Today, I spent an hour setting up a delicate display stand at work. Not five minutes later, a woman barged in with her little kid, who immediately went up to the display and tipped the whole thing over. When I called attention to the mother, she just scoffed, "Isn't this your job?" and left. FML
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Today, at my job working retail, I had just finished cleaning and straightening a whole aisle. This kid watched me do the whole thing. When I was done, he stuck his arm out, and ran it down the whole shelf, knocking everything off it. His mother just grabbed his hand and walked away. FML
Today, a teenage girl with a selfie stick came into my workplace. She knocked down multiple displays while trying to take pictures, before leaving without making a purchase. I had to clean it all up. FML
Today, I tripped over a kid at work. She was sitting on the floor with her legs sticking out into the walkway. Her mom caused a scene, accusing me of doing it on purpose. FML
Today, at work, I saw a lady leave her infant in a display crib so she could go shopping. When I stopped her and told her she couldn't do that, she said, "Well, I do it all the time." FML
Today, I was at work, stocking shelves. A customer got mad because I was in the way of her "shopping time" and knocked down all the work I had done. FML
Today, I had a booth at a very expensive craft show. My grandma came to show her support. While there, she managed to knock over my display, get in the way of potential buyers and take down a rather old lady when she supposedly stumbled. This all happened in the first five minutes she was there. FML
Today, a kid got his hand stuck inside my store's giant gumball machine. He started crying, and his negligent trainwreck of a mom bitched me out for being "unobservant." I'd been mopping up the mess she'd made after she'd spilled an open can of beer all over the floor. FML
Today, I brought my daughter to work with me. When we walked in, a client was blowing up at my boss, all because as my boss was walking past his storage unit, he glanced in and was about to compliment how neat it was. After my boss left, I had to deal with the aftermath, which left my daughter terrified of this man. FML
Today, my coworker brought her 3-year-old son to work with her. When introducing him to me, she dropped her bag and bent over to pick it up, knocking him over with her butt in the process. When she stood up, she noticed he was sitting on the ground crying. She then accused me of pushing him over. FML
Today, I stopped two little boys from spitting over a railing at the piano player two floors below in the department store I work at. Their mom complained to my boss about me. FML
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Top comments
NaoPudding 8
Parents these days. And they wonder why their kids turn out the way they do...
mamaklm 0
that lady's a bitch. she could have apologized for her demented child. thats just rude regardless of OP's employment position.
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x3nikkii97 0
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
well, it is...
iAmScrubs 19
1- That's like saying a teacher is responsible for making every single kid in their class brilliant, while the child's parents sit around all day watching Family Guy and eating bee. jerkey. Parents need to play a role in raising children and not just let someone else do the job.
TheIrishJaneDoe 8
Mmm, bee jerky. Stings my mouth, though.
kc1997kc 9
It's not OP's job to deal with rude children and their rude moms and dads.
Kn0wledge123 21
^^Win. Because it's true.
PeteElMalo 0
epic win
Garyy_fml 11
23: You don't need the comma after "mouth"
imacreeper 3
this FML reminds me of the kids in the cafeteria at school who dump their shit around and expect the janitors to clean every little thing up.
lunaXXdennice 0
1- it would be the OP's job,yes, but it would also be the moms job to take care of her own child if she's not going to take care of the child then why did she have him in the first place??
Rainbow_dumpster 28
Excellent point, FreshPie.
BorisTheDrunk 0
his job to set it up .... her job to keep her animal on a leash, or lock it up.
livin_plur 0
25- actually it Is the OPs job to deal with rude kids and their parents, i mean if he didn't he would be out of a job
Jeremiah92 0
the mother should have shown the kid manners and cleaned up the mess not be a lazy bitch
dbt88 15
She did her job and it should have stayed a display. I hate when people mess up tons of crap in a store because it's "our job" to clean it up. Pretty sure we work in customer service, not in adult cleanup services. As you may be able to tell, I can understand OP's frustration from experience.
RileyL29 0
109= future (possibly current) shit mom. Way to go. It's called teaching children manners and respect.. not let them tear shit up and not accept responsibility.
a_nutritionist 10
@109 ive never heard of "deal with unruly ignorant customers" in a position requirement for a sales job. i recommend if you have kids you leave them in day care as often as possible, its their only chance of turning out even close to well adjusted.
MrSarcasm 4
Makes me yearn for corporal punishment in schools again. Beat the stupid out of them daily.
kbautz 0
68: You forgot your punctuation.
NaoPudding 8
Parents these days. And they wonder why their kids turn out the way they do...
nebula748 14
This, a thousand times this.
KiddNYC1O 20
Plus 2.
lunaXXdennice 0
2- true that
instnt1nfction 17
NOOOOO your supposed to say plus 3, you bastard
YDI__Bitch 0
I bet she was black
lunaXXdennice 0
are you talking to me? cause if u are I wasn't doing that you dummy ^^so shut up...I was talking to the person from the comment we're all commenting on rude ass
agaba 0
i think jes just mad at u cuz u dint keep the comment train alive
Zombieslayer1 0
I'm sure Justin Biebers parents are just sitting watching their son and thinking, "what the **** happens there?"
Suchagoonnn 4
yeah except hes doing 6 figures.. and selena gomez or something
soiheardyoufaile 4
...and attracting underage girls, haters gonna hate
lesdodis 0
slap a bitch
Melissarawr 0
plus 3,4,5,6,7,8.
Zombieslayer1 0
**** it man, he's not only attracting girls who are way younger then him he's also go women who are quite older then him. I shall refer you to my brothers wife, 25.
mamaklm 0
that lady's a bitch. she could have apologized for her demented child. thats just rude regardless of OP's employment position.
FERNxEMO 0
wuts op?
360XBOXFTW 0
orange peel
mamaklm 0
fail
iAmScrubs 19
olive pudding
Fekenator 0
He's a hooker?
cooluc 0
Ovulating platypus
silver0jay 11
I would've been like, "well aren't you a bitch from Hell? Oh look! I guess he's the evil little bitch ass devil child. May I help you with anything else?" :b
mitri_fml 3
don't we all just love it when someone asks what an OP is
Darth_Naru 0
Old Person
lexielynn0680 0
orgasmic people
Rainbow_dumpster 28
OP = Original Poster
Fr3nChii 0
op means original person aka the person who wrote the FML
BorisTheDrunk 0
win
lesdodis 0
otter poop
Tempsey 0
Octopus Penis
jonny1991good 0
orange popsicle
thesinginguy 18
oval ****
aardvarkish 16
Almighty Aardvark (use your imagination)
iAmScrubs 19
That kid needs a timeout. Lock him/her inside a jungle gym and taunt and sit outside of it eating candy.
DreaminOfMusic 0
that is a brilliant idea!
Kn0wledge123 21
Or we could beat the shit out of him like my parents did when I misbehaved.
kingtz 6
43, so your parents beat the shit out of the kid from OP's story when YOU misbehaved?
agsilver 14
BOO-YAH! PERFECT IDEA HERE!
Mirorbo 26
Even if that is your job, it's no excuse to let the child get away with that... Parents these days...
CAPTmok 7
some parents just protect their kids blindly, most of those children end up very spoilt and disobedient.
Zombieslayer1 0
Ke$$a!!!!
CitrusGirl 0
I hate parents like that. They never punish their kids or take responsibility for them. That's how spoiled brats are made.
YoLauryn 0
you should rebuild the display with him in it and close him in :) then make his mom knock it down.
greth_451 4
but after knocking it down it would have to be set back up
graffix1976 1
No, I don't believe teaching proper parenting to incompetent mother's is in his job description.
mamaklm 0
making her admit to raising a brat is
Zombieslayer1 0
OP is a girl.
iSurf_fml 8
This is why you spank kids. Sucks for you though, I would've yelled at the mom.
CitrusGirl 0
My parents never spanked me. Punishment always fit the crime. Example: if I swore I'd get soap in my mouth. If I hit my brother I'd have to hug him until he stopped crying. And I'd get the "we're dissapointed in you" talk. That works a lot better because you feel guilty for it.
skyeyez9 24
You said punishment fit the crime. No spanking worked for you, but to be honest, if I was a kid again, that wouldnt work for me. for starters, my brother was abusive to me. If I hit him out of retaliation, I didn't feel guilty and hugging him wouldn't make me feel guilty. Because In my perspective, he deserved it.
kaylanicole1255 1
I was a kid that got hit.. And by hit I mean dss calling hit. Im for spanking but only once in a while, like if timeouts dont work and the kids being smug about it. Not sure about how well the punishment fiting the crime works though. My crime when I was 7 was going out on the porch when I wasnt supposed too. My punishment.... To be hung over the 7th story balcony and told to let go. I mean, I guess it worked. I NEVER went out on that porch again! LOL
CitrusGirl 0
I'm not saying it works for everyone. Most kids learn right and wrong as "if I do this I'll be punished." My parents taught it to me as "if I do this it will make someone sad." Obviously that can't work for everyone, because everyone is different. But it worked for me.
igpyitl 0
^^ I agree. w/ some kids spanking isn't neccessary but with others it is. for example, with me, if I hit my sister I would get hit by my mom and then she would ask how it felt. I would say I didn't like it and my mom would point out that I had made my sister feel that way. after feeling the pain and humiliation I caused my sister I didn't hit her anymore. if all I had to do was hug her I wouldn't fully understand what I put her through
kingatowning 2
well as for me, being Asian. not only do your parents beat the stuffing out of you when you get a "B" in math or for being disobedient or for not having manners. they will even use solid sticks or make you stand still while they perform a martial arts move that will practically leave you half paralyzed with pain. but they also yell quite a colorful dictionary of swear words in their cultural language. yeah it sucks being an asian