Today, while at work, I asked an older customer how he was doing. He told me that he'd just lost his wife. I gave my condolences before he clarified that his wife was not dead, but was lost in Walmart. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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
Today, at work, I misheard a customer telling me a story. To be polite, I did a slight laugh and nodded my head. She actually told me her mum had died. FML
Today, I heard that one of our customers had passed away. Saddened, I told everyone who came into our shop about his death. Understandably, some customers got very upset and one even fainted. Suddenly, the "dead" man walked into the shop. Turns out I got the name wrong. FML
Today, I was at Walmart and I asked an employee for help. She turned around with tears streaming down her face and said, “I'm kind of in the middle of an emergency right now!” FML
Today, I was working as a nurse, and an elderly man had just passed away. As the patient's wife was leaving she said, "Thank you for taking such good care of my husband." Then I, intending to say "Sorry for your loss," said "Thank you for your loss." FML
Today, a man I once worked with passed away. He was a lovely, caring, and inspirational person whom I looked up to. My husband's form of consolation? "Old people die. Get over it." FML
Today, at work, I served a customer who looked so much like my grandma that I thought it actually was her. Then I remembered she died 6 months ago. I had to serve customers with a smile on my face while choking back tears for the rest of the day. FML
Today, I told my boss that my grandma died to get a day off work, but then my grandma showed up at the office looking for me because she wanted to go shopping. FML
Today, at work, I was about to close a big sale, when a coworker rushed over and said there was a call for me in the office. He heavily implied my mom had died, and I rushed out. After I figured out there was no call and that my mom was fine, he'd already stolen my sale and the commission. FML
Today, I was at work. I work at a grocery store and a woman pulls a cart to me filled with chips, breads, lunch meats, and sodas. I said to her "Looks like you are going to have a fun party" she then looks at me and says "My mother just died, this is for after the funeral. FML
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Coryj1220 15
Lost in Walmart? That poor old woman is as good as dead.
abzray123 7
Haha, old people and their forgetfulness! So cute
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pwnman 33
Death is not a joke, and he made it a joke. Shame on him.
Crofty92 17
No he didn't, he just said he couldn't find her.
Goblin182 27
Ain't none of us getting out alive, so we may as well laugh about it.
JAKASS200 5
I crie evrytim :(
cakefete2 31
Well, at least you spelled "I" correctly. Small steps.
Ryanc621 9
He was joking, he was referencing " liek if u crie evrytiem"
DevinCam03 14
Idiot
rocker_chick23 27
#1 He couldn't find her in Wal-Mart. Reading comprehension is your friend
Curlytwirly22 17
My brother says that all the time
incoherentrmblr 22
Hopefully she'll turn up in the lost & found...
viva_la_blondes 15
Aw #30 I thought that was funny personally. People just thumb things down when they don't understand them. Ridiculous that people thought you were somehow not joking or referencing something.
abzray123 7
Haha, old people and their forgetfulness! So cute
greeneyebeauty9 28
Take your hashtags back to Twitter.
9echo 17
I don't know why people freak out if you reference something from YouTube/Twitter/other social websites. I think, if done cleverly, the relation can be quite funny.
Coryj1220 15
Lost in Walmart? That poor old woman is as good as dead.
WordAficionada 19
As a Brit, can I just ask why people refer to Walmart as something horrendous and usually mock those who go there?
xNephilim 19
Because Walmart is the retail version of hell, that's why.
WordAficionada 19
Oh okay, because I know Walmart own ASDA (don't know if that's anywhere outside of the UK), and no one mocks those who shop there. It it like the equivalent of a pound shop?!
Crofty92 17
I think that what they're essentially trying to say is mostly scum shop there and it makes the whole place unpleasant... So yeah, just like poundland.
WordAficionada 19
Ah okay, thanks!
9echo 17
"fringes of society" meaning...some really weird shit.
yerawizardlizzy 27
34, check out the People of Walmart website. That will answer all your questions.
WordAficionada 19
#53 HAHA OMG, that website is actually hilarious. Okay okay, I understand the mocking. Bloody hell some of those people seem absolutely crazy.
gracehi 33
Not to mention it's ridiculously huge, it takes half an hour to find any particular item, their customer service is terrible and they have 20 cash registers and almost always only 1 cashier, even when there's a line of literally twenty people. I hate Wal-Mart so, and yet I keep shopping there. What the Hell is wrong with me???
skyeyez9 25
Look up "people of walmart" on youtube, and it will answer your questions. Someone made a funny video and song with actual customer's pics.
greeneyebeauty9 28
Just a little awkwardness, no big deal. All you gotta do now is help him find his wife!
mete_orito 34
Knowing that OP's job is at Wal-Mart, clarifies everything. The customer face had to be so sad so OP thought he was talking about death.
weveallbeenthere 30
it make it sound like you disapprove of Walmart. without Walmart we would not be able to view "walmartians" on a daily basis. ( I actually like shopping there.)
5destroyer35 20
Was he shopping for body bags?
FrozenMusic 26
Your costumer should've worded that differently in my opinion haha
alshygirl 14
But it's not even close to Halloween. I think you mean "customer"
Zebediabolical 45
It's close enough to halloween that those of us with intricate costumes are already scouting parts and working on them. Being a slutty nurse is simple. But when you're making something like a Repo Man outfit, you want all the time you can get.
CobraLazerFace 21
Being lost in Walmart is like being dead...
briggsopposed 8
Well atleast she's not dead
Sandsh8rk 36
Did you at least help the man find his wife?