Relatable, Awkward, Babies and Work: Nervous

Nervous

By R…… - 28/10/2009 22:29 - United Kingdom

Today, at work, we were gathered to be told some bad news. One of our colleagues would be taking indefinite leave because his wife had dropped their newborn baby. I accidentally laughed at the image. FML

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FailFoxtrot 0

Thursday 29 October 2009 1:38

Calm down everyone. Laughing when you shouldn't is an instinctive reaction to poignant situations. It doesn't make him a dick.

Person1233 12

Thursday 29 October 2009 1:25

Oh shit . I laughed too. Am I a sick person? D:

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Quinnjamin 0

Thursday 29 October 2009 1:22

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Duckasaurus 0

Thursday 29 October 2009 1:41

Hay babies are hilarious.

neonokku 0

Thursday 29 October 2009 2:08

the poor moms guilt but it is hilarious

Koolnoob729 0

Thursday 29 October 2009 1:23

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Syn_fml 0

Thursday 29 October 2009 1:23

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Person1233 12

Thursday 29 October 2009 1:25

Oh shit . I laughed too. Am I a sick person? D:

liveBabylon 0

Thursday 29 October 2009 1:59

I hope not cuz I giggled ;/

Jujube93 0

Thursday 29 October 2009 2:12

I giggled too. It's sad but still kinda funny.

Morgan Kwn 19

Saturday 15 September 2018 2:11

Hope not cos I giggled as well.... :/

americayay 0

Thursday 29 October 2009 1:26

Agreeing with 3 here. What the **** is wrong with you that you think that's funny? Clearly it ended pretty badly or no one be taking an indefinite leave of absence. What if the baby dies? You gonna giggle at that too? Best case scenario: the image in your head was cartoony. Still, it's called self control and respect for other people's feelings.

IgniteMe28 0

Thursday 29 October 2009 1:41

umm... hence the FML?

foolsangel 4

Thursday 29 October 2009 1:26

Man, that must have sucked. Hopefully you at least tried to hold back? I've had urges to laugh at inappropriate times but I held them back.

tangerine_12 0

Thursday 29 October 2009 1:28

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derschadenfreude 5

Thursday 29 October 2009 1:30

Holy crap, OP. I've seen a lot of bad stuff on this site, but this was the first one that made me actually take the time to create an account to comment about how bad that is. congratulations: http://www.billionswithzeroknowledge.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/failwhale.jpg