PROFESSIONAL soccer, the referee is the only one on the field (and before posting I double-checked the FIFA official rules 2007/2008 - is that "research" enough for you?).
- Later I implied the possibility of having more than one referee on the field in a non-conventional game (such as kids' soccer) by citing the unlikely situation of having three such as in OP's post.
- The two-referee configuration involves only two officials, which means it is not more heavily officiated than professional soccer.

Are you with me so far? These are the points made in my post, and your suggestion of having two referees does not violate the conditions set by any of them. I was aware of it but did not mention it as it didn't seem likely; even when I was 9 years old my tiny house league had a referee and linesmen; they simply used volunteers from the crowd as linesmen.

Furthermore, to have two referees on one field and one on the other DOES break the conditions set in the original post. Somehow you've managed to misunderstand both the original post and my comment. Good job on that.

One "referee" was "next to [him] on the field", and the other had to have been close enough to be within speaking distance. If one of the "three referees" was on a different field, even if the fields were close enough to one another to make an out-of-bounds ball on one dangerous to the other, these conditions would still not be satisfied.

I didn't consider the possibility of splitting a field in half for the REALLY young kids, each having a scrimmage at one end, but that would also not require three referees; only one per end at most.

And you still completely ignored the fact that multiple referees on a field would normally not be within speaking distance of one another, nor would they stop and chat instead of actually doing their job.

Congratulations! You only get two of the four suggestions I gave to the other guy! You get "learn to read", and "learn logic".

#26 - On 10/09/2009 at 10:02am by null

First of all, you're way over analyzing this.
Secondly, you're a moron who thinks he's a genius.
Third, you apparently haven't read the original post. At no point did the OP suggest that the third ref was in speaking distance. This could have taken place before the game, (he walks up to the ref he's going be working with, sees the old guy on the other field and then makes his comments to the girl) You're trying to turn this into a math problem and it just doesn't work that way.

#30 - On 10/09/2009 at 10:29am by krazydude

#30: Wow, way to have finally arrived at one of my original points to #13!

Let me give you a recap of what happened to get there: I jokingly suggested that the OP was probably a linesman, and #13 attempted to invalidate that by quoting that they were "on the field". One of my reasons against that being a proper counter to my suggestion was that (wait for it, this is going to sound familiar!) this didn't have to have happened during the game!

And here I thought you ignored that point during your post; now I see you missed it completely - only arrive at the same conclusion later when all your other options of argument were exhausted (which was evidenced by the baseless insults), despite the fact that it works for my side rather than against it.

If you honestly think that your most recent point aids your argument, you've apparently misunderstood the entire thing. I think what you're really missing here is that my very first post here, #12, was obviously not serious. Did you miss the ":P" along with everything else you missed while selectively reading my comments? There is no logic behind that one besides a vague likelihood.

The problem is that #13 attempted to prove that OP was definitely NOT a linesman by virtue of the fact that he said he was on the field. My actual defense, which started at #22, has only been to prove #13 false, not to prove #12 true.

One final reiteration so you might actually get it this time: I am only stating that the OP, within the bounds of his own words, was not a referee IF this situation happened during a game.

...And suggesting that someone doesn't need to be in speaking distance to speak to another person... I'm just not even going to touch that one...

#32 - On 10/09/2009 at 11:09am by null

Wow.. its only an FML.. no big deal, tbh, your being pretty pathetic arguing so intesly over this, because it makes you look an idiot.. admit defeat dude.

#35 - On 10/09/2009 at 11:19am by EatMyCrayonz

#35: I make plenty of comments in which I expect an argument; #12 wasn't one of them. Pathetic would be cowering away from direct and unprovoked verbal attacks on myself. Yes, I take too long to explain things, but I can't really be faulted for not expecting everyone I run across to have common sense.

I happen to find it pathetic that you consider this argument "intense". And I realize you probably didn't read the whole thing (not that I blame you for that), but it would be more than a little bit ridiculous to "admit defeat" when my opponent has already run out of arguments.

#39 - On 10/09/2009 at 12:57pm by null

wow... #12... get a life.

#41 - On 10/09/2009 at 2:23pm by paolo

#12 is an idiot. I agree with Paolo.

#46 - On 10/09/2009 at 11:00pm by biscuiteater

Wow... such a moron infestation in here. I really should have brought some Raid. My mistake here, obviously, was trying to explain simple concepts to people who probably still group words by "dollar amounts".

#49 - On 10/10/2009 at 12:00am by null

#12. You aren't making points against the other people. You are making points against yourself. AND you can't read one damn thing anyone has written. How does saying it could be during halftime go against #13's post. IT DOESN"T. It has no correlation. The only thing it does is go against some of the points you have tried to make.

#51 - On 10/10/2009 at 5:28am by aztec37

all I'm saying is whats the fucking point? do you have nothing better to do than argue over the internet, your not as smart as you think you are, stop talking bullshit and get a life.

#54 - On 10/10/2009 at 1:46pm by EatMyCrayonz

#51: I can't believe how often I have to repeat myself here. I wish I could paste a diagram here or something; you might find it easier to understand.

- #13 pointed out that they were on the field. Linesmen do not step onto the field. He thought that was a reasonable argument that the OP was a ref and not a linesman.
- For #13 to be a reasonable argument against the OP being a linesman, it would have to have occurred during the game (obviously linesmen can step on the field when not in play), and multiple referees would have to be a possibility for a soccer game.
- I proved him wrong on both of those conditions, thereby invalidating his argument.
- I KNOW it probably happened outside of game time, or one of the referees was off-duty (OP didn't say they were all working at the time). That was never a part of #13's argument, it was always a part of mine.

#54: The fact that you've come back to argue this is more than a little hypocritical (not to mention commenting on others' intelligence when you can't even grasp simple grammar). Are you trying to assume here that no one can find arguments fun or interesting? What do you think high school debate clubs are for?

#57 - On 10/10/2009 at 6:53pm by null

null You are a fucking retard who can't handle being wrong. Shut the fuck up.

#58 - On 10/12/2009 at 12:10am by _20jre

Physical assault? What a daft cunt (in the non-gender specific meaning of the word, folks).

#14 - On 10/09/2009 at 7:40am by bugmenotmofo

3 referees for a soccer game? Are you all idiots or something?

#16 - On 10/09/2009 at 7:42am by tomakobriefs

You hit the nail on the head, we are all idiots because of what 1 person said.

#25 - On 10/09/2009 at 9:42am by krazydude

should have thrown your hands up and shouted "foul" then turn and start to recite the rules to her. it would freak her out. then back slapped her and shouted "double foul" turn and recite the rules. and if she is still standing by you give her a third foul.

#17 - On 10/09/2009 at 7:56am by amatayo

Next time she does that, midway through her explanation through it, put your hand behind her neck and two fingers by her larynx and squeeze. Tell that bitch whats up and that she should be making you dinner and doing the dishes/laundry. Ask her why she is even out of the house because she shouldn't be driving. There's no need for a driver's license if there is no road between the bedroom and the kitchen.

#19 - On 10/09/2009 at 8:19am by larselduderino

Another reason why old people are useless and need to be sent to the Moon. Might as well send as many uptight bitches as we can fit in the rocket (and as skinny as most of them are, probably a lot).

#20 - On 10/09/2009 at 8:24am by Brave_Sir_Robin

you're an idiot. p.s. I don't wish I knew you because if I did I'd have to shoot myself for having known someone as dumb as you!

#21 - On 10/09/2009 at 8:47am by Chr0nicdreamz

I don't see why people say it's your fault, if someone's a lazy worker you shouldn't be slapped for saying so. Even if he IS her grandfather, that doesn't meant he isn't lazy.

#24 - On 10/09/2009 at 9:40am by BadLuckBub

You should have summoned a Thunder Storm with a blood sacrifice, thus closing shop on the game.

#27 - On 10/09/2009 at 10:03am by mercyFML

ydi for being a gossip

#28 - On 10/09/2009 at 10:19am by Ladypartslegit

Haha, I wouldve hit the bitch back! It's a free world!

#29 - On 10/09/2009 at 10:26am by Bloodknight

Learn to write properly DUMBASS!!

#31 - On 10/09/2009 at 10:37am by rambles

"most dumbass"?

#33 - On 10/09/2009 at 11:13am by FerrariCake

Roman Polanski is also a referee now?

#37 - On 10/09/2009 at 11:40am by maddog

Wow OP, good for you :/

YDI

#36 - On 10/09/2009 at 11:38am by maddog

you might have been slapped but she needs to learn that her gpa sucks as a ref

#38 - On 10/09/2009 at 12:27pm by sportsnut

You definitely deserved it. If you rip on someone, expect people to get pissed off! It's not rocket science.

Not to mention you'd think you could at least set a good example when you're working with kids. How mature of you.

#40 - On 10/09/2009 at 1:45pm by PhillyFox

YDI because of your name.

#42 - On 10/09/2009 at 3:59pm by Best_Loser

Agreed with 42. I was about to type that myself.

#45 - On 10/09/2009 at 7:00pm by marrajane

Fuck you6

#48 - On 10/09/2009 at 11:34pm by crazysaw

That does suck, but you're an idiot for getting smacked. Slam that stupid bitch's head into the pavement until she agrees with you. There is no cause for violence. If some moron slapped me, I'd scar them for life. You are allowed to make comments.

#50 - On 10/10/2009 at 2:12am by Dec12_2012

Oh no! You can't fuck the dumb ref that loves her douche grandpa, and you probably didn't have a chance anyways. Or was it the first time you've ever been slapped? Boo-hoo:(

#52 - On 10/10/2009 at 8:06am by bs_spotter

you deserve it for trying to make conversation by talking shit

#53 - On 10/10/2009 at 12:21pm by hey_nightmare

being a ref i know what you mean by those annoying lazzy ass people

#55 - On 10/10/2009 at 5:08pm by meanxgf

There is only one ref in a game of FOOTBALL.

#56 - On 10/10/2009 at 6:32pm by KooKs_14

You have just lost The Game!

#59 - On 10/12/2009 at 6:15am by Aspie

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